My good fishing buddy Chris Fredricks brought his family down to escape the cold weather is Baltimore,  of course the weather was perfect while he was on land. I know he was wishing we were fishing in the flats skiff looking for laid up tarpon while I had his kids out catching kingfish, tuna, grouper & these nice barracuda out on the atlantic side. He got his chance yesterday but it was cloudy & the wind was 20-25mph, so we switched gears & took his granddaughter out to catch her first saltwater fish.

The highlight of the 3 day trip was a big party put on by the powerboat association. We all rafted up for a little fun with the gang from Plantation Boat Mart.

DJ Laz came down from miami & had the girls dancing, as the boats from the poker run raced by, It was a great afternoon.

The Tarpon are starting to show up with this warm weather we are experiencing here in the keys, i was out in the backcountry today & yesterday & found laid up poons, & a few free jumpers. Looks like an early season out back which is right up my alley...  tight lines