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Playtime sportfishing

Member since July 2025 Fort Lauderdale, United States
Background
Capt. James Brayton has been fishing since he was 3 years old growing up on a drift boat to being a mate on sport fishing boats. Pro fishing since 2000. He has fish up and down the east and west coast of Florida from port saint Lucie to key west up to clear water including the Bahamas to st. thomas VBI, and the dry tortugas and pulley ridge. fishing for marlins,sailfish,mahi-mahi,wahoo,snappers,and groupers. fishing since he was 3 years old with his dad,bringing him out on drift boats. One day the Captain of the boat say to him come up and drive a 65 ft boat ,as the captain watch over him. When he was 12 years old the same captain taught him how to dock the Boat and thats when he knew that that was what he wanted to do in life. He started helping out on the Boat as a second mate to learning how to bottom fish to every thing he can as far as the engine room of the boat. When he was 16 years old he started to Sportfish on charter boats learning how to live bait, kite fish, shark fish, wrack fishing. Getting his captain’s license at 21 years old he did what he wanted to do when he was 12 years old
Techniques
using Live bait is my favorite style of fishing if it’s kite fishing, dropping live baits on ship wrecks or just bumping live baits around ship wreck or down the reef line. You just never know what you’re gonna hook up too.

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Fort Lauderdale, Verenigde Staten
Background
Capt. James Brayton has been fishing since he was 3 years old growing up on a drift boat to being a mate on sport fishing boats. Pro fishing since 2000. He has fish up and down the east and west coast of Florida from port saint Lucie to key west up to clear water including the Bahamas to st. thomas VBI, and the dry tortugas and pulley ridge. fishing for marlins,sailfish,mahi-mahi,wahoo,snappers,and groupers. fishing since he was 3 years old with his dad,bringing him out on drift boats. One day the Captain of the boat say to him come up and drive a 65 ft boat ,as the captain watch over him. When he was 12 years old the same captain taught him how to dock the Boat and thats when he knew that that was what he wanted to do in life. He started helping out on the Boat as a second mate to learning how to bottom fish to every thing he can as far as the engine room of the boat. When he was 16 years old he started to Sportfish on charter boats learning how to live bait, kite fish, shark fish, wrack fishing. Getting his captain’s license at 21 years old he did what he wanted to do when he was 12 years old
Techniques
using Live bait is my favorite style of fishing if it’s kite fishing, dropping live baits on ship wrecks or just bumping live baits around ship wreck or down the reef line. You just never know what you’re gonna hook up too.
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Fishing with James

GECONTROLEERD   4 Hour Trip (PM) op November 20, 2025
Had a great experience with capt.Jimmy and mate Christine. Fishing started off slow, which we were trolling at first. When...
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Great family outing

GECONTROLEERD   NIEUW  4 Hour Trip (PM) op December 29, 2025
Captain Jimmy and Dillon were wonderful and very personable.ย  We managed to pull in a hadful of Snapper.ย  The big fish werenโ€™t...
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December fishing trip

GECONTROLEERD   NIEUW  Inshore trip op December 25, 2025
capt.Jimmy & capt.Jen was awesome! They are very knowledgeable and was great with my 6 year old son. Even though the Fishing...
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Great time with the kids!

GECONTROLEERD   NIEUW  3 Hour Trip โ€“ Kids/Beginners op December 29, 2025
We booked a kids/beginners trip and my kids were hooked! We didnโ€™t have any luck with trawling for sailfish (didnโ€™t seem...
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December fishing trip

GECONTROLEERD   NIEUW  4 Hour Trip (AM) op December 28, 2025
Great morning on the water with Captain Jimmy and First Mate Kevin! The boat is in great shape and was very comfortable for...
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