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Not a lot to talk about this week. I was down with an intestinal virus for most of it, and had to cancel a trip. I got out once, thinking I was over it, with my old friend John Franck, of Sarasota, but it was a short day.
John "Wolfgang" von Franck and I go back a long way. John was there as a good friend and customer in the early days of my guiding career. He's a nut, and I can't think of many people who have more fun fishing than John. We were overdue for a day of fishing together and catching up on things.
John showed up Monday morning bearing gifts. He knows I love old fishing stuff, and blessed me with two beautiful, nearly perfect antique fishing lures! How cool. We got the Talon ready and splashed her. It was a beautiful, warm morning, and the day of the new moon. I expected a great trout bite for John.
But, once we arrived at my chosen area and staged on the first pothole, it became apparent the fish had other ideas. It took a while to get the first hit, and it was John with a nice little "puppy" drum. That seemed to break the ice, and we got into trout action, albeit not the hot action I was expecting.
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We didn't leave the dock until after nine o'clock, and by noon, my stomach was really acting up. Although we hadn't experienced a "hot" bite, John and I had caught some 35 - 40 speckled trout and his redfish, and had our limit of 8 keepers swimming around in the Talon's aquarium. The fish had been smaller on average than in the previous several weeks, but we'd had a great time fishing, and a great time cutting up all morning.
January is generally a slow month for me, but it seems unusually so this year. This coming week is dead, with only one trip as of now, but I'll end the month on a busy note if the weather doesn't interfere. I am booking for spring, but even that seems unusually slow this year. Folks, we're open and ready for business, and ready to take you fishing. Please don't let concerns about hurricane damage keep you from visiting this wonderful place we call southwest Florida.
Until next week; Tight Lines!
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