Hook 'em & Cook 'em Bait & Tackle

06/14/2026

Adam Schwartz took his friend John McCauliff out for both their first blue fin tuna. He scored big with 2 keepers with 3 bigger fish released out around the Sausages.
Keep up the good work!

06/06/2026

Indian River had its first shark brought in today when Capt. Dave Collins and Mate Alex Neiss of the "Capt. Ike II" fished at A-buoy using whole bluefish and along came this monster Thresher shark that weighed 517.2lb.
The crew from the charters was front, Mike Moss and Dann Harkey, standing Mike Ott, Chris Blair, Matt Goundry and Jeff Harper.

05/29/2026

The Toxic Tide with David Hopkins, Kyle Healy and Brianna Baker fished at the Old Grounds using Gulp and caught these 8 keeper flounder.
Way to go guys!

05/28/2026

Adam Schwartz took a quick afternoon run out to site 11 after work and came back to the dock with this 6.6lb flounder and some Black Sea bass that weighed up to 2.1lbs. The flounder was caught using pink gulp and is the biggest flounder weighed in so far this year at Indian River Marina.

05/27/2026

Capt. Aaron Hurd of Gale ForceCharters out of Indian River Marina went fun fishing today and caught this 5.4lb and 24" on rainbow clam ocean structure.

05/24/2026

Despite the nasty weather this holiday weekend, Braden decided to try is luck and fish for flounder on Friday on the south side of Indian River Inlet using minnows. He beat all the odds and caught this 16.5" flatty and brought to us to clean for dinner. Congrats to Braden, hope dinner was good!!

04/29/2026

Nothing like waiting until the last minute!! But the new regulations for federal waters for the Black Sea Bass, Flounder and Bluefish have been approved.
-15 Black Sea Bass at 12.5” opening May 1st - December 31st with no October closure.
- 4 Flounder at 16” from Jan1st - May 31st then 17.5” until December 31st.
- 5 Bluefish recreationally and 7 Charter/Headboat
We look forward to getting the Capt. Bob II out May 1st.

NOAA Fisheries approves conservation equivalency for the summer flounder and black sea bass recreational fisheries, and implements Framework 19 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, and Framework 7 to the Bluefish Fishery Management Plan.

04/17/2026

The tautog and rockfish are biting, so come by and grab your bait and tackle before heading to the inlet.
Use live green crabs and sand fleas as well as frozen shrimp to catch those sneaky tautog with Deadly Tackle tog jigs or our own tog rigs.
And the rockfish are snapping at the SP Minnows or bunker.
We are a short walk or drive from the inlet, back in the Indian River Marina.

02/05/2026

A local legend……

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Kelly Racz on Tuesday, February 3, 2026. As most of you know, Kelly faced multiple health issues over the last two years, but his passing was sudden and unexpected.

Kelly, along with his wife, founded Kelly’s Outdoors in 2017. Kelly owned businesses and worked in the industry since his teenage years. Even though there was a slight change in ownership recently, Kelly continued to be a part of the business as well as day-to-day operations. The hunting and fishing world was his passion. He loved sharing stories with his beloved customers and friends, for whom he had a very caring spirit.

He was very proud of his accomplishments and was extremely knowledgeable in the archery field. He had a career of accolades, certificates and accreditations from various industry giants in the archery world.

We have lost a legend and will continue to mourn our loss. Kelly leaves behind a wife and two children. His children and their successes made him very proud. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this time.