A buddy of mine, Brandon Hicks, put this video together. It’s a recap of his 2012 fishing exploits. Some of the footage was from several trips we made together over the year including the best weekend of redfishing I’ve ever experienced. This video has a little something for everyone. Skiffs, canoes, kayaks, scooters, redfish, trout, drum, flounder, surf fishing, fly […]
2012 Wrap Up Kayak/Skiff Fishing
Black Friday
I decided to use the skiff to mothership my kayak today. I explored some new territory and tried to hide from the wind. The gators had the place on lockdown. When you come face to face with these dinosaurs in the mangrove tunnels you have two options. Turnaround and go home or roll the dice and try to squeeze by […]
We Saved a Dolphin
The weekend started off with an early morning stroll down the beach… …with a pimped out canoe in tow and a convoy of trucks and skiffs following not far behind. We stumbled across a creature washed up and struggling to find it’s way back into the water. Brandon slammed on the brakes, jumped out of the truck and rushed to […]
Flamingo to Islamorada (Part 2)
Earlier this week I got a text from Chris if I wanted to join a 3 day trip from Flamingo to Islamorada on the Kayaks, without thinking im like of course ive been wanting to do a trip like this in months and so did Alex. We got our Float plan from Chris the next day, got our gear ready, met […]
Flamingo to Islamorada
I have been wanting to do a big kayak trip for a long time. This was going to be the last summer weather window of the year and I didn’t want to waste it. I called up Dan and Alex and without hesitation both said hell yes! I am really glad they joined me because they provided most of the […]
A 14 Hour Drive
Headed up to Delacroix and Hopedale Louisiana over the weekend to try my luck. I had been hearing good reports, including up to the day I was on the road. When I got there things had changed a bit. There were bull Reds in Venice, but every guide that you have seen on TV was on two groups of fish. My […]
Jigging the bridge
It’s no secret that bridges are awesome places to fish. As a kid, I used to spend countless hours on the Gandy catwalks fishing for anything that would bite, and then using that as bait to catch something bigger. I still find myself spending time under the bridge, although boats now help me navigate the bridge’s nooks and crannies. Among […]
Reds and Convicts
Austin gave me a shout Thursday evening to see if I had any plans for the weekend. His birthday was in a few days, so he wanted to celebrate like any avid angler wants spend their day of birth, on the water. My plans were to fish for the next three days. Perfect. Austin was on the road headed in […]
Everything is Copper
I made it down to Flamingo to complete my birthday week on the water. I was fishing with my buddy Mario. The objective was to pound the redfish with the long rod. Mario had only caught 2 maybe 3 reds on fly in the past, none over 14″. I told him about the madness that had been going on throughout […]
Personal best black drum on fly
I have spent some time lately trying to pattern some big ugglies that have been moving onto a flat to feed. I saw the fruits of my time investment pay off as I showed up to the flat one Saturday. About half an hour into the trip I was starting to think that these fish might have moved on when […]