Last Friday (playing catch up as always), I fished with John O’Hearn as the guest of Lawson Stiff. Our target was any of the big three, and we started off by looking for permit. The fishing slow, and while Lawson and I each got shots at a few fish it never really turned on enough…

After the Gold Cup, while I posted results, I neglected to write a typical “our fishing” report. I wanted to get the results up here for those that follow these reports, and right after the tournament I was not in a head space to discuss what amounted to falling as far short of what we…

Two days ago, I went out for an evening excursion. My cousin James is on vacation from teaching school in Africa, and as such needed to catch a tarpon. We started at 7:30, and after a brief boat injury (I won’t go into the details here, but let’s just say that low tide can be…

I’d like to report, happily and with great respect, that the 2015 Gold Cup was won by Captain Jared Raskob and Mark Richens. Both of these guys are great guys and incredible fisherman, and after a second place finish last year in the Gold Cup (not to mention a close second in the Goldenfly) it…

This will be a short report, mostly due to the fact that I had written a longer draft that was deleted and I don’t have time to rewrite it.   On Monday I fished with John and Ted, and we had 8 bites from fish ranging in size from 40-100 pounds, and the next day…

Yesterday I fished with Kathryn and Simon Becker. We didn’t have a plan in place to target permit or tarpon specifically, which is a good thing: as it turned out, we would do a bit of both. We started off after a short run looking for tarpon, and it didn’t take long for Simon to…

After our three days last week, John and I were to fish Monday and Tuesday to finish out our pre-Gold Cup time. The weather was sour, and while we found a few fish each day we were unable to make much of our time. Here’s the blow by blow. Day One: After fishing water last…

Ending on this Friday past, I fished with Captain John O’Hearn. Our target, in hopeful anticipation of the upcoming Gold Cup, was tarpon. Here’s how it all went down: Day One: We started near Islamorada, and found a spot to scratch something out in. Our fishing started out with a bang, with John getting a…

Earlier this week, I fished the Goldenfly tournament in Islamorada with John O’Hearn. We had a good time, though some boat troubles plagued us the first day. I would like to congratulate Andy Mill and Captain Rob Fordyce, who won the event. They gave a great account of themselves and made it happen with a…

Last week, in the final throes of preparatory fishing before the Goldenfly, I fished a day with Joe Rodriguez on Monday. My parents were in town for the week, and had five days booked, so on Mother’s day my father and I fished with Joe and my mother and Kat spent the day on the…