Bahia Honda Webcam

Need a couple minute vacation from work???

When the boss isn't looking check out the under water cam in Bahia Honda Channel...
You never know what you can see...

  Bahia Honda Web cam:  Goliath Grouper Research Project

Bahia Honda Camera: This cam is positioned in twenty feet of water on a concrete piling of a bridge in the Florida Keys. It is COMPLETELY powered by wind and sun. Click here to find out more. It was installed by the teens4oceans crew in December or 2008

Golith Grouper and Tarpon

The Bahia Honda Channel is home to permit, sharks, rays, goliath groupers,barracuda, jacks, snook and snapper year-round. In the spring, pods of hundreds of large migrating tarpon take up residence, moving in and out of the bridge pylons.

 

Snook

Snappers And Tarpon

 

 

 

The best time for viewing is often at slack tides.

Bahia Honda Channel Tide Predictions

 

Photos from Teens for Oceans



If you are not here this week end you should be....

We had a minor cold front earlier this week. Before the temperatures dropped in to the low 60's, we found several nice schools of bonefish on the warmer flats near deeper water..  Looks like the weather is improving for this week end.  Highs in the 70's..   More Key West festivities this week end too.. 

I plan on being in Key West this week end,  how ever I will be on my skiff looking for permit and barracudas..

Although the Wine and Seafood Festival sounds like a lot of fun!!

Key West Food and Wine Fest to Star Sunshine, Savory Flavors and Spirited Fun

Food and wine enthusiasts can savor sunshine, standout dishes and stellar vintages during the second annual Key West Food and Wine Festival, happening now through Sunday, Jan. 30.

 
                                             
The festival of flavors also features a wacky afternoon of coconut bowling and sampling coconut treats at Blue Heaven Restaurant in historic Bahama Village, a traditional Key West shrimp boil at the funky Hogfish Bar & Grill beside the shrimp docks and a "bubbles and madness" champagne brunch at Azur Restaurant.



Living the Dream..

                     Affordable housing in the Florida Keys..

Living the dream......  sometimes if you are not careful the dream lives you..

Lots of people live on boats here in the Florida Keys.  Cheap living.. No rent, no utility bills, no property tax, no insurance, etc..   Most are living on sailboats and house boats...  This fellow is moored in Bow Channel near the KOA Campground on Sugerloaf Key.  Could not resist taking a pic with my I Phone as we were headed to the back country.. 

I should stop and chat with him some time.. bet he has a story....  probably a retired flats guide..

Housing prices have dropped dramatically.  Lately I have been fishing several anglers also interested in homes and properties.   If you are interested in a land based home ask Joan Kelley.
She grew up in the Keys, has a flats skiff and fishes a lot.  She can answer any questions about water access, boat slips, boat storage, near by flats, etc..   She probably even knows the guy in Bow Channel......

"Gowing Green" Keys style...

                                                                  Gowing Green

Move over Toyota Prius...  Is this the new future of boating? 

This vessel sports solar panels on the roof and three electric trollling moters..  Oh, it even has Xmas lights too!!

All it needs is a Yeti Cooler on the bow for a casting platform..

I.G.F.A. Auction

   International Game Fish Association


WELCOME TO THE 27TH ANNUAL!!!


IGFA INTERNATIONAL AUCTION & BANQUET
CHECK OUT OUR ITEMS AND START BIDDING TODAY!

Here is your chance to help out a great organization and bid on some cool stuff...  The auction includes. art, books, gear, flies, exotic fishing lodges, boats, guided fishing trips, etc.. 




The online auction is being run in conjunction with the 27^th Annual IGFA International Auction & Banquet at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida on January 28, 2011.

Bad Day...

                                              Ouch!!!!!

What is your worst ever fishing day???   I bet this guy has you beat...

My friend Tom took this photo a couple of days ago.   This was taken Friday morning on U.S 1 at Tea Table Relief Bridge.  Fortunatly it is an Action Craft.  They are one tough boat..  I hope it is OK...



OUCH!!!!!

Yup.... That is what you think it is...  A chartuse toad fly buried in my friends back.....

Weather warmed up today.. highs near 80 degrees..  Even though it is January here in the Florida Keys you can  find 6 foot resident tarpon in some of the warm up spots if you look.. 

Big fish can make even seasoned guides get excited... 
TIP:  Once you get the fly were it needs to be...  Drop it..  Don't take any more casts..  Bad things can happen... 
1 Each cast alerts the fish to your presence,,
2. If it is were it needs to be... why take another cast??