Southbound Blog
What’s biting and the random ramblings of a local boat Captain.
No fishing for a couple days
January 8th-10th, 2019 No fishing for a couple days Took a quick trip to my hunting camp up in Glades County. Saw a lot of hogs and hit 2, but lost the trail and did not recover either. Hate to shoot something and not use it, but fortunately, a dead hog is good for...
December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018 While much of coastal Florida had to deal with a severe Red Tide earlier this year. Key West got lucky and never saw any sign of it. We’ve had Red Tide scares before, but in my 30+ years on the water, it has never gotten this far South....
Remembering a Friend
December 2018 This has been a tough year in many ways. Hurricane Irma scared the hell out of me but left me unscathed for the most part. The worst “losses” I had this past year was the loss of friends. Just after Hurricane Irma, I received a call informing...
Hunting Adventure
November 7, 2018 I’ve been in and out of town a lot the last few weeks. Just got back from a father-son weekend at the hunting camp with some of the kids my wife and I have been sitting for the last few years. They’re growing fast and it was time to take...
Zombie Bike Ride
Ema and I got a bit “Zombied up” for the Zombie bike ride (In case you can’t tell, that’s me on the right) My lovely bride,...
In the Boatyard
October 12, 2018 It’s been a long couple of months in the boatyard and it’s almost over. Started putting in a new deck in late August. We did more than originally planned and it took longer than expected, (always does). But it’s starting to look like...
First Big Catch
First Big Catch in 1958 Going through some old photos and, at my wonderful wife’s suggestion, I thought it would be fun to put up this picture taken in July of 1958, that’s 60 years ago this month. Can’t say I remember the picture, the fish or the...
Fish Still Biting!
While there haven’t been enough big fish to make me happy, (then again there never are or will be), the dolphin fishing has been good enough that nobody has had to anchor up to catch Snappers. I have nothing against bottom fishing for snapper and grouper this...
Key West Recovers after Hurricane Irma
June 24th, 2018 Key West has fully recovered from Hurricane Irma and then some. We’ve been very busy since the beginning of the year. I think this is in part to the lack of rooms and services in the middle Keys that were hurt so badly by the storm....
Keep Life in Perspective
September 20, 2017 Keep Life in Perspective I watched the Giants game Monday from a motel in Sebring FL while on my way back to Key West. I evacuated a week ago Saturday, (9/9) at 1 am. Originally I intended to ride the storm out in a big hotel but after seeing Irma...
Riding Out Irma
September 8, 2017 I’ve decided to stay. The projected tracks were showing Irma passing over the upper keys a couple days ago. If that happened, they would have been crushed but we would have gotten tropical storm winds here. The projections are now for Irma to...
Hurricane Irma Approaching
September 6, 2017 This may be the last entry I make here. Getting ready to evacuate Key West as Hurricane Irma approaches. I’ve been here just shy of 36 yrs, almost all of my adult life. I’ve built a good business and a great life here and I’m...