Canaveral Jewfish Charter Fishing Guide

An incredable trophy fish of the past, the mammoth sized jewfish has withstood the test of overfishing and harvest by the advent of spear guns and modern hook and line fishing. During the 1950's when SCUBA diving was being pioneered and Florida's population was starting to really grow the Jewfish was targeted for their mild white meat and ease of catching or spearing. Afterall if you catch a grouper in excess of 250 pounds you'll feed alot of people and put some money on your table if you sell the fish commercially.

The Florida Wildlife Commission has put a total moritorium on Jewfish harvesting and the success of the species as a comeback has been incredable. While we are unable to target these giants as sportsfishermen, they are turning up as a consistant bycatch on a regular basis by our anglers. Getting a photo of your catch when you are not able to bring it aboard has proven to be a problem and more often than not no anglers want to go swimming with their catch to record the release. But if you do catch one, that's exactly what you must do if you're serious about recording the event and showing the size of your catch.

Jewfish are usually caught on live baits as an incidental catch and are caught several times during the year by our anglers. Don't confuse these groupers with other grouper that have bag and harvest limits in Florida. If you do happen to catch one while on a charter with your fishing guide encourage yourself to take a quick dip with your fish and let someone take your photo before releasing it safely and quickly to it's environment.

Charter Fishing Updates for Giant Goliath Grouper out of Port Canaveral Florida

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If you go fishing with Lagooner fishing guides, more than likely you'll be fishing with me on one of my Action Craft boats. We won't be targeting the aforementioned Goliath Grouper or Jewfish because of the restrictions and limits on harvesting this species. But there's always a chance of hooking one up when you're fishing around Port Canaveral and it's surrounding waterways. Pictured adjacent to this article is a photograph of me helping a jewfish recover after being caught by one of my anglers in the summer of 2008. We quickly unhooked the fish and jumped in the water to help the fish recover and one of my anglers jumped into the water with his camera to record the event.

What an exciting day for this angler as he caught the biggest fish of his life, taking a photograph for the memory before releasing this fish to spawn one day and help with the proliferation of the Jewfish population.

As always I look forward to hearing from many of you soon, if you need to contact Captain Gina and set up a charter please call her at (321) 868-4953 or just fill out the form on the left.

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"We hooked up with this jewfish in the shallow water around the jetties at Port Canaveral in the summer of 2008. It was amazing to feel the pull of this animal and hold it in the water before watching it swim safely away and live on in the Florida waters." Explained one excited angler after doing battle with this small 65 pound Goliath Grouper.

Where Is Port Canaveral Florida?

Port Canaveral is located between Daytona Beach and Fort Pierce and is directly east of Orlando and it's theme parks Disney, Universal Studios and Sea World. Port Canaveral is almost dead center on Central Florida's eastern shoreline and it's also the epicenter of fishing on it's coastline. Located thirty minutes due east of the Orlando International Airport on exit 52 is the small Kelly Park where you will launch with your guide and visit such famous locations like Mosquito Lagoon, the Indian River Lagoon and Banana River Lagoon and further south to Sebastian Inlet. The adventurous may want to visit the deep blue sea and experience offshore fishing and deep sea fishing out of Port Canaveral (four minutes east of Kelly Park). Take a look at our Central Florida Fishing Destinations page for more information.