I’m in the Lower Keys working as a Captain and Mate for the Boy Scouts of America at the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base. These are just a mess of pictures I’ve been meaning to post from the Spring and Summer. The sheephead pictures are from the CIA Sheephead Tournament I fished with Collin Clark, Ricky Baturin and Carl Hitchcock.
Endangered
Fat Cero Mackerel caught on a Fishizzle Bling Skirt. He went well on the smoker…
Better shot of the Fishizzle Bling Skirt
9 ft Bull Shark?
These fellas from Texas had a blast loading up on schoolies
Skipjack fiesta
sandwhiches
Andrew’s first pelagic fish was a 19 lb dolphin that hit a Fishizzle Busta trolling lure
Better shot of the Fishizzle Busta trolling lure that’s been devastating fish in the Lower Keys
Very nice, makes me yearn for the Keys. We were down in Largo last July and my kids have not stopped asking when we were going back. That area is special in so many ways.
There are actually two separate locations for the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, one is the North Base (HQ) at MM 73.8 in Islamorada and the other one is the Brinton Environmental Center at MM23.8 on Summerland Key. The North Base has the SCUBA and Sailing programs and we at the BEC have the Out Island Adventure (camping for a week on our 110 acre undeveloped island), Keys Adventure and Fishing Adventure. I am strictly involved with Fishing Adventure now, taking kids from around the country out to experience different types of fishing here including backcountry, flats, sharking, reef and offshore…
Hey, Capt.Chris,
glad to see all those great pics. You in training for the Hemingway look-a-like contest in KW? Call me when you get back up here - - I’m thru summer school, boat’s in the water.
NaClH20
Yes, that was my manly beard! It took 8 months to gt that manly and I figured it was time to start over…
The tarpon pulled me for about a quarter mile and it was just as fast as I would have paddled so not too terribly fast. It was a blast. I jumped 3 others that day as well. The fish gods must have been smiling on me because I sure haven’t had a day like that since!
