The last two days I fished with Captain Drew Delashmit and Kathryn Linville. With the March Merkin fast approaching, we decided to devote our time solely to permit. Day One: With wind and good visibility, we had a great bunch of conditions for permit fishing. We started at 8 AM, and in the morning found…

While I write this, I’m wishing I was fishing. The weather has turned around after a brief drop in temperature yesterday, and the fishing seems to be good (though windy). I’ll know more about what I missed today when I fish with Drew Delashmit and Kat on Tuesday and Wednesday. Earlier in the week, after…

Last Sunday, I fished with Doug Kilpatrick. We were joined by Jesse Robbins, a friend of mine from Sage. I had fished with Jesse years ago for a brief afternoon of tarpon fishing, and with this trip I was hoping for some opportunities for him to see more of what the Keys have to offer.…

After the loss of The Giant with Steve, I recuperated for a few days and headed out on Monday and Tuesday with John O’Hearn. Our plan in booking these days originally was to target permit in preparation for the March Merkin. The weather, however, had other plans and we were left to continue the tail-end…

Last week, I fished for three days with Captain Steve Huff. If you read these reports, you’re familiar with our trips over the last few years. In five years of fishing together (I can’t believe it’s been that long), we have hooked fish nearly every day that would have been the 6 lb record. Some…

The first of my catch-up reports (only some of them that include catching) starts with the Cuda Bowl. Once again, I was fishing with Captain John Benvenuto, and we were defending our victory last year. Here’s how it went down: Day One (Prefish Day): We started early in the morning. With 32 boats in the…

Here at the shop we are preparing for the captain’s meeting for the Cuda Bowl. At 6:30 on Thursday there will be beer, refreshments and food for all participants here at the Angling Company. The tournament will follow the next two days, with awards and refreshments on Saturday 31 January at 5:30 PM at Hurricane Hole. We…

    The last two days, I fished with John O’Hearn. The first day, we were joined by Captain John Benvenuto, the second half of our Cuda Bowl team. With overcast conditions and light wind, we were left with not much to do besides cover water in hopes of catching a few on blind casts.…

Yesterday, I fished with Fitz Coker and Kathryn. With an approaching front, our hopes was to get the best we could out of the deteriorating conditions. For us, this meant that the local blacktip shark population would receive our attention, and we staked off in some great current and deployed a few fresh jacks to…

As an addition to the upcoming fishing I have this week with John O’Hearn, Kat and I are going to find the time tomorrow to fish for blacktip sharks with Fitz. A report will follow, and I’m looking forward to getting back onto the water after a dry spell. N

Yesterday I fished with Simon Becker, and we were joined by Kathryn. Our intention was to fish for barracuda and permit if an opportunity presented itself, and that’s pretty much how it worked out. We started a half hour from Key West, and when Simon shut off the motor and I set about doing some…

Happy 2015! After the new years, I took about a week off to spend some time in the shop. We are in the process of receiving all the new goodies for the upcoming season, and with this comes a lot of work. That said we are almost through it, and I’m ready to start committing…

Merry Christmas! Now that’s out of the way, I can get on to more important things. Primarily, fishing–which (until a small cold front rolled through yesterday) has been fantastic. Two days ago I went out for a morning seek with John O’Hearn and John Benvenuto. John B. and I had planned to permit fish around…

Last week I again went to the Everglades with Steve Huff, in pursuit of the six. We had been up there only two weeks prior, and the weather had been increasingly unkind. This latest trip brought us a similar forecast: the fishing would be decent the first day and getting worse from there. Jason Schratwieser…

Well, it’s Thanksgiving. After this report, I’ll be back up to date, and I’m looking forward to keeping up with these pages more consistently in the coming year. I’ve got lots coming up: the Cuda Bowl, the March Merkin, the Goldenfly, the Gold Cup, the Poor Boys, the Del Brown, and more days planned with…

I’m still playing catch up here. Here’s how the fishing went down in the Bahamas with Fitz Coker at the beginning of this month. After arriving in Key West from a trip to NY and PA, I quickly reversed directions and drove up to Lauderdale to meet Fitz at the airport. We had five days…

In the ongoing effort to catch up with these pages, here’s the second installment in the Belize 2015 report. I left off with the tough loss of a tailing permit on the end of day three, our last in Placencia. The following morning we took off to run down the Punta Gorda. Day Four: We…

At the beginning of October, I again went to Belize. This is the second time I have taken this trip in as many years, and after last year’s slam-fest with Michael Hetzel I was looking forward to more of the same. Joining me was Kathryn Vallilee, and we fished with my friend and great guide…

I’m sorry that it’s been such a long time since I uploaded anything to the fishing reports. A lot has been happening: a five day trip to Belize, a trip to NY, a trip to the Bahamas, an upcoming wedding (my own) at the end of this month. It seems like I used the fall…

A few days ago I went out with Aaron Snell for a few hours. I poled Aaron to a great couple permit shots, though the fish didn’t want to take part. In four hours of fishing I would say we had maybe a dozen and a half good shots at the tails before we called…