This is the 24 ft Lake and Bay docked at the Public ramp in Bokella on Pine Island. This pick-up location has restrooms and is centrally located to some of the best tarpon and backcountry fishing in Southwest Florida.

    The boat I  fishing from Most of the time is a 2008 24ft Lake and Bay bay style boat.  It is powered by Evinrude 225 Hp high output E-Tech outboard.   This versatile boat allows me to run well offshore in search for Tarpon and Mackerel, as well as, run in less than a foot of water on the flats when targeting redfish, snook and trout.  The large casting decks and gunnels are perfect for fly fishing and spotting fish. I utilize a bow trolling motor to glide across a grassflat for trout, slowly pitch a mangrove edge for snook or chase down daisy chaining tarpon on the beaches. It also has a Powerpole shallow water anchor which helps stake out for redfish and snook on the flats.

     In addition to the Lake and Bay I have a 2005 17 ft Hewes Tailfisher Flats skiff (built by Maverick) with a 60 hp Yahama fourstroke outboard. This boat is used for flyfishing or sight fishing in very shallow water for tailing redfish, snook or trout. It can handle up to two anglers plus myself and easily poles in 6 inches of water. 

     When fishing the professional redfish circuts I use a 20 ft Lake and Bay Boca Grande flats boat powered by a 225 HP E-tec Evinrude outboard. This boat tops out at speeds close to 70 mph and runs in only inches of water. It can also be used to run charters if by chance a problem arises with the 24 footer.

 20ft Lake and Bay custom flats boats

    In addition to the bay and flats boats I also use a 15ft Sylvan aluminum wide beam jon boat for deep water  duck hunting trips. This boat is powered by a 25 hp Mercury outboard and has the advantage to going through the shallow swamp and heavy grass beds of Lake Okeechobee. For shallow water duck hunting I have two airboats. My main airboat is a 14ft Airgator aluminum airboat powered by a 0-540 Lycoming aircraft engine. The second is a 14 ft Big O airboat powered by a 0470 Continental aircraft engine.

14ft Big O airboat loaded on trailer at the Moore Haven launch ramp on Lake Okeechobee.

14ft AirGator airboat with three limits of blue wing, green wing and Florida mallard ducks.

     In addition to Lake and Bay Boats,  I am sponsored by quality companies like Bradford White Corporation,  G-Loomis fishing rods. Reels are all made by Penn and ABU Garcia. I rely on quality live bait to catch trophy sized tarpon, snook, redfish and sharks. The nets that I choose to use are manufactured  Calusa Trading Company. We also use Owner circle for snook, redfish and other flats fish and J  hooks when pitching crabs for tarpon.  We'll use large circle when jigging for tarpon and medium circle hooks when drifting live sardines for tarpon. When you fish with us you'll be using the best products and equipment on the market.

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