Fly Rods Flopping and Weenie Rods Whining when the Cuda's are chomping, we have been having fun with the Gulf Flats water warmup.
Sharks, Black Tip and Lemon have been showing up too and a red bass worm chucked a few feet in front of the Toofy's and teased just so can cause some line disappearance!
How about big Jacks behind sharks and rays crossing the flat, dropping a fly on the big guy's back will get a pounce from the bite robbing Jacks .
The Pompano show in the basins with more Jacks grabbing the Mylar Fly and wacking fingers with the direct drive Fly Reel handle, if your caught out and you will be!
Dropped a worm into a school of Permit disguised as Cuda's, so there are around some.
Cool off Cold front again for a few days and back to work this weekend, dammit more fishing.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Winter Basin Bob'en
Braving some cool front winds we have had good luck with Sea Trout on ultra light rods and of course the Barracudas and Sharks have been toofy fun.
The weather would not here today is low sixty's and sunny with light winds, brisk and invigorating !
Pompano filets with a little Key Lime Mustard and grilled veggie's are a winter treat for us and although we really don't target dinner, it's a nice bonus.
We target FUN cause " Guides Just Wanna Have Fun! "
The week after the Super Bowl produces lots of calls for future bookings, next week, next month..May, June it's one of those mistery's alot like after the National Elections.
Make's Ya think some......
The weather would not here today is low sixty's and sunny with light winds, brisk and invigorating !
Pompano filets with a little Key Lime Mustard and grilled veggie's are a winter treat for us and although we really don't target dinner, it's a nice bonus.
We target FUN cause " Guides Just Wanna Have Fun! "
The week after the Super Bowl produces lots of calls for future bookings, next week, next month..May, June it's one of those mistery's alot like after the National Elections.
Make's Ya think some......
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Return of the Flats Fishing Key West
A few weeks ago locked down with socks, Kashi Chilly and Long Johns It was hard keep the faith !
In the middle of the cold snap was a short two day reprieve but, the inshore water was fridgid top to bottom.
So with no wind and a little flats skiff and a hungery sport.. looking for a fish, any fish to pull his string.....we headed for the ocean side, not the flats but outside the reef 60-80 ft of water, deep blue!
Been more than a few years since I fished out there, we had fun and were rewarded with Spanish Mac's and Bonito on weenie rods....hold on to your rod!
All is forgiven now we have out animals back in alinement sort of, Big nasty Seathing Sharks , Cudas and Permit, with some more warm sun a few Bonefish will show n I'll put the insulated gloves away.
In the middle of the cold snap was a short two day reprieve but, the inshore water was fridgid top to bottom.
So with no wind and a little flats skiff and a hungery sport.. looking for a fish, any fish to pull his string.....we headed for the ocean side, not the flats but outside the reef 60-80 ft of water, deep blue!
Been more than a few years since I fished out there, we had fun and were rewarded with Spanish Mac's and Bonito on weenie rods....hold on to your rod!
All is forgiven now we have out animals back in alinement sort of, Big nasty Seathing Sharks , Cudas and Permit, with some more warm sun a few Bonefish will show n I'll put the insulated gloves away.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
ICE SHIP KEY WEST
Never ever and I don't mean just the last 40 years that I have lived in the Tropical Florida Keys, has there been a cold snap like the mid January 2010 chill!
Seriously, two weeks? records everyday broken.
At the hospital in Key West they were naming babies FROSTY, and SNOW FLAKE and the space heater sales skyrocketed !
Next time I'll open a SOCKS stand on Duval St, to help with the grocery bill.
Iguana's and other Old Fishing Guides fell from the trees dead or mamed.
I went to Akron to warm up and attemp to stabilize my sense's!
Well I'm back and although tens of thousands fishes went into shock and died in the inshore coastal waters of Florida and especially the Florida Keys where, our sub-tropical species were really hit hard.....
The good news is the Sharks, Barracudas, Permit are on or around the Keys Flats in major amounts.
