 This photo gives an idea of what "sight-fishing" is all about. We scan the water hoping to locate fish, which is not an easy thing to do with all the various forms and colors that appear in these waters. Sand, rocks, grasses, mud, all of these conspire to hide the fish.Nevertheless, once you've been at it for a while, one can become fairly adept at spotting fish. Barracuda, for example, tend to look like dark-colored logs when they're lying in the shallows. [There are none in this photo.] Click on any picture to enlarge. |
 Wayne and I got out on the water Friday afternoon as the winds finally quieted down enough to allow fishing in something other than total discomfort.We were hoping to see that fish had been coming back into this part of Florida Bay following the record-breaking cold snap that killed millions of fish in the Keys. We went to one of our favorite barracuda spots and did see several dozen large 'cudas; all of them were lying in the shallows where the water is more rapidly heated by the sun. Unfortunately, when the 'cudas are laid up like that they're also very spooky. We did get a couple of hits, but had no hookups. It was good, however, to see that all the 'cudas in the Bay had not died from the cold. |
 We also saw a nurse shark and a stingray, and we ran into a mixed school of crevale jacks [above] and ladyfish [below]. The jacks were all very small, but despite their size they put up a good fight against our light tackle. |
 The ladyfish, on the other hand, were of good size and put on their usual aerial display often jumping three and four times before being brought to the boat and released. |
 I'm still recuperating from the doxycycline-enhancd sunburn I picked up on Sunday, and was pretty much arrayed for robbing banks...as well as for fishing Florida Bay. |
 We probably caught 30-40 fish, and we were happy to see that the Bay was showing signs of returning to normal conditions. |
 Friday night's sunset was not too shabby. |
 And Friday night's moon is about as close to full as it can get...without actually being full.Last time a human stood on the moon: 1972 The crater with the bright rays of material spreading out from it [right side, below center] is crater Tycho, named for Tycho Brahe a Danish astonomer. It's estimated that this crater was created by an asteroid strike that took place a mere 108 million years ago. |
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