First Snook Father Son Trip March 27, 2021

 I love father/son trips and today I had Rudy and his son Adrian along with their friend Baldo.  These guys live in Homestead like me and we hit the bay early in the morning.  Rudy told me he had never caught a snook so I took them to a shoreline I like for snook and throwing soft plastics and hard plastics we worked the shoreline.  A few minutes into our trip I heard a pop and I told Rudy to cast to the pop.  As soon as he did he was on and landed his first snook.  Yes!  Later on the guys missed two more snook bites and Baldo caught his first snook as well.  Afterwards I took them to another spot where 8 year old Adrian wore out the snappers, or was it the other way around? 

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Making it work February 18, 2021

 Sometimes things work out and sometimes they don't.  I was working with 20 plus MPH winds again today as Steve jumped aboard my skiff.  He wanted to fly fish but that wouldn't work today so we fished live shrimp instead and got to work.  At the first spot Steve lost a nice snook and then got two as we missed a few more bites.  With the fishing slowing down we made a move to a bonefish spot that would work since it was just outside the wind but as we got to the spot there was already a boat working it.  No worries.  Steve and I fished the last spot of the trip in the teeth of the wind but an area that was calm and he quickly got another snook and a some yellow jacks.  Congrats Steve on your first snook! 

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These Women Rock! December 27, 2020

 I had the pleasure of fishing with locals Elisa and Maria.  As has been the case lately, the morning started cold but warmed up a bit throughout the day but.  Maria definitely had the hot hand today catching everything that swam near the boat including big snook and more.  After the snook, we fished the finger channels and that is where Elisa started to shine as the girls kept the rods bent on about 8 different species that made the drags sing.  They caught big porgies, yellow jacks, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, big blue runners, jack crevales and a few others I can't recall right now, I'm getting old.  Way to go ladies!  

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Post Christmas Snook Fest! December 26, 2020

 After two days off I was back to work with David and his friend Brian on a chilly 47 degree morning.  Although they were up for anything I wanted to focus on creeks and snook.  Using lures Brian quickly hooked and lost a big snook on his first cast.  Then, it was all craziness from then on.  The total tally was a dozen snook released, lost a few and missed quite a few bites in between.  Afterwards we missed the bite on a bonefish and called it a day.  This was a good day! 

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12 Year old vs Snook December 23, 2020

 I had Steve and Drew on board for the second year and Steve just wanted Drew to catch fish.  So, we hit a spot that had been producing snook and well, Drew got his snook that gave him a great fight.  The best part is that Drew worked the lure, hooked and landed the fish on his own.  Very cool!  We wrapped up the trip catching dinner and losing two monster fish that may have been groupers or giant snapper.  Ouch!  Congrats Drew! 

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Spectacular Two Trips Today December 18, 2020

 Wow, wow, wow!  What a day today!  I had two trips today in 55 degree weather and my morning trip was with Troy and 12 year old Alex.  On our second spot the guys slayed the snook and Alex got his first bonefish.  Troy reached a point where it was snook on every cast but Alex ended up catching the bigger ones.  Way to go Alex! Oh, in between snook and bonefish they kept crushing nice sized jacks and mutton snappers.  

My afternoon trip was with Bill who wanted to bonefish on fly.  It would be tough since by now the wind was up to 20 MPH.  But first, we hit the morning spot and Bill picked up a couple of snook.  Once the tide reached the point I wanted we went bonefishing where Bill hook 3 on fly and landed one.  Nice!

It was a silver and gold kind of day today!

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October 18, 2015 Report (Snook Video!)

Bob is one of the owners of SaltLife and one of my biggest sponsors and him and his buddy climbed aboard for a few hours of fishing. The forecast called for 25 MPH winds but when arriving at the marina the winds were much lighter and my hopes were high. With mullet all around the marina I filled the live well with all the live bait we needed before Bob and Tim even showed up and once they arrived we were off. Slipping into a creek not far from the marina the action started right away with mullet schools being demolished by snook all around us. Bob piked up a nice mangrove snapper right off the bat and not long after he lands his first snook. A few hours later the action died down after losing another 3-5 more snook. The wind started as forecasted and we hit a couple of other spots, one producing hog snapper, mutton snapper and we lost a nice grouper before calling it a day. Congrats Bob!

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October 14, 2015 Report (Snook!)

Doug from TN was in town for business and swam against the current. While the rest of the guys went golfing, Doug went fishing. Good move Doug! Starting off South Beach for the mullet run proved to be slow since nothing ate our fly. Moving to tarpon spot two produced a few jacks on the fly rod and then we hit the tarpon mother load. Fish in the 20-60lb class were all over the boat rolling just 20' from the boat. We tried a number flies and had a few bites but no hook ups. Tarpon spot #2 was desolate so it was snook time. Doug decided it was better to catch fish than to stick to fly so we cast netted some bait and hit the creeks. Several snook hit our baits losing one to the mangroves and landing a nice one before we called it a day.

