Port Canaveral Slang - Written by Capt. Greg Rapp

This is to inform you on Port Canaveral slang. We catch several different species of fish on any given day and just about every fish is called something other than its real name. Here is the down low on the slang.

Red grouper slang name is a trash can. Warsaw grouper slang name is a toad. When a grey or gag grouper gets over 30lbs it usually gets a black coloring on its belly and we call it a black belly (If you here us say black belly you caught yourself a giant) Red snapper get slang names by their size. Red snapper under 10lbs is a chicken, under 20lbs is a cadillac and over 20lbs is called a sow. King mackerel slang name is slimer and if its over 25lbs its called a smoker. Sailfish is called a spindle beak. Amber Jack is called a reef donkey. Black sea bass are called biscuits. Dolphin, mahi mahi, and dorado are all the same fish and sometimes we call them a false porpi. Remora slang name is sneaker head. Cobia slang is brown fish or brownie. Wahoo is a striped critter. Bonito slang name is bone head. Tarpon are called shiners. Scamp grouper is called a broom tail or emerald eye. Sharks are called toothy critters. Vermillion snapper are called B-Liners. Jack Crevalle slang name are called yellow submarine. Black groupers are called carbaretas. 

Now your in the know so lets go catch some sows, black belly's, smokers, false porpi and a spindle beak to round it out.

Capt. Greg Rapp

The Almost World Famous Sea Leveler Wednesday Crew.

If your not familiar with or never heard of the Wednesday crew, this will give you some insight into this crazy drinking team with a fishing problem. The Wednesday crew charter's the Sea Leveler with their fearless leader Capt. Stan Mickle at the helm every Wednesday of the year (Hence the name Wednesday crew). These guys will fish for whatever is biting but they love to bottom fish. They are as good as it gets at catching grouper, snapper and amber jack. If it bites the hook it is a 95% chance it will be taking a one way trip on the ice train meaning the fish box. These guy's prepare by catching live bait the day before or 2 days before and usually have at least 100 live baits to start the day with. Now let me introduce the crew. Mark Rowe a.k.a. Herowe, It is safe to say nobody on this planet can catch a gag grouper on rod and reel better than this man. He has also been know to say the most crazy random nonsense saying that you have never heard of. The next on the list is Mark Marlow a.k.a. Bag Man. The bag man has the the unreal capability of making the fish bite. It can be the slowest most uncooperative day of fishing and if the bag man bag's the place the fish start to bite. Steve Knoles is the 3rd member. This guy is a fishing machine. If it bites his line, no matter what species, it comes to the boat. The 4th man is Tony Bellflower a.k.a. Holmes. Holmes can hold his own at the rail catching groupers and snappers but his main job is to clear the beer out of the fish box to make room for the fish. These guys have been fishing with us every Wednesday for 6 years now and we definitely appreciate them as customers and very good friends.

If you are ever around Port Canaveral at about 4:00pm on a Wednesday come and say hi to the crew and see what they have caught. The catch is usually very impressive.