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Our favorite tackle shop is "The Tackle Box" in Marathon. One of the owners Debbie Woodring has helped us buy the right tackle and shared her local angling knowledge. We have bought live shrimp, rigged ballyhoo and frozen squid. We have taken our neighbors from the marina fishing several times. We are having fun catching grouper, trigger fish, mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, hogfish, porgys and a few mystery fish. Grouper season is closed. and of course the grouper are hitting our bait.We are releasing all the grouper. While trolling in 400 feet of water with two lines out we had a knock down on each rod. Baited up again and got another short strike. We saw a small sailfish beside the boat. The weed line was crowded with Man-o-war jellyfish. The large sea turtles were eating the man-o-war jellyfish. Our guests of the day were AGLCA Loopers Jim Crawford from "Crawdad"and his son in law Joe Prast. Peter Gulick from the "Blue Yonder" got the comedian award for the day. We all caught fish and enjoyed the day.
The manatee's cruise around in our marina. Yesterday we had a mother and baby manatee along side the boat. They were a big hit with everyone.
The bigger boats with underwater lights will turn them on at night. The lights attract lots of small fish and an occasional big boy will come streaking by to catch a snack. I am still waiting to see a tarpon cruising the lights.
