The "Pretty Work" has had almost a steady diet of Blackfins as they seem to be everywhere, with some days bringing in nice 30lb fish. As you know these are the smallest of the Tuna species so 25 to 35lb fish are lots of fun on 20lb spinning tackle, and even better on the table!! The mornings are started off by catching Pilchards out in about 15 to 20 feet of water. You can safely bet at getting at least 300 or so. Once the bait has been gathered off you go as we have several Humps to choose from. The closest is the Islamorada Hump, then we have the 409, the Middle Hump with the furthest being the Marathon Hump. The "Pretty Work" has spent most of their trips at the Islamorada Hump and has had Great success. With a few Dolphin mixed in on the troll back towards the reef edge to try their luck at some Permit. This too has been rather productive. Brad Hoffman managed to catch a real lunker close to 40lb's. Live Crab and straight 20 pound test brings an honest 45 minute fight. The Reef has been tough most days, dealing with plenty of gin clear waters, or no current which we all know brings tough fishing. However, there have been some nice King Mack's on some of the deeper fades and wrecks along with an occasional Sailfish and perhaps a Cobia who fell behind.

The backcountry has been full of life and plenty of action. Sea Trout and Redfish are just about all you want, with an occasional big Black Drum mixed in. The Tarpon fishing has been getting better each day since the moon is off. It can be pretty tough getting a good hook set with the live mullets as it helps to get plenty of bites. The Shark fishing is also getting better with some nice Bulls, Lemons and Black tips too. The Permit are showing up in big schools out back and are responding nicely to the live crabs.

We've had "That's Right" down in the Dry Tortugas with some day trips mixed in. We had an absolute blast with some great groups and real good fishing. We enjoyed some nice Flag Yellowtail Snapper fishing on every trip. There were plenty of 24 to 28 inch fish that gave all the anglers plenty of action. Mixed in were some African Pompanos and plenty of arm-wrenching action on the Amber Jacks. One day we had a Large Whale Shark swim up to us and aboard with him WERE about half a dozen Cobia with the biggest one being about 60 lb's. In the evenings we had some great Mangrove fishing with fish up to 7 pounds, not to mention our run in with the Sharks at times. They never really got too bad. The Porpoise bothered us once or twice but over all things went real good. I know Tony Turner, his Pop and the rest of the gang went back to Maryland with lots of coolers full. John Ciccarone and his guys had plenty of action and we enjoyed letting go most of what the guys caught, which was kind of different for me, lol. On our final day the guys even had an absolute blast with the Permit. We went through 2 dozen Crabs and released fourteen Permit ranging 15-25 pounds. A great class of fish on 12lb Spinning tackle.