“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish that they are after.” -Henry David Thoreau The generally accepted interpretation of that quote is that you should do things for the...

The Mating Game” was the title of a fairly popular 1959 MGM romantic comedy starring Tony Randall, Debbie Reynolds and Paul Douglas. It’s one of those timeless movies that had a second life for years on AMC....

“Who are those guys?” That’s  what Paul Newman asked Robert Redford in the Oscar-winning western “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” as they were being doggedly pursued  by a posse intent on getting its prey.  It’s also...

“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth’” Those were the famous words uttered by Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig on July 4, 1939, the day he was honored at Yankee Stadium...

I have either the good fortune or the misfortune, depending on your perspective, of being one of those old guys who didn’t buy a ticket when the “new technology” train roared through the station. I now, finally,...

Sometimes you can take life lessons from fishing. The reverse can be true as well. You just have to recognize those lessons when they appear. “Less is more” is a phrase we have all probably heard at...

If you‘re not old enough to remember, Cary Grant was sort of the George Clooney of his day back in the late 30s and 40s. Cary always played the dapper and sophisticated but down-to-earth “hunk” who got...

October is traditionally a very slow month on the Key West fishing charter calendar. It’s just not a popular month for the tourists to be here for reasons totally unrelated to fishing, e.g. – fear of hurricanes,...

Out of town customers are always asking my mate Run and I about the best month to return to Key West. We assume that they mean for fishing, and our stock answer has always been April for...

A captain’s thoughts on booking and enjoying fishing charters. “One of these days I oughta write a book!” I’m sure that’s a thought that many of you have had about your job, the people you’ve met and the...

“But come ye back…” So begins the refrain of one of the most-played Irish pub ballads of all-time – “Danny Boy“.  It is also describes how I feel every time I watch a good customer leave after...

“Back in my younger days, when I fancied myself as being athletic, my two favorite team sports were baseball and football. For me, there was one common thread that tied my interest to both sports — “going...