First of all, I want to thank all of you that have sent messages, called and followed up on my recent surgery and wished me a speedy recovery. Well, I am making progress and if all goes well, my stitches will come out this Friday and I'll be back to work Saturday. It's been a painful recovery the first couple of days, but I'm up and walking now and at lest allowed to drive, "I was getting cabin fever"! I thank you all again and I'll hopefully see you on the big pond in a week.... Capt. Dan
I've had to take some time off recently in preparation for an upcoming surgery I'm having done on Tuesday. I'll be off the water for at least a week and I hoping everything goes smoothly. I'll try to keep you all updated on my progress. I was able to have "my last fun day" for a while yesterday with my long time friend Wes, as we caught some nice bass in the farm ponds. Good fishing out there everyone and hope to be on the water soon... Capt. Dan
Another nice mix with the Barlow team and Ron, Dean and Ron Jr. did outstanding. We spent the majority of the day drifting some spotty bottom in 8ft of water using MirrOlure Lil Johns jigs. Well, the action was superb and for over three hours we had something pulling on our lines. This included the first cobia of the year, but it was on the small side. We ran back inshore as the tide turned and finished off our trip with a beauty of an upper slot snook and I thank you all for the great time... Capt. Dan
As I wrap up the sheepshead season today with the Worthington family, it sure was another good one. April brings warmer gulf water temperatures and it slows the sheepshead action down and I like to leave the rest of the fish to finish spawning and I'll see them next winter. I'm looking forward to more trout, cobia, triple tail, snook, and mackerel action - plus hopefully some early arrival tarpon in the coming weeks. Today though, we did do well with lots and I mean lots of little grouper, plus some nice sheepshead; but I had to really work for them. The rods did stay bent and I thank you all for the fun day... Capt. Dan