I'm back for awhile. The baits moved in with this cold front so the Sailfish won't be far behind. It's a little breezy this week but if nothing else we'll hoist some brew. Tie one on with tye 1on ...

I just arrived back here a few days ago and am leaving again in a few. I should be back for at least a couple months starting in October. You are welcome to come down and fish with me anytime after...

Handsome fellow. I have to check my name tag from time to time too.

May I live to see Tebowing and Bradying at the same time.

Go ahead and bring your spinner Wart. While I pretty much only flyfish anymore, I don't expect everyone else to especially if they are struggling with it.

You guys shouldn't sweat the casting....

Game on...

@ Saga, It's Italian,38 meters. The owners are fanatics about privacy so I can't really speak of it. If you're on Sanibel, I'm sure you know the ferry to KW leaves not far from you. It's a nice...

@sagamoron, I'm a private yacht captain so my schedule isn't something I can control at times. Try and give me as much advance notice as you can, sometimes the stars align the right way.

@ Teleee,...

I'm back in town for a few days and then gone again for a few more.

When I get back I'm trying to be here for the rest of Tarpon season.

When are you going to be here? More importantly can...

While I live here, I'm actually not on land here much. My "work" is tied up to the dock in Ft Lauderdale so I'm up there quite a bit. When I'm here, I'm out on the water a lot.

It looks like the...

You know, you would think one of his general bro's would take him aside and say "listen Dave YOU'RE IN THE FUCKING SECRETS BUSINESS"!!!!
If fact "YOU'RE THE BOSS of arguably the most high tech...

I appreciate the offer but it was way too close to the road to still be there.

I've managed to arrange things so that I will be in either MT/ID/WY in late summer/early fall every year, so I'm...

Heh, supposedly the largest budget ever for a porno.

That blows,

I found myself unexpectedly in your hood a few weeks ago. We decided to hit up the South fork since there was so much smoke everywhere else. The day we arrived was the day that canyon...

This place is going to hell in a hand basket, who's in charge here?

I can't believe none of you Douche bears know the "Pirates" movie that Warthog referred to. The one filmed on the Bounty.
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In 1998, almost to the day. Hurricane Mitch Sank the Fantome off the Bay islands of Honduras. She was 282 feet and sort of the flagship for windjammer barefoot cruises.

31 souls were lost at sea...

Or Beandip/Taco, 72twenty Et al

Despite being on the water a lot, not feeling it this year.

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If you arrive late then spending the night in San Pedro isn't bad. It gets old quick though. If you have a little time and want to get going and get a feel for the boat, then head down to Caye...

Are you bareboating it out of Ambergris or are you going to have a captain?

If you are driving then there's a bunch of places I can recommend.

The hired captains pretty much stay inside the...

You and Sagamoron are right on about the Hull truth. There's no butthurt like that from middle aged, affluent white men that aren't to having their opinions challenged. Puts teenaged girls to shame.

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It's a loophole in immigration law that allows Cubans that make it to land (dry foot) to stay in this country. If they are caught at sea (wet foot) they are returned to Cuba.

The Cuban...

Yes, I live in Key West ( most of the time anyway) and yes, I have a boat. However this idea, in this location is a non-starter.

Here's why:

The islands you refer to are in shallow water. There...

Schwerty, you need to stop threatening to do this and actually do it.

If you wait you'll just be another year older when you do, heard that somewhere.

We can do some of this too.

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I haven't been here for awhile so I figured I'd drop in and post some shots to let warthog know what it looks like here when it isn't overcast and blowing 20 knots. Lemme see if I can figure out the...

Bring your 9, I have the bigger guns and flies.

I generally don't bring spinners on the flats out of principal but we have this headed our way. www.wunderground.com/MAR/GM/054.html

You need to...

Good timing, I haven't been on here in quite a while but my thought's are shifting to snow so I decided to drop in.

If you're staying at the Ocean Key house, I can pick you up from their dock.
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Nice work supporting your local shop. The temps are getting back to normal in Fl so you should have a good trip.

If you want to get good with your rod before your trip, practice casting it with a...

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I caught it last night, better than last years model but still no Pickerel shooting.

Where the hell is 72twenty? I thought for sure he'd put down the sheep for this one.

Tarpon have no love for a man who fishes in green shoes.

Having fished an Atoll or two I can tell you it can get expensive real quick if you are under matched. The fish will pull your fly line into the coral and it strips the coating off the fly line. This...

There are resident populations in the lagoons and rivers there. They average between 6-35 pounds as I recall. A 9 wt is fine for this size.

The water temps have been unusually cold this year so...

Whenever I look at photo's that I've taken of fish, I have a mental image of someone handing a camera to a chimp and promising it a banana when the camera is full.

Your shots confirm this. Nice...

Denny has some sound advice as well as a generous offer. If you specify where and when you will be Tarpon fishing I may be able to help as well. There is a hudge difference between migratory Tarpon...

It doesn't seem like it right now but it will get better.

The pain will dim but the memories won't.

My choc lab went with me everywhere, even to foreign countries.

It's been years but I...

Take small flies, smaller than you might think.

I'm sure the extra maneuverability that an offset chair gives you comes in handy when using those closed faced Zebco's.

Never mind, I just read the whole thread. I still like the offset chair though.

He fell in with a bad bunch so we hung him.

Nice, is that a Buddy Davis? Looks like it has an offset fighting chair as well.

Their logo is jebus riding a dinosaur yet

I saw quite a few dead fish in Hawks channel between Key West and Miami on the 15-16 of January, mainly Snapper and Grouper.

However, two weeks ago, spotter planes for the kingfish tournament...

I'm not much of a paddler but my ex-wife was somewhat involved in this coming to fruition.

http://calusablueway.com/

It's more in Warthog's direction but I've heard the paddler set rave about...

If you have a test meter (and you should cause their cheap)

set it on a/c voltage and check the voltage entering the air handler at the board.

Assuming that it's 220, your tripped circuit...

Did you ever find a guide? I'm back now, if that helps.

Swayze woulda been pissed.

This is wordy because I'm sitting in an airport killing time.

In your original plan, you're targeting the jobs that are normally filled by the native population.
On this course, It's going to...

Yea Rips, I didn't mean to imply that there weren't a shit ton of sharks there.

It's unnerving as hell to have those little finger mullet jump over the front of your board when the sharks are...

There's a lot of sentences that you could end with " minus south Florida" with surfing it just happens to be true.

New Smyrna is only 2 hours north of Ft Pierce. You can still drive on the beach...