The waters of the Gulf of Mexico remain cooler then the quickly rising temps of the Key West Flats and Backcountry.
Gigantic schools of Permit are everywhere, yesterdays 3 hookups with little effort by untalented anglers and several schools of 70-100 fish staging just off the Flats.
It was all a dream is the mood with temps in the low 80s and blue sky all around.
Glad I got out of AKRON.
Seriously, two weeks? records everyday broken.
At the hospital in Key West they were naming babies FROSTY, and SNOW FLAKE and the space heater sales skyrocketed !
Next time I'll open a SOCKS stand on Duval St, to help with the grocery bill.
Iguana's and other Old Fishing Guides fell from the trees dead or mamed.
I went to Akron to warm up and attemp to stabilize my sense's!
Well I'm back and although tens of thousands fishes went into shock and died in the inshore coastal waters of Florida and especially the Florida Keys where, our sub-tropical species were really hit hard.....
The good news is the Sharks, Barracudas, Permit are on or around the Keys Flats in major amounts.
The waters of the Gulf of Mexico remain cooler then the quickly rising temps of the Key West Flats and Backcountry.
Gigantic schools of Permit are everywhere, yesterdays 3 hookups with little effort by untalented anglers and several schools of 70-100 fish staging just off the Flats.
It was all a dream is the mood with temps in the low 80s and blue sky all around.
Glad I got out of AKRON.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Barracudas and Some Pompano Showing Up Gulfside Key West
Barracudas are always fun on a light rod, agressive and lightning quick.
On the flats in the clear shallow water they are harder to fool but much more of fight then the offshore cousins.
Lying in wait they can accelerate from asleep to 45 mph in a heartbeat, striking the baitfish and cutting him in two so fast that the unfortunate Needle Fish swims away from his own ass, not sure what just happened!
Barracudas are a hoot.
The Pompano have started to show up a bit in secret spots....I hope, and a few nice sized fish make some kinda dinner and the fun, pulling like the mini me Permit that they are.
Trout in the backcountry a few Pompano and for jumping wackoness Barracudas make a fun day, dont forget the Jacks and maybe a Cobia cruising behind the Sting Rays!
On the flats in the clear shallow water they are harder to fool but much more of fight then the offshore cousins.
Lying in wait they can accelerate from asleep to 45 mph in a heartbeat, striking the baitfish and cutting him in two so fast that the unfortunate Needle Fish swims away from his own ass, not sure what just happened!
Barracudas are a hoot.
The Pompano have started to show up a bit in secret spots....I hope, and a few nice sized fish make some kinda dinner and the fun, pulling like the mini me Permit that they are.
Trout in the backcountry a few Pompano and for jumping wackoness Barracudas make a fun day, dont forget the Jacks and maybe a Cobia cruising behind the Sting Rays!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Cuda's Hanging for a Christmas Entry
Thurs
Three or four spots and only one big Silver Head popping up for a peek, the wind was already in the north and picking up.
After some fun fishing, and laff's in the Jacks and Lady Fish, Blacktip Shark hole we headed for the Skinny Water and the chance for Barracudas in 9 inches of Gin Clear Key West Flats.
Approaching our next spot and shutting off the Mercury, edge of the flat and tying on a Bass Worm to launch with the Weenie Rods.
Steve whisper's " is that what we're looking for? "
OF COURSE we are 10 seconds from ready, six-eight Big Barracuds swiming twards us four feet from the boat they spooked and dove back into the channel.
Understanding that these" Wolf Pack "schools of Barracudas will hold in the deeper water just off the flats where the cooler water holds lots of bait, a few days after the front the turn over of water temps make's the water on the Flats much more inviting to bait fish and Barracudas.
The deeper water is a little too cool for comfort and the Sun heats the skinny Flats water quickly.
Thats when the "Wolf Packs" will slide up and hunt in the shallows.
Up on the Poling Platform and Steve on the bow we push up, skiff about dragging bottom.
