Village Academy Fishing Trip 12/13/10

After being in a classroom learning about fishing for the last 10 weeks, Village Academy finally earned their fishing trip.  Capt Rich and I met the students at Caloosa Park so the students could try and practice everything they had learned.  They were able to fish thanks to FISH FLORIDA who donated the fishing rods and tackle boxes to the students.  Sadly, due to the extreme cold the fish were not biting.  However, everyone had a wonderful time and I strongly believe we have a new group of ethical anglers in south Florida.

Boynton Holiday Boat Parade and Saturday Fishing 12/11/10

                                                              Ray and his Barracuda

This past Friday night the Florida Fishing Academy was entered into the Boynton Beach and Delray Beach Holiday Boat Parade.  Everyone on board had a magical time spreading festive cheer, and our boat won 3rd place in our division.

This past Saturday was another great day of fishing.  I met Ray, Kevin and a few more students at the classroom and we headed down to the boat ramp.  Using greenies and squid we caught 3 big barracudas, some large mangrove snappers, and lost a snook at the dock.  Around lunch time we went over to Intracoastal Park and caught some sheephead and ocean perch using shrimp.  This Saturday was another very successful and exciting day for me and the students who came out and fished and learned with me.  Along with all the fish caught, the students were lucky enough to see manatees swimming around the park all day trying to find some warmer water.

Saturday Fishing Class 12/4/10

This past Saturday was the most exciting and most enjoyable Saturday for me and the students since we began the classes.  Most of the students arrived early around 8am and the remaining students arrived at 11am, and we all fished together till 5pm.  By the time I arrived at the Boat Ramp, Ray and his brother had already caught an Amberjack, a blue-ruuner, and a Spanish Mackeral.  We continued to catch Spanish Mackeral, Blue-runners, snappers, grunts, and even a Sea-Robbin.  We caught all our fish on either frozen squid, frozen mullet, or live bait some of the students were catching after learning how to throw the cast-net.  We even had a family of manatee come right up to us to see how we were doing fishing!