Florida Farewell

Patty and I went and got the boat this past weekend from the keys. We were pressed for time so we only finished a day and a half. We headed out onto the flats to hunt sharks and tarpon. We ended up with several nice lemon sharks plus a few big bonnet head sharks. I caught a few lemon sharks on the fly. The rest we caught on shrimp and cut bait. All sight fishing. We had several shots at at tarpon, mostly baby tarpon, but none would eat. We headed back to town and we ended up catching several large jacks and I broke off two tarpon in the passes on jigs. The following morning we headed it out and caught a bunch of big jacks and a cero mackerel. We left them biting and prepared for the long drive home. As soon as this lousy weather at home quits the fish should be here in force.

The NorthEastern is Ready

The NorthEastern is in the water and ready to go. Now all we need is some warmer temperatures! Things should be hopping by mid April I hope. Bring on the warmer weather!

Joe Hughes

Spring Slam?

Don't get too excited. No I didn't catch these this spring. And yes I did get a haircut since then. But spring is right around the corner despite these cold temperatures. By mid April all of the big four species will be chewing like crazy. The bass will be first and everything else will quickly follow. The first weakfish was caught on April 14 of last spring and it will be similar this year. The end of April and early May are usually red hot in the bay. If you are interested in a spring trip, I would recommend booking soon as weekends fill up fast. Afternoon trips are also a great alternative.

Islamorada Day Two

Fished a second day with Dick and Mike. We had a blast. We broke off two tarpon during the day. We caught and released jacks to 12 pounds, snappers, a surgeon fish, and some yellow jacks. The top pic is a brown surgeon fish and the bottom pic is a yellow jack.

More Tarpon Pics

Some actions shots from Dick's tarpon.

Tarpon and Jacks

Fished yesterday with Dick and Mike in Islamorada. We had tough sight fishing conditions with clouds and wind. We managed to catch one bonnet head shark on the flats. We saw a bunch but just couldn't make it happen. We moved closer to town where we had a blast catching a bunch of fish. We released one tarpon and broke off another. We caught jacks to twelve pounds and a bunch of snappers to four pounds. We also caught a brown surgeon fish. That is a first for me. There were also a few yellow jacks mixed in. A very productive day.

Snook

Fished with Darryl and John on the last day. We headed to the Everglades for some snook. The bite was tough and we lost three nice snook before bringing two to the boat and releasing them. We returned to Islamorada where we caught one snapper and jack after the other. Great time and boy was it great to be warm!!!