Not long until we see a few Toofie's lying in wait, a few bad casts later we have had fun but have not hooked a fish.
Close calls and we start connecting, Steve's first Barracuda is 15-16 lbs. loooog first run and a Marlin jump out 80 yards!
A Blue Gill Rod, Bass Worm and 10lb line, mix it with sight casting in one foot of super clear water.
That's " FICH'EN BROTHER "
Three or four spots and only one big Silver Head popping up for a peek, the wind was already in the north and picking up.
After some fun fishing, and laff's in the Jacks and Lady Fish, Blacktip Shark hole we headed for the Skinny Water and the chance for Barracudas in 9 inches of Gin Clear Key West Flats.
Approaching our next spot and shutting off the Mercury, edge of the flat and tying on a Bass Worm to launch with the Weenie Rods.
Steve whisper's " is that what we're looking for? "
OF COURSE we are 10 seconds from ready, six-eight Big Barracuds swiming twards us four feet from the boat they spooked and dove back into the channel.
Understanding that these" Wolf Pack "schools of Barracudas will hold in the deeper water just off the flats where the cooler water holds lots of bait, a few days after the front the turn over of water temps make's the water on the Flats much more inviting to bait fish and Barracudas.
The deeper water is a little too cool for comfort and the Sun heats the skinny Flats water quickly.
Thats when the "Wolf Packs" will slide up and hunt in the shallows.
Up on the Poling Platform and Steve on the bow we push up, skiff about dragging bottom.
Not long until we see a few Toofie's lying in wait, a few bad casts later we have had fun but have not hooked a fish.
Close calls and we start connecting, Steve's first Barracuda is 15-16 lbs. loooog first run and a Marlin jump out 80 yards!
A Blue Gill Rod, Bass Worm and 10lb line, mix it with sight casting in one foot of super clear water.
That's " FICH'EN BROTHER "
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Key West Christmas with Barracuda's and Pompano
Almost every year thats what I get from Santa, Barracuda Anglers!
Anglers tossing Tube Lures and Flys at Toofy Wolf like Monsters lying in wait in the shallows.
Motionless until some poor Needle Fish or hopefully one of our offering's
swims by.
Got to laff and Yahooo when a Cuda grabs hold and bends a Weeny Rod double,
screams off 70 yards of 10# test, turns 180 degrees and smokes by the boat leaping and shaking, bearing teeth.
The Barracuda leaps are the reward for a acc
Diggin out some Silver Babies....Pompano to you, with Mylar jigs on a light spinning outfit or Fly Rod has its own rewards, mainly lots of fun and maybe a great dinner.
Cooler weather brings the guys to the forefront and Xmas ususally supplies.
If its warm we may have to chase a Tarpon....schucks!
Anglers tossing Tube Lures and Flys at Toofy Wolf like Monsters lying in wait in the shallows.
Motionless until some poor Needle Fish or hopefully one of our offering's
swims by.
Got to laff and Yahooo when a Cuda grabs hold and bends a Weeny Rod double,
screams off 70 yards of 10# test, turns 180 degrees and smokes by the boat leaping and shaking, bearing teeth.
The Barracuda leaps are the reward for a acc
Diggin out some Silver Babies....Pompano to you, with Mylar jigs on a light spinning outfit or Fly Rod has its own rewards, mainly lots of fun and maybe a great dinner.
Cooler weather brings the guys to the forefront and Xmas ususally supplies.
If its warm we may have to chase a Tarpon....schucks!
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Winter is Here, Well .....Not in Key West but Where You Are !
Saw the Weather in The western states, snow and cold blowing into the Midwest/ Great Lakes and east to New York.
Its 82 degrees and sunny in the Florida Keys, tomorrow is supposed to be 84 ish!
Think'en Tarpon, think'en Tarpon Flyrods, Permit and Bonefish will show up also as the water temps never really dropped too much after our last little cool front.
Hope this weather will hang with us through the Xmas/ New Year Break so your
snow men and ladies can get a little Fishing Tan and thaw out.
