Key West 2011 – Day 14

Day 14 is our last day and we awoke to a glorious sunrise and no wind. The A team consisted of Robber; Sergeant Geoff who got promoted yesterday and Chris the AJ who also got a citation. Our Captain was Big Bill and we were on the Cool Water. The B team was Keith and [...]

Key West 2011 – Day 13

The weather forecast was spot on, not a breath of wind and the A team consisting of Lemon Geoff, Chris the Wrasse and Robber were out with Captain Manny. This time we found the Thread Fin Herrings there were millions in a weed line; my guess is that they were spawning and within 15 minutes [...]

Key West 2011 – Day 12

The Shipmates were up bright and early and it looked a promising day, but how wrong can you be. Catching bait was the problem and our usual Threadfin Herrings had done a vanishing trick. They had got progressively harder to locate over the last few days. However both teams battled on but it turned out [...]

Key West 2011 – Day 11

It seems that I owe Cruncher and Daiwa an apology. I thought that the rod that Cruncher was using was made of clear glass, like some of the Ugly Stik rods. I was mistaken, it’s a light grey blank that is very sea coloured, giving the impression that it was clear. I hear that the [...]

Key West 2011 – Day 10

It seems that they’ve been having trouble getting online in Key West, the wireless network keeps going down. Anyhow, I’ve just received this day 10 report from Roy Robber Marlow. I think they’re probably in the air flying home at the moment, perhaps we’ll get some further reports once he’s back at The Glebe Day [...]