Once in a lifetime catch 7/31

Uniform6 · Post by **Uniform6** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:50 am

Walking longboat key this am with my friends John and Cindy jigging for snook in the surf and I caught a bonefish.

I have never caught one but knew it wasn't a snook when it took off.
I even joked about it being a bonefish as it made quick runs. I honestly had no idea what I had hooked.

I've heard of bonefish being caught in the past this far north but nothing in the past 10 or so years.

Very cool!

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:04 pm

That is cool!

You hear about bonefish being caught every once in a while but it certainly is rare.

Heywood · Post by **Heywood** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:34 pm

Finally, someone catchs a Bonefish and has the pic to back it up.

I swear this past spring I saw Permit on the flats of the south shore.

Congrats.

Manning · Post by **Manning** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:46 pm

Wow! Just wow.

Uniform6 · Post by **Uniform6** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:18 pm

Twice we have seen a small school of permit up the manatee river. Spooky and never wanting what we offered.
The first time we couldn't believe what we were seeing. The 2nd time, weeks later, they were working the same area and we couldn't connect.

JoeS · Post by **JoeS** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:19 pm

That is awesome......I think BFW is bringing them up from Miami ......

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:42 pm

Holy shit!

seeinred · Post by **seeinred** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:11 pm

That's awesome dude, congrats!

BryanS · Post by **BryanS** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:58 pm

Very cool! Congrats.

GatorTroutBoy · Post by **GatorTroutBoy** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:28 pm

Nice!!! Good to know.

Swamprider · Post by **Swamprider** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:34 pm

Damn Fine!

GILs_GONE_WILD · Post by **GILs_GONE_WILD** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:12 pm

Global warming.

Nice catch!!

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:48 pm

Heywood wrote:Finally, someone catchs a Bonefish and has the pic to back it up.

True dat! All the rest have been an urban legend.

americanrobster · Post by **americanrobster** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:13 pm

Awesome catch!

John · Post by **John** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:12 pm

Once in 200,000 lifetimes catch

Well done, oh how I wish we had a population of those up here.
Maybe we ask for some stocking to be done by the FWC

bigguy · Post by **bigguy** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:56 am

Congrats

Paddle-Fishing.com