Of course even if it cools off a little down here we will still NOT be scraping windsheilds, maybe a wind breaker and some Pompano!
Its 82 degrees and sunny in the Florida Keys, tomorrow is supposed to be 84 ish!
Think'en Tarpon, think'en Tarpon Flyrods, Permit and Bonefish will show up also as the water temps never really dropped too much after our last little cool front.
Hope this weather will hang with us through the Xmas/ New Year Break so your
snow men and ladies can get a little Fishing Tan and thaw out.
Of course even if it cools off a little down here we will still NOT be scraping windsheilds, maybe a wind breaker and some Pompano!
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Make up your Mind Mister Weather Man
What is going on, El Nino and it's obvious!
84 degrees and feels like 90 with the SSW wind and the high humidity that come with the salt air coming in from the Atlantic.
Driving up the air and water temps and making us think TARPON WAXING, well jumpimg a few any way.
Permit and Bonefish will be a good possability also on the Key West Flats.
Stalled cold fronts that dont have the punch needed to push out the high pressure.
Oh well, just our cross to bare !
The next few day's will have a few showers around along with the Tarpon option.
We will hold off on any Sea Trout and Pompano Prospecting for a while.
I've got a new Sage 9wt fly rod that needs some exercise....
84 degrees and feels like 90 with the SSW wind and the high humidity that come with the salt air coming in from the Atlantic.
Driving up the air and water temps and making us think TARPON WAXING, well jumpimg a few any way.
Permit and Bonefish will be a good possability also on the Key West Flats.
Stalled cold fronts that dont have the punch needed to push out the high pressure.
Oh well, just our cross to bare !
The next few day's will have a few showers around along with the Tarpon option.
We will hold off on any Sea Trout and Pompano Prospecting for a while.
I've got a new Sage 9wt fly rod that needs some exercise....
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Full Moon over the Key West Flats
Big Tides SUCK!
There I said it, too much water moving too fast.
Fishing can be great during a full moon sequence, low incoming, high falling ok but!
It all happens quickly and the push of fish can go through the area your working in a blurr.
Sometimes a move east or west, north to the Gulf Tides or south side to the flats influenced by the Atlantic Tides will buy some more GOOD fishing time and sometimes it's time to go to the barn!
Yesterday on the falling tide on the Gulf of Mexico flats, we dealt with Full Moon Madness.
Permit up the YANG for an hour and a half then the water, Sting Rays, Crabs, and everybody else went away like the little guy in the " Tidy Bowl " commercial...... WOOOOSH!
Still 6-8 shots and 2 fish caught is a great day but I really enjoy when I have enough time too enjoy the hunt.
Remember the story about the young bull and the old bull standing on the hill overlooking the herd of cows and the young bull says lets hurry and run down and jumpa.............
There I said it, too much water moving too fast.
Fishing can be great during a full moon sequence, low incoming, high falling ok but!
It all happens quickly and the push of fish can go through the area your working in a blurr.
Sometimes a move east or west, north to the Gulf Tides or south side to the flats influenced by the Atlantic Tides will buy some more GOOD fishing time and sometimes it's time to go to the barn!
Yesterday on the falling tide on the Gulf of Mexico flats, we dealt with Full Moon Madness.
Permit up the YANG for an hour and a half then the water, Sting Rays, Crabs, and everybody else went away like the little guy in the " Tidy Bowl " commercial...... WOOOOSH!
Still 6-8 shots and 2 fish caught is a great day but I really enjoy when I have enough time too enjoy the hunt.
Remember the story about the young bull and the old bull standing on the hill overlooking the herd of cows and the young bull says lets hurry and run down and jumpa.............
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
We Can Swim Here in Ol' Key West
Looks Like we better plan on swimming, " Noah? got room for some more monkeys?"
I was bragging about the weather until, about 4 o'clock this morning when the," Hammers of Hell " started firing lightning bolts down the street and Stinky ( our little Jack Russel ) and me shot bolt upright, hairs on end, on both ends!
