Scouts Get Chance To Hunt For Reds

Dr Bill's slam and a TWIST!

Dr Bill Slomka and his friend Frank joined me on Sunday 9/21 for a day on the Mosquito Lagoon. The stained waters were not ideal for sight fishing and the action was less than stellar. Bill did, however manage a River Slam by casting a Bone colored Skitterwalk across sand patches in the back country ponds. Sorry no pics of the reds (Bill has too many already), but you'll find the trout and snook in the photo gallery!

Here is the Twist in the report:

I’ve always said one of the greatest perks of my job is the interesting people I meet. Some of these folks through repeat business and similar interests become friends, both professional and personal. Usually distance dictates which category the relationship rests.

Dr. Bill Slomka of West Palm Beach, Florida is one of if not my favorite and best client. We met several years ago when he coordinated a fishing trip for a group of doctors in the area for a convention.

We have been on numerous fishing trips in the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoons, all of them successful. Of course some of these trips were more successful than others, but all of them memorable. Last October we fished in the 9th annual Hunt for Reds in October. While we didn’t catch any spotted redfish Bill really enjoyed the experience and booked me for the following year.

This past July it became clear that personal commitments were going to keep him from keeping our engagement for this year’s “Hunt”. While I had no problem with letting the good Doctor “off the hook” as I knew I could rebook the day, he already had an interesting solution for the dilemma.

Dr. Bill contacted the Brevard County chapter for the Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts of America. They held a little competition of essay form. The winner and his father or guardian will be fishing with me on tournament day October 5th compliments of Dr. Bill Slomka. The winner will be named on Friday October the 4th at the Captain’s Meeting and you know that Dr. Bill is already in next years log book for the first Saturday in October to fish the Hunt for Reds in 2009.

Captain Mark Wright
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