As if it couldn't get any worst! May 30, 2021

 Wow, wow!  Yesterday it took me 45 minutes to launch the boat and today it took me an hour.  I was at the boat ramp at 5:45am well before they open and there was already a long line but I was able to launch and get on the water with Andy and his 9 year old boy Jonah.  I repeated yesterdays game plan and it worked out with the guys catching a ton of fish and Jonah learning how to cast, hook and land his fish on his won.  They were a blast and there are few kids as funny as Jonah. All in all in was pretty quite out on the bay with most fishermen staying home and the partyers sticking to the sand bars, it turned out to be not bad at all once I left the marina.  Now time to get home and wait for the weekend craziness to end.  

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Memorial Day Mayhem May 29, 2021

 This is the trip that almost didn't happen and I called Eric to tell him he may have to turn around and go home.  The marinas were completely packed and our 7am charter was on the verge of not happening as I stood in line for 45 minutes to launch the boat with only a few parking spaces left.  But, I got in, launched the boat and once we left the marina the bay was actually really quiet.   Eric had his dad Daniel and sister Alina on board as we went to our first spot of the day.  There they caught a bunch of snappers and Daniel landed a massive barracuda that somehow ate his hooked fish, hooked itself and never cut off the 30ln flouro leader.  Wow!  Then we hit the flats where Daniel again shined catching another big barracuda and a nice lemon shark before we headed back.  

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They continue the streak May 28, 2021

 And so it continues as Jeff got his son Drew two days of fishing with me as a present for graduating high school and Drew's brother Will was with us this time.  Drew wanted a tarpon but we found them and they refused to eat so off we went.  Fishing a few different spots they stayed busy catching jacks, yellow jacks, mutton snappers and snook with Drew catching his first snook.  

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He needs to take up a new hobby May 26, 2021

 It's always interesting to me how things work out sometimes.  Today I had Anthony and Christina from N.Y. and if there was a theme to the trip and their attitude to catching fish was "we're on vacation, we don't give a crap."  They were relaxed from the moment they jumped in the boat and well, that relaxed me too.  I took them to the first spot of the morning and Christina quickly outfished Anthony catching jacks, snappers, losing a snook or two and more.  Then that spot slowed down so we hit the finger channels where it started off a bit slow but as the tide began to slow down the fishing picked up.  Hmmm, that's weird.  Anyway, they were on fire catching nice yellow jacks on every cast and mixing in a few snappers and other species along the way.  Then it happened!  A school of permit popped up behind the boat and were cruising on the surface for all the world to see.  I pointed them out to Anthony and a perfect cast later he was on!   We saw the permit come up and eat, it was awesome!  After a careful fight, we landed the permit and got a good release.  Then Anthony asked me, "So why was that a big deal?"  LOL  I had to explain it.  Time for him, to pick a new hobby. 

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This is much better! May 24, 2021

 Finally the winds died down and the conditions were great as Kevin and his son Noah boarded my skiff.  They wanted to bend the rods and catch different species so we did just that.  We started off at a shallow ship wreck where they caught a bunch of species including snappers, jacks, and more but the highlight was a big, massive barracuda that kept eating out fish and Noah landed when I rigged him up for it.  Wow, what a 'cuda!  Before the trip was over I took them bonefishing where Kevin caught his first bonefish.  Yes!  

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Why do we do this? May 22, 2021

 That's a good question.  I had a few days off due to 25-30 MPH winds which is highly unusual in May but I got a call from Dan to fish on Saturday.  He told me he was in Islamorada and all his guides cancelled on him due to wind and so he called me.  I warned him about the wind and how tough it would be but he was in and well, so was I.  Dan and his son Hayden met up with me in Homestead and we made the best of crossing the bay to the oceanside flats.  We bonefished for a while and landed a few big mojaras and lost a nice big bonefish.  We ended the half day trip fishing for sharks where they hooked and landed one.  It was definitely slow but not surprising considering the conditions. 

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More crushed bucket lists!!! May 18, 2021

More wind today and actually even more wind than yesterday as Steve and his daughter Katie jumped aboard. We were facing 20 to 25 mile an hour winds all morning long and although the tarpon would not cooperate I was able to take them to an area out of the wind where they had a blast catching nice drag peeling jacks, big mangrove snappers and a few nice mutton snappers. The big highlight today was Steve catching his 1st snook. Then he told me he had never caught bonefish before. Wait, what?  Oh, let's go for it!  I looked at my watch and realised I had a small window to try to get his 1st bonefish in the boat. Well as it turns out we hit that spot just right and just a few minutes in the Steve was tight to a solid 8 pound fish that was burning up the drag. After numerous long runs I scooped up the big bonefish, Steve got his glory pictures and we headed back with a solid day of fishing. Congrats Steve!

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