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April-May is my favorite time of the year in the Florida Keys. One of the many reasons has to do with what I feel is the most exciting species to pursue: Permit. Members of the jack family permit (Trachinotus falcatusare) are one of the most sought

Richard Gibson While there might be a few places in the world with more blue marlin bites than the Bahamas none of them are nearly as convenient or as close by. Modern technology has made the world a much smaller place in the past few decades and fe

Alec usually fishes full days with me but today life got in the way and could only do a half day in the afternoon with the goal of just catching fish and use his new GoPro.  I took him to a channel where he caught some snappers and yellow jacks

I could not have two better guys on board for three days.  Matt and Mo are from Martha's Vineyard and they can fish and throw a fly.  We had three perfect May days as May should be and the fishing was red hot.  We focused on bonef

Last trip with Jeff Will and Drew out of a three day trip today.  Taking advantage of the tide we looked for permit but they were MIA as were the bonefish.  Hmm Drew usually catches bonefish with me but we've struck out the last two ti

 I had the pleasure of fishing with David for two days for his first time fishing in Miami/Biscayne Bay.  Since we had two days to work with we mixed it up.  On the first day we had perfect November conditions with clear skies cool we

Alex is a long time regular client and he is an awesome dude and he brought his buddy Greg today.  Greg has sailed all across the globe in sail racing competitions and fell in love with Biscayne Bay.  The goal was shark so I took them to a

It's been about three years since Alain and his two sons Ethan and Eliel fished together but the reunion was on today.  We used to fish all the time but the boys grew up went to college and now are getting their lives started so it was good

Clarke turned 10 years old today and he was with his mom Nicole and sister Grace.  I have to tell you this was a great family and they were awesome to spend time with.  Once again I took them to one spot a shallow wreck and never had to mo

Joe has fished with me before and today he came with his 80 year old priest Father T.  Man I want to be like T at 80 years old with high energy strong and full of life!  They didn't really care what they caught but with good conditions

I fish with Paul every year and so he was back again today.  Boy did I look high and low for bait but there was no bait.  Thankfully I had a back up but after checking the lsat bait spot I noticed they were holding deep in the bay too deep

Happy Fourth of July! I had two cool guys fishing with me today but boy I was not looking forward to fishing in the Mayhem that is typically Fourth of July in Biscayne Bay. However getting to the marina I was surprised to find that it was largely em

All the way from frosty Chicago came Jeff and Drew.  This father son duo are so much fun to fish with and Drew is a fishing junkie.  We usually fish several times a year and they were in town for spring break and Drew wanted tarpon. 

Dave Dave Dave you need to find something else to do.  Dave is from N.C. and was passing through South Florida on his way out of the Keys when he booked a bonefish trip for today.  He told me he never bonefished before and all his fishing

I had Pat and Pat today who don't usually fish much but wanted to hang out and spend some father/son time.  I took them to a tarpon spot where they were hanging out but just hanging out we didn't get any bites in the short time we fishe

No time off and no time to celebrate Easter in the traditional way going to church but I was giving thanks for all the blessings in my life while fishing with two great guys in the Everglades today.  I had Adam and his friend Larry for a full d

It's funny how things work out sometimes.  I had two trips scheduled for tomorrow Saturday but Joe my morning trip called and asked if we could fish Friday today instead.  I guess he saw the weather forecast of temperatures in the 30&#

Scott fly down from north Florida for two days of bonefish and permit fishing.  The boat traffic at the marina was insane being Memorial Day weekend but once on the water it was surprisingly quiet as we focused on bonefish and permit.  Day

Brandon lives in Florida and it was his birthday today.  His goal was to catch a bonefish.  See he has been to the Florida Keys a bunch trying to catch bonefish striking out each time.  However he did get a monster permit on one of th