Gone Fishing …
Like the sign says, gone fishing …. will post a fishing report and photos tomorrow.

I get asked this question all the time, even from guides: how do you pick a guide (see OP here). I fish more than 10-12 professionally guided trips a year, both with my regular guides in Florida and when I travel, so I have learned a thing or two, because I have seen a thing…
My trip to Alaska is on June 6th, 2 months from today and on the anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944. Now is the time for me to tighten down all the logistics and finalize plans, while leaving open time for free exploring and serendipity. In the next 60 days I will be making…
Like an old school barber shop, a bait & tackle shop is a place to gather and talk and if you’re lucky maybe learn a thing or two about life from an ol’ timer. I grew up in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn in the 1970s and worked on the Pilot II fishing boat. One season, maybe…
As of today’s writing, I am three weeks out from my Alaska Expedition. Planning and logistics are done. Reservations and deposits paid. Travel medical and extraction insurance confirmed. Gear is ready, field tested and mostly packed. Let’s break down the budget: Item Expense Airfare (MIA to ANC first class) $2,500 * All lodging for 3…
Took off from Talkeetna float plane dock for a day of fishing a glacier fed creek and lake outside Denali National Park. (GPS tracks at end of post). This was a fishing, not catching day (only day I didn’t get fish) but it was still an amazing day, thanks to both the guide and the…
The canals in miami’s southwest suburbs provide a wide range of native and non-native fish. None is more sought after then the aggressive Amazon native, Peacock Bass. Typically I go out to the Everglades backcountry to fish for them but every now and then I hit the local canals. February is when they spawn and…