Best day ever? October 13, 2021

 I've had the pleasure of fishing with Alec for years now and we always have a great time and have had some really great days fishing.  However, we were trying to determine if today was the best day ever.  He wanted snook and mutton snappers so that we did.  First stop was a creek I like for snook and he hooked a nice 15lb tarpon on a lure that gave him three great jumps and a nice fight before coming off, ouch!  Then a bit later a big snook crushes the same lure and gives him a great fight only to spit the lure as well.  Ok, what's going on?  Changing it up I found a huge school of pilchards and absolutely filled the livewell to the brim and off we went trying to atone for our amateur hour at first light.  We fished three spots and all three were great but the last two were incredible.  I didn't have time to record video but it went like this: I throw a handful of live bait, the water explodes, Alec tosses a top water lure into the explosion, twitch, twitch, explosion, he's on, drag screams and another fish to the boat.  What did he catch?  More mutton snappers than I have ever caught in a day, yellow jacks galore, mangrove snappers, grouper and barracuda.  A few times Alec tried to rest but I would throw a lure or the rare live bait and I would hook up within seconds and hand him the rod.  Exhausted of catching fish?  It happens in the fall down here.  

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He's back! October 12, 2021

Daniel had such a great time on Sunday that he called me yesterday and booked me for today.  The goal was different today as he wanted some fly casting lessons in order to hone his skills some more and catch barracudas on fly.  Ok, this time we met in Key Biscayne and I quickly loaded up the live well with live bait.  With that out of the way I power poled down and took advantage of the light winds to help him with his casting.  A few pointers and some practice and quick learner Daniel was casting better with less effort and feeling better about it.  Ok, now it's time to fish.  I took him to a finger channel and live chummed but things were slow at first as we waited for the tide to start coming in.  Once it did things got good and although we had a bunch of barracudas chase his fly they refused to eat.  Ok, fine.  We switched to spin and live pilchards and Daniel caught a ton of barracudas, jacks, yellow jacks, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, grouper and a few more I can't recall.  Even he turned around and told me "Wow, the fishing is on fire!".  Yes, it's fall and the fishing is on fire.  

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And it continues October 10, 2021

 Daniel and his girlfriend Soliene were on board today so Daniel could fly fish for bonefish and make sure Soliene caught fish as she has never fished before.  Wow, talk about two opposites of the fishing spectrum all rolled up in one day.  Anyway, the first bonefish spot was slow so we fished a second one that definitely had fish moving through.  It was still early morning and breezier than forecasted but the fish didn't care.  As Daniel took shots at the bones moving through, being Sunday, a skiff idled right past me blowing all the fish out while another was poling right behind me.  I wish I was kidding.  Well, with the wind kicking up and having missed one bite on fly we switched to spin where Daniel lost three bones.  Ouch!  Really it wasn't his fault it just works that way some times.  With boat traffic increasing and Daniel wanting Soliene to catch fish I netted some bait, hit a wreck and had a blast.  Soliene rocked it with tons of snapper, jacks and big blue runners while Daniel caught a bunch of blue runners on fly and had a big barracuda eat a nice yellow jack he hooked.  It was now time to head back and I'm glad we survived a Sunday in Biscayne Bay.  

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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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