Permit Day

Today I was greeted with a very strong southeast wind. We questioned whether we should leave the dock this morning or not. We decided to give it a try and we were glad we did!
We ended up having several shots at tailing Permit! The wind was just to strong for us to get a good shot. We also saw some large Blacktip Sharks.

On the afternoon trip we started out looking for Snook with the fly rod. We saw several big ones but no bites. At our next stop we spotted a very large Permit tailing along a ridge on the flat. I worked the boat into position and my angler let the fly go. He was about a foot off and the Permit got the daylights scared out of him. At least we were in the game and got a response. At our last spot we switched to live shrimp and released a Bonefish at the boat.

It was a long day poling into the wind, but it was very exciting and well worth the hard work!!

Tight lines, Capt. Dave