Oh it was on today! January 8, 2021

It's Alec's birthday tomorrow and what a better way to spend the day than fishing with him.  Every time we fish we have a blast and the laugh are in steady supply.  We had a west wind and that caused the west side of the bay outside of the marina in Homestead to be super calm.  As we fished for snook, the first spot was slow.  I took him to another spot down the shoreline and it was on with tailing tarpon and big bonefish.  After numerous shot at a tarpon and not hooking up we turned our attention bonefish and quickly got a nice 9 lber to the boat.  The snook fishing was slow and we wrapped it up breaking in his new plug rod but there were no big fish around, probably due to the approaching cold front.  Happy birthday Alec! 

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Rod Bending Day January 6, 2021

 I had Andy this morning as a last minute charter.  He called me at night and asked about fishing the following morning, so of course I said yes and here we were looking for snook.  The snook spots were desolate so we moved on but that second spot was slow, in large part due to the slack tide.  I stuck it out and when the tide turned and we got some current it was on!  There were tons of jacks, black tip sharks and snappers keeping Andy busy.  So busy in fact we had a system going where I would bait a rod, take his rod that had landed fish on it hand him the baited rod and by the time the fish was off the hook, he was on again.  It was a blast and it was on fire! 

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It was an honor today January 5, 2020

 There are times when you meet someone that is a little different than most and that can be good or bad, HAHA.  But, today I met Jan and spent 6 hours fishing with him and can tell you it was an honor fishing with him.  See, Jan is a retired breast cancer surgeon who I suspect has saved the lives of many women through his gift and passion for his craft.  Also, he is an IGFA representative who has travelled the world fishing and promoting conservation for the betterment of fish stocks and the local populace.  And there is more as he is the holder of 90 current IGFA world records!  Of course he is as humble as they come and I didn't know about this until more than half way through our trip.  But he had one goal and that was to bonefish but it wouldn't be easy since we had a strong cold front pass through the night before dropping the air temperatures.  Well, long story short, Jan caught a nice fat bonefish in the 9 lb range and had shots at many more on spin and fly as we did our best to hide from the wind and look for the warmest water possible.  And there is one more thing to this trip but I won't ruin the surprise until we get confirmation in about 3 months.  Be sure to stick around.....

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Fun Double Today January 3, 2020

 Boy have I been busy and today was another day where I had two trips.  My morning trip was with brothers and long time clients Gonzalve and Guillaume.  Guillaume hadn't fished with me in years so I was glad to see him again.  The theme for each spot today was good fishing, then it slowed down and then it would just die.  But, we worked and got Guillaume a snook, and the guys had a blast catching a bunch of species and generally making fun of Gonzalve as Guillaume was out fishing him.  

My afternoon trip was with first time clients, Bob, Oliver and Andrew and we had a blast!  Bob made two casts, caught two fish and handed the rod over to his son Oliver and told him "I'm done, beat that!".  Well, Oliver did a great job but poor Andrew lost a lot of fish and of course was the butt of jokes for the trip.  These guys were great, took home fresh fish dinner and caught so many fish they went through over 100 baits in the process.  

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Jake Vs. Bonefish January 2, 2021

 OK, I caught myself still using 2020 but hey we're only two days in.  After a day off for New Years day I was back to work with Doug and his son Jake.  Once again, the wind would make fly fishing for bones impossible so we used spinning gear and made a long run down to to some protected flats.  The bones were there for sure as we kept seeing them coming in.  Finally we got one to eat only for the hook to come out.  Geeze!  About an hour later we got another eat and this time Jake was on and the bone made a blistering run.  Several minutes later I had a fat bonefish in the landing net.  Yes!  Congrats Jake!  Moving on we fished a few finger channels that proved slow so we called it a day early.  

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The wind almost won today December 31, 2020

 Wow, that wind was brutal today as I fished with Martin, Eric and Javier from Nevada.  The plan was to chase bonefish on fly but with 25-30 MPH winds we would need to scratch that.  Instead, we focused on keeping the rods bent and the guys had a great time.  The one snook spot I was able to fish in the wind was good to us except we ended up missing some bites but still caught mutton snappers and jacks that would give the guys a workout.  The half day went quick so we wrapped it up at another spot where they caught ladyfish and some more species.  

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And the snook keep coming December 30, 2020

 It's been non-stop charters as the season finally kicks into high gear.  I had another double today starting with Kevin and his 10 year old son and they are both good fishermen.  They broke the ice with each catching snook, jacks, mutton snapper, and a few more lost snook.  That was the only spot we needed to fish as kit was hot fishing and the wind kept getting worst, cranking up to a steady 25 MPH with higher gusts.  

In the afternoon I took out Avi and 5 ear old fishing fanatic, Shim.  I love father son trips and this was one of them.  I took them to a spot out of the nasty wind and Shim caught a bunch of small jacks, blue runners and lane snappers that were perfect sized for him and he left so happy that he caught a ton of fish.  That's what it's all about.  

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