July 8th, 2013

Summer time I get plenty of calls from parents that want to take their kids fishing, many of which have never been fishing before an day was one of those days. I fished Al, Sophia and Laura for a laid back half day of potluck fishing. The morning started with a steady 20MPH east wind an I headed towards a reliable spot for one of the best baits in Biscayne Bay, pilchards. A few throws of the net and we had our bait in the well and we were off. Arriving at the finger channels, I deployed the chum bag and freelined the live pilchards which produced legal sized mutton snappers while the shrimp produced yellowtail snappers. With the tide shifting, we moved spots and arrived at the right place at the right ime as planned. The steady flow of chum raised a cloud of hungry mangrove snapers not 10' behind the stern and freelined shrimp and pilchards lasted no more than a few seconds. Several large mangrove snappers in the cooler and numerous others released it was time to head home and smiles were present on the ride back.