Today was windy.Waves rolled whitecappingly and you'd better have had a tight cap or at least a clip for it. Ken Long and I encountered a few "lifetime"-sized bonefish, but they were skittish in the poor currents and low levels of the quarter moon. The day was saved by working an area of Biscayne Bay loaded with ladies, small kingfish, and an occasional tarpon. All these fish love to frequent basin- like depths deeper than the surrounding waters. Whether on plug with white bucktails or spin and shrimp, the ladyfish were large and ferocious, some topping 4 pounds. The leaps and long runs had far more power and speed than tarpon. How much has this been discussed, but why shouldn't it? I've always proposed the same levels of admiration for these great gamesters. The pound for pound notion from boxing applies here: can anyone really conceive what it would be like to battle a 150 pound ladyfish? It would probably make alot of anglers forget about the silver king.
Jan
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