SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE… Seeing how my flip flops melted to my feet the other day, I guess it’s safe to say summer is officially here. Fortunately, we have been having some fishing almost as hot as a the air temperature. One example again last month, the amberjack was the star of the fishing offshore…
Took the crew from Nail Farms and Cattleman’s Association for a grouper trip. The ocean was a whole different animal than yesterday, and the grouper cooperated a bit. Ended up with four gags, a fat cobia and several big released red snapper. 
Much like the rest of the winter months so far, February has had more than its fair share of blown out days. As I write this, there have been very few fishable days in February. So, I don’t have a ton of info to bring to the plate. Surprisingly, even though it was rough much…
Well…. with the passing of Memorial Day Weekend, I guess we can officially kick off the summer season. Does that mean I can wear white or can I not wear white? Aw, to hell with it… I’ll just wear the Floridian tuxedo…white t-shirt, board shorts, visor and flip flops! It almost makes me feel sorry for the nine-to-five ham-and-eggers wearing the shirt and tie business attire. But, then again, they are probably working in air conditioning. Oh well, I’ve tried that before and I always end up back on the ocean. It reminds me of one of the four basic rules of finance “Risk, return, trade-off”. I guess that in my situation, the financial gain was never worth the trade-off.
I took Derek and Alden Redwine, Jose Wejebe and Trevor Petro fishing for cobia on Trevor’s birthday. We saw a few free swimmers that wouldn’t bite anything we threw at them. Then, we found a manta ray loaded with cobes. We ended up catching four keepers to 30 lbs and a couple throw backs in…