Back in the UK for a couple of weeks before the start of the mad season, tarpon nearly ever morning and that very special permit spawn. I am often asked in the over 10 years of doing fishing holidays in the Florida Keys what are my own special fish, the near 50 lb permit we had many years ago is one of the stand out fish. Sorry can’t even remember the guys name but remember the very special fish, we were having a ball very calm seas sight fish to very large permit which were swimming over the spawning wrecks some 9 miles offshore. Then a shoal of very large fish swam by they were so big we were not even sure that they were permit but I said throw a crab whatever they are they might take it. When the crab hit the water one of the smaller fish turned and took the bait fish ON !! in 112 ft of water these fish just power dive then you have to work them back up and 9 times out of 10 they just go straight back down again fun, fun, fun. Well this time we won and after a nervous time with the net fish in the boat this one was near 50 lbs god knows how big the bigger ones were I am sure we all looked at record permit that day.
When I get back my boat will become a very special boat in the Florida Keys as after a long search I have found a 12 volt espresso coffee maker one of my personal passions. I gave up drink a few years ago 3 am starts and old age just don’t mix what people don’t seem to realize it for me it is not just their week but nearly every day for months and in all fairness I do feel a lot better. Coffee on the other hand is a very different matter over the years I have been on lots of mad diets with my wife which I was always happy to do but on one condition if it says no coffee you are on your own. The video with this blog is us feeding frigate birds just the best sett of eyes in the whole world and as one old guide said they have to do it for a living, find a circling frigate and you will find fish.