Slumpbuster!

I'll be the first to admit that I've been in a slump with bonefish recently. The damn things have eluded me so much lately that I've started to believe in unholy angling conspiracies. I've fished with great anglers during lousy weather and lousy anglers during great weather this month and I haven't landed a single bonefish in nearly two weeks.

Enough was enough and I finally had a day to myself and hiked down to Encampment Beach this morning. My favorite school of local bones was sitting there waiting for me in the high-tide surf and I hooked this fish on my third cast. He was a real turbocharged example of this species and nearly dumped my Sage 3400 reel of all its backing.

So the good news is that there are still catchable bonefish on Vieques. Fortunately or unfortunately, you might just have to hike down to the beach and go after them on your own.