What to bring on a fishing trip

Gulf Shores, Al.
What do I need to bring on a Intimidator fishing trip?


You may want to bring plenty of food, drinks, sunscreen, sunglasses, hat, camera, film, and motion sickness medication. However, motion sickness medicine works best when taken the night before for those who may have a woozy stomach. If you contact your doctor ask for the "patch" it seems to have helped a lot of people. There is no known cure for the "flora-bama" flu!



What is included in the price of the boat?

All of the bait, tackle, rods, reels, licenses, and ice for the fish are included.



When do we need to arrive to catch the boat?

In most cases, fifteen minutes before the scheduled departure time is usually sufficient.



How is the Mate paid?

Please remember that the mate works for tips and fish cleaning money. A really good mate can make all the difference in the trip. Some of his duties will include rigging the tackle daily, catching live bait, cutting bait, teaching first timers how to fish and helping the old salt out with any new tricks or tactics that may be beneficial to make for a more successful outing. They will usually arrive about one hour ahead of our scheduled departure time and may not leave until several hours after you leave. We kindly suggest 15-20% of the total fare paid, plus fish cleaning is $.30 per pound.



What if there are two mates?

Normally on our day trips or our extended trips and overnighter's there will be two mates. They will split the tip and fish cleaning. Just remember that the mates are the ones who are down in the middle of the action with you. For me to keep good mates, I need to try to help make sure that they make a fair daily wage. Once again, we kindly suggest 15-20% gratuity plus the fish-cleaning fee of $.30 per pound.



How far offshore will we go during a trip?

Depending on the length of your trip, we may venture anywhere from 10 to 20 miles on a half day trip, 75 to 80 miles offshore on a two day and up to 100 miles on a three day offshore adventure.



How deep is the water?

The water where we fish on a bottom trip is anywhere from 50-150 feet deep. On an offshore trip the water may reach depths in excess of 6,000 feet.



When is the best time of year to go fishing?

There is no better time of the year to fish than in the spring or the fall. Unfortunately, it is not the best time of year for family vacations. During the summer, the water will warm up to over 80° and we will have to get in a little deeper water, but this is not a problem. The summer time is usually the calmest time of year and with three 24,000 Btu's air conditioners, it will be nice and cool inside the cabin! In the winter are some of the very best that we have to offer. The crowds start to thin out and the fish really go to biting! Remember some waterproof boots (soft sole) and sweat pants seem to work well.



What kind of tackle will we use?

We strive to use only the highest quality dependable rods and reels available. We have a full array of tackle ranging from 30# spinning reels to Penn International 80 wides. For most of the bottom trips, we use the conventional Penn 4/0 and 6/0. We have over 45 combinations that we will select from.



Can I bring my own personal tackle?

Sure, as long as its suited for the type of fish that we are fishing for. However, we cannot be held responsible for broken rods, reels or hearts!



Don't forget the Grill!

If you would like, you are welcome to bring some food to put on the Big Green Egg grill. This has always proven to be a great idea when entertaining customers or hanging out with the guys because no one likes a cold bologna sandwich. The Green Egg is a large grill that is permanently attached to the boat. We will supply the utensils and charcoal, just bring enough for us!

Deep Sea Fishing Trips | Intimidator Sport fishing Charters

Deep Sea Fishing Trips Intimidator Sport fishing Charters: "There are many species of fish to be caught of the Alabama gulf coast all year long. Spring time fishing is highlighted by Cobia, King and Spanish Mackerel, Amberjack, Triggerfish, and a variety of Snappers. In the summer and fall months, the focus seems to be more on the short family trips for mackerel or the longer multi-day trips to the offshore rigs for Yellow Fin and Black Fin, Dolphin, Wahoo, Marlin and Swordfish. In the late fall and winter, the emphasis is more on trolling for Redfish and Mackerel on the short trips. Offshore during this time, the weather may be a bit fickle but the offshore fishing is at its peak. The one type of fishing that is available year round, on the longer day trips and overnighters, is the deep-dropping for Golden Tilefish, Long tail bass, Yellow-edge Grouper, Snowy Grouper, and other deep water fish in the 600 to 1500 foot range. Not to worry, for this type of fishing we provide the latest in electronic assisted reels to aide our anglers in pulling these unique fish out of extreme depths"

Weekly fishing report for Orange Beach, Alabama

Gulf Shores, Al. - The Cobia fishing is wide open right now and has been some what consistent this year in Orange Beach.  The Amberjack fishing has been really good with some big fish caught last week,  We have been offshore and done really good with the Black-fins, but word from a real reliable source is that the big Yellow-fins are here in full force.  We will start a pretty good run of deep-sea fishing charters next week and will be offshore big game fishing a good bit too.  The main part of our trips will be 6 hour charters for Cobia and 6 hour bottom-fishing trips as well.  We still have openings for the 2010 fishing season, so call us today!

Deep sea fishing Alabama!

The Orange Beach and Gulf Shores fishing trips have been really good over the last week,  The annual Cobia migration has started and things are as good they come.  The weather has been just perfect and the fish are here in good numbers.  We welcome you to come on down for a deep sea fishing charter or a half day cobia trip.  This may be you chance to catch a big fish on light tackle and land the fish of a life time!

Orange Beach Cobia Report

Orange Beach, Al. - The Cobia fishing is just getting better and better on the Intimidator.  We were 3-5 on Cobia today on a 6 hour charter fishing trip.  We left at 10 am and fished to the East over to Pensacola and then back down the beach to Gulf Shores but, the best action was right off Orange Beach Pass.  We are open for Friday April 9 if you are interested in going!

Orange Beach Cobia Season

Orange Beach, Al - The Orange Beach Cobia fishing season as finally arrived with a bang.  The season has been off to a slow start this year with all of the cold weather this winter but the fish seem to be ganged up and hungry.  The fishing has been good down towards Gulf Shores and off the Flora-bama sand bar when we have the opportunity to get out charter fishing and we are looking forward to showing you what Cobia fishing is all about.  We have spring specials available and openings this coming week on the Intimidator.  Now is the time to go chase a big fish on light tackle.  Come on down lets get out fishing!