Sounds like a great trip so far! Wish I was up there! Jerry, got the message last night; must have missed it. It's been kind of crazy this weekend with my wife out of town. Just me and my 2 yr old daughter! Oh yeah, and the babysitter I got yesterday to go yakfishing!! (report separately).
Which guides are you going out with? Kumiski? Also, what was the "flats canoe"? Was it a gheenoe? Keep us posted on the details!! Ken On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:30:21 -0500, jerry goldsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, one of us is snake bit. Two gloroius 70 degree days. > Two highly regarded guides (both friends so the trips are GRATIS) > and I have caught 4 sea trout and DonO has caught 1 sea-trout and 1 jack. > > Our first trip was DonO in a flats canoe being poled all over the famous "No > Motor Zone" (east Coast , south of Cape Kennedy )and me more or less blind > casting from my kayak. We only saw one > tail the entire trip and as that fish showed itself, the only other vessel > we saw the whole day(another Kayak) , paddled right on through the spot and > put the fish down (redfish) We spooked countless fish poling and paddling, > but we did not have another shot. > > Next day over to fish south of Tampa out of one of the nicest boats in the > state.- A custom built 23' flats boat. We were fishing for Jacks and > Black Drum. There had been fish in the area for days and we were there > because the fishing had been so good all week. > > This trip was extraordinary in that we had manatees all over the place. > At one point two cows and a calf were actually nibbling at a trim tab at the > stern of the boat. And we had a couple of dolphins that put on a "Sea > World" jumping exhibition about 50 feet from our boat. DonO had a seagull > swoop down and pickup his shrimp fly, but he was slow on the hook set so the > gull got away. > > Today day we were supposed to go Sailfishing. Last night the guide called > to say that there were no sailfish. In the last two days he had cast to > only two sails and neither of them would bite.... soooo we just sort of hung > out and ate !! SMOKED RIBS !! (and as I watched football, Don has been > restocking my fly box. > > Freshwater Shad fishing tomorrow. Then a day on the flats and a night > throwing for snook on the docks on Monday, and then another try for > Sails on Tuesday. I go back to work on Wednesday, and am I have friends > taking Don for trips on Thursday and Friday. Hope to have a bit more > productive day or two this week. > > (Ken-- you are around. Left a message on your answering machine) > > JG > > Jerry Goldsmith > Altamonte Springs, Fl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
