Day 1: Aaron and I, after a morning spent dealing with lower unit issues, got out on the water at 10 AM. We began by chasing the six, looking in vain for some fish in the shallow areas that would accomodate light line capture. After a few shots at fish that didn’t appear large enough,…

Well, for those of you who have been following this report for a while, I finally got a few of the photos from Captain Chris Trosset of my trip West with Michael Hetzel, and as it turns out there were not as many great shots as I had imagined. Only one, in fact, that is…

It’s hard to fish in the wind. Coupled with a lot of cloud cover and a slower-than-average June push, fishing is straight up difficult. That said, the anglers (and, perhaps more importantly, the guides) that are putting in the time out there are drying a few off each day. Slow but sure wins the race.…

So it’s 11:14 PM, and I am just about to get to bed for another day on the water tomorrow. Our fishing today was defined by tough wind (though not as bad as the last few weeks, and slated to drop even more tomorrow) as well as cloud cover; both, it seemed, conspired to prevent…

One more, I couldn’t resist adding. Nice work, Team TAC! Photo courtesy Captain Lenny Leonard

It’s raining here, and the fishing has been difficult for those brave enough to sight fish with no visibility. Today’s (and, from what it looks like, the next few days’) weather notwithstanding, the fishing is great. Typical of July there are a fair number of smaller tarpon around, and bonefish and permit abound. Captain Lenny…

It seems that the tarpon are still hard to come by, but the wind is what’s really making life tough out there. I’ve been hearing reports all week of only a few shots; this is not a terrible thing when they’re on the chew, but an added 20 MPH of breeze can make the difference…

I’m busy and I just got these in from Aaron, so instead of a report here are some photographs for your viewing pleasure. All photographs courtesy Captain Aaron Snell Here’s what Aaron had to say: South Carolina boys Telfair Parker, Jonathan Anderson, Peter Brown and Grey Holmes on their annual tarpon trip were welcomed with…

We are starting to see the beginnings of our second push of fish on the ocean, which is great considering it felt like we were waiting a bit too long. For the tarpon we are all happily awaiting more. Remember the Smitty and Al’s Tarpon Bonanza party this Thursday 3 June at 6:30 PM at…

Odd to be writing a report about how great the bonefish and permit fishing is at the end of May, but the combination of a pause in the tarpon migration and the higher-than-normal water temperatures means that more anglers and guides are going shallow. Additionally, it looks as though there is a great number of…