…in the clear

Aside for some rolling, uncooperative tarpon in the morning, The Bay was a vast desert wasteland last Sunday.  We poled a good number of flats and down island on the ocean side, and left without seeing much more than a few sharks, rays, and a lone hooked boxfish.

It’s kind of depressing when you start to throw your fly at everything that swims, but at least the boxer ate, I guess!!! Off the water until next Friday when we will be in the lower keys, and hopefully (weather permitting) beyond…

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Did some afternoon hunting for bonefish on ‘The Bay’ last Sunday.  Met up with Saddler after his morning charter and jumped on board to go see whats swimming around some ocean flats and edges.  We had a pair cruise down an edge right away, but they weren’t aggressively feeding, and don’t think they saw my fly.  They also passed on a live shrimp that Everett laid in front of them.  It went quiet for awhile, and the clouds built up and some light rain blew threw.  We did get a little sun back, enough to spot a group of tailing fish on an adjacent flat.  They stayed happy long enough to get Dave in range, and he got the fly in front of them.  A nice fish kicked its tail and ran the fly down and ate.  Dave came tight, and then the fish popped off somehow.  Not sure where the line hung up on, but when the bonefish turned to run, it broke off quick.  That  was it for the day, except for some cuban grub on Key Biscayne…