Like Mr. Rogers said “it’s a beautiful day on Sarasota Bay,” or something similar to that. And it was a beautiful day when John and his wife Holly, who were visiting from California, came aboard as we launched my boat in search of some hungry fish.
It all started with John hooking an aggressive Jack Crevalle on topwater bait, then Holly caught a snook under a D.O.A. shrimp and popping cork.
All in all, we hooked several snook, a nice size trout, mangrove snapper, jack crevalle, and a catfish. John was really excited to get out and catch some fish in Florida as he is an experienced angler from the West Coast. All of the fish caught were safely released.