I HOOKed up with my old pal the pirate Don Argay yesterday. Shelly was kind enough to take Don out and let him catch some fish.
Last night we all went to the back room at Berts to see Deb and the Dynamics. All day, Don had built up this band " totally awesome" says he. So often, they never match the build up. Not so with this band. They exceeded" totally awesome" by a long shot. Best band and best show in forever.
We had a great week fishing at Pine Island. Caught some large redfish, a few snook, hunderts of trout (including some gators) and a variety of other fish.
Shelly is a wonderful host and has a deluxe home and flats boat. We had severely good weather all week. Sunny with highs in the mis 80's. Hate to go back NOrth.
Also, I enjoyed seeing all the wildlife in SW Florida. Today, we watched 2 adult eagles and a youngster around their nest.
Today, we caught about a hundert trout and a few more redfish. Shelly caught the days biggest red. It was so big that I couldn't get both his head and the entire fish in the photo.
You can tell which I consider more important.
No, that's not when a fish and alligator get together.
A "gator" trout is a speckled sea trout over 20" long. Mine today was 23". Shelly's largest from yesterday was 27".
My pal Shelly asked me to join him to try to catch some redfish in Pine Island Sound this week.
I came down here in May for the same purpose but I didn't catch redfish. Already this trip has had better results.
Today, I caught my largest redfish ever.
