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R.I.P. I am with Kathy Widener her daughter Jackie and her husband Arron. I received an email from Kathy Widener letting me know her husband Rick had passed. They are one of my longest customers going back around 18 years. Kathy said he had a reques

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I had a nice couple days with a bunch of catching fish down at Flamingo. On Thursday I was with my favorites Ross and Mindy. We started out hooking and jumping Tarpon but couldn’t keep them hooked it was still fun. I ran to a spot where I can

This week the Snook bite was pretty good in Fl Bay. It seems like everywhere we go we can get into them pretty good. We also had a Grand Slam and a Back Country Slam on 2 different trips. The juvenile Tarpon are still around but have bn a little tou

Most of my fishing the last 2 weeks has been out of Key Largo. I’ve running to back country getting ready for the Take Stock in Children tournament. I fished one day out of Flamingo with John Foss and had a really good day. On his first cast h

After having a great top water trip in Dry Tortugas with Captain Yuri two years ago and missing last year’s trip with the gang from NY and Florida I decided to plan a trip with my Asian gang this year. The crew consisted of George Lai John Che

The fun fishing days are here whether in Biscayne Bay or down at Flamingo. The Mutton Snappers in and around the channels of Stiltsville and south have been steady. The numbers out weigh the size but the average size is between 15-19 inches and they

The winds have been blowing a steady 20 plus for weeks. On the days I make it work it takes teamwork everything has to come together. The biggest issue is trusting in my decision on days I take chances. I always want the rods to bend and if possible

I had a freak part break last week and it almost kept me off the water. The bracket on the starter broke not letting the motor start and we had to be towed in by Boat U.S. The only positive that day was we got out early and netted allot of bait. I w

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We've had a lot of hot weather here in June though the last few days the wind kicked up and today we've had a bit of a deluge of rain. Fishing in the backcountry has been pretty good overall. The calm days while getting a little steamy are g

There are a few things going on going on that’s sends me into the back country. The first one is the pea green water in Fl. Bay the second is there has been a great bite in Whitewater Bay. and then a S.W. wind. Pea green water out front someti

I am fishing with brothers Thomas and Raul today in the Everglades back country. We are back here a few days after Hurricane Nicole passed thru the state of Fl. We -started out quick with a Snook and a jumped Tarpon then it slowed down. We ran aroun

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Goliath Grouper

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I fished Whitewater Bay with Kyle and his dad Billy. It started out a little on the slow side we saw Tarpon but very few bites. We ran around a bit and eventually caught a few Tarpon loads of Snook and a 2 really nice Goliath Groupers on light Bisca

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