Chefben4 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Oh yeah and a snook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chefben4 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Hey Ben - what did you get down there besides snook and cobia? How did those hand grenades work out? Skimmer, I've seen them come in on the beach many times up north, but trying to guess where they're gonna show is pretty much impossible. Occasionally, they'll get a school of mullet trapped up against the shore, and they'll scoot in and grab one, then dart right back out. I actually caught one once in two feet of water - I was trying to snag a mullet to show my friend what they look like, and an albie came screaming in out of nowhere and grabbed my fly. I think I was more startled than the fish was. The albie situation up there has been dire the past few years. Guys who normally get 50-60 per year from shore have been getting skunked for two or three years in a row. Gotta be something to do with the bait situation. PJ: Caught a little bit of everything! Hooked a NICE tarpon and lost it when I got it 5ft from the kayak and it did one hell of an aerial leap. Got into Snook, Redfish, the Cobia, Jack Crevelle, some trout, and saw TONS of sheephead. Sounds like a great trip. Did the tarpon take one of those flies you posted that I suggested you keep in the box? Just kidding. Five feet from a kayak sounds like a catch and release to me. Haha. It was a close one. Hell it coulda jumped in. Hey Ben - what did you get down there besides snook and cobia? How did those hand grenades work out? Skimmer, I've seen them come in on the beach many times up north, but trying to guess where they're gonna show is pretty much impossible. Occasionally, they'll get a school of mullet trapped up against the shore, and they'll scoot in and grab one, then dart right back out. I actually caught one once in two feet of water - I was trying to snag a mullet to show my friend what they look like, and an albie came screaming in out of nowhere and grabbed my fly. I think I was more startled than the fish was. The albie situation up there has been dire the past few years. Guys who normally get 50-60 per year from shore have been getting skunked for two or three years in a row. Gotta be something to do with the bait situation. PJ: Caught a little bit of everything! Hooked a NICE tarpon and lost it when I got it 5ft from the kayak and it did one hell of an aerial leap. Got into Snook, Redfish, the Cobia, Jack Crevelle, some trout, and saw TONS of sheephead. Sounds like a great trip. Did the tarpon take one of those flies you posted that I suggested you keep in the box? Just kidding. Five feet from a kayak sounds like a catch and release to me. C&R my foot! If you knew Brother Ben as well as I do, you'd have noticed that he said "THE" kayak, not "HIS" kayak. The "tarpon" in question was more likely a terrified hickory shad that had bumped into a manatee and leaped next to another fisherman's kayak a half-mile upriver. Skimmer, you've gotta read between the lines when you're dealing with a crafty rascal like Ben. OK, OK - if this sounds like sour grapes, I guess it is. It's 40 degrees out and it's blowing so hard it sounds like there's a freight train coming up my driveway. I'm about ready to bait up a #20 hook and see if I can catch a mud minnow in the creek out back. Congrats Ben - sounds like a great time. CLOSE but no cigar! It was a really big mullet! I swear it looked like a giant tarpon!! It was a great time. Sunshine does wonders. Sorry, can't resist.... we went three for four today in the 60 to 80lb range with two doubles in a row... Flamingo is finally getting some hungry fish inside. Unfortunately not with a fly rod... Bob I was up in the Gulf near ft. meyers. The Tarpon are just showing up. No large schools yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mudskimmer 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Hey Ben - what did you get down there besides snook and cobia? How did those hand grenades work out? Skimmer, I've seen them come in on the beach many times up north, but trying to guess where they're gonna show is pretty much impossible. Occasionally, they'll get a school of mullet trapped up against the shore, and they'll scoot in and grab one, then dart right back out. I actually caught one once in two feet of water - I was trying to snag a mullet to show my friend what they look like, and an albie came screaming in out of nowhere and grabbed my fly. I think I was more startled than the fish was. The albie situation up there has been dire the past few years. Guys who normally get 50-60 per year from shore have been getting skunked for two or three years in a row. Gotta be something to do with the bait situation. PJ: Caught a little bit of everything! Hooked a NICE tarpon and lost it when I got it 5ft from the kayak and it did one hell of an aerial leap. Got into Snook, Redfish, the Cobia, Jack Crevelle, some trout, and saw TONS of sheephead. Sounds like a great trip. Did the tarpon take one of those flies you posted that I suggested you keep in the box? Just kidding. Five feet from a kayak sounds like a catch and release to me. C&R my foot! If you knew Brother Ben as well as I do, you'd have noticed that he said "THE" kayak, not "HIS" kayak. The "tarpon" in question was more likely a terrified hickory shad that had bumped into a manatee and leaped next to another fisherman's kayak a half-mile upriver. Skimmer, you've gotta read between the lines when you're dealing with a crafty rascal like Ben. OK, OK - if this sounds like sour grapes, I guess it is. It's 40 degrees out and it's blowing so hard it sounds like there's a freight train coming up my driveway. I'm about ready to bait up a #20 hook and see if I can catch a mud minnow in the creek out back. Congrats Ben - sounds like a great time. PJ, being one of the newer guys here I was just trying to take the high road. I am guessing there is no place for that on the SW board. I'll get the hang of it. Ben, nice Cobia and as Flip would say, nice Snuke! