Ken, > Which guides are you going out with? Kumiski? [jerry goldsmith] Capt. Bob Jaspers- No Motor Zone Capt Tom Tamanini - Tampa Bay Flats Tomorrow and Tomorrow night Capt John Meskauskas Sail fish on Tuesday with Capt George LaBonte
John Kuminski is out of town at the Charleston SC show, but might join us with LaBonte on Tuesday to do a story for SaltWater Flyfishing !! Pray for Sails !! > > Also, what was the "flats canoe"? Was it a gheenoe [jerry goldsmith] Basically a wide canoe with a outriggers and a poling platform. Bob Jaspers can make 10 knots in that thing !! JG > > 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] > > > >
