26 Inch Snook

Captain Glenn Warrington got his first snook of the year.  Glenn usually has landed quite a few by this time of the year. He caught it on a Hook-Up Jig using the method he perfected last year.

Largest Canal Snapper

Young Peter Anthony Ascencion won 1st place for largest canal snapper caught.  Peter Anthony is the grandson of Sonia and Gus Ramirez.

Stone Crab

Captain Eddie Feaster was awarded a prize for largest stone crab caught.

Third Place Winner

Big Fish Bob Randall came in third place.  Bob also was Team Randall leader with 84 snapper over 15 inches.  That's right he caught 84 snapper in two weeks.

Hammer Point Snook Tournament

Ray Leahy came in second place with a 29 inch snook and a little help from his wife Judy.

2012 Hammer Point Snook Tournament

Nancy Randall won the 2012 snook tournament for the second time.  She won it all with a 30 inch snook.

If you need your farm cleaned out of wild hogs call the Leekey boys. From the left, Nicholas, Jerry, Robbie, Mason, Bert and the Safari leader Guy.

Captain Ray Leahy took a few friends over to Flamingo yesterday and caught a few keeper trout along with lady fish and sharks.

A NIGHT IN THE CREEK

Bob, Ray and I hit the creek for the last time while Bob and Nancy are here visiting.  Bob and Ray caught their limit of snapper while I caught a garbage can of sheepshead, lady fish, lizard fish, and pinfish.
I also managed to catch this 17 pound tarpon. It was caught on a Hank Brown white jig that was supposed to be tipped with a half shrimp because we were running low on shrimp, but when I put my hand in the bait bucket and came up with a 6 inch shrimp I had to put it on the jig.  It was in the water for exactly 1 second when the tarpon hit it.
Bob and Nancy and Ray and Judy headed out to Flamingo early this morning. They plan to fish the Snake Bight Channel for snook and redfish.  They will be sending me reports throughout the day.

Just another day in the Keys

A manatee visit.

 Dolphin in the bay.

A yellow tail snapper in the Cowpens, very unusual

A sheepshead caught by Big Fish.

Ray's Snook

Sorry about the first photo of Ray and Nancy, that was Nancy's snook.  This one is Ray's snook.

30 inch Linesider

Nancy Randal knocked Ray into 2nd place and me into 3rd place with this 30 inch snook.
It looks like the snook are making a comeback

Judy, Judy

Ray's wife Judy caught the largest snapper of the night.

Ray's Snook

Ray also scored with a 29 inch snook to move the Keysmon back to second place in the Hammer Point Snook Tournament.

Tarpoon

Keysmon Charters is having a great night tonight. Captain Ray Leahy brought in this 30 pound tarpon and released it unharmed.

GAG

Captain Glenn Warrington caught this gag grouper the other morning.  He caught it on a pin fish/

Team Randall

Team Randall scores again

Snook

Bobby, Bob and I limited out on snappers again tonight and I caught and released a 26 inch snook. It was caught on a 1/4 ounce hook up jig tipped with a shrimp head.

Again last night the snapper bite was on.

FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE

Went out to the creek tonight and at about half past dark thirty the bite was on.  Limited out in 20 minutes.

Captain Gus Ramirez and Captain Glenn Warrington hit the creek last night and limited out on some nice size mangrove snappers.

Cowpens Snapper

Captain Bob Randall caught this 15 inch snapper this morning in the Cowpens.

Dinner

John shows off  a few of the snapper he caught while fishing with the Keysmon and Big Fish Randall.  Dottie just likes to eat the fish.

John from Cromwell Court and his brother-law Rick fished with Captain Dave Perkins Friday and caught this snook near Flamingo.  They also caught trout and Sharks.

Captain Glenn Warrington and his daughter Lori were sitting in an undisclosed spot near Tavernier Creek fishing for snook when Lori spotted this monster lobster sitting along side their boat.  Glenn and Lori quickly grabbed some shrimp nets and managed to coax this big boy into one of the nets.
It is rumored that this lobster has been seen in that area before, coming up to boats begging like a dog for food. It was probably some one's pet. It is no more.

Eddie King and his grandson Jason fished with Captain Dave Perkins Sunday and caught 12 keeper trout including these two same size 20 inch ones.  Jason knows how to hold the fish to make it look bigger

Captain Gary Salyers from Westminster Court took 3rd place in the Redbone @ Large Captain Al Flutie Over The Hill Rip-Off SailfishTournament. Gary had 12 hookups and boated 4 Sailfish.

This how calm it was out there today.

Ray, Charlie and I went backcountry again today and caught a mess of trout.  Another beautiful day.

A GOOD DAY

My cousins Ray and Judy, and Pat and I took a ride out to the Tin Can Pass yesterday and caught over 50 trout, however only two were keepers.  It was a nice ride we saw a few flocks of spoonbills and we saw two bald eagles on the way back.  Last night we ventured out to the creek and caught about five dozen shrimp. That is not many but they were all big ones, maybe a ten count.

Creek Critters

John is holding a few of the large shrimp he caught last night.  He shrimped with Glen and Faust.

What Is That?

It looks like this halibut just ate another fish.

ALASKA TRIP

Scott and Phyllis took a trip to Alaska this past summer to do some fishing. Phyllis caught the big halibut that weighed in at 135 pounds. The other fish are ling cod.