Submitted by socettuum-charters on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 17:13

Experience Soc-Et-Tu-Um Charters with Capt. Bill Whitney


The drag-screaming run of a bonefish racing across a shallow grass flat; the fantastic aerial display of a tarpon leaping from the water to try and shake your hook free; the satisfaction of finally landing your first elusive permit on fly.

These are just a few of the thrills you’ll experience while shallow water fishing in the Florida Keys.

Hello, I’m Captain Billy Whitney, and for nearly 20 years I’ve specialized in fly and light tackle fishing in the calm, clear waters of the Florida Bay and Atlantic Ocean.

Whether you’re a begining angler or an expert with the fly rod, join me for a memorable day on the flats or in the backcountry as we hunt for tarpon, bonefish, permit, snook, redfish and more!

Bonefish and permit07/18/2010

Despite breezy conditions my anglers have had good catches bonefish this week. Most of our catches have been oceanside on the flats and close to shore. We released a nice Permit hooked on a jig with a shrimp. Although the bonefish were a little late this year we should continue ...read more

Tarpon, Tarpon, Tarpon05/11/2010

Livebait or on the "fly", our Tarpon fishing has been great! Yesterday,windy as it was, We still fed the Tarpon flies four times, early, and there were many huge schools moving along the oceanside. We stayed with one school for over 20 minutes. The live bait action at the Long ...read more

Catching a few Tarpon04/12/2010

Wow, Spring break was busy. I'm just now getting caught up to blog. Our weather was great the last two weeks,lots of trips to the bay. My anglers caught lots of nice trout to 5lbs, the snapper are getting bigger every trip. But the bonefishing ramains a little slow, the ...read more

Pompano Fishing02/25/2010

Since last weekend most of our trips to florida bay have been action packed with all different species biting. The Spanish Mackerel have been running 3 to 6 pounds with bluefish, snappers, seatrout and a few grouper. But the best action has been florida Pompano! Pompano to 18 inches have ...read more

Channel humps and the reef02/17/2010

In between cold fronts I have had to fish oceanside to find warmer waters. And the action has been great. This past Monday my anglers found some large Mangrove Snappers to 5 lbs. Good action on light tackle, and great table fare. We also caught nice grouper, but released all ...read more