Postcard Inn :
Islamorada, FL
Beach Resort & Marina at Holiday Isle
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spent four years fishing the Red Sea for Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and has targeted sailfish and marlin in the Bahamas, Cozumel and Cuba. To satisfy my obsession for mutton snapper he decided to take me to one of his secret spots off Alligator Reef Lighthouse several miles offshore. After patiently waiting out for ballyhoo, his mate Captain Jon Reynolds threw a 14-foot net and caught over a dozen of the beaked baitfish. Ironically, Captain Butch’s secret location that morning was smack in the middle of a sailfish tournament from nearby Cheeca Lodge. Still, I hooked up with a total of six muttons (up to 15 pounds) and three large yellowtail caught slow-trolling with the fresh ballyhoo on long leader and heavy lead weight. Back at the dock Captain Green scaled and gutted a large mutton snapper for my wife’s superb herb-stuffed baked recipe with white wine for dinner back in Miami.
Tiki Bar Memories
That night, after another Rumrunner at the Tiki Bar, I noticed on the original wood planks lining the dance floor some carved inscriptions: Rick Mon 86, Dancing Marie, Capt Bob & Val, Spike & Sluggo, AWA loves DAX, STILETTO, Elwyn, Capt. Nemo, and Wilhelm the Great. Whoever they were, living or dead, sober or inebriated, those names floated back memories of people flushed with their own momentary happiness. Thanks to some foresight and imaginative investment at least no demolition ball was permitted to obliterate that tiny tribute!
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