As I said earlier mojo and focusing
are the most important factors in success and achieving this state will open
the doors to things you never believed possible. This will allow you to do
things like reading the water and reading it correctly. I always say read
the water and it will tell you what you should do, what to throw, whether
it is good or only looking good. For example: when running and gunning for
Dolphin my years of practice have brought me to a point that I can tell you
which pot, which floating log, which weed lines will have fish on it just
by reading the water. The hot spots will have the magic twinkle (texture)
that the others just don't have. Hit enough of them and you will see what
I am talking about. Focus and you will see the subtle difference between good
water and dead water. The magic twinkle.
Species
observations
14) Never under estimate your quarry.
15) Permit are the genius of the flats.
They know what you are going to do even before you know what you are going to
do.
16) Tarpon are like dogs, at times they
will do exactly what you want, when you want it, and other times they will just
look at you and keep on moving on, but when they are happy there's nothing better.
17) Bonefish are Bonefish.
18) Stripers are a wonderful blend of
all the above and are far smarter than their reputation. Fish them on artificials
and in a few inches of water and you will see just how smart they are. Bunker
Dunking no comment.
19) Dolphin, Mahi, Dorado, Chickens, Peanuts
whatever you want to call them they are the sheep of the seas. There is no such
thing as catching 1 dolphin.
20) Albies
are the inshore Ferrari. Always a workout, always moving, always challenging,
always expensive. If you want Albie success you must be committed to dropping
everything at a minutes notice to chase them.
