September 15, 2006 -- Christmas for Fisherman I have noticed I have been walking around humming the tune of 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas' the last few days and wondering why. I finally figured it out over the last few days while wading...
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September 05, 2006 — Up For Air?
September 05, 2006 -- Up For Air? Big Breathe! That's much better. We took a well deserved long Labor Day weekend off to catch up with old correspondences, boat repairs, body repairs (to ourselves), and generally catch up with Lodge business and maintenance. ...
September 25, 2005 — Home Wreckers Stay Away
September 25, 2005 -- Home Wreckers Stay Away It is hard to write a concise and entertaining fishing report when our hearts, minds, and fears were, and remain, focused on the second monstrous storm of the year to batter the gulf coast. Our thoughts and prayers go out...
September 12, 2005 — Move Over Rover
September 12, 2005 -- Move Over Rover Simply being the youngest guide out of the lodge can make times at the lodge around the older salts quite unbearable. To add fuel to the flame, out fish the old salts and there is hell to pay. I think the familiar saying around...
September 5, 2005 — Vacation’s Over
September 5, 2005 -- Vacation's Over Sadly, all good things come to an end! Mom and Dad come home, offshore adventure excursions are over, and baseball season is coming to a close. Luckily, special south zone hunting starts, fantastic fall fishing will start warming...
September 30, 2004 — DEEP , DEEP and DEEPERRRR!!!
September 30, 2004 -- DEEP , DEEP and DEEPERRRR!!! Our fall tides coupled with the storms going into Florida had our bay system 1 to 2 feet above normal. Prior to the high water our fishing could only be rated EXCELLENT! The additional high tides have scattered our...
September 29, 2003 — North, South, East and West
September 29, 2003 -- North, South, East and West The last two weeks we have had winds from every direction, along with RAIN, RAIN and some more rain. The rain along with fall high tides, is keeping the bay one-foot and more above normal. A lot of our trout fishing is...
September 15, 2003 — Come-On Cool Weather
September 15, 2003 -- Come-On Cool Weather After 15 straight days on the water I get to catch up on the fishing reports. During this period I had the privilege to fish some outstanding anglers, friends and my brother and his group.Fishing has been somewhat sporadic,...
May 27, 2006 — And now, for a Break in the Action….
May 27, 2006 -- And now, for a Break in the Action.... Wow, so this is what a break feels like! We have been absolutely slammed; however, can not really say we have been slamming the fish. Offshore is absolutely on fire with a number of double digit Snappers brought...
May 12, 2006 — They Jumping in the Boat, or HOLY CRAP
May 12, 2006 -- They Jumping in the Boat, or HOLY CRAP The fish called; 'They want their lips back." To say we caught a few fish this week, would be like saying Ernest Hemingway wrote a few books. As my dear friend's cajun uncle would say, "They were...