Pinfish Enterprises
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| Contact Captain Ed Martin at: Phone (239) 216-FISH or by email at captain.ed@pinfishcharters.com |
Pinfish Enterprises, LLC
Pinfish Enterprises is a South West Florida company dedicated to providing professional charter guide services, building high quality fishing tackle, and
teaching our angling customers how to be better fisherman and environmental stewards.
Charter Fishing
Pinfish Charters specializes in flats, backcountry and near-inshore fly and light tackle fishing for Tarpon, Snook, Redfish and Trout. I'm based in Fort
Myers, Florida and fish the waters of the Caloosahatche River, Boca Grande Pass, Matlacha Pass, Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound. These
waterways border Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva islands. The water is abundant with bait (pinfish, sardines, herring, crabs and shrimp)
which in turn attracts large numbers of game fish.
Captain Ed - over there ---->
I have been fortunate enough to have with the opportunity to fish all over the world, for a wide variety
of fish, using fly, spin, bait casting, and conventional tackle. I've fished for 8 inch wild Brook Trout in
Massachusetts, Sailfish in West Africa, Tigerfish in Southern Africa, and Bonefish in the Florida Keys
before settling down in Fort Myers to focus on Redfish, Snook and Tarpon. I've fished all over Florida
during the past 20 years and believe that the Southwest Florida watersheds are some of the most
productive fisheries on the planet.
Gear
I'm a fishing rod builder so I've outfitted my boat with custom made rods that I designed and built for the fishing conditions we deal with in our area. Our
spinning and bait casting rods are St. Croix, American Tackle, or Seeker blanks outfitted with Fuji or American Tackle line guides. We've matched the
spinning rods to Diawa, Okuma, and Cabela's Baitfeeder reels. We primarily use 10lb Firewire braided line but also use Ande mono filament line when line
stretch is desired (like when using deep swimming lures for Tarpon).
Fly Rods were also built by me and are either St. Croix or American Tackle rods with REC Recoil Titanium guides. I've got 8, 10 and 12 weight rods
outfitted with Scientific Anglers WF lines.
Boat
I run a 2007 1802 Tournament Edition Action Craft rigged with a 115HP Yamaha engine. It's a great boat that tends to be much dryer than other
manufactures boats of the same class. It's outfitted with a Powerpole, Garmin GPS/Depthfinder, Poling Platform, Push Pole, and an 87lb Motorguide
trolling motor. I've stuffed as much tackle in it as I can so I've got a wide selection of artificial baits, plugs, flies, and hooks. My friends often joke about the
fact that I've got a tacklebox dedicated to split-shot sinkers; I like to think I'm just organized.
Pinfish Enterprises is a South West Florida company dedicated to providing professional charter guide services, building high quality fishing tackle, and
teaching our angling customers how to be better fisherman and environmental stewards.
Charter Fishing
Pinfish Charters specializes in flats, backcountry and near-inshore fly and light tackle fishing for Tarpon, Snook, Redfish and Trout. I'm based in Fort
Myers, Florida and fish the waters of the Caloosahatche River, Boca Grande Pass, Matlacha Pass, Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound. These
waterways border Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva islands. The water is abundant with bait (pinfish, sardines, herring, crabs and shrimp)
which in turn attracts large numbers of game fish.
Captain Ed - over there ---->
I have been fortunate enough to have with the opportunity to fish all over the world, for a wide variety
of fish, using fly, spin, bait casting, and conventional tackle. I've fished for 8 inch wild Brook Trout in
Massachusetts, Sailfish in West Africa, Tigerfish in Southern Africa, and Bonefish in the Florida Keys
before settling down in Fort Myers to focus on Redfish, Snook and Tarpon. I've fished all over Florida
during the past 20 years and believe that the Southwest Florida watersheds are some of the most
productive fisheries on the planet.
Gear
I'm a fishing rod builder so I've outfitted my boat with custom made rods that I designed and built for the fishing conditions we deal with in our area. Our
spinning and bait casting rods are St. Croix, American Tackle, or Seeker blanks outfitted with Fuji or American Tackle line guides. We've matched the
spinning rods to Diawa, Okuma, and Cabela's Baitfeeder reels. We primarily use 10lb Firewire braided line but also use Ande mono filament line when line
stretch is desired (like when using deep swimming lures for Tarpon).
Fly Rods were also built by me and are either St. Croix or American Tackle rods with REC Recoil Titanium guides. I've got 8, 10 and 12 weight rods
outfitted with Scientific Anglers WF lines.
Boat
I run a 2007 1802 Tournament Edition Action Craft rigged with a 115HP Yamaha engine. It's a great boat that tends to be much dryer than other
manufactures boats of the same class. It's outfitted with a Powerpole, Garmin GPS/Depthfinder, Poling Platform, Push Pole, and an 87lb Motorguide
trolling motor. I've stuffed as much tackle in it as I can so I've got a wide selection of artificial baits, plugs, flies, and hooks. My friends often joke about the
fact that I've got a tacklebox dedicated to split-shot sinkers; I like to think I'm just organized.
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