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Blogs by Captain Dave Sipler

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  Kids Fishing Trips in Jacksonville!

  Posted By: Captain Dave Sipler Tue, April 21, 2015

  Adventure & Sports Beaches & Waterways Family Fun General Outdoors & Nature

  I hear it all the time. "We're coming to Jacksonville, staying at the beach, at a nice hotel with a fancy swimming pool, because the kids are out of school and wondered what else can we do with our kids?"

  
  
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  It’s All About “Sport Fishing”

  Posted By: Captain Dave Sipler Tue, August 05, 2014

  Adventure & Sports Family Fun Outdoors & Nature

  July was, and August will be too..... Teeth Month, aboard Capt Dave's Jettywolf. From Barracuda's to Sharks, it's all about "Sport Fishing" for the BIG ONES!

  
  
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  Summer Fishing

  Posted By: Captain Dave Sipler Thu, July 10, 2014

  Adventure & Sports Beaches & Waterways Family Fun General Outdoors & Nature

  Hello Anglers! Summer has been here for quit a while in N.E. Florida. Most of you don't really care what month the calendar says. As a fisherman, I call it summer when the Spanish Mackerel show up at the inlet. And that happened back in May!

  
  
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  Redfish are Biting!

  Posted By: Captain Dave Sipler Thu, May 29, 2014

  Adventure & Sports Beaches & Waterways Family Fun Outdoors & Nature

  Hello Folks, Captain Dave Sipler here.....I'm going to tell you all about Jacksonville's fishing opportunities every month for the next six months.

  
  

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  About Captain Dave Sipler

  Local Expert- Fishing

  Capt Dave Sipler has been a Northeast Florida, full-time, 12-months-a-year, fishing guide and captain since 1996 and specializes in inlet, river, and near-coastal sport fishing for one-to-four persons aboard the 26' Jettywolf – the only all-welded plate alloy charter boat in the area. A true commercial grade boat, used for Speckled Trout fishing to chumming for big sharks. The Jettywolf has a motto: "NO LONG BOAT RIDES, AND THAT'S GUARANTEED!" Visit www.captdaves.com for more information.