My g/f took me to the keys to celebrate my 50th b-day. She asked me if I wanted a party and I said take me fishing instead. I was stoked when she suggested this! She’s the best!

Spent a couples days in Key West having fun, then went to the middle keys to fish renting a boat for 5 days. My fishing buddy Bill and his wife joined us for four days. We had a blast catching all kinds of stuff, nothing grandeur but still checked off a bunch of species. I got my 1st snook at the dock one early morning unfortunately no pic and hooked a tarpon but didn’t it hold when he jumped! Bunch of pics of our adventure. Want to thank Roy for some tips which helped out.

Our favorite bar in Key West
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Enjoying Mallory Square
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1st barracuda
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Got a shark like 5 ft long, think it was a black tip shark
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Got a bunch of needlefish
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Got 2 nice mahi and tons of schoolies
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Had a blast snorkeling, sprinkling crushed chips brought them right to the boat!
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Tarpon fishing- my version!
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Been to key west once. Love that place.

Good memories in Sloppy joes.

nice hat - hope you bring it friday