Stink and I snuck out to the dock so see if the skiff was still floating, all's well.
Raining like a Holstein piss'en on a flat rock, probably 6-7 inches in the last 12 hours.
I may just have to trot over to the Pirate LS for some Navy Black Tar Rhumb.
Plans for Turkey on the Barbe, done it before with a foul weather jacket on, we will be fine.
Crossing fingers and eyes for a good change in the weather for fishing on Friday but iceing the Rhumb anyway.
We can have Turkey Sandwiches...
I was bragging about the weather until, about 4 o'clock this morning when the," Hammers of Hell " started firing lightning bolts down the street and Stinky ( our little Jack Russel ) and me shot bolt upright, hairs on end, on both ends!
Stink and I snuck out to the dock so see if the skiff was still floating, all's well.
Raining like a Holstein piss'en on a flat rock, probably 6-7 inches in the last 12 hours.
I may just have to trot over to the Pirate LS for some Navy Black Tar Rhumb.
Plans for Turkey on the Barbe, done it before with a foul weather jacket on, we will be fine.
Crossing fingers and eyes for a good change in the weather for fishing on Friday but iceing the Rhumb anyway.
We can have Turkey Sandwiches...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tarpon Jumping Turkeys for Key West Thanksgiving
We're lucking out with higher late Novembers air and water temps .
Looks like mornings this Thanksgiving week will be spent checking out some Tarpon spots and carrying heavier Spinning tackle and a Tarpon fly rod.
Tailing Permit on our lower tides are also a really good option.
November has always been one of my favorite months for Permit fishing in the Lower Keys, Key West Flats.
Sometimes a early cold front will interfere by driving water temps down and removing all but the less finicky speedsters, Barracudas, Sharks, Pompano and big Jacks.
Mince Meat Pie and Tarpon on Fly .....sung to the Jingle Bells Melody!
Looks like mornings this Thanksgiving week will be spent checking out some Tarpon spots and carrying heavier Spinning tackle and a Tarpon fly rod.
Tailing Permit on our lower tides are also a really good option.
November has always been one of my favorite months for Permit fishing in the Lower Keys, Key West Flats.
Sometimes a early cold front will interfere by driving water temps down and removing all but the less finicky speedsters, Barracudas, Sharks, Pompano and big Jacks.
Mince Meat Pie and Tarpon on Fly .....sung to the Jingle Bells Melody!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Tailing Turkeys on the Flats of Key West
NOT exactly, but the fishing guides would qualify.
This time of year along with the rest of the U.S. and the Canadians we thank , Thanksgiving has always meant a lot to me.
Everyone expects a great meal and a Nap, some a parade and football too, but not something from Tiffany's.
I remember the big feasts with 100 or more of the McDevit clan, McCaughtry's and seven turkeys, five hams, a few Pheasants, Ducks and sixty pounds of mashed potatoes, table full of pie's, cakes and cookies dessert requiring it's own room.
Later cigars, eggnog's and football on the 12 inch tv screen, that was the early 50's
Most times over the years I fished on Thanksgiving , squeezing down a turkey when I had a chance, not anymore.
In 2005 late October brought to the Florida Keys hurricane Wilma.
I wrote a piece on the Thanksgiving I shared a few weeks later with fishing guide pals Gil Drake, Lindsay Harper their families and of course my wife Marcella and our wonderful old Bull Dog Jozy the clown ( RIP ).
We gas grilled Turkey and deer on the back deck of the Bougainvillea House because the walls were still missing and we had only a borrowed fridge plugged in , no other appliances.
Swatted mosquito's and drank some wine, had a pie.
It was a grand feast, Walter McDevit was there.
This time of year along with the rest of the U.S. and the Canadians we thank , Thanksgiving has always meant a lot to me.
Everyone expects a great meal and a Nap, some a parade and football too, but not something from Tiffany's.
