When Jerry Leekey wants dinner he just dives off his dock and comes up with enough lobster to feed 9 people.

Bob and Ted from Bristol Court hold up a few of the dolphin they caught. They also caught a few tuna.

Big Red

Captain Eddie Pinera holds up a nice red he caught in Cape Coral.

Baby Snook

Ray and I went fishing and we were one minute from his house and I caught this baby snook.

Monster Snook

We were fishing in Cape Coral last week and Ray's friend Eddie sent me this picture of a snook that his friend Larry Polling caught.  Captain Polling is about 6'6" tall, so you can judge how big that fish is.

Cobia

Pam and Mike from Bristol Court went offshore last week on their 27 foot Grady White. They fished the reefs and caught a mixed bag with Pam hooking this 40 pound cobia.

Sailfish

Jim Degranrut went out for dolphin today and caught this nice sailfish just north of the hump.

Steelhead

Big Fish Bob Randall caught this 10 pound steelhead somewhere in Michigan. I will have to find out where.

MANGROVES and NURSE SHARKS

Jerry Leekey and his friend Bert did some spear fishing yesterday and caught these two snappers and one other before they were run off by a 5 foot nurse shark.
Bert had speared a snapper when a nurse shark charged him and grabbed on to the fish and started violently shaking it with the spear still attached. Bert grabbed for his knife but dropped it while trying to hold on to the spear. He then accidently knocked his regulator off and put the emergency regulator on ( I am not to sure of that wording because I don't know anything about dive gear and I got this story second hand from Jerry's mom Sue), anyway the shark left Bert and then attacked Jerry even though Jerry had no fish. Jerry poked the shark in the nose and it finally backed off. Bert and Jerry then called it a day.
Navy Seals 0
Nurse Shark 1
PS Bert didn't go back for his knife.

Yellowtail

Mike and Gregg went out for yellowtail today aboard their 27 foot Grady White and caught a few yellowtail snapper. That is Mike cleaning the boat and Gregg cleaning the fish.

40 POUND BULL

Captain Gus and Captain Carlos went 27 miles offshore today and caught a few dolphin including this 40 pound bull.

Cape Coral Fish

My cousin Ray who now lives in Cape Coral, FL on the west coast caught these fish in Pine Island Sound. Pat and I are making a trip over there soon. Ray promised to put us onto some big reds and some gator trout.

PIN FISH

Jean's cousin Nic holds up a Pin Fish he caught off Don and Jean's dock. Cool glasses Nic.

Happy Birthday

Ladyfish

My cousin Ray and I went out again today and Ray caught this Ladyfish on the first cast. That was it.

REDFISH

Bobby Supel's son-in-law Dylan holds up this 26 inch Redfish he caught off Bob's dock in Flagler Beach. It is called a Spotted Bass in Antigua where Dylan grew up.

FROM THE PAST

About six years ago one of my favorite fishing holes was being terrorized by this Barracuda. Every time we would catch a Snapper this Barracuda would come out from under my boat and grab my fish sometimes when the fish was in mid air being lifted onto the boat. On one occasion he just missed jumping into the boat while Pat was pulling in a fish. After a few days of this I had enough so I called in the Barracuda Hunter, Captain Gus Ramirez from Bristol Court.
We set out to get him on a Friday morning and had him hooked right away but he fought for about twenty minutes when the line finally broke. We went back on Monday and hooked him again and after a thirty minute fight we got him to the boat.

Trout

My cousin Ray holds up one of the trout we caught today on a short trip to the backcountry.

FROM THE PAST

This is a picture of Gus and Sonia Ramirez and their son Gus. This was taken in Big Pine Key about 40 years ago when they used to live there.

Captain Bill Brooker's friend Matt caught this 49 pound bull Dolphin while fishing in Marathon.

Captain Gary Salyers and I took a run out to Flamingo early this morning. We were aboard Gary's 19 foot Cayman Ranger boat that gets you places real fast. We caught a little bit of everything but not a lot of anything, athough Gary did show his skill casting the bait net catching a lot of Pinfish and Pilchards.
We caught Trout, Snapper and a small Gag Grouper.

Honolulu Happy Hour

Every night we had happy hour on Sue and Guy's balcony or ours. We ate a lot of Poke which is raw Ahi Tuna prepared with different spices. We also had seaweed and Hawaiian Sausage and of course drinks.

USS Bonefish

We visited Pearl Harbor and saw the Arizona Memorial, the Missouri and the Submarine Memorial.  I was surprised to learn that so many subs were lost in the Pacific during WWII and that they were named after fish.  Hawaii is a beautiful place to visit , but our tour of Pearl Harbor was the highlight of our trip.

The following post and article was taken from http://www.subsowespac.org/  The article was written by Ed Howard.  Check out the site.

The USS Bonefish (SS-223) was a Gato Class World War II era submarine.


Bonefish's namesake is a fish of the Florida Keys and southern California. The bonefish has bright silvery sides with faint dark stripes and often reaches a weight of about fifteen pounds. It feeds on bottom matter in shallow waters.

Bonefish's radio call sign was: NAN-BAKER-KING-FOX.

On May 28, 1945, Bonefish, captained by Commander Lawrence L. Edge, departed the submarine base at Guam on her eighth and final war patrol in company with other members of Pierce's Polecats, USS Tunny (SS-282) and USS Skate (SS-305). The group was part of the American wolf pack Hydeman's Hellcats, which consisted of nine boats divided into groups of three. The other two groups were set up as follows:

1. Hydeman's Hepcats: USS Sea Dog (SS-401), USS Spadefish (SS-411), and USS Crevalle (SS-291).

2. Bob's Bobcats: USS Flying Fish (SS-229), USS Bowfin (SS-287), and USS Tinosa (SS-283). 1

The boats' common objective was to penetrate the Sea of Japan and destroy enemy shipping. To do this required making safe passage through enemy minefields blocking access to the "Emperor's private pond." The boats had been fitted with the new mine-detecting FM sonar. Bonefish made the passage successfully, and during a rendezvous with Tunny on June 16, 1945, reported sinking a 6,892-ton cargo ship. In a second rendezvous on June 18, 1945, she requested and received permission to conduct a daylight submerged patrol of Toyama Wan, a bay farther up the Honshu coast. 2

The group was scheduled to depart the Sea of Japan via La Perouse Strait on the night of June 24, 1945. Bonefish did not make the scheduled pre-transit rendezvous. Tunny waited in vain off Hokkaido until the 27th. On July 30, 1945, Bonefish was presumed lost. 3

Japanese records reviewed after the war revealed that the 5,488-ton cargo ship Konzan Maru was torpedoed and sunk in Toyama Wan on June 19, 1945, and that an ensuing severe counterattack by Japanese escorts brought debris and a major oil slick to the water's surface. Bonefish was sunk in this action. She went down fighting with all hands.

HONOLULU BONEFISHERMAN

I took this picture of a fisherman on the Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. He was fishing for a variety of fish and said he catches Bonefish here also. The Bonefish are very big averaging 30 inches. He is using a plastic sand flea for bait.