2 years ago I went with a crew of very experienced anglers offshore on a 3 day overnight fishing trip. All very experienced fisherman with one having been a sport fishing captain for over a decade including being a regular contributing author to several salt water fishing mags. The situation these gents found themselves in however is they had almost no bottom fishing experience. They could tie bimini twists and bridle blue runners for sailfish but didn't have a clue when it came to the very specialized form of securing snappers and groupers to the fish box called bottom fishing.

Since I was the driving force in putting the trip together and had been bottom fishing for over 20 years I felt a keen amount of pressure to educate and inform my crew as to the nuances in the sport which make considerable difference in fooling the wary eyed snappers. The last thing I wanted was them to cough up considerable money and time on the trip only to watch me catch fish.

Sooooo, I spent many hours divulging via email all that I knew and went through every aspect withholding nothing. I found this to be an annoying exercise to this extent. After having spent much time explaining some aspect concerning technique or bait I would regularly receive a question a few weeks later relating to the very material I had already answered in great depth. It made me wonder if they were just skimming the material without really absorbing or studying it.

I say all that to say this..........the info that SD has provided IMO is as about a succinct analysis of the 2nd week in june as you can get. In a few brief paragraphs he has written out a roadmap to your success. IF you but only take the time to commit it to memory. That way when your out there and see that wind blown rocky rip rap you will be spurred to flip your crankbait out there. "Oh yea, SD said to start shallow and work deeper"...............