I remember the big feasts with 100 or more of the McDevit clan, McCaughtry's and seven turkeys, five hams, a few Pheasants, Ducks and sixty pounds of mashed potatoes, table full of pie's, cakes and cookies dessert requiring it's own room.
Later cigars, eggnog's and football on the 12 inch tv screen, that was the early 50's
Most times over the years I fished on Thanksgiving , squeezing down a turkey when I had a chance, not anymore.
In 2005 late October brought to the Florida Keys hurricane Wilma.
I wrote a piece on the Thanksgiving I shared a few weeks later with fishing guide pals Gil Drake, Lindsay Harper their families and of course my wife Marcella and our wonderful old Bull Dog Jozy the clown ( RIP ).
We gas grilled Turkey and deer on the back deck of the Bougainvillea House because the walls were still missing and we had only a borrowed fridge plugged in , no other appliances.
Swatted mosquito's and drank some wine, had a pie.
It was a grand feast, Walter McDevit was there.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Falling in Love With Key West Fall Fishing
Back in Key West two weeks now and have already spent most of the time fishing the Key West Gulf Flats , some time on the Atlantic side and in the western Lakes.
Fishing with my Ol' pal Capy. Todd Bowen wack'en our way around the Mangroves sniff''en out a big Grey Snapper for a Crispy Fried Fish lunch.
The weather has been super this week with light winds and 78-80 degree highs, low humidity, this is the most comfortable time of year to fish the Backcountry.
Fishing Yesterday with my good friend Charley Cook from Wall Street/Squam Lake along with his son Chas, we scared 25-30 Permit right out of their.. scales!
Charley and I share a great pal and famous frog hunter , Jim Cloud an escapee of " the Street" and Tarpon Fly Poler with three decades of tracking down Big Poons and force feeding them feathers.
Cloud has been mentioned several times before in these pages and Charley Cook is famous for capturing one of the biggest Bone fish ever caught down in the Marquesas.
I saw it and am sure he cheated but can't figure out how!
Charley, Chas and I will be back out again tomorrow assaulting the Snipe Keys and Turkey Basin and enjoying the laughs that swim there.
Fishing with my Ol' pal Capy. Todd Bowen wack'en our way around the Mangroves sniff''en out a big Grey Snapper for a Crispy Fried Fish lunch.
The weather has been super this week with light winds and 78-80 degree highs, low humidity, this is the most comfortable time of year to fish the Backcountry.
Fishing Yesterday with my good friend Charley Cook from Wall Street/Squam Lake along with his son Chas, we scared 25-30 Permit right out of their.. scales!
Charley and I share a great pal and famous frog hunter , Jim Cloud an escapee of " the Street" and Tarpon Fly Poler with three decades of tracking down Big Poons and force feeding them feathers.
Cloud has been mentioned several times before in these pages and Charley Cook is famous for capturing one of the biggest Bone fish ever caught down in the Marquesas.
I saw it and am sure he cheated but can't figure out how!
Charley, Chas and I will be back out again tomorrow assaulting the Snipe Keys and Turkey Basin and enjoying the laughs that swim there.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Cocked and Locked in for Key West Winter Fishing
Motorcycling to N.E. Ohio is a bit of a ride from the Florida Keys but 7 or 8 years in a row I've done it up and back, it's the end and beginning of my fishing season.
After battling Tarpon and Permit in the hot May June of Key West, a long Moto ride is quite a change
Sniff ' en the Pecan Groves of South Georgia, Thoroughbred Farms of Kentucky and Corn Fields of Ohio is a nice break from my own sweat and sun block el La Flats O'dur!
Fly fishing for Large Mouth Bass and Blue Gills in the small Ohio Lake/Swamps from my Gheenoe would seem rather tame when comparing that sport to the Saltwater Monsters that have paid my rent for the last 30 years but!
Warm summer evenings, quiet Beavers swimming, White Tail peeking at your last Lily Pad Cast.
Steelhead on the Grand River is Octobers fun, Falls Leaves and Pumpkin Patches and a Hallooooween at the college bars with the Co-eds sloshing beer and breasticle's.
