Fall vs 10 year old Conner, who wins? October 6, 2021

 Day two of back to back trips and today I had Tim, Mike and Conner with the goal of making sure ten year old Conner caught plenty of fish and had a great time.  OK, it's fall that should be easy.  I went to a spot that has been holding pilchards (bait fish) and threw the net a few times catching enough to black out the live well.  With more than enough bait we hit a ship wreck in 8 feet of water and I began to live chum.  Ha, it took 12 seconds for the predators to begin destroying the live chum and from them on it was on!  The guys and Conner caught plenty of fish including mutton snappers, grouper, mangrove snappers, yellow jacks and more but Conner was the star of the trip as he caught the grouper and biggest yellow jack.  Nice work Conner! 

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Fall is here! October 5, 2021

Yes, it's fall and if there was any doubt today was all the confirmation we needed.  David and his dad Tim joined me this morning as we started early and enjoyed a nice crisp cool morning.  David caught a couple of barracudas and jacks while snook fishing but no snook.  I went to a spot where bait tends to pile up in the fall and they were there right on schedule.  A few throws of the cast net later the live well was full of pilchards and off we went.  When we got to our first spot and I started to live chum it took about 45 seconds for the explosions to starts and it was game on!  Cast after cast it was mangrove snappers, mutton snappers, yellow jacks, big blue runners exploding on our live chum, devouring our baits and getting the drags nice and hot.  With incredible action for over 2 hours we decided to fish for bonefish but that proved to be slow and after striking out on sharks it was time to head back.  

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Battling the Glades September 26, 2021

 I had the day off, well until Mike called me.  I've know Mike for over 25 years and every time we fish together I truly enjoy my time with him so you know where this is going.  When Mike asked if I wanted to fish with him the Everglades I said yes and 12 hours later I hopped in his car and off we went.  What a gorgeous day, I'm telling you fall is here early with clear skies, low humidity and morning air temperatures in the mid 70's.  Anyway, we fished hard and poled around, staked off, drifted tossing lures for redfish and snook.  And....it was dead.  I saw a lot of the skiffs fishing the area moving around too so it looked like it was the same across the board.  However, at the tail end of the outgoing tide we went to one of my go to spots and there we were able to pick up a few snook.  It was tough fishing but we had a great time, caught some fish and came down to the wire almost getting skunked.  Oh, Mike tried to blame it on my banana.  Leave my banana alone!  

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Guides day off in the Everglades September 21, 2021

 September is supposed to be slow but business continues to be much better than in the past which means I haven't had many days off but I was off today and Jeanny and I fished in Everglades National Park.  She had been asking me to take her for almost a year and finally here we were.  This was were trip so I threw the fly rod for a bit, caught two sea trout and put the rod away.  The fishing wasn't on fire but it was good enough.  I had her throwing lures, which she doesn't like doing, and she missed quite a few bites from redfish and snook.  Growing frustrated she asked for bait and well, reluctantly I obliged.  This is her kind of fishing and she made it count.  At trips ends she had caught snook, redfish and a few catfish, I don't like catfish.  That night we went to a relatives house and had a great redfish dinner! 

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It was on fire today! September 19, 2021

 My job is so interesting as it has me fishing for bonefish on fly one day and fishing with first time anglers the next.  Well, Eric has fished with me before but Alex and his wife Viegle have one fishing trip combined between the two of them.  I loaded up with bait and we fished a shipwreck that proved to be on fire but it took a while.  Here they caught more mutton snappers than I remember catching on a trip, mangrove snappers, yellow jacks, blue runners and a big barracuda.  Eric was busy doing his thing catching fish while I focused on Alex and Viegle.  Once their hands were sore we hit the flats where we hooked four big lemon sharks but lost all of them.  It may not have been a bad thing because these sharks were all over 100lbs and may have required a tag team effort.  

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It was almost a done deal! September 17, 2021

 This morning I had Emily from MD with fly rod in hand.  In her short two years fly fishing she has caught plenty of redfish, snook trout but today it was bonefish.  I got her up early and we started before first light and by the time we were at the first spot of the morning there was enough light to see over the slick calm surface of the water.  It took a bit but then I started to see the tails and wakes coming towards us.  After some shots at schools of bonefish and permit there was one school coming right at us.  I positioned Emily perfectly at 11 o'clock and as the school got closer she started her false casting and dropped the fly right in front of the school.  Strip, strip, BAM!  I saw the big bonefish eat, the line come tight and then CRACK!  The fish broke off.  It's still a mystery as to why/how that happened but we were both heart broken.  Emily had a few more shots after that but the fishing took a downward turn and the fishing died off everywhere we went.  Wow, this one hurt!

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Sike! But we worked through it September 16, 2021

 I want to be like John, at 73 he is fit, strong, active and the man can fish!  The goal was permit and bonefish and the morning couldn't have been more perfect for it.  Starting off in about 4' of water looking for permit there were some schools around and I was able to get John a couple of really good shots at schools of permit waking and tailing towards us.  Then we went shallower looking for bonefish and found a few schools but nothing like what I expected.  With the breeze kicking up we changed locations and targeted more bonefish.  It took about two hours before John got one but I could tell the improving morning fishing had slowed again.  Urgh, so much for that bait and switch!  After fishing a couple of permit spots unsuccessfully it was time to head back in and try to avoid a nasty storm building right above the marina.  

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