Fished with my good friend John yesterday in the Gulf of America. The Redfish are really starting to show up now. We caught them in all size ranges, including some nice slot fish and overslot fish. We caught and released Redfish, Black Drum, Flounder, and Jack Crevalle. John kept one nice middle slot fish for dinner. We threw a lot of different baits, but live shrimp from Captains Cove on a jig head seem to be what they preferred today. Stopped by Brooks Dockside Seafood food truck and picked up my favorite blackened grouper BLT sandwich along with an order of blackened shrimp tacos to bring home to my wife which topped off another incredible day in God's Country!

I first met Tom a couple month's back at the Tampa Airport . He was waiting for his daughter, and I was waiting for my wife, who coincidentally happened to be on the same delayed flight from LA. We got to talking and realized we both love to fish, and I told him what I do for a living and let him know how wonderful our fishing is here on the Nature Coast. Man, The Good Lord really has a way of bringing the right people into your life. He contacted me soon after and set up a 1/2 day fishing charter for himself and his good buddy Vong. It turned out to be such a blessing to have these guys on the boat yesterday. As I have said many times before when you spend time fishing together you get to know each other very well, and we discovered we all had a lot in common, especially our love for fishing, and construction as well. These guys caught a lot of fish, including Redfish, Seatrout, Black Drum, Mangrove Snapper, Sand Trout, and Jack Crevalle. After the charter, I sent them to Blackwater Grill Yankeetown for lunch. They stopped back by the marina afterwards and let me know that lunch was delicious, and that they talked about how much fun they had and decided to book another trip in September... Looking forward to another trip with Tom and Vong!!! You won't hear me say this very often but thank you Lord for the delayed flight in Tampa?

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!!!