We are in that time of year when the trips are not coming fast and furious. Its time to perform maintenance on the boat and rest up a bit from the winter time pace. Prior to the tropical wave coming through we were catching tarpon and jack crevalle in the bay and a few kingfish on the reef. The dolphin fishing offshore has been hit and miss depending on the day and weather conditions. Yesterday (8/17), we fished for a half day and started on the reef. Three drifts between Haulover Inlet down to the Twin Towers had us still waiting for our first hit. Mike Grimm's uncle Dave Grimm was visiting from Pittsburgh. Along with Dave were his two sons 13 year old Lanny Goerman and 9 year old Austin Goerman. This was the first time fishing in the saltwater environment for the boys. We heard of a few dolphin being caught offshore, so we made the run out to 14 miles SE of Haulover and found a large well defined weed line. Trolling the dolphin juniors produced a strike that had Lanny working hard to wind the fish in. A few fish followed their hooked buddy up and Austin got in on the action. The boys were definitely showing signs of dolphin fever. Can you blame them?? With all the jumping and pulling the fish were doing, they were both in fish heaven. The expressions on their faces were worth their weight in gold. Dave was busy with the camera and Mike was doing a great job of helping me with all the cock pit activity. As quickly as it started, it came to an end. We trolled some more and caught a bar jack and as I was winding in the juniors to head in, a small dolphin chased it up and we caught and released it for the final fish of the morning. To sum the morning up, it was another fine example of FAMILY fishing is FUN!! Captain Dave