Next day putting the Gheenoe into hibernation and racking the 5 and 7wt fly outfits for their winter sleep.
Firing up the Big Honda Crotch Rocket on a 30 degree November morning and lunching in West Virgina.
Brisk......
A few days later snatching Sea Trout in the basins in the Gulf Flats and looking forward to the fun fishing that starts with the Cold Front that pushed me and the Honda south.
Hi Honey I'm Home!
After battling Tarpon and Permit in the hot May June of Key West, a long Moto ride is quite a change
Sniff ' en the Pecan Groves of South Georgia, Thoroughbred Farms of Kentucky and Corn Fields of Ohio is a nice break from my own sweat and sun block el La Flats O'dur!
Fly fishing for Large Mouth Bass and Blue Gills in the small Ohio Lake/Swamps from my Gheenoe would seem rather tame when comparing that sport to the Saltwater Monsters that have paid my rent for the last 30 years but!
Warm summer evenings, quiet Beavers swimming, White Tail peeking at your last Lily Pad Cast.
Steelhead on the Grand River is Octobers fun, Falls Leaves and Pumpkin Patches and a Hallooooween at the college bars with the Co-eds sloshing beer and breasticle's.
Next day putting the Gheenoe into hibernation and racking the 5 and 7wt fly outfits for their winter sleep.
Firing up the Big Honda Crotch Rocket on a 30 degree November morning and lunching in West Virgina.
Brisk......
A few days later snatching Sea Trout in the basins in the Gulf Flats and looking forward to the fun fishing that starts with the Cold Front that pushed me and the Honda south.
Hi Honey I'm Home!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
June Swoon Tarpon Moon Key West
Mays slow start morfs into a stellar June Tarpon Doo Daa! OR
" Night and Day you are the One "
Really great Tarpon Fandango, Fly Rod or Spinning chucking plastic as long as we were willing to start early AM or fish Sunset and later we were into good to great Tarpon fishing.
Flies, Flies everybody has the secret Fly, you if you were lucky, saw the secret fly the past 5-6 weeks ....it was in the mouth of all the Tarpon you jumped !
Bunny Strips, Toady things, Leaping Lizards, Whizz Bangers !! Shhhhhh don't tell anybody.
Chartreuse is good, oooww Sand Bunny with Rust Marabou head and then night time BLACK.......cool I'll have a Mocha- Peppermint Latte .. yes sir.
Mid day almost always sucks for Tarpon, we all know that but go try to shoot a White Tail Deer or a Turkey mid day and be prepared to nap in the woods !
We still have lots of good Tarpon fishing and the Bonefish have been good numbers lately with some full grown suckers swimming round.
Our weather in May and June was very mild, just now some tropical pop up storms that can make you wear your rubbers.
Mother warned you....
" Night and Day you are the One "
Really great Tarpon Fandango, Fly Rod or Spinning chucking plastic as long as we were willing to start early AM or fish Sunset and later we were into good to great Tarpon fishing.
Flies, Flies everybody has the secret Fly, you if you were lucky, saw the secret fly the past 5-6 weeks ....it was in the mouth of all the Tarpon you jumped !
Bunny Strips, Toady things, Leaping Lizards, Whizz Bangers !! Shhhhhh don't tell anybody.
Chartreuse is good, oooww Sand Bunny with Rust Marabou head and then night time BLACK.......cool I'll have a Mocha- Peppermint Latte .. yes sir.
Mid day almost always sucks for Tarpon, we all know that but go try to shoot a White Tail Deer or a Turkey mid day and be prepared to nap in the woods !
We still have lots of good Tarpon fishing and the Bonefish have been good numbers lately with some full grown suckers swimming round.
Our weather in May and June was very mild, just now some tropical pop up storms that can make you wear your rubbers.
Mother warned you....
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Laidup- In The Lake Tarpon
" Mosquito Bite Just Before The Tarpon Do " Ol' Guide Charlie Weaver used to quip.
