Florida Fast Visit

[Crab Pot]

Been a minute since I've been back on AT.com so I hope everyone is doing well!

Was in Florida Oct 10-15 to settle my fathers final affairs and to visit him at Barrancas National Cemetery for the first time.

While there I hooked up with my good buddy and Kalifornia transplant, Freddy. Freddy is a fishing machine and owns nothing but the best. The plan was to fish the Gulf but on the one and only day I set aside to fish the weather was horrible, so we stayed in the bay. I wouldn't have cared if we didn't catch any fish, it was just good to see him again.

We ended up fishing all over the bay in Panama City and we caught a lot of fish, nothing to brag about though. My goal was to catch a Grouper and a Red Snapper, neither happened!

Towards the end of the day the wind layed down so we made a mad dash to one of his honey holes 12 miles off the coast. Which was a bad idea...but fun. I caught a Trigger Fish and one of those fish that attaches themselves to a shark before putting on live vests and heading back.

Again, worth every second,

Steve

[Crab Pot]

While in Pensacola we tried to visit the Naval Aviation Museum after visiting my Pop. No luck. I was a Deck Ape on an Aircraft Carrier in a past life.

But it just so happened the Blue Angles, when no on the road, practice on Tuesday. It was Tuesday!

[Crab Pot]

More Blue Angles pics.

My Pop gets an air show almost weekly!

[foakes]

Great report!

Thanks for sharing.

Best, Fred

[Keta]

:0)

[Ryan W]

Sorry to hear about your dad, Steve. Hope you get to make it back there and get offshore!

[Crab Pot]

Sorry to hear about your dad, Steve. Hope you get to make it back there and get offshore!

That's the plan Ryan!