Day two of fishing in Florida has just come to an end and it's been quite an experience. I was out for several hours today and had a ton of barracuda chase the various flies I was slinging. Most of my fishing was done today throughout the low tide and I wasn't lucky enough to get another chance at hooking up with baby tarpon as I had the previous day. Then suddenly behind me I heard a tail slap on the surface of the water to turn and see a 2-foot Nurse shark surveying it's new visitor. It didn't get too close but I had my rod ready just in case I needed to pop in in the head with the butt of my rod. Another neat thing that I got to experience was a boisterous Osprey perched atop an abandoned ships mast while I was casting to it's neighbors lurking amidst the mangroves. Finally it took off into the distance and I thought it was time for me to head back to cool off for the afternoon.
Once I picked up Brian from work, we headed to another canal to try out luck and only fished for about a half an hour as we heard the grumbling of a brewing storm. One positive note before we were chased away we found a new area that had a lot of swirling fish chasing various bait fish. Before we could venture further away from the parking lot the lightning began and we felt the wind start to pick up significantly. Stay tuned for my updates, maybe a tarpon is around the corner! One more week of fishing in the Keys!
Here are a few samples of the fish that I hooked up with today!
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