Finally caught my first permit. Last thursday I went out with Cpt. Joe Gonzalez for bonefish. We fished all day, but conditions were in Joe's terms "too good" the sun was up and there was no wind so the conditions were slick calm and the bonefish were SPOOKY. I must have had a shot at 20 bones, with a few bad casts and a few that shoulda been a fish, we had fished from 7am to 3pm without a fish.
Joe knows I've really wanted a permit for a while, so he took me down to a permit flat. I had a shot a three BIG tailing fish and popped a crab perfectly on the middle one, but no result. Next we staked up on a flat next to a hole that Joe says holds up to 30 of them at a time. I saw one
v-wake and threw a crab to him and it was on. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. my fishing line began to fly off my reel . I have to say that permit are lb for lb a lot better fighters then bonefish, it put up the best fight ive ever seen for a fish of its size. I can't wait to go out and catch another one.
Colby Uva : Bullbuster Team Captain
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shiny, never had the privellage to catch one yet 
What a bummer day, but your guide was good and got you the end fish, which was a nice one, still waiting until one runs in front of my special riggings...
Just an average fisherman.
NIIIIIICE!!!!! 
Nice Permit!!!! Great fighters.
Congrats on your first, that's a great lookin' fish..I've heard that they fight kind of like jack crevalle.
Way to stick with a pro active plan to fruition,,,,congrats Colby.
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hell yeah tell me my first one was 35lb and once you catch one you become an adictic .........................and that is my favorite shark bait....the head.
WOW Nice catch!!!!
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