Tailing Bonefish Fest! May 26, 2023

I took a few days off and was back to work today with local angler Henry and his friend Mike from S.C. and they wanted to fish the flats.  Well, with perfect conditions "fishing the flats" means bonefish!  I started off fishing a point I like with the outgoing tide but the bones were MIA.  Hmmm, that's weird.  OK, on to the next flat and that was the ticket.  This spot is pretty good under the right conditions and we had those conditions but I didn't think it would be THIS good!  From the moment we got there it was constant shots at tailing bonefish.  WOW!  But, they were spooky with no wind, calm conditions and super shallow water.  After a ton of shots Mike hooked a nice fish and deep into the long run the bone spit the hook.  Heartbreak!  More shots and more shots and Henry drops his shrimp way in front of a school of tailing bonefish and Mike does the same.  We watch the school move towards their shrimp and Mile in on again but this time the bone stayed hooked and the pic below proves it.  Shortly after it was time to head in just as the tide died off and so did the fishing.  I love mornings like this! 

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Two trips for Sunday May 21, 2023

Today I had two trips and I can tell you I was not looking forward to it, not because of the clients but because of the crazy boat traffic.  Well, I launched the boat in the early morning craziness and long time clients Raja and Emily jumped aboard and left the insanity behind.  With fly rods in hand they had plenty of shots at bonefish as they cruised and waked toward us.  Unfortunately we couldn't get a fly close to them and time ran out before we knew it.  I ran back to the ramp and waited for Kevin, his son and their friend.  since they were running a bit late I was able to eat lunch and stay out of the fray as boats continued to launch and the ramp closed as it was full to capacity.  

Well, with Kevin and the guys aboard we hit the flats for sharks and there was hardly anyone on the flats.  Yes!  After the guys each hooked and caught sharks we decided to bonefish as that was something Kevin had mentioned.  It was towards the end of the tide and the current was starting to wane but eventually we found some fish and Kevin landed his first bonefish, a really nice one!  Not long after we headed back and enjoyed the thrill of Kevin's first bonefish.  

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May 20, 2023

Local clients Maria and Elissa booked me for a half day after almost a year of them working way too much.  They always like to fish for dinner trade fish for mangos with their neighbor.  LOL  The first few spots proved slow with smaller snappers but the last two spots were the ticket and they took home several tasty yellow jacks for dinner.  

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It just got better! May 15, 2023

Kristin had contacted me a month ago and pre paid for her husband Telby's charter as a birthday gift.  After a few reschedules due to weather today was the day.  Telby wanted to fly fish for bonefish so off we went.  The first spot was the Telby landing four bonefish right off the bat within the first couple of hours and at one point he was hooking fish on every third cast, it was nuts!  From there we fished a finger channel for Kristin but the yellow jacks weren't home so we wrapped it up poling some more for bones.  What a day! 

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Lem May 9-11, 2023

Lem, he can catch fish and this was our first time fishing together.  Over the course of three days the fishing kept improving slightly and we had great conversations and lots of laughs.  Lem sight casted a huge yellow jack on a bonefish flat, then a big jack crevalle that got eaten by a 12' hammerhead shark just 20 feet from the boat on the flats and then 4 bonefish.  One of the bones was 9 pounds, a real stud.  We were fishing shrimp the three days and crabs for a few shots at permit that didn't quite work out.  

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Tom's Back! May 8, 2023

Man I was really looking forward to redemption with Tom as the first trip was rough.  Well, today was better.  I made a long run to almost Key Largo in order to change the scenery.  We started off looking for tarpon on the oceanside flats and fished a few flats but the tarpon were MIA.  There were a few other skiffs working as well and I never saw them make a cast or point out fish.  Ok, back to bonefish.  This time it worked out.  I saw a stingray and some flashes next to it so I told Tom to cast.  He dropped the fly just right and was on to a bonefish.  Yes!  After a nice fight we released it.  A few minutes later another sting ray, another cast and nothing.  Then I see a mud and before I can tell Tom to recast he was on.  Turns out the mud I saw was a bonefish eating his fly that was sitting on the bottom.  Wow, that was cool!  We had some more shots and shots at a permit before the day was done.  What a relief! 

