Month: February 2011
Now I know from a recent conversation with Thomas “Titan of Law” Rapone that the Northeast is in pretty bad shape weather-wise. The weather here, however, is very nice. We had a small front roll through yesterday, and were unable to find any tarpon in the channels (we did, however, get to jump some smaller…
Read MoreIt’s 11:22 in the post-meridian, and I just returned from fishing. My thinking was that the water would still be warm after the light cold front that rolled throuh last night, yet most of the water temperatures we read were between 63 and 66 degrees f. We marked a few fish in the channels on…
Read MoreThere are a lot of tarpon down here. While it’s getting cold tonight, the chill is forecasted to be brief and the temperature is slated to return to the high 70’s on Wednesday/Thursday. As the water temperatures have been in the mid to high 70’s for a few days now, there are lots (tons, many,…
Read MoreFirst a report on the Cuda Bowl, which took place over the last few days. We will have more specific information soon, as the following is from memory slightly clouded by two days of fishing which was incredible to say the least. Fly Division Champion Captain Scott Irvine took the Fishbones sculpture home, catching three…
Read MoreToday brought some incredible weather (no suprise there), and the reports are filtering in of great permit fishing, and even some tarpon laid up in the backcountry. The captains meeting for the ‘Cuda Bowl is at the shop at 5:30; the rules and measuring devices will be explained and handed out respectively. The Angling Company…
Read MoreThe weather today is, to be fair, pretty near to perfect. After a few days of this, we should see some phenomenal tarpon and permit fishing. In fact, I have already heard a few reports of boats that saw tarpon in the channels this morning–the good news is that as long as the weather remains…
Read MoreOn my way back through Northwest channel today, I stopped to see a large mola-mola (ocean sunfish) that seemed to be in some trouble. We pulled up alongside the fish, and grabbed it’s dorsal fin. A closer look revealed a square hole, obviously made with some sort of sharp blade, cut through the dorsal fin.…
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