Don and Jean's Lobster Adventure

Don and Jean of Aberdeen Court host an annual lobster hunt every mini-season. Yesterday they did not do well because of the terrible weather conditions. Today however they scored with nine nice size bugs. Jean is pictured here with Rick.

No, This is not Governor Arnold. Rick was the lead diver aboard the Pre-Mix Time. Others aboard were Jean, the first mate, and Dianne. The Pre- Mix is Captained by Don.

Ray makes the trip every year from PA to be here for the mini-season.
Ray is the tail wringer, which is not a job for the squeamish.

Fishing the Gulf with Captain Dave Perkins

Will and Chris had a good day of fishing with Captain Dave Perkins. This was the first Goliath Grouper and Black Tip Shark for Will and Chris
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Happy Birthday Rudy

Rudy "Island Boy" Hinds celebrated his 75th birthday recently with a great party hosted by Guy and Sue Leekey and then a few days later aboard the "Island Boy" with a trip to Buzzard's roost for brunch.
You can see by the look on Island Boy's face that he could not wait to wear that shirt.

Caught from a kayak

photo by Danny V
This 6 foot sand shark was caught in the ocean from a kayak!!!!
"Dave, here are a couple of pictures of the sharks from Myrtle Beach that I got from my kayak.
I fished 5 days just in front of the Hotel and landed about 50 sharks and plenty of spanish mackerel. Most of the sharks were sand bar sharks and I landed about 15 that were in the 6 and 7 foot range. I was snagging live bunker and the sharks were all in the school of bunker. I would snag one and just let it swim free and the sharks would find the bunker in a matter of seconds.
The bigger sharks would pull me around for 15 minutes or so before getting tired of pulling me around. I was able to get the hooks out of about 90% of the sharks, but if the hook was in too deep I would just cut the leader."
Here are a couple of pictures.
Danny V

Pacific Halibut

Wesley Sgroi and and Ed caught this nice halibut while fishing in San Francisco Bay right under the Golden Gate Bridge. Ed and Wes are tounament bass fishermen.

Gracie O'Rourke

Gracie does not like to get her hands dirty. I guess I will be putting the bait on the hook for her.

Breaking News

Brothers Jim and Mickey Walker from Miami went solemnly out to sea today aboard the "SEA WALKER" to spread the ashes of their beloved father. Moments later they hooked up with this beautiful 50 pound bull dolphin which helped brighten their day.

[ Jim if you send your email address to keysmon@gmail.com I will send you the pictures]

Backcountry Snapper

photo by keysmon
My friend Juan and I spent a few hours backcountry fishing Monday, but only managed to catch one Mangrove Snapper.

Fishing With Don And Jean

Don and Jean Vetromile of Hammer Point had a good day of backcountry fishing aboard "Pre Mix Time" with Jean's cousin Bill catching over 40 various size trout with a few of them over 23 inches. Little cousin Nicholas had the big catch of the day right off the Vetromile dock.

Photos by Don or Jean