hours of my Florida vacation…

Left home at 7::00 a m… all systems go.





Pensacola Welcome Center… in all the years I’ve made the trip had never stopped there that i remember.





Remember the first year fishing Flamingo and there were sea turtles coming into the area in mass.. huge.
Have a picture of one somewhere that was right beside me and stuck its head over the side of my kayak to check it out.. old saying that the turtle is your only friend at sea.. never understood why..



Gives you a better idea how big they are.

Very cool Louis-

We too have driven by but not stopped-

Nice!!!

You fishing the Atlantic side with the Gulf side all stirred up?

No, fishing Flamingo as always.. just haven’t made it there yet..
Checked into motel in Titusville at 6:00 this morning.. 4 hour nap and shower, now back on the road.. just passed exit to Trumps Place.. don’t believe I will be taking any pictures from the hedges on road hole.

I95!near Daytona Beach earlier..

Good luck Louis !

Damn MacDonalds with Chevron Station attached … this morning near Fellsmere, double up.. gas , grub and go..

For winners only

Don’t you do this trip semi regular? Quite a haul

45 minutes to Super 8 in Homestead…

What happened to the trailer?

What happened to the phone call?

God speed and tight lines!!!!

I was a day behind you and also saw the turtle .
Not going as far as you, just Miramar Beach.

never got it titled.. plus after thinking about it... I dont want to haul canoe and motor that far...

At least once and usually twice a year for the last ten years.. before that every weekend for 10 years..

I was in bad physical shape when I went this past June.. that tarpon the first day did more damage… holding on for life for over an hour..

Played go pro video from tarpon this past June… just took picture of laptop screen..





That shark came up to inspect my kayak and then turned on a dime… the tarpon was 30 yards away..


This is where fish went behind me and then to the other side as I have to hold rod in weird angles as line and rod were against the two rods I had in crate behind me… almost dumped..







Any way… it happens fast and I’ll figure out how to pat video some day and you will hear how hard the rods in back recoiled when I got rod back in right hand.. this stuff happens a lot when the tarpon is near you..

Thought I wanted to guide the rat one time but it would only be a matter of time before someone got hurt..



Picture above was about the third time one of the sharks was right on the tarpon.