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Back to work today after a day off! I met Brant Kelch his friend Mary and his daughter Kara down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp early this morning and we headed out under some ominous skies - dark and heavy with rain sheets showing to the s

August is here and things are finally starting to slow down a bit with business as is par for the course this time of year. We are not experiencing any negative effect from the Red Tide on the west coast of Florida - the water is clean and the fish

We just came off a busy weekend here at Bud n' Mary's Marina in Islamorada Florida Keys. Last Friday Saturday and Sunday the Islamorada Sailfish Tournament took place and Capt Paul Ross and his crew took 1st place with 15 sailfish releases o

The pre-Georgia Florida Football Fishing Week continued today when I again fished with Bob Blalock and his brother-in-law Tommy and his wife Martha. We met up at the north end ramp but this time we made the long run out Bell River with plans to fish

      June is just a fantastic month to target mangrove snapper in my region because the Gulf of Mexico is flat calm so you can run fast to the wrecks and reefs and the fish are schooled up and feeding. What’s nice about mangrov

I had the pleasure today of fishing again with Steve Foss and his daughter Katie meeting them at the Eagans Creek boat ramp early this morning. We went to Bell River first to catch the last of an incoming tide. Steve was on the stern tossing mu

Thank goodness for Mangrove Snapper this time of  year! We had an absolutely beautiful morning today to fish when I met David  O'Flynn and his friends Lucas and Ryan down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning. We headed

By Michael Wilson / Ledger correspondent Mangrove Snapper—Snapper fishing is still good throughout the Tampa Bay region. Areas with structure such as reefs wrecks rock piles and area bridges are still producing a good catch. Strike Zone 2 4 5

November is here and it is definitely feeling like Fall. We had a mild front about a week ago and things have warmed up a little since but it hasn't been hot since it's been blowing pretty hard for several weeks now. Most mornings we've

For the second day in a row I fished out of the north end Dee Dee Bartels Park today. I met Tom Owensby his son Kevin and his grandson Jake early and we headed over to Tiger Island to fish the last hour of an outgoing tide. The fish catching wasn

When I looked at the weather forecast last night it called for 13-15mph winds today. When I left the bait shop and checked the winds were already up to 17mph. Ouch. I met John Conlon and his two sons Josh and Zach down at the Big Talbot Island Park

It was back to work today when I fished with Alan Reeves and his sons Jason and Jeff. I met them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we headed up the Nassau River to make our first stop at Twin Creeks. All there anglers started out tossing float

The typical summer catch continued to today with multiple species caught: Flounder Jack Crevalle an Eel! Seatrout and Mangrove Snapper. I had met Phil and Susan Raymond down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and we made a quick run up

Boy pretty day today! I met Bob Blalock down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made the long run on slick water down to Broward Island to take advantage of the first of an incoming tide. The bait shop was out of mud minnows but they live shrimp a

I wrapped up my Georgia Florida week today fishing with Hugh Haston and his buddies Randy and David who were all down for the big game tomorrow. As the week has gone by the weather had gotten better and better and today was the best with just a

I took my brother Jeff and his sons Mark and Andrew out for his birthday on 120119. We got out in the dark had a beautiful morning finding Pilchards is a very important part of the Mutton Snapper fishery. We have been lucky lately and they seem to b

Back to work today! Yesterday was called off due to rain. I met John Feelisi and his fishing partner Bill down at the south end boat ramp very early - 6:30am - and we headed NW with NO bait! I had rigged some top water lures and we tossed out a minn

        Mild fronts are keeping the water temps in the low to mid 70’s and the bite hot. Permit have been regular catches in the Gulf and even in the Bay. These hard fighting great eating fish are so much fun to catch on lig

The winds have finally laid off again after several days of it blowing over the weekend. Yesterday it was blowing 30+ in the morning but it calmed down in the afternoon and today it was much nicer maybe 10-15 mph southeast and even calmer in the gul

It appears today's trip may be my last before Hurricane Irma figures out which way she's going to head. I fished with Nick and Misty Irma meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and after run up the Nassau River we