I had a great father and son team on the boat Wednesday. The rest of the crew could not make it, but these guys took full advantage of having the bite to themselves. Cliff and Pressley caught over 30 Redfish, a bunch of Black Drum, Flounder, Pompano, Snook, Mangrove Snapper, Jack Crevalle, and Sheepshead. They had some nice slot fish mixed in with the smaller ones, which kept them busy the whole trip. Pressley also caught his first Redfish and Black Drum, which is always cool! Looking forward to having them back again in the fall. We were able to dodge the storms, catch a lot of fish, and have some great conversations along the way, which always makes for an amazing day in God's Country... such a blessing!!!

The good Lord just keeps bringing me these incredible families to fish with! Yesterday, I had Billy, his wife Missy, their son Joel, and his wife Kitty. We got our first slot Redfish first thing in the morning, and then followed that up with another one soon after. It was pretty cool as this was both Billy and Joel's first Redfish. To do this on Joel's birthday trip was a great way to celebrate! Went on to catch Seatrout, Spanish Mackerel, Flounder, Whiting, Jack Crevalle, Mangrove Snapper, and a few more Redfish throughout the rest of our time together on the water. It was truly another blessed day fishing the Nature Coast!

It was a privilege and a ton of fun to host this wonderful family from Germany on a charter yesterday. Chris, his wife Sophia, and their two boys, Gustav and Anton, caught a lot of fish yesterday, including about 25 to 30 Redfish. Although a lot of them were small, there were a few nice slot fish mixed in. Since they were traveling around Florida , we only kept a few fish and released the rest. Along with some nice eating size flounder, they also caught about 15 to 20 Jacks, which are all over out there right now. Other species included Mangrove Snapper, Shark, and Black Drum. They kept the Captain busy on this half day trip, and I enjoyed every minute of it! This was Anton's birthday trip, and he wanted to catch something big that pulled a lot of drag. I set him up on a rig to hopefully catch a shark, and although that did not happen, he hooked into a very large Ray that was bigger than a trash can lid, and the battle was on. He just turned 10, but boy, that kid handled the fish well and got him to the boat all by himself with a little bit of coaching. All in all, it was another successful fishing adventure in God's Country and I am just so grateful to be able to once again have folks like this on my boat!!!