I fished last week in St Andrews Bay (very clear green water).We ended up trolling flashy jerk baits to catch jacks and lady fish. Then with a much larger rod we'd hook the jacks and ladyfish through the nose and slow troll them behind the boat. Hold on tight to the rod as the sharks will blow your mind with insane takes! One chased one of our lady fish to the surface and just EXPLODED on it. It was AMAZING to see such an awesome fish catch it's prey right in front of our eyes. My daughters had never seen anything like that and were speechless. It's so awesome to introduce people to this kind of stuff! Especially young people. I didn't have on wire so all 5 of the sharks we hooked cut themselves loose (60# mono) in short order. I did get a look at a couple and I'm pretty sure they were Blacktips about 4 to 6 feet long. I've caught Blacktips on the fly before and they are one hell of a fighter. For the life of me I don't know why everyone doesn't go after sharks?? Screw Tarpon, these fish are big, they will eat, they are plentiful, and everywhere.
Later in the day we encountered a small group of Dolphins. I ran as close as I could to them and told the girls to jump in. They were over the rails before I could finish talking. For just a few min they got to swim up close and personal in clear water with Dolphins. It was pretty awesome. We spent the most of the week in the Clear water springs and under the waves swimming with the schools of Lesser Devil Rays, Sting Rays, Jellyfish, large schools of Redfish, triggerfish, sheephead, angelfish, Barracuda, etc etc, around a pier. We were hoping for a shark sighting but it didn't happen. They have respect but not fear under water. I've taught them well. If I lived in FL I'd get into Scuba as big or bigger then fishing. What we see above the water is nothing compared to whats going on under the surface.
I didn't do alot of stills. Most of what I did was underwater video so it'll be awhile before I can get it all put together. I'll put up some more to this thread as I recover from a week of non stop activities.
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