Friday Night's Catch!

Wow this Shark was truly fun to catch. When he hit I knew it was going to be interesting and then he swam rapidly and tangled himself on my crab trap. With the assistance of my fishing pal Martha we were able to bring him in...Yahooooooo!

Jaison Day 2

Today the little guy was circumsized and released from the hospital. He is doing great and here are a few pics of him with his Bucs outfit on...enjoy!

Jaison Born on 10-24-07 at 10:08 AM!

Tarpon Fishing Addiction!!!!!!!!

Martha, Jason, and I decided to check out the South Sky Way fishing pier in St. Petersburg, FL on Saturday 10-20-07. That evening my addiction to hooking Tarpon and someday hopefully landing one began. I met this gentleman named Tony and he gave me some tips about what leader strength to use on my Penn Boat Rod/Reel combo and how to hook them. Within 10 minutes I had a 200lb Tarpon attached to my line and jumping for at least 3 minutes and then it ran towards the piling and snapped the line. That was it Martha and I were hooked on this new venture...so the next night Sunday we head out to the same spot where there is a 115 foot drop and it was raining...then at the height of the high tide a monster (maybe 300lbs. )Tarpon was running through my line. Martha helped hold the rod and we fought that fish for almost 8 minutes until he ran towards the skyway and gracefully jumped out of the water and turned to slice my line once again. In between this time I caught some other pretty large fish but you see the adrenalyn rush you get with Tarpon fishing is like no other high I have ever experienced in my entire life. I hooked two more Tarpon and no luck bringing them in but now I plan to study. I will research and learn everything there is to know about this huge action fish. People do not eat them and I understand that...what would I do if I caught one...hmmm take a picture, well lots of pictures. Mounting one for a wall in the house is an idea as well. Well we plan to enjoy the Tarpon season as it is here and when they go I just will have settle for other fish who are not so challenging. We highly recommend Tarpon fishing and when they leave I am thinking of taking up some shark fishing as it is very similar. I hope you enjoyed this enthusiastic blog entry. I am soooooooo excited about this new chapter in my life!!!

We had to return to Shell Island!

Our ride there!

The following weekend Martha, Derek, and I were determined to head out on our Jet Ski to Shell Island. Just like the name says the shells are everywhere, sand dollars, we saw a manatee, and a Marlin (looks similar to a sword fish.) What a blast we had and the water is so blue it felt like we were in another country...LOL See us lounging?

Derek and Martha Near The Beach Tent

We all had fun snorkeling to find buried treasures :)

From Sawyer key to Shell Island!

Date: Sunday, Oct 7
Time: 10 am - 2pm (ish)
Location: Sawyer Key Put-In
On this trip we went right through Sawyer Key via beautiful and tricky mangrove tunnels. Upon arriving at Shell Island we swam, picked shells, and layed around on floats! Hope you enjoy our pics...I must say a simple photo cannot describe the beauty in the actuality of being there!