Key west flats fishing report by AWS charters

Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Capt Peter Heydon. We had a leisurely 8am departure and headed out east of Key west for bonefish. We had low water and a lot of sun, I started on the bow, we spooked 2 small schools of bones before I hooked up. The fish screamed out plenty of backing and after 5 minutes, of constant pressure and fighting off 2 fired up lemon sharks, we landed a nice 6 pound bonefish. Pete took the bow and had a shot at a pair crossing a white sand patch, he made a great cast and was also rewarded with a screaming drag. Pete fought the fish to the boat for a picture and after a look for sharks, we released the fish to fight another day. Pete headed to another spot and after a bit of polling we spotted a cruising pair of bonefish, my first cast was on the money, I got a grab but did not come tight, my second was very aggressive and the bone inhaled the fly. He ran and fought for about 5 minutes before we landed the fish for a picture. We reeled in and headed to another flat that was loaded with small black tip sharks and tarpon. We had no luck with the black tips but had a feisty 20 pound tarpon smashed the fly. Pete fought this fish for about 10 minutes, weathering plenty of jumps to land the tarpon and take the picture.