Currently the weather has been more trick then treat.. I usually try to post glowing reports of how much fun it is to be here.. The truth is the last several days the weather has been tough.. solid cloudy and windy.

However it did not stop Mike from West Virginia from going. We launched before sun up with our fingers crossed.. Ended up treated instead of tricked.. found tarpon in just about every spot we looked.. Mike got his first tarpon on fly and jumped several others bigger than this one..

Dante's

Speaking of fun,, if the weather is off and we can't fish.. There is always some fun to be had in Key West..

Thought this pic was too good not to share.. My friend Shane is not only a great guide, he can get creative with a carving knife too..

Prior to the wind and cloud event. Tom hooked up with this 6 foot tarpon!

Tom boated a nice bonefish too

                                

It was bound to happen sooner or later.. We got our first cold front of the year.. more like a cool front.. NE winds for 5 days lowered the humidity and cooled things down.. Not too cool.. low 80s for water and air temperature.. Actually turned the AC off in my apartment for a couple days.. The 20 mph wind made for some challenging fishing..

Fly fishing for sharks!

Fished the Dan and Dan team from Switzerland for 5 days in windy conditions.. We fished early and found tarpon rolling in some lees... Got some great surface eats on surface flies.. Got some shots at bones, caught jacks on fly.. and chummed in some big sharks that went for big orange flies.. Oh yeah... Dan got a huge snook on fly.. We have very few snook in the lower keys on the flats..

Dawn Patrol this morning..

   

Tailing Bonefish Glassy smooth this morning and we found lots of bonefish pushing and tailing... Easy to see them a long way away when it is calm.. down side it takes the right cast to get it to them with out spooking the bonefish... That makes it fun..                                 Bonefish release                                   Now there is a permit! My friend Randy sent me this photo.. It was too good not to pass on.. Randy has been doing well on bonefish and permit.. Fishing from a kayak takes special skills.. Most of all patience.. If it is not happening were you are fishing.. it not like you can start the motor and check out another spot 5 miles away..                                    Looe Key Tiki Bar and Motel Fall is "Off Season" No snow birds, very few tourists, vacationing families from the main land are back to school, etc.. Lots less people on the road, restaurants, etc.... Lodging prices drop this time of year.. Great time to be in the Florida Keys!