If you’ve fished on the flats before, you’ll be happy to see that our experts probably had the same surprises you did.
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“I recall being faked out a lot. I stalked boxfish in Belize until I learned their style of feeding, tailing and movement. I stalked tailing mojarra/shad in the Bahamas and waded after nervous water that turned out to be mullet, or puffers, or a ray or a shark!”
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“My first time on the flats was with my wife Geri on our honeymoon. I caught a little bone-ette, on my first cast less than 5 minutes into the first day. After releasing the fish and feeling completely amazed at how easy that just was… I looked at the guide and said, in the most full of piss and vinegar – show off in front of your wife way ‘…shoot man I thought these fish were supposed to be tough to catch’. I had no idea what a dumb-ass thing I had just said. I have since come to realize that without a good guide to do all the hard work, bonefishing for 99.9% of us is walking around in warm water with a big stick in hand. After I made the ‘open yap – insert flats boot’ statement to my guide – David Jr. (yes Pinder) just beamed a big smile and said ‘yeah mon – you did a good job’. I’m sure he was talking about Geri – and a truer compliment could not be paid to me. ”
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“My biggest surprise? I always thought I was a superb fish spotter. So I was shocked when on my first day on the flats my guide was pointing to fish that quite frankly, I just couldn’t see. It was humbling to say the least. I quickly ‘learned’ just what it was I was looking for and I was back on point and spotting all sorts of fish. My fragile ego was restored!”
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“I was most surprised by the speed with which bonefish would would go from ‘Hey there’s one’ to ‘Oh crap he’s right on top of me!'”
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