Not sure how much coverage the green algae and red tide get in the national news, but here in Florida it gets a lot of news coverage. Sometimes the coverage is a bit overdone for effect as the news channels … Read More
Fishing
It Only Takes One
The snook spawning season is in full bloom, and normally that translates into a plethora of frisky male snook feeding freely, in known places falling victim to known baits. This year, well not so much. As with every other natural … Read More
Top 10 Dangers of Island Fishing
In the spirit of top 10 lists that are always popping up, and especially those top 10 lists created by Wayne and Garth during their Saturday Night Live run (and even more especially the movie), here are David’s list of … Read More
Smile for the Camera
We had visitors last week. Teresa’s cousin Melissa and her daughter Lilly were staying with us for a few days. Many times it is hard to tell if people are really fishing people or not, because while they seem to … Read More
Trout on the Fly
When I was very young, probably seven or eight years old, I discovered an old bamboo fly fishing rod and reel in my Grandfather’s basement. Since I was already an avid fisherman by that time (I was on the water … Read More
Fisher the Heron
For all of the years I have been coming to North Captiva and fishing around the grass flats on the east end of the airstrip, there has been a feathery long legged fixture patrolling the beach in search of … Read More