May yeilds more than just Permit
May 13th, 2008
Spat on by a Lemon Shark
R. Stimac :: April 11 - 18
No Permit, therefore, no picture. Good fish story, though. I played junior guide one day with Victor at the pole. Just the two of us so I had double duty. I was up in the bow ready to take a Permit shot with Victor poling in four feet of water. A five foot Lemon shark was coming from my left ten feet away. As the shark crossed in front of me he turned and came up at me with his mouth open five feet away and spit something at me that hit me in the leg. It seemed like he spit a big chew of tobacco at me. There was a three foot patch of black water around his head when he spit. I looked behind me in the boat, and there was an 8 inch squid on the seat in a pool of black ink!
Then I figured it out. The shark was attacking the squid who went airborn just before Mr Lemon shark closed his jaws. Truth is stranger than fiction.
May 7th, 2008
Xstream Bonefish
I had a fantastic day on the water, and William was great. We both share the same passion for stalking fish! Thanks for the several hook ups ABBC!!
April 25th, 2008
We had a blast!
Thank you for helping us make the bonefish club part of our honeymoon. We had a blast! The attached picture of my wife tells it all. I’ll work on her on proper catch and release technique…
April 25th, 2008
Another great week, another great year at ABBC
Five friends and I just got back from ABBC and had a terrific time. The staff was great, the guides were fantastic and the fish even cooperated. We had a mixed group of fisherman as far as target species were concerned which made for great variety of stories at dinner time. Chris and Jeremy Cox of Wildfire Brewing Company in Bend, OR hooked bones, tarpon, snook, jacks, barracuda and even a triple tail. They tested the permit game for a couple days at the end and had some shots, but no takers. Casey Krahenbuhl of DMK golf design had his first tasted of saltwater fly fishing and caught bones and even hooked a permit that broke him off. Tim Duey (Duey Bros. Construction) hooked tarpon, snook, bones, and landed a permit double with fellow fisherman Christian Rohde from the bay area on day five. Christian was on fire for the week having landed five in one day on the boat with me including several doubles before getting his sixth with Duey. Needless to say he has the fever. I personally had a fantastic week, caught some permit, drank some beer and enjoyed the staff and the guides. Highlight of the trip by far was Candi and Elsa (cooks) having fun scaring Jeremy Cox with a fake rubber tarantula. Thanks to all the staff and guides, we had a week to remember for sure. Side note, do not attempt to take on locals at the game of volleyball, apparently they are all professionals.
April 5th, 2008
