Things have been going quite well here. The weather unfortunately is largely influenced by the weather up north, which I'm sure everyone is aware sucks at the moment. While it takes more than a winter storm on the east coast to make it uncomfortably cold here, the temperatures have dipped as low as 65 degrees lately. More than ok with me, but the wind that has come with it has been anything but agreeable. Not only does it make the water rough for fishing, but the shallow seas here become muddied up with the silt from the bottom very easily. The end result has been a disappointing lack of cool shit happening.
On a brighter side, I accidentally caught my first tarpon the other day night fishing for snapper in the canal. With the light tackle it put up quite a fight. Running half way down the canal when ever it wanted I must have spent 20 minutes bringing it in. After a few pictures he swam free no worse for the wear. The next day I ate barracuda for the first time as well. A baby really, maybe 18 inches long, it was some damn fine eating fish. I don't believe I'll be passing another up.
At the risk of sounding like a very boring guy here, I'll have to conclude this update as it is...just not a helluva lot going on. But I promise I'm enjoying the quiet time.
As soon as the water clears up I should be able to start posting more legit underwater photos. I'm actually kind of excited about that.
On a brighter side, I accidentally caught my first tarpon the other day night fishing for snapper in the canal. With the light tackle it put up quite a fight. Running half way down the canal when ever it wanted I must have spent 20 minutes bringing it in. After a few pictures he swam free no worse for the wear. The next day I ate barracuda for the first time as well. A baby really, maybe 18 inches long, it was some damn fine eating fish. I don't believe I'll be passing another up.
At the risk of sounding like a very boring guy here, I'll have to conclude this update as it is...just not a helluva lot going on. But I promise I'm enjoying the quiet time.
As soon as the water clears up I should be able to start posting more legit underwater photos. I'm actually kind of excited about that.