We headed South to try our luck with permit. We found a few and got some good shots. Capt. Derek Rust had one eat his fly and got it all the way to the boat before the hook pulled. Also seen a pair of cobia. Mike Odell with a nice jack These are from our trip to the Everglades National […]
Permit Heartbreaker
1/8/12 Crocodile Dragover
Launched solo this morning despite my wife saying she would join me. She is not much of a morning person. I proceeded to see ungodly amounts of redfish but I could not get close to them for the life of me. There were schools and schools of them and I would have swore every redfish in the everglades was within […]
2012 Models
I headed out to Flamingo to stalk some supper skinny reds with the fly rod. It was slicked out for about 4 hours and I had all the reds I could handle. They were really spooky but when I got close enough I usually got ate. Seen some big girls but they refused my offerings. Ended up 5 for 8 […]
Transition from Spots to Dots
The fishing has been slow last few weeks mainly due to my indecision and obstinacy. I dislike transition periods because I have a hard time changing tactics and targeting different species when my focus has been so narrow. For three quarters of the year my concentration is singlar: redfish. When December rolls around and water temperatures begin to dip into […]
Skinny Water Culture’s Christmas Bash!!!
Skinny Water Culture’s Merry Christmas Bash! Come hang with us this Saturday 12/17 at Coasters Bar & Grille on Indian Rocks Beach for our 2nd annual Christmas bash!!! SWC Family – Full Fledged Unit will be playing all night! Delicious pizza from PAJANO’S will be provided along with wings & salad. LOTS of drink specials too!!! Please bring a new […]
Skinny Water Bones
Our week on the beach in video format. Enjoy.
Back To Reality
The last two days of our trip went by in a blur. After a week of fishing under the hot sun and sleeping on the beach, our bodies were begging us to stop, but our hearts were dragging us on. Our last two mornings consisted of a long sleep in, dollar a cup coffee, and lazy attempts at coaxing tarpon […]
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Inconsistently Good
The most recent cold front is a reminder that we’re nearing the end of the redfish explosion in the marshes on the Texas Coast. Over the last few weeks most of the shrimp has migrated to the Gulf leaving fin-fish as the only remaining forage available for a ravenous redfish. Extreme low tides due to the nagging northwest gales will […]
Redfish Explosion
Fishing has been flat-out ridiculous on the Upper Texas Coast. Huge schools of redfish everywhere you look. The water has cleaned up nicely with the passing of the last few cold fronts too making the fish a lot easier to spot and catch. It’s been a sight fisherman’s dream in the marshes lately. They’ll eat just about anything you throw […]