This morning Fitz and I had planned pre-work jaunt. What it turned into was nothing short of a full 8-hour day on the water, and we had a great time. We started early, in hopes of arriving at our spot just in time for sunrise. However, our attempted acquisition of pinfish (for snapper capture after…

Yesterday I was invited to fish with Jim Vincent for a day with Captain Lenny Leonard. We left at 8 AM, and returned to a few of the locations they had found fish the day before. Our first spot gave us no indication of the fish that had been present, until about an hour in…

Last night I had dinner with Jim Vincent (of Rio Products fame) and his wife, Kitty. During dinner we were discussing how difficult the weather has been, and as we watched the sun drop out it looked as though the wind would stay up. I woke up this morning, however, to one of the calmest,…

A good fried sent me this video, and I thought I’d share it. Watch the ultimate excitement at 1:20. http://www.youtube.com/embed/nA3LtXnNIto?feature=player_embe

After the difficult day with Joe, it looks like the weather is finally going to improve. Everyone is looking forward to some better conditions, except the tarpon, who will be captured. Regards, ncl

I was scheduled to fish in Islamorada with Captain Joe Rodriguez on the 1 and 2; as it happened, we only fished the second day (yesterday). I drove up to Islamorada in the teeth of a great a many rainshowers, and was there by 10 AM. We left directly, and it was immediately apparent that…