"SLAMMERS" keep on coming. According to the radio, fishing was tough; and it was. It took 3 1/2 hours and a lot of running and gunning to find enough bait to hold fish. We started with triple tail on a nice floater (smiling Pete is showing you). Another 5 miles out and the schoolies finally showed up but did not "school" behing the boat like they are suppose to. Had to catch them 1 & 2 at a time on the troll. 5 more miles out and we ran down some tuna (Blue Devil Alex got the skippy and Larry got the black fin). 5 more miles out and we finally found enough bait to hold some big fish and red shirt Larry finessed the big bull. They put me in the picture to let me show you that the schoolies were legal size.

Captain Gator does love bragging rights and has been blessed this year with more than his fair share. Again, I thank Dave Herberholz for the fine rigging and gaffing and our guests for their fine angling skills.

For those folks that brought their boat and the fine folks in the rentals that can't understand that the fish may be in 100' one day and 1,000' the next need to "rent a guide" to enhance your trip. It's a big ocean and a guide can teach you what signs to look for other than "run for the birds" and fish the weed lines. Knowing where the charters and guides caught fish today will NOT help you find fish tomorrow.

Thanks Johnny & Barbara at Captain Pips for letting me use all that fuel today; we needed it to find the fish. They do what it takes to keep their clients happy.