by Christopher Sprague, Jr. Angler – Team Tuppens
Hello Anglers,
With a little time off from school for the holidays, my Dad and I decided to go fishing for golden tile. We started out heading out the Boynton inlet. Instead of going straight to our spot, we decided to head east and slowly turn to the south, keeping a close eye for birds or patches of weed to maybe get a dolphin. We went by many patches and to our surprise, nothing. We finally reached our spot and took a few tries to drop our lines in the exact spot. Our first fish was on our 3rd try. It was the biggest black belly rosefish (we call it a rosie) that I have ever seen. We then dropped down again and saw a good hit on our line as soon as we reached the bottom. We started cranking and soon saw a golden color in the water. Golden tile in the boat!! We did a few more drops, and we got a couple more rosies.
We decided that we had enough fish for dinner, however, we still wanted to find that dolphin. We went to deeper water, and then we saw a single frigate bird circling, under him we saw a big fish jumping out of the water. Not sure what it was, the excitement was building! We set our lines out, and right away we could see the wake of the dolphins heading straight for our bait. We started reeling one in, and then we got another dolphin on. My Dad lost his at the boat, but the one I had on was smart and just stayed in the current making it very difficult to reel in. I finally got it to the boat, and then my Dad missed it at the gaff!!! It went straight back out. Finally, I got it back to the boat, and this time my Dad didn’t miss. As the bull dolphin hit the deck, I also hit the deck. I was exhausted! We had a very nice dinner that night and I am very grateful for having such a great day on the ocean.
Tight Lines!
Christopher Sprague
Jr. Angler “Team Tuppen’s”