captchuckmac
10-11-2006, 08:13 AM
This past week, I had the pleasure of having Riverview residents Stan Duncan and his 5 year-old son, Daniel, aboard for some inshore fishing.
Stan wanted to introduce his son to fishing in hopes the youngster would be 'hooked', enabling Stan to buy a boat that they both could enjoy. Stan's only wish for me that day was to "get Daniel on some fish".
With a livewell full of greenbacks and shrimp, we headed to one of my favorite docks in the Tierra Verde area that usually holds a plethora of gamefish. Before I could get Dad's rod baited, Daniel was struggling with a strong inshore Grouper. After he subdued the 10-inch fish, he was ready to do battle again. Daniel caught about 5 Grouper and a couple Mangrove Snappers from that dock; then was ready for some 'serious' fishing.
We headed over to the closest grassflat and saw a few schools of bait being crashed by something ferocious. Daniel wanted in on that action fast, so I baited him up and within 5 seconds had his first Spanish Mackerel screaming line off of the rod.
In all, Daniel boated 4 mackerel up to 20 inches in length, with many more 'missed' opportunities.
Needless to say, it looks like Stan will be buying that new boat after all!
Regards,
Capt. Chuck MacIntyre
Stan wanted to introduce his son to fishing in hopes the youngster would be 'hooked', enabling Stan to buy a boat that they both could enjoy. Stan's only wish for me that day was to "get Daniel on some fish".
With a livewell full of greenbacks and shrimp, we headed to one of my favorite docks in the Tierra Verde area that usually holds a plethora of gamefish. Before I could get Dad's rod baited, Daniel was struggling with a strong inshore Grouper. After he subdued the 10-inch fish, he was ready to do battle again. Daniel caught about 5 Grouper and a couple Mangrove Snappers from that dock; then was ready for some 'serious' fishing.
We headed over to the closest grassflat and saw a few schools of bait being crashed by something ferocious. Daniel wanted in on that action fast, so I baited him up and within 5 seconds had his first Spanish Mackerel screaming line off of the rod.
In all, Daniel boated 4 mackerel up to 20 inches in length, with many more 'missed' opportunities.
Needless to say, it looks like Stan will be buying that new boat after all!
Regards,
Capt. Chuck MacIntyre