Playing Catch Up

Report Date: May 9, 2005

As I look through my log book I have found that I have way more days to report on than I have time for. All photos have to be resized and it takes forever. I try to stay on top of it, but there are only so many hours in a day. So, this is the April report.

4-3-5 Jamie Blanchard came back with his girlfriend Patty. They caught a double header tarpon and Patty got her first permit.

Bow to the king Patty!

4-4-5 Bruce Campbell had a great day and almost got a slam. He started off with a nice tarpon, caught a 20# permit and lost a bonefish on a blazing run.

4-6-5 Bill McBrearty and Jason caught a tarpon.

4-7-5 Joedy Friemel Caught a tarpon that I?ll bet was 150 lbs.

4-9-5 Scott Miedema and his kids caught and big tarpon, bluefish and sharks.

Scott and crew with their tarpon

4-11-5 Bert Vorstman caught a nice tarpon on the first drift then found the permit fishing a little slow but managed to get a 20 lber.

4-14-5 Bill Laswell with Hunter and Spencer hooked 3 tarpon. Hunt got the tarpon and spencer got the big shark.

Hunter gets a little help from grandpa and Spencer

4-17-5 Rich Cacioppo caught a nice bonefish on his fly rod.

4-19-5 Dennis Hooker caught a nice tarpon on his fly rod.

4-22-5 Ed Whiting caught a 17 lb permit on his fly rod. Great catch.

Permit on the fly!

4-29-5 James Stapp caught two tarpon over 100 lbs.

5-2-5 Jeff Silver was 1 for 3 on tarpon and caught 3 permit.

5-3-5 Randy Metzger caught 22 lb permit.

These were the best catches for the month. Bonefishing was tough. Other catches included bluefish, ladyfish, jack, and sharks. Some days were tough due to weather and some the fish just didn?t want to play.

May looks good so far. The tarpon are swimming good and there should be plenty of bones and permit. I will be fishing mostly fly fisherman so I hope the winds stay low. I am booked until the end of May and have plenty of days open for June. Tarpon fishing will slow slightly but permit fishing will get better and bones will be the same for June.

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