Navarre 2018

[Jerseymic]

That dream can easily become a reality.

I imagine it could except we have just had to have new felt, battens and tiles on the roof of our bungalow, and it wasn't cheap (£7500.00) just about cleaned us out!!

Who knows in the future, but time is marching on, I have now reached the grand age of 68, so the grim reaper is flying lower, I keep ducking

Take care,

Mike.

[handi2]

Daron someone brought me 2 fresh Bonita yesterday. A little too late.

[Shark Hunter]

I'll be back in 10 days to pick those up.
Jaws is waiting for me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/26/hilton-great-white-shark/556303002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories

[Shark Hunter]

Round 2.
Down for a two week trip that ended last week. My Boy Mike, his wife and my 1 year old grand daughter came down the second week.
Caught a few fish. Not the one I seek, but I was happy just the same.
The weather was perfect the first week. No Rain, Flat seas, but the fish weren't cooperating.
Robin and I could only reel in empty hooks. Catfish or something were picking our hooks clean without being detected.
The second week, A low pressure system moved in and after the storm. Guess what?
Healthy Blacktip right off shore within 20 minutes.
My Son Mike reeled this in on his Fin Nor LT-100 in no time.
This fish was mean and left me with a Tail whip on my stomach.
I just held his head down, they thrash and try to bite and have 100 razor sharp teeth in there. I can deal with the whip. It healed in three days.
I tried to leave him close to the water, That downward slant with his head up top, he got me when we were getting the hook out because I was not letting his Head Move. He was close to 5 feet. These Sharks are responsible for most of the bites in Florida.
They are very abundant and if I would have had my Bubba Blade on me, He would have been Dinner.
I am not getting bit, and next time, I will drag him further up to get the smack down on him before he does me.
That won't happen again. I was trying for a quick release, we did it, but it took a little longer, because of the small hook that my dehooker is useless for. It was made for 20/0's. Different tactic and we got it out. My goal is a minute flat. We probably went 30 seconds over.
I know He swam off like a bat out of Hell, with a little of my stomach on his tail.
The next night, Robin ran out some chunks of Ray and I caught my first Tiger Shark.
It was caught on a Mustad 20/0 and my dehooker popped it right out of his Jaw Lickety split.

[Shark Hunter]

I also caught a really Nice Bull Red. Probably about 30". No pic.
There was no camera, but It was a Beautiful Fish. Another first for me.
We had a really good time this trip. Little Lily wanted in on the action.
I love that last picture. Hey! Where are you going wit my baby!

[Shark Hunter]

My Boy Dustin doesn't care about the fishing. He is there for one reason. Shells! 24-7
I really love that last shot.
It is my Screensaver.

[Swami805]

Some well deserved R&R, Time with the family and mixed in some fish. Great trip.

[Shark Hunter]

I am really Proud of My Son Mike. He is a good Father and Husband.
Some of my Best work right there.
Yea, I also wear a lot of Sunscreen too.
I'll be back in 3 months.
Robin made a Video on his Go Pro, Kayaking a bait out at night.
Post it up when you get time Robin.
That will give them an Idea just how fearless you are.
Until next time,
Shark Hunter out!

[Bill B]

Cool beans brother....great looking family and good looking fish....this is a trip to be proud of.....thank you for bringing us along....Bill

[Shark Hunter]

It truly was Bill.
We had some mighty fine eats too.
I spared no expense on this trip.
Fine food, Family and fishing.
I wish I could have caught a picture of that Redfish. He was lean and mean.
It screamed the drag on My Battle 2 8000. I thought for sure it was a shark.
They call them Bull Reds for a reason. He was a freight train.
I need to start being more aware of the weather conditions and not the surf report.
New tactics and gear are coming into play.
There is a definite correlation to the Barometric Pressure when fishing from the beach.
They sense it, and I need to be there when they do.
My time will come.

[Tiddlerbasher]

Thanks for the ride Daron, it looked like a great trip

[ChileRelleno]

Congrats on the Tiger and Red. 

[thorhammer]

awesome, my man.

[conchydong]

Looks like a great time with the family. The successful fishing is just the icing on the cake.

Scott

[Aiala]

So glad you enjoyed your vacation... well-deserved! And, speaking as someone who first learned to surfcast some fifty-five years ago (with a Mitchell 306) I'm delighted that you've gotten into it... great angling adventures await! 

Say, is that a fishing pier in the background of your photo with Mrs. Shark? It looks immense... have you ever tried it? 

~A~