went on the flats on the canoe Sunday, got a late start! (on the water @ 7:30) caught the last of a falling tide, had two great shots at some smaller schools, missed the hook set on both. So now it was Sonny's turn. After about half hour of not really seeing fish, the tide kicked around and started flowing across the flats, and up came the Bones, within 5 minutes we had stalked down two groups of fish that seemed to be working a 50m x 50m area, Sonny(David East) made two or three false casts (in order to load enough line to reach the fish) then dropped his fly right on their noses. Now unlike my attempts there was no hesitation, and Dave hooked a massive Bonefish. The line screaming off his reel as canoe began to swing around as it was being towed by the fish, straight towards a crab trap. At the trap the fish immediately turned to right around it, causing much friction on the line, pole in hand I stood up and propelled us to the crab traps float as quickly as possible. Sonny quickly dipped his rod tip in the water and brought it up clear, with good tension on the fish. The Bone' made one or two more small runs before it was landed, photographed and released. Called it a day as it was now 11:00 am and I had to return home(dog-duty). Fishing in Biscayne bay from my Canoe, a time to remember.
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