Following my day with John and Aaron (Part ONE from the fishing reports page), Aaron and I set forth solo to capture tarpon. We were fishing on 6#, still trying after all these years. Day ONE: Aaron and I had our minds set on a large fish in the proper area for 6# capture, and…

I apologize for the lack f reports. I was scheduled to fish on Monday and Tuesday with Aaron Snell, but we cancelled due to weather. It’s been cold, and I’ve been catching up on some much needed shop work and getting ready for three days next week-one with John O’Hearn and two with Aaron. Reports…

The last two days I fished in the Islamorada Sharkfly tournament with Joe Rodriguez. The Angling Company would like to congratulate Captain Rob Fordyce and his angler CJ Nelson for their victory, and Captain Steve Friedman and his angler Greg Friedman for their placement as runners up. As for my own fishing in the tournament…

I actually posted this in error in the 2012 folder, so I’m fixing things now and posting it here: The last four days will (hopefully) be some of the hardest I’ve seen. I could go on about how tough it was (which would be a long and sad report) or talk about how the fishing…

Yesterday I fished with Captain Chris McCreedy, and the day before with Fitz Coker. Day one: Fitz and I intended to go out and catch some snapper for dinner and then try our hand at some fly poling, and we did both with great success. We limited out on grey snapper, and I caught a…

…to post this report last week. Aaron and I went to the Marquesas on his new boat (a reworked Maverick 1) and caught a jack We couldn’t find any permit, so we instead caught a nice tarpon in the nighttime light on the way home: Always good to break in the skiff that I’ll be…

While I was scheduled to fish Monday with Bruce Chard, we opted to reschedule and instead make up the day with a few in the fall. Tuesday I had booked Aaron Snell, and we decided that to go despite the colder weather. As an added bonus, we were able to break in his new skiff,…

On Tuesday, I fished with Captain Simon Becker. Simon and I have tried to fish in the past, but his (understandably) busy guiding schedule and a tournament in the middle of some planned days got in the way. Last week at the Lower Keys Guides Association meeting he mentioned to me that he had the…

The last two days I fished with Captain Doug Kilpatrick. On the first day we fished alone with the 6, and on the second we were joined by Dave Dalu. If you read these reports, you’re familiar with Dave’s skills and I need not bring them up. If you’re not, suffice to say that he’s…

Yesterday I fished with Captain Bobby Paulson. I’ve known Bobby for a number of years now, and we’ve been trying to get out together for a while, but this was the first time I’ve had the pleasure of spending the day on the water with him. Our weather was marginal (it was raining on my…