What you don’t see in this photograph
You may look at this hero shot and say to yourself decent redfish, maybe 24 inches long ? For the record it was probably 24 inches long. If you had not noticed I was looking away from the camera. The giant school of redfish I had just pulled the fish in the photo was heading away. They were about a hundred yards now but were slowing and settling down. I was fishing a flat adjacent to a 15 to 20 foot deep channel. Accessing a new ambush I decided to start the boat up and get into the deeper channel and race down to a point I could shut the boat down and pole into a position to wait for the school of redfish a. As I hit full throttle I noticed my favorite Hardy one piece 8 weight and a old but solid natilus reel fly off the bow into the deep channel below. Now you know the rest of the story behind the photo.
