Fishing Southwest Florida with TRCP

Talk about a couple of serious dudes! That’s Capt. Jeffri Durrance manning the helm of his classic, 23-foot Sea Craft, while Bob Hayes rests up for a big day on the water. I had the great pleasure to fish with Bob, the Coastal Conservation Association’s lead counsel and one of the most informed men in fisheries management, and Jeffri during the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s second annual Saltwater Media Summit in Sarasota, Florida. The summit spanned two days and covered much ground, bringing together many leading voices in the recreational fishing community, who discussed a wide swath of issues related to our nation’s fisheries and our access to them. The meetings were serious – but the fishing provided a nice respite. But what was it that Jeffri was pointing at?