What he meant is the more warm and humid, still air the early morning or evening weather is, the better your chances for exceptional Tarpon action.
We are getting into that time of year now, been flirting with Tarpon more often in late March and early April but as we move closer to May the pace picks up considerably.
Plugs, small live crabs, Jigs and Fly's are a flats fisherman arsenal along with a good stout rod and a big Bowl of Wheatie's.......you will need it.
Yesterdays Tarpon were not very happy and after a lot of work we managed to put a couple in the air, full moon madness I'm afraid.
Sometimes they have been at the " Snak Shak " all night chowing down in the light of the Silvery Moon.
We found some Tarpon sliding around in the bottom in about 5-6 feet of water in a inshore basin.
Fun stuff but the are not the most approachable fish.
Mount up it's Tarpon Time!
What he meant is the more warm and humid, still air the early morning or evening weather is, the better your chances for exceptional Tarpon action.
We are getting into that time of year now, been flirting with Tarpon more often in late March and early April but as we move closer to May the pace picks up considerably.
Plugs, small live crabs, Jigs and Fly's are a flats fisherman arsenal along with a good stout rod and a big Bowl of Wheatie's.......you will need it.
Yesterdays Tarpon were not very happy and after a lot of work we managed to put a couple in the air, full moon madness I'm afraid.
Sometimes they have been at the " Snak Shak " all night chowing down in the light of the Silvery Moon.
We found some Tarpon sliding around in the bottom in about 5-6 feet of water in a inshore basin.
Fun stuff but the are not the most approachable fish.
Mount up it's Tarpon Time!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Key West Tarpon Tango/ Shrimp Stomp
Fly fishing for Tarpon is one of those activities that once you have done it with some success, you just know it will be part of your annual agenda for life.
Think about that statement for a few seconds, Grand Canyon OK , saw it! Indy 500 Race , cool, once was enough, Aunt Margret's tits, great but.
A big Ol ' Tarpon with his head out of the water , eye balls straining to spot his feathery target and the subsequent hard grab at the fly line in your hand.....Sweet Jesus !
The other night was one of those - 3 days before full moon , sunset a large Red Ball hang'in over the western view and almost hissing sound as the Red Ball disappears into the Gulf.
No wind, just the HUP - POP sound of Tarpon sucking shrimp from the surface on a falling tide...
Staked in 3 feet on the flats west of Key West, they're all around us.
Waiting in the din for the closer, 11 o'clock shot and finely making a back cast at 3 o'clock because you can't wait, why should you, you've been here before - many tides .
In seconds a - one long pull after the Black Toad Fly hits the water, he's on!
The big Moon is up now, silvering the Tarpon when......... all ten jump.
Two hours later and 7 Tarpon Heads touched, 3 more jumped, all loved, every wild ass one of them.
Rocketing home in the glass slick calm of Midnight after touching the heads of kings.
Think about that statement for a few seconds, Grand Canyon OK , saw it! Indy 500 Race , cool, once was enough, Aunt Margret's tits, great but.
A big Ol ' Tarpon with his head out of the water , eye balls straining to spot his feathery target and the subsequent hard grab at the fly line in your hand.....Sweet Jesus !
The other night was one of those - 3 days before full moon , sunset a large Red Ball hang'in over the western view and almost hissing sound as the Red Ball disappears into the Gulf.
No wind, just the HUP - POP sound of Tarpon sucking shrimp from the surface on a falling tide...
Staked in 3 feet on the flats west of Key West, they're all around us.
Waiting in the din for the closer, 11 o'clock shot and finely making a back cast at 3 o'clock because you can't wait, why should you, you've been here before - many tides .
In seconds a - one long pull after the Black Toad Fly hits the water, he's on!
The big Moon is up now, silvering the Tarpon when......... all ten jump.
Two hours later and 7 Tarpon Heads touched, 3 more jumped, all loved, every wild ass one of them.
Rocketing home in the glass slick calm of Midnight after touching the heads of kings.
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