Max the fishing machine December 29, 2021

Richie is a boater while his 14 year old son is a hard core fisherman from AL (spoiled in the college football world!) so this trip was for Max and Max wanted bonefish.  I took them to a flat that has been producing and we got to work.  It started ugly with Max going 0 for 2 before Richie got his first bonefish.  Oh, oh.  After me feeling some stress because I really want Max to land one, losing one 2 feet from the boat doesn't count, I see Max set up and the reel sing.  Yes, wait, no yes, let's wait until he lands it.  Max did a great job fighting his fish and listening to me suggestions and then the silver bullet we all love slipped into the landing net.  YES!  Wanting to try something different I took them to a spot where they caught 5lb jacks on every cast and the bass fisherman in Max came out with the hook sets.  Congrats Max! 

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The Burgis December 28, 2021

They're back in town and back in the boat.  Jeff and his boys Drew the fishing maniac and Will jumped in and off we went.  We tried permit fishing but that was slow.  We tried tarpon fishing off the beach but the wind picked up pretty quickly and we had to high tail it back before it got too rough.  Then off to bonefishing and that was slow so we wrapped it up with constant action on jack crevalles.  

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Dang, heartbreak! December 27, 2021

 Doug and Rochelle have fished with me plenty before so we were at it on our annual fishing trip.  We started just bending rods on some wrecks to get Rochelle some action before bonefishing.  After catching some snappers and bluerunners the tide was right and off we went.  Getting to the flat we started our bonefishing and it was slow at first but then these bones started moving in and we missed a bite, then another school and we miss two bites on what could have been a double header.  Come on bonefish!  Then three big bones move in and Rochelle hooks up and the bonefish starts ripping line.  I could tell it was an 8-9lb fish but after the long run the bonefish started to settle down and the hook pulled.  Ouch!  I had a hard time sleeping tonight.  

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Tyler's Christmas Gift December 26, 2021

 Boy have I been busy but I took Christmas Eve and Christmas day off but I was back to work today.  Steve has fished with me a few times this year and his son Tyler joined him today.  After bending the rod a bit on snappers and the like we hit the flats when the tide was right.  Tyler hadn't caught a bonefish before so I was eager to get him one.  Well, just like his dad that seems to attract fish, Tyler got his first bonefish and then upgraded with a bigger one before the trip was over.  First try!  

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Incredible day! December 23, 2021

 Two more trips today and my morning trip was with Michelle and Jack.  The goal was to bonefish and then go catch anything else but boy was I concerned as the morning temps were in the low 50's and the water temps had dropped 3-5 degrees.  Spot one for bonefish was dead but spot two paid of with Jack getting his first bonefish.  The rest of the trip was downhill as the fishing never did recover and all I could produce for Michelle were two jacks.  This was tough and I was not looking forward to fishing my afternoon clients at this point.  But I remembered yesterday and how the fishing improved in the afternoon so all hope was not lost.  

As soon as I dropped off Michelle and Jack, Vera and Ed jumped aboard.  Hmm, they just wanted to catch anything so I changed it up and took advantage of the incoming tide and took them to an oceanside spot.  Man that was the ticket.  They wore themselves out on big 5-7 lb blue runners, yellow jacks and barracudas on almost every cast.  What a difference!  As the tide changed and started to go out the fishing slowed and I took them to a bonefish spot.  WOW, WOW, WOW!  We set up and had about 45 minutes left in the trip and the bonefishing was on fire and they landed 7 bonefish and hooked 8, including a double header!  The rods would not stop going off with bonefish coming to the boat every few minutes, it was incredible!  What a recovery from my morning trip and what a way to start to days off to celebrate Christmas.  Merry Christmas everyone! 

 

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Double the Magic December 22, 2021

I had two trips today and my morning trip was with repeat client Bob and his wife Anna.  Well, it was windy and cold but we fished some areas that usually work out in those conditions and they did today again.  Using live shrimp Anna hooked a nice tarpon but it broke off after the 5th jump, she probably didn't mind as her wrist was already hurting her.  :)  Not long after Bob got a snook but the fishing was slowing down with tarpon around us but not feeding.  I took them to another spot where they caught a bunch of jacks and another snook and we wrapped it up tarpon fishing the last 30 minutes.  

As soon as I dropped them off Ryan and his family jumped aboard and off we went for my afternoon trip.  Man the fishing took off as the tide turned and the sun warmed us up a bit.  These guys killed it!  They caught 14 species in the same spot for four hours with fish on almost every cast!  Son Knox lost a nice bonefish next to the boat, Ryan caught a permit and a nice grouper while other son Mac wasn't far behind.  When the trip ended they had caught:

Bonefish

Permit

Grouper

Hog fish

Jacks

and more!  

That's winter for you.  

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He just catches studs! December 20, 2021

Can you believe we are only 5 days away from Christmas?  Anyway, Eric has fished with me plenty of times before and on his first trip last year he wanted to try bonefishing.  So, he proceeds to land a 12 pounder and his father in law a 10 pounder, dang!  Well today he brought his friend Cosmo who doesn't fish so I kept it simple with snappers and blue runners and they had a blast.  I then took them to shark fish on the edge of a flat and after a while Cosmo hooks up to a nice lemon shark and proceeds to break him off deep into the long blistering run.  As I set up again I look back and there's a school of mudding bonefish a decent cast off our stern!!!!  I rigged a shrimp but when I cast they were moving away.  Hmm, there should be another school.  Yes, there was indeed another school and this time Eric scored!  The initial run had the water was rooster tailing off the line and I could tell this was a big fish.  Well, several solid runs later Eric had a slob bonefish at the side of the boat.  Dang, Eric just catches stub bonefish!  

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