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Kid vs Shark May 6, 2023

Larissa booked me at the last minute in order to get her 12 year old son, Sascha, out on the water.  They were great and Sascha wanted to catch everything so we focused on shark and he landed a nice bonnet head shark.  With the action dying off and only catching small snappers we decided to go for broke and get him a bonefish.  Well, the bonefish kind of cooperated.  Sascha hooked up twice but the bones came off both times and we also missed a few takes using shrimp.  

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The Grind Continues May 4, 2023

Man this early morning high tide is killing me.  It's been scattering the fish and making them tough to talk into eating a fly but Tom was aboard today we gave it a full day.  I ran all over creation today with few shots and no fish hooked.  The target species was bonefish and we drew a blank. That's it, not much else to say.  

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Another Double May 3, 2023

My morning trip was with Steve again and it was a repeat of yesterday but with fewer shots at permit and more opportunities at bonefish although it was slim pickings.  This early morning high tide has been rough!  Steve missed a bonefish take and we saw a few flashing and coming to close to the boat but boy were they tough to convince this morning.  

The afternoon clients were super chill and really nice, Emmett and Heather jumped aboard with big smiles and off we went.  I asked Emmett what he wanted to fish for and he said "whatever is biting but bonefish would be great."  Oh man!  Ok, off we went and now I had the outgoing tide just like yesterday afternoons trip.  Well, not long into the trip Emmett had his biggest bonefish to date in the landing net.  Ha, the bones were pouring through!  You could see them flashing and swimming and the Emmett was on again with an even nicer bonefish.  Then it was heather's turn and cashed in as well.  Total for bonefish was 4 hooked, three landed and about a half dozen takes and misses.  Whew, how crazy is that!  We wrapped it up catching yellow jacks and they called the trip early in order to get back to an event they had.  Nice! 

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Double Today May 2, 2023

My morning trip was with repeat client Steve and Steve can fish and he can throw a fly.  We started the morning looking for permit on fly with unusually high water but there was zero wind.  These conditions made it possible to see schools of permit cruising and tailing with Steve getting a few good shots at them but permit will be permit.  We changed it up to bonefishing but the high water made it tough for the balance of the trip.  

My afternoon trip was with Alec and his friend from Rhode Island.  Alec wanted to take it easy and not bonefish so we hit the flats for sharks and the guys landed three sharks and we lost another 3 big lemon sharks.  It was a better trip in the afternoon with the falling water today.  

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Seeing Ghosts May 1, 2023

Fernando was referred to me by a client I fished with over 5 years ago.  Wow, that was cool!  So, the goal was fly fishing and Fernando shook off the rust pretty early on and landed a few bonefish within the first few hours of our full day trip.  As the tide changed we ran south looking for migrating mullet muds in order to throw flies at a number of different predators that work the mullet schools but they weren't down south.  Then I ran east and found a bunch of mullet muds but oddly enough none of them were being crushed by big jacks, tarpon, sharks, lady fish and more.  We wrapped it up having a few shots at bonefish in really skinny water before heading back.  

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Bonefish April 29, 2023

Jeff had originally booked me for two boats but the guys on the second boat couldn't make it so it was just me with Jeff and his friend.  Thankfully Jeff was cool enough to give me plenty of heads up so the other guide could fill that day.  Anyway, off we went and fished for bonefish where he landed a nice bonefish but the fishing was definitely slower today.  

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After a 2 year break April 28, 2023

It's been two years since Paul fished in Biscayne bay and I was glad he chose me as his guide for our full day trip.  The target species was bonefish and permit so we went for bonefish first under prefect conditions.  Not long into the morning Paul had 7 bonefish under his belt on his own spin tackle before we decided to look for permit now that we had great visibility.  It took about 20 minutes to cross the bay to the oceanside flat I wanted to fish for permit and it took about that long for storm cells to start to form.  Come on!  Anyway, with limited visibility Paul had a shot at a big permit so we were pumped.  Except, there was a huge storm to our north building towards the marina threatening to close us out and then lighting began to crackle.  Hmmm, we looked at each other and decided to head back early and fish 6 hours instead.  We had a heck of a morning and made the right decision to barely beat that really nasty storm.  

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