Monday I was joined by Tom, a regular client/friend who often takes advantage of my “scouting trip charters.” If you are a local angler who can go fishing on MY schedule you might want to sign up. The discounted fee is attractive and the particulars are posted at the bottom of the home page on my website.

I enjoyed a fine morning with Johnny “little-fish” Gay on Tuesday. Leaving the boat ramp at O’dark-thirty I traveled farther north than normal to fish a stretch of the Mosquito Lagoon I haven’t fished in several years…

The weather this past week was certainly interesting. Isolated and sometimes violent thunderstorms kept us on our toes. Luckily, we were able to steer clear of the worst of them during our charters.

I’m happy to say the doctor released me for work duties this past Wednesday. My knee injury has healed and I wasted no time in getting back on the water. I invited a couple of friends to join me on the Mosquito Lagoon for a bit of scouting and testing.

While waiting for my angler I injured my knee early Tuesday morning as I was prepping the boat. The loud “pop” and excruciating pain I experienced seemed to point to a ruptured tendon…

I don’t know how the rest of you feel, but I’m ready for the temperature to cool down a bit! With the exception of the first two or three hours of daylight it’s been too hot for man and beast alike.

Fishing was pretty good last week on the couple of days we ventured out. Redfish have been skinny and trout and black drum have been active on drop-off areas.

We made it through another hot week here in the south Mosquito Lagoon, with water temperatures dropping slightly due to the recent rainfall.

I had “one of those weeks” last week. If you fish often enough and long enough you’ll have days and weeks like this, too. No matter how advanced our experience level may be, we’re all subject to making a string of poor choices.

ICAST interrupted my water time this past week, but I did get out for a couple of morning trips…