Captain
Shane Trottier

Member since November 2017 Grant-Valkaria, United States
Background
Even as a straight-A student through school, Captain Shane could never figure out what he wanted to do for a career. He's had a passion for fishing his entire life and one day while taking some friends fishing he realized that he really enjoyed putting people on fish and seeing the excitement it brought to them. Captain Shane decided to get his captain's license and do a job that he loved. Pictures don't show everything or the time it takes to catch some of these big fish. As your captain and fishing guide, he'll do everything in his power to get you on that big one.
Techniques
Captain Shane uses a few different fishing styles from drifting, trolling, bottom fishing, skipping docks, and fishing mangroves using live bait and artificial lures.

Hey, I'm Captain Shane Trottier

Grant-Valkaria, Estados Unidos
Background
Even as a straight-A student through school, Captain Shane could never figure out what he wanted to do for a career. He's had a passion for fishing his entire life and one day while taking some friends fishing he realized that he really enjoyed putting people on fish and seeing the excitement it brought to them. Captain Shane decided to get his captain's license and do a job that he loved. Pictures don't show everything or the time it takes to catch some of these big fish. As your captain and fishing guide, he'll do everything in his power to get you on that big one.
Techniques
Captain Shane uses a few different fishing styles from drifting, trolling, bottom fishing, skipping docks, and fishing mangroves using live bait and artificial lures.
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My Charter Listings

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(82 reviews)
Grant-Valkaria
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viajes desde US $450
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(1 review)
palm Bay
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viajes desde US $300

Fishing Reports

Spring Break Time
Spring Break Time
Mar 11, 2024 Grant-Valkaria
It's coming into spring break time, so we'll have limited spots available. We get booked up pretty quick this time of year. Let's start off with the weather, we'll it's been hit or miss as usual. It's been windy, rainy, and cold most of February. March should be warming up a bit though. When the days are available offshore trips have been very productive. We've had a few nice days in the last couple weeks, so last minute decisions to run out have paid off. The snapper bite has been amazing. Nice sized mangrove and lane snapper, triggerfish, sheepshead, pompano, bluefish, and kingfish, along with an occasional cobia have all been taking the bait. Inshore on the other hand has been hit or miss. The heavy winds have been making the lagoon very dirty. With dirty water makes it almost impossible to site fish anything unless they're active on top. The cold fronts and heavy winds have put a damper on most days but we're managing. The snook bite at the inlet has been tough as well. There's been a solid 10 degree difference in water temps from the ocean side to the river side. One day is hot the next day is not. The inlet has been holding a decent amount of jack crevalle which offer an awesome fight and there has been some occasional monster bluefish around. There's been a good number of blacktip and spinner sharks being caught along the beach and nearshore reefs. When mother nature allows us, we're having good luck on the nearshore reefs catching weakfish and lane snapper. The big manta rays have started to show up outside the inlet and if you're lucky they'll have some cobia tagging along with them looking for an easy meal. Bowfishing has been excellent at night. We've found some solid spots in one of the lakes that offers some fantastic trips. Tons of tilapia everywhere you look, some customers are getting upwards of 300 shots a night. The day trips are ok, but nighttime is where it's at for bowfishing out here.
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Windy Windy Windy
Windy Windy Windy
Nov 8, 2023 palm Bay
November has started off pretty rough for most fishing days. It was crazy windy the whole first week of the month. We've had some drops in the water temps and the seas have been really rough, not to mention the water being very dirty. We've been catching a few little ones here and there but it's just not been that great. The second week had some decent conditions and the fish started biting pretty good at the inlet. Snook, redfish, jacks and cubera snapper were all in the mix. Unfortunately next weeks forecast looks to be a very windy week again but that's how it goes this time of year. Went out a couple days ago to scout around bowfish and noticed the St. John's Water Management did some spraying in our area to control the hyacinth vegetation. This is not a bad thing for the future but sucks for right now. Unfortunately didn't see any fish in the area like there were a couple weeks prior. Getting rid of some of the vegetation will help give us more area to fish because the hyacinth was getting way out of control. Since business has been pretty slow and fishing conditions have been really crappy this month, I decided to change it up a bit and do a little deer hunting. The second day out of general gun and I got to tag me a nice 8 point buck in the swamp. Took the airboat out in the marsh to our local hunting area, found a nice spot in one of the cypress heads, sat quietly for a few hours and then there he was. This was a super exciting day for me because I grew up hunting out there with my dad but he has always been with me and basically showing me where to go. This time I was all by myself, hunted a totally different area then what we usually do and I found him. I absolutely love catching big fish but the adrenaline rush you get from a nice buck walking out in front of you is a whole other level of excitement. Hours of sitting still looking at the same trees is freaking boring, relaxing but boring. Then all of a sudden you hear a branch crack and water splash, you look over and see movement, your heart starts racing a million miles a minute, your hands are shaking, and your breathing is almost out of control. You have to tell your self to calm down. It's an amazing feeling for sure. If anybody would like to try hunting in the swamp, give me a shout, we hunt for white tailed deer, wild hogs, and wild turkeys, can't guarantee anything but it's definitely a fun experience.
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Opiniones de los clientes

Calificación general
Excellent
5.0 / 5
de 5 estrellas de 84 reseñas
Barco
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Tripulación
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experiencia
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Buena experiencia
100%
Capitán amigable
100%
Recomienda este charter
98%
Apto para niños
99%
Satisfecho con el barco
100%
Atrapé lo que quería
96%
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2 Hour Inshore

VERIFICADO   Special 2 hour trip for Paul Phillips on Abril 15, 2022
Mother and son fishing trip to learn some basics and keep the kid engaged. The captain was awesome and made it a wonderful...
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Brandon T.
Oxford, NC
Excellent
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Half day inshore

VERIFICADO   4 Hour Trip – Inshore/Nearshore on Abril 20, 2022
Overall great experience. He communicated well via text made the ride very comfortable and he also had a great personality...
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Charles K.
Melbourne, FL
Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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What a guy!

VERIFICADO   Full Day Trip - Inshore/Nearshore on Octubre 2, 2019
Amazing man and amazing day. I’ve taken many fishing trips and the amount of effort captain Shane obviously put into us being...
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Sean B.
Springfield, MA
Excellent
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Experiencia:
Excellent
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Barco
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Full day off shore

VERIFICADO   Full Day Offshore Bottom Fishing on Agosto 1, 2019
So we first fished with captain Shane last year. This year just as last year he did not disappoint. We didn’t catch as many...
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Melissa S.
Orlando, FL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experiencia:
Excellent
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Barco
Excellent
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Excellent
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Full Day offshore fishing

VERIFICADO   Full Day Offshore Bottom Fishing on Abril 16, 2019
Captain Shane Trottier contacted us a couple times prior to fishing date to touch base and the day before trip to warn of rough...
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