My son and I are talking about taking our wives to the Florida Keys after
the first of the year.

He and his wife like scuba diving, he and I like fishing. His wife has never
fished and my wife will read her book and find what she wants to do and be
fine like she has for the last 40 years. I have been fishing the Texas Gulf
Coast around Aransas Pass, Texas 2 or 3 times a year for the last 40 years.
but the lateness of the season and their diving interests rule out Texas.

I have a small 13 foot boat with a 15 hp outboard. I dad took it off shore
many times and one time in a norther on Corpus Christy Bay there were 5
boats up to 25 feet following us in rather than negotiate the way them
selves. The little plastic boat now fiber glass reinforced will bring me
back from very rough places. Very wet and shaken up but back.

I am looking for an area that good reef diving can be reached with a small
boat and have some good fishing. I would like to jump a tarpon or two but
good fishing is more important to introduce my son's wife to fishing. A
weakfish or supper will impress her more than hooking a tarpon bigger than
she is and not catching it.

We will of hire a guide and dive boats some of the time but they are
considering scratching their rat from the race and enjoying life before they
get too old and crippled like I did.

All ideas are welcomed.

Thanks
Gordon

Gordon Couger
Stillwater, OK
www.couger.com/gcouger