Thursday, April 7, 2016

Big Game Fishing in Five Feet of Water - Anglers Journal

Big Game Fishing in Five Feet of Water - Anglers Journal: Artist Derek DeYoung was headed back to the dock recently after a fishless day that involved plenty of casting to plenty of tarpon in Coupon Bight off Big Pine Key, Florida. Only problem was, the poons all had lockjaw. “After pulling my hair out for a couple of hours, I’m headed home and I want to get working on a painting,” recalls DeYoung, a talented fish painter and lifelong angler from Michigan who winters with his wife, Janell, in the Florida Keys. A short aside: I’ve been talking with DeYoung for several months as he worked on a tarpon painting …

Saturday, April 2, 2016