As some of you already know we are bringing the boat north for the
summer. That trip started on Thursday with a late departure from home
and an early evening arrival at Marco Island. Friday we headed
farther south to the Keys and anchored out for the night east of
Marathon.

Today we went east bound just outside the reef south of the Keys and
passed through a nice school of Mahi Mahi along the way. We lost one
but boated two others within minutes of each other. One is in the
freezer and the second will be served up for dinner tonight. Just
after landing the last Mahi, some sort of large pelagic fish started
jumping in our wake about 100 yards back. It was a big powerful fish
that we estimate at 7 to 8 feet in length, possibly a Blue Marlin or a
large Sailfish. I immediately got a line back in the water but no
luck. He was probably feeding on the same shool of Mahi hat we'd
been catching. If anyone's interested I'll try to post a picture of
the Mahi Mahi - nothing on the big guy unfortunately but it was fun
watching him jump.

We turned the corner today and are now beginning to head north up the
east coast of Florida. Tonight we're in the south end of Biscayne Bay
near Angelfish Creek and the Ocean Reef Club where Richard Nixon used
to hang out with his buddy Bebe Rebozo. Tomorrow we'll be heading up
towards Miami, spending the night docked at the Coral Reef Yacht Club.

Current plans are to be in Chesapeake Bay by late May, and in the
NYC/CT area by mid-June.