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11.25.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; Phil Ackley
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; Yes
The date you went fishing; 11-25-2025
Your Name; Phil Ackley
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Had to run out to the stilt houses to retrieve my pin fish trap.  Pedaled back into salt springs near the research center and caught this snook on the first cast.  I caught several catfish, a mangrove snapper and a lady fish.  The snook hit on a white DOA paddle tail on a 1/8 jighead.
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. 25 1/2 inch snook, took a picture and released.
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11.23.25 OFFHORE

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Name of Captain; Miss Virginia
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 11-23-2025
Your Name; Mike Spanhel
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Read the Hogfish were on fire so decided to go out on the Miss Virginia Friday. On fire was correct. Started fishing at !!AM and by 12:30 had the bag limit of 5 in the box. Never could catch another keeper. The day ended with 5 keepers and 10 shorts plus a few grunts.

Decided to go out again Sunday to see if I could duplicate Friday’s catch. Started out slower but the day ended with 4 keepers in the box and 15 shorts caught along with numerous grunts caught.

Great 2 fishing days!
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11.21.25 INSHORE

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ame of Captain; John Grieder
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 11-21-2025
Your Name; John Grieder
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Back on the water again with Frank Bellizio and friend Ed.  After stopping in a few different spots,
we all found the Spanish Mackeral haven with crankbaits, fresh shrimp and topwater lures.  Also got a few nice sized trout.

A beautiful day to be on the water with friends!
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11.6.25 INSHORE

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Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 11-06-2025
Your Name; John Grieder
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Back out on the water – finally!  Great day – continuous action and plenty of trout, ladyfish and Spanish mackerel all around.  Live shrimp, fish bites, spoons and yes, YES! even topwater lures did the trick!

8.27.25

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Name of Captain; jACK hEXTER
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 08-27-2025
Your Name; Jack Hexter
If this report includes a tournament entry please state the species and length of the fish caught in this box. Yesterday we lost an icon, a teacher, and a true friend.
Flip Pallot’s passion for the outdoors was unlike anything we have ever seen. A generational icon with an unmatched hunger for growing and preserving our sport.
We were lucky to get to work with Flip for several decades on many projects. Flip was influential to most and helped shape the Company we are today.
For years we were lucky enough to call you our friend and have you be a part of our family.
Flips legacy will continue on for generations to come.
Long before Walkers Cay Chronicles, Flip was a member of the Miami Sportfishing Club, which I also belonged to.  He taught me a lot about flats and fly fishing, sight fishing etc,  More recently, he was in a hunting club that my son belonged to and took my granddaughter under his wing and taught her a lot about the outdoors
Knowing Flip, he is already rigged up and ready for his next adventure.
“Bye for Now.”
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7.26.25 INSHORE

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Name of Captain; John Grieder
Where were you fishing? INSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 07-26-2021
Your Name; John Grieder
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below With the heat index hovering well over 100 degrees and with the water temp at 89 degrees, Lori and I still went out to find the fish that were not already cooked.  And with a nice westerly wind that kept us from cooking too, we certainly did find them.

We didn’t get bites on every cast but it was pretty close:  Lots of ladyfish and jack crevalle along with a few trout mixed in kept us pretty busy. And there was plenty of action with a topwater lute as well!

Sharks were also in the area and when I was reeling in a nice jumping (don’t they always?!) ladyfish the reel really started to scream.  But it was only about 5 seconds or so until it was back to normal and upon getting my catch to the boat I found that it was half gone, and ultimately lunch for Mr. Shark.

Hot but a great day on the water!
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6.25.05 OFFSHORE

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Name of Captain; Carlos/Milnick
Where were you fishing? OFFSHORE
Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report; No
The date you went fishing; 06-25-2025
Your Name; Mike Spanhel
Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below Too old to go fishing two days in a row but I did.
First trip arranged by Terry R. was with Captain Carlos. Went to 100+ feet of water after both red grouper and ARS. A 10 hour charter. The boat limited out on both grouper and red snapper plus we caught several assorted other snapper. Great catching day.

The next day met Bruce Milnick early for a hogfish trip to 50 feet of water. Our first stop I caught 3 small hogs on the first 3 shrimp. At this stop we caught a total of 10 fish, 7 hogs and 3 grunts, an unheard-of ratio. Brought home 7 hogs home plus a few grunts. Another great catching day.
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6.24.25 INSHORE/OFFSHORE

			
						

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Name of Captain;
Bruce Archambault




Where were you fishing?
OFFSHORE

INSHORE		




Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;
No




The date you went fishing;
06-24-2025




Your Name;
Bruce Archambault




Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below
Bruce Archambault, Rich Robinson & Dale Rollston started the day by meeting at Bruce’s house which is off the North channel of Gulf Harbor and going to the Rusty Bucket to ‘bait up’ for the day. We purchased a block of chum, 100 live shrimp and a couple dozen pin fish. We started by fishing for trout near the Anclote power plant & were totally skunked w/o a single fish in the boat. After an hour we’d had enough and headed offshore for grunts and any other fish we might catch 25 miles offshore. Our first stop was a complete dud and after an hour we moved to spot #2 which was red hot from the second our first bait hit the bottom. Rich was suffering from debilitating sea sickness and was unable to fish but Dale & Bruce caught one grunt after another almost as fast as they could get their bait on the bottom. They kept their 12 largest grunts which Bruce donated to a neighbor.  Dale caught and released a decent sea bass and a mangrove snapper. Seas were perfect and there was no afternoon thunderstorms.




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6.6.25 INSHORE

			
						

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Name of Captain;
John Grieder




Where were you fishing?
INSHORE




Is this a tournament entry Fishing Report;
No




The date you went fishing;
06-06-2025




Your Name;
John Grieder




Your Fishing Report: If this is a tournament report do not state the fish’s length in this box. State the length and species in the box below
Found trout city east of Three Rooker Bar.  Got these on live shrimp and Fish Bites.  Lori got a nice 21″er!




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