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October 10, 2015 Report

Joey, Sam and Ruben wanted to check out Biscayne Bay for a half day and what a gorgeous morning it was! Snook fishing was first on the agenda but we had an extremely high tide that kept the snook deep in the mangroves and bait was scare in all three locations but we did find some mullet at the last stop for shark fishing later. Having to work with shrimp we stopped off at an inshore wreck and cleaned out the shrimp in the well cathing a variety of species. The morning highlight was watching and filming about 6 pods of dolphins playing very close to the boat including coming right up to the GoPro and giving us a really cool encounter. On the flats shark fishing things were slow but we did get two hook ups that after a while we realized were large stingrays. Ouch!

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October 8, 2015 AM & PM Reports (Mullet Run Feeding Frenzy Video!)

Am Report Doug from Atl. climbed aboard with fly rod in hand and off we went looking for tarpon. We had to scrap the initial plan to bonefish because of the extremely high tides we've had this week. Being fall, I really wanted to get him into some mullet run feeding frenzy action and we found it! Schools of mullet began to pour into Miami and Doug had a number of shots at tarpon and caught a spanish mackerel but the tarpon had mullet on their minds. We fished two other tarpon spots and found fish at both but only managed a few follows but no takes. The morning ended with Doug having a blast catching jacks on fly on almost every cast!

PM Report Joel and Dean met me at the ramp minutes after my trip with Doug and after hearing how the morning went they had one thing to say, "let's get mullet". So live mullet we got! I took them off South Beach and it was on! School after school of migrating mullet were being blasted by tarpon, spinner sharks, big jacks, cobia and mackerel. Right off the bat Dean hooks up and the drag screams as he fights a nice spinner shark. Joel hooked one fish that spooled us taking all 200 yards of 30lb braid before we could chase it! When I grabbed the now empty reel, the spool was HOT! I love the mullet run! At times our live baits wouldn't last 45 seconds before hooking up, it was amazing! When the dust settled we had to catch our breaths. That's fall in Miami!

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October 7, 2015 Report

David jumped aboard again and I really wanted to get him on some snook. Poling in to one of my favorite snook creeks revealed something unsettling, really high water and still pouring in when the tide should have been going out. This meant the snook were deep into the mangroves and we could hear them feeding out of reach. I cast netted some live pilchards and headed to a grouper spot where David caught some fish while we gave time for the tide to turn. A few hours later we went back to the creeks but the water was still too high. We live baited for a bit without success for snook.

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October 4, 2015 Report (Snook!)

After a few days off I was itching to hit the water and waiting to get Bob and his son Noah on board. I love fall in Miami and I had a feeling things were going to be good. We started later than I would like but having to drive over an hour to get to the marina was understandable. At the marina under my boat was a school of pilchards. Thank you God! A few throws and I got enough bait for snook fishing. Pulling in to the first creek we staked off tossed a live bait in the water and while I showed Noah how to work the artificial lure things moved quickly. Rod doubles over, drag screams, Bob grabs the rod and fights a snook to the boat. Cool! We had a few more hits but they were a bit shy because it was later in the morning. Taking them to another spot we had fun with a number of fish and not so much fun losing 2-3 big groupers to the bottom. Urgh! Last spot produced a slob mutton snapper for Bob. Nice job Bob! Catching Biscayne Bay pink and gold, can't beat it!

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September 27, 2015 Report (Snook fest!)

On a guides day off my buddy Chris and I took his micro skiff down to the Everglades for some relaxing fishing for snook, tarpon and redfish. While we didn't see many reds we didn't even notice their absence due to the presence of so many snook and tarpon. Our first shoreline at first light held tons of small tarpon but wouldn't eat a perfectly tied dark tarpon fly. Once the switch was made to a gurgler, it was on! chris polled me into a creek we had heard some bait being busted and the tight creek gave me just enough room to make a cast a few seconds after a big explosion took place. Fly lands, strip, strip, strip, explosion, jump, jump, jump, tarpon on! Cool! The activity spooked the rest of the fish in the creek and fine by use as there were about 200 mosquitoes all over us. Another spot produced a snook for me and a couple more bites for us. After tucking into a creek to best avoid a rainstorm, the fishing just exploded in the calm after the rain. Total tally was 1 tarpon on fly, 12 snook, four trout, and well over a dozen missed bites by snook and tarpon as they would explode on the lure but not get hooked. I love a day off!

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September 11, 2015 Report (Mahi mahi & snook!)

I can honestly tell you I hate 9/11, it brings back the worst of memories and still raw emotion but David was once again on board and I was excited at the prospect of this morning. Meeting up at the marina while still dark, we ran offshore for some dolphin (mahi mahi) fishing. Yep, in my 16' Hewes. The weedlines were scattered and few in number but we finally found one that had bait and lots of activity. While it yielded only one dolphin, David caught a number of small amberjack on bait and on a fly rod. The glass calm water was quickly disturbed by wind around 9:30am so we headed to an inshore snook spot where David got a nice snook and some tough fighting jacks. What a nice trip this morning with David catching his first dolphin and snook. I love it!

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June 15, 2015 Report

After a much needed vacation, I was back on the water today with Josh. We were looking for tarpon but found very few and got no bites. So, with half the trip almost over we decided to change tactics. Fishing a small tarpon and snook spot Josh caught a few jacks on artificial when one of the rods goes off and line starts to scream. At the end of the battle a massive snook came aboard and filled two objectives at once, Josh's first snook and his biggest. Ok Josh, time to check that one off the list!

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