Fishing for sharks is super exciting, fun and adrenaline pumping. But it’s mostly about waiting for the sharks to come to your bait and chum line. Florida is a great place to fish for inshore sharks in shallow flats of Biscyane Bay, off Miami Beach or in the waters of Everglades National Park, or any…
Some people travel far and wide for a chance at these top five Florida inshore gamefish. For me they live in my backyard and are also an obsession. Tarpon the Silver King Famous for their jumps, aerobatics and legendary fights that can easily be more than an hour, Tarpon are the Silver Kings of Florida…
Today we are announcing a new Facebook group for like-minded indicates to post and share their own journeys, both near and far. Please click the FB link and join the group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/482687306546594/ I look forward to seeing your posts and watching the community grow. Alec Rosen Adventurer & Raconteur #JTLF
After my first deployment to the Persian Gulf in 1980, I wanted to get as far away from the ocean as possible. I spent 10 months deployed and most of that time at sea. Including 71 days without a port visit. So I headed to the Mojave desert. and came upon a giant crater. Amboy…
Not so much a bucket list, but a wish list of fish I want to catch (and release) over the next few years (then I’ll create another wish list instead of a bucket list by the time I’m 65). Some of these are on the books for the this year (Alaska) and next year (Amazon)…
If you are like me, and spend a lot of times outdoors or on the water, then sun protection is a serious topic. See previous blog post here. Here are some how to tips on protection one’s self from harmful UV rays from head to toes.
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…
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…
The earth’s circumference is 24,900 miles and I have been within 1,600 miles of circumnavigating the globe. that’s covering 94% of the the circumference. Let’s break this down: Each degree of latitude is approx 69 miles or 111 km. Heading east the furthest I have been is latitude 35.3, Dead Sea, Israel. Heading west the…
I’ve been invited to join Jeff Bezos on a journey to the final frontier, space, on a soon to be scheduled Blue Origin Space Flight. No dates have been set, but it’s been confirmed by Blue Origins’ Space Commander. So, follow along as I blast into space and the final frontier … see details and…
