This week’s Ditch Kid’s hosts are coming to you from the keys! This week we have Captains Derek Rust and Mike O’ Dell ( @derek_rust and @captcrunchodell ).
SWC Ditch Kids Week Five
The Scum Pond Chronicles
By: Will Korte People will do some crazy things for fish, in the case of my friends and I it means using GPS imagery to try to find salt ponds and other isolated bodies of water where baby tarpon, snook and others lurk. When you find the angling version of a hole in the wall restaurant, epic fishing adventures can […]
SWC Ditch Kids Week Three
We hope everyone is excited for week 3 of our Ditch Kids Summer Initiative! Our hosts from the collective this week are Captain Court Douthit @recreationspecialist and Captain Brian Jill @captbrianjill.
ENP or Bust
While timing and planning is always an important consideration, it often weighs too heavily on the mind and soul. Places and activities we have set apart for enjoyment are often overshadowed by possibility and “what-ifs”. Being positive helps dilute the reality, however it can be dangerous. You’ll eventually have to accept what you’re capable of and the limitations of your […]
A Year To REDmember
As for many of us each trip marks a new mile stone and checks off another item on our bucket list’s. For me this whole year has been filled with just that and I thought I would make this post to share it with you from my biggest Redfish on fly to my biggest Redfish on the flats. I truly […]
Florida Native
My name is Dustin Pack and I’ve been granted this great opportunity to supply the SWC blog with all of my awesomely killer and radical fishing stories and photos.Born in Ft. Myers, I now hail from the very strawberry filled area of Florida known as Plant City. I’ve been an avid fisherman since birth and have recently become addicted to […]
Carp Flies
Out of pure respect, all my flies are barbless…
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 […]
Three to go…
I’ve been slacking hardcore on carp updates… My quest to catch at least one carp per month, January through December has been going quite well… Commence Carp Overload… June: