Mountain Film

The Mountain Film Festival was also hosted at Watercolor this past weekend and Ben, Travis, and Frank from Felt Soul Media* were down to help host the event and show their film, "Running Down the Man". If you havent seen it yet, you owe it to yourself to check it out as well as the trailer for their current project on Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble Mine that has the potential to ruin the salmon fishery there. I had a good time hanging out with you guys and look forward to keeping in touch as you progress towards the final release of "Red Gold". Their account of the trip to the FL Panhandle can be read at The Wire.

The Felt Soul guys were out on the beach 'running down the bonita' as well this past weekend and ran into some of the same tarpon we saw on Kyle's boat. With a better lens and far superior photography skills, Ben was able to snap this remarkable photo of the migrating fish. Thanks for sharing, Ben.

Bobo's on the Beach

Was down at the coast over the last week and got into some bonita on the beach. There was an IFA redfish tourny screwing up the bay fishing so Jason, Kyle, and I decided to head out on the beach instead in Kyle's tower boat. We were greeted by pods of glass minnows and blood minnows that were being busted up by schools of bonita, chicken dolphin, and sharks. We had a great time drifting into these schools and doubling up on fish with topwater flies. Every one that we brought aboard was coughing up glass minnows all over the deck.

Jason and I with a double:Capt. Kyle Pitts showing off a bonita and his new wedding ring:

Just as we were about to run back in, we saw another pod of fish busting on the surface. We ran over to investigate and quickly identified the fish as big pods of tarpon. They were traveling quite fast and not focused on eating, but it was neat to see them this time of year.