Episode 154: Capt. Honson Lau - One of the Sharpest Minds in Bonefishing

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Hobbies, Leisure, Sports, Education, Wilderness

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Honson Lau is a respected part-time fishing guide based in South Florida, balancing his time on the water with a professional career in IT at Baptist Health South Florida. Every opportunity outside of work is devoted to the flats, where Honson has built a reputation as a technical, and highly skilled guide. While well-versed in targeting all flats species, Honson’s true specialty is hunting big, intelligent bonefish on fly. His success is reflected in competition results—together with angler Jeremy Alderman, Honson has captured two Spring Fly Bonefish Tournament wins and two Fall Fly Bonefish Tournament wins, firmly establishing their team among the very best in competitive bonefishing. Honson began fishing the waters of Miami, Biscayne Bay, and Everglades National Park in the 1990s, where he was mentored and influenced by accomplished anglers & guides Frank Perez and Tim Mahaffey. Those early years laid the foundation for a lifetime of learning, observation, and respect for South Florida’s complex fisheries. He officially began his guiding career in 2009, and since then has continuously refined his skills to become a top guide for all species on the flats, including bonefish, permit, tarpon, snook, and redfish. Beyond guiding, Honson is an accomplished fly tyer, photographer, hunter, and cook, pursuits that reflect his deep appreciation for the outdoors and the full experience of life on the water. Analytical by nature and passionate by choice, Honson brings a unique blend of technical expertise, competitive experience, and genuine enthusiasm to every day on the flats.

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1:05.3	We broke everything. We broke lines. We broke hooks. We broke rods. We broke our minds. We broke marriages. We broke the whole thing.
1:18.0	I knocked another arrow and he turned around the other way and I shot him going through the other way. So I double lunged him both ways.
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1:29.8	I got him on. All right now. We're going to teach him a lesson. I'm just an old guy that likes
1:36.2	to fish. I'm not quitting yet. And he said, well, who the hell do you think you are, Sue App? And I said,
1:42.9	that's exactly who I am.
1:45.8	Life's journey to the grave should not be one arriving with a pretty well-preserved body,
1:51.2	but rather skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly torn out, thoroughly used up, proclaiming wildly.
1:59.9	Wow, what a ride there's something fishy going on here
2:06.7	the hans, it's great to see you again.
2:23.4	I saw you from afar at the symposium,
2:26.3	but the last time I saw you as fishing with Huff,
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