Tuesday, 4/12/11 … four big fishing days with Charlie

Charlie, When He Was A Little Younger, First Mate The Rest Of The Time!

We had another snorkeling charter booked this morning but the weather turned and the water was too rough for snorkeling.

I decided to use today’s post to do a retrospective of fishing with my friend Charlie … four big fishing days with Charlie.  Charlie never tires of reading about himself or telling big fish stories!

The first photo on the left is of a very a large snook Charlie caught and released at Redfish Pass when Charlie was much smaller and snook were much bigger.  It was quite an accomplishment for Charlie; the snook was just under 40″, although Charlie routinely inflates it to a world record size of 60″.

The second photo of the small back tip shark is from a really fun day we had fishing for sharks.  We had a chum bag going which Charlie was fascinated by when he was younger.  Charlie is still big on any kind of chumming because it gives him something to do when he gets restless on the boat.  At any rate, we caught and released a big 7′ bull shark that day, probably between 300 and 400 pounds, a photo of which I unfortunately can’t locate.  However, we almost had more fun with the black tip sharks that were circling the boat, attracted by the chum bag.  We were able to sight cast to them and we must have caught and released 8-10 within a 10-20 minute period.

The third photo is of a small tarpon we caught and released not quite in Roosevelt Channel last August.  We were sight fishing for tarpon I had seen under an anchored sail boat between Jensen’s and Tween Waters, maybe only a couple of hundred yards from Captiva.  Charlie was quite proud of this small tarpon.  A big summer storm moved in about five minutes later and we were drenched, but he was happy!

The last photo is of a 5′ bull shark we caught and released last month.  Charlie is starting to get the hang of this fishing thing. 🙂

Captain Joey Burnsed ~ call 239-472-8658 or email captjoefred@gmail to book a charter.

 

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