Runners

A picture gallery of king salmon beginning their upstream  journey to spawn and die on the Salmon River, NY. These shots were taken in the first hundred yards of river as pod after pod of fish began moving through some really skinny water.

Nor CaL

I just got back from a 2 week trip back to my old stomping grounds in Lake Tahoe.  Fall in the Northern Sierras…. what a nice change.  Cool temps in the morning, bright sunny blue bird days in the high 70’s with cool breezes, and clear evening skies.  For me,that’s hard to beat.  It’s second only to fall time Permit […]

Mitchell Skiff

In February, I bought a 1972 16′ skiff from a boat yard in Ft. Myers. It’s a rolled edge skiff, similar in style to many of the flats skiffs manufactured at that time. This one was made by Mitchell out of Bradenton, FL.

Exploring the Lagoons Day 1

This upcoming weekend, is the Ankona Owners Weekend out in Titusville, Florida. On the Mosquito Lagoon. So Dan and I decided to come up a little earlier to get a couple more days of fishing in. So Dan and I were on the water today. We fished all over the IRL. From north to south. We found a nice amount […]

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 […]

Taking it Back Sunday?

Warren just picked up his first fly combo, and called me this morning itchin’ to put it to work. So we went and had lunch at a cuban restaurant, then were on our way to the grounds. Made quick work of some peacock bass. Warren got a nice one as his first fish on the rod.   I somehow forgot […]