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ditz2 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 SNUKE!!!!!....good enough for Flip, good enough for me......I do like those BOO deceivers Peterjay, Who tied them for you? They don't allow fly tying out in the barn with all them sheep and goats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Skimmer, I'm sure you'll do better in the future - the closest thing to a high road these dudes have ever experienced is the occasional ski trip. This is a very tough neighborhood; it makes DC look like Sesame Street. Andy, I like the idea of the sheep hair - gotta try that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panama Red 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 Ben you are my new fish porn hero! Sounds like an amazing trip, looking forward to hearing the details…Hopefully you have at least one good degenerate jail house story that involves a dress and high heels. While you were galavanting across our fair state I had a once in a lifetime event that involves hot student nurses and latex, it's a great drunk story to be sure Really glad you wore 'em out bro…dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 While you were galavanting across our fair state I had a once in a lifetime event that involves hot student nurses and latex, it's a great drunk story to be sure I am impatiently watching "The Lodge" for this story to come to the surface !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 While you were galavanting across our fair state I had a once in a lifetime event that involves hot student nurses and latex, it's a great drunk story to be sure I am impatiently watching "The Lodge" for this story to come to the surface !!! Mike, you might be waiting awhile. The debauchery that goes on among this crowd would be more than sensitive freshwater types could handle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted March 7, 2014 I believe I've proven that I can handle anything y'all got. But you might be correct about some of the other freshies in here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agn54 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 I think Dave is talking about when he was a volunteer patient at the nursing school when the students were learning how to give colonoscopies. Dave, I would love to see what those "hot" nurses looked like when you were sober Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Ben, every year Flamingo is the first place for big silver critters to show up, followed shortly by Florida Bay and the Keys. The west coast from Naples northward gets going a bit later (but will still be going strong when you can hardly find a big tarpon down my way...). This year has been unusually warm so fish have been showing up a full month before they usually do.... Of course, next year will be oompletely different (you'd think mother nature was a Monty Python fan...). Nice snook! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Ben, every year Flamingo is the first place for big silver critters to show up, followed shortly by Florida Bay and the Keys. The west coast from Naples northward gets going a bit later (but will still be going strong when you can hardly find a big tarpon down my way...). This year has been unusually warm so fish have been showing up a full month before they usually do.... Of course, next year will be oompletely different (you'd think mother nature was a Monty Python fan...). Nice snook! Boy, what a difference a little geography makes. We've had a miserable winter here on the Eastern Shore, and the Northeast was even worse. My wife's been out in the Southwest, and they had a warm one, complete with no snowpack and a severe drought. Guess you have to roll the dice no matter where you live. http://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/fishkill/speckled_trout.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ditz2 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Man, that is one fine fish'n outfit. That red circle with the white cross in the center is just what I want to see when I get a 4/0 buried to the barb in the fleshy area where I sit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Peter, here's the catechism I was taught years ago about weather (and you can forward it to any of those "true believers" that think government can "do something" about weather...) "As far as weather goes take one hundred years then compress it into one day for weather purposes". All the room in that hundred year span for the warm years, the cold ones, the wet years and the dry ones. There's also room in that hundred year span for those rare years with perfect, predictable weather - and more than enough room for the years when it seems we all should go to church, temple, or synagogue a lot more often since the weather can be so bad it seems like someone upstairs is really angry with us. The problem for all of us is that we live moment to moment and year to year so each year the weather can be pretty startling depending on what you were expecting compared to what you get.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Ditz, sorry I missed your earlier post - my barnyard companions are getting really excited about the prospect of having you visit. Seems word gets around in the animal community. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
