Greg is all smiles as this little snook completed his slam on a recent trip with Capt. Mark Wright!

We only made it out a couple of times this week because I decided to wait for the winds to back off a bit. I fished the central lagoon region with top-water Tony on Friday. As usual Tony tossed his Skitterwalk at schooling mullet and quickly scored a lower slot redfish. He also experienced lots of short strikes from schoolie trout and jumped a juvenile tarpon. Not really a fantastic outing but I did find a sheltered cove where several little snook were chasing fingerling mullet. Unfortunately the few blow-ups Tony had from these small line-siders did not result in a bent rod.

Saturday I had a new angler from Washington state on the bow. I was pleasantly surprised and totally thrilled with Greg’s fishing abilities. Though he’s never fished in Florida before and never seen a saltwater flat in his life, Greg’s past experience catching largemouth bass, walleye and northern pike was all he needed.

I handed him a K9 Walker and asked if he could “walk the dog”? While he did tell me “yes” a verbal response was not necessary. The rhythmic back and forth sway of the plug making its way back to its master was all I needed to see! This fella can fish!

Unfortunately, the fish didn’t care about his absolute ability to properly manipulate a piece of hard plastic. After fifteen minutes of great casts and expert retrieves he caught nothing. Indeed, only a couple of tiny trout slapped at the plug. I however, lost a redfish at boat-side and caught two slot trout on a Deizel Minnows in the Sexy Mullet color.

It was certainly time for a change in Greg’s lure; a Diezel Minnowz in the Green Lantern color proved just ticket. He once again proved his abilities and went right to work, boating three redfish, a trout, and a snook.

None of the fish were trophy material, but Greg added three new species to his long and growing list of fish species caught. Too bad the wind was cranking over fifteen mph out of the north by mid-morning, I would have enjoyed taking him to a place where he could have added ladyfish, jacks and maybe a few other species too!