FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

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I am in a motel and thought I would catch up on a thing or two before boarding the boat tomorrow afternoon.  I will be out of touch until we are done fishing on Thursday and I will post plenty of pics and the whole ugly truth as soon as possible, so stay tuned.

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You just can’t leave him unattended.  My buddy Aaron is at it again.  I am in a motel in Baton Rouge heading to Gulfport in the morning for the Chandeleur Island trip when I get a text from my buddy Aaron.  Looks like I might be headed the wrong way!

Keep in mind Aaron is a solid 6’3″ and is no small guy.

That is one shallow big girl.  I have not a clue about where but will try to find out and get back with you.  Plus I obviously need to get down south for a day, because his comment with the pic -“I found em”.  Those of you who read my stuff know he is one hell of a fisherman, if it swims he will figure it out.  If he says he found them you can bank it.  That my friends is a big one!

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Ryan sent me a question that made me jealous.

Hey going to caye caulker in June plan on bringing some rods and shore fish and possibly hire a guide I have 0ne piece rods and wondering if I should buy a two piece rods. I plan on bringing a bait caster and a spinning rod
any info that you can give me would be great

First, I am jealous, I have been twice and was able to catch a fish or two both times, including my first bonefish and my only permit, which was a real tussle.  I think that is probably pound for pound the toughest fish I have ever caught.  As far as rods, 2 piece spinning rods are just easier to carry than a full sized rod tube.  A light one for bonefish and medium for the tarpon or permit.  Fluro line 4 – 6 for the bones and 15 – 20 for the others.  And if you will toss live bait it needs to be freelined so keep that in mind, most of those fish require long casts or they are out of there.  As far as guides Ken is the man period.  Try to contact him through Sea Dreams and do it now, he is busy, but the best I have ever shared a boat with.  So good luck and we will all be waiting to hear how it goes.

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Then Rusty the resident Fayette and Bastrop Guru rubbed it in just a little more.

Glad your trip was fun. My wife and I are sitting on a plane headed to Nosara Costa Rica for some sailfish and marlin fishing. Fished Bastrop lake this week and I did well fishing flukes from daylight to about 10:00am. After that it got tough!! Been hearing some good Fayette lake reports!

Thanks, the trip was fun.  But of all the places I have fished nothing comes close to Costa Rica and will be waiting to hear how it goes, not sure there is a bad time to fish there.  And I have also heard Fayette was good and thanks for the Bastrop tip.  Have a great time, one place I will return some time.

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And then my buddy Chris dropped me a text and he is headed to the Keys for some R&R with his lovely wife.  While he was at it he booked a backcountry snook/tarpon trip with one of the guides out of Bud and Mary’s Marine in Islamrada.  The best guides in the world work out of there and it will be interesting to hear your report.  Be sure to feed the tarpon at Robbie’s, cool to get so close to them.  I love it down there, just another great place.  The story of my life, to many places not enough money.  So best of luck, just the trip itself is worth every cent, and I will be thinking about you catching a baby tarpon way in the back country.  It goes with one of my favorite sayings – It is in the doing, the results are just a bonus.

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So lots of folks on the road catching some fish and visiting some cool places.  One thing is for sure, generally where the fish are also happens to be cool, and everybody above is headed somewhere cool.  And me too.  I am chomping on the bit to get to the boat and wake up Monday morning on the island with miles of unfished grass flats and big fat happy trout.  So keep stopping in, as soon as I can post some results I will.  And a special thanks for sticking with me.  Fish On!

Good Luck and Tight Lines