Not much fishing today. We faced what we’ve had every day since Sunday – heavy wind and rain. In fact, it rained so hard from when we woke up until 9 AM that we didn’t leave for fishing until 10 AM. The wind was a steady 30 MPH so our only option was to fish the protected flats behind the Casa Blanca Lodge Island once again.
Miraculously, we didn’t see any rain for our entire session of fishing which we took to the end time of 4 PM. But, there were few fish to find. No doubt, most flats fish are somewhere hiding from the fringe of Hurricane Iota. We saw a whopping dozen or so bonefish on flats where we would normally see hundreds. The good news however, we caught three!
If you can believe the forecast, tomorrow should offer a little sunshine. However, the wind will continue to gale around 25 MPH. Been a tough fishing week. Luckily hanging with Jerry is always fun and the staff here at Casa Blanca does no less than superb job looking after us.
You youngsters don’t realize how great it is to just be there and able to face just about anything old Mother nature throws your way, and then catch fish on top of that!
This is one of those times you will recall in your twilight years and say to a buddy, ” hey, remember the wind and rain when we were at —- —— and we still caught fish”
Yup it builds character Jack. No doubt about it. And, in a sick way, I like bad weather. Its a good thing because I certainly find a lot of it around the planet! Second major tropical storm in 11 months!