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The Salmon River has a reputation for tight quarters during the peak of the salmon run. Crowds diminish during winter steelhead season. Weekdays bring even less competition. Two very select permit-only resort properties are located on the two best sections of river offering managed access and exclusive riverside lodging. On the upper river, The Tailwater Lodge in Altmar, N.Y. has private southside access to Schoolhouse Pool and the runs and holes above and below. This is the prime wintering spot for a large percentage of steelhead and the best access for ice-free angling. The Tailwater is an Orvis-endorsed lodge, which includes an on-site fly shop, “The Woodshed.” Zero Limit Adventures Guide Service, also Orvis endorsed, has a collaborative relationship with Tailwater Lodge and provides outstanding guidance to this section and the entire Salmon River. They’ll get you dialed into current river conditions and what the fish are feeding on. The Tailwater Lodge’s opulent accommodations coupled with their location on the river and exclusive access make it the Mecca for Salmon River steelheading. This large section of river provides various speeds of current and holding water with ice-free conditions all winter. Tactics for hooking these giants include fly fishing, spinning, float fishing and center-pin techniques. The Angler Magazine highly recommends booking an experienced licensed guide on your first day to instruct you on equipment, fly or bait selection and technique. Allow Tailwater Lodge (www.tailwaterlodge.com) and Zero Limit Adventures (www. zerolimitadventures.com) ease the entry into this elite pursuit. Douglaston Salmon Run (DSR) manages more than 2 1/2 miles of exclusive access in the lower end of the Salmon River where steelhead first enter from Lake Ontario. Early steelhead action can be fast and furious. Winter access is dependent on weather conditions, as the middle and lower sections of the Salmon River get slushy or iced over during mid-winter cold speels. DSR (www. douglastonsalmonrun.com) publishes an accurate and honest daily report that functions as a great information source for river conditions and fish movement. The highly challenging adventure of hooking and battling your first 10-pound-plus Great Lakes steelhead will certainly not be your last. This divine experience will put you in a league of sportsmen who are the only ones to understand this trophy steelhead quest. It’s a feeling like the adrenaline rush of your first buck or sailfish. This heart-pounding adventure on a beautiful river will provide a memory that can be yours forever. To check out the “Men of Steel” video, go to
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you wake up each morning, you are on the water ready to fish with your boat tied up next to you. Of the drum family, redfish seem to be the most popular inshore species. Redfish are always a great fight, especially the big bulls. But many anglers seem to overlook black drum, which are sometimes referred to as a “mud donkeys.” It is not an attractive fish, nor is it great for eating; therefore, it is not commonly targeted. This fish does, however, grow the largest of the drum species, and it fights with the same action and power as a bull red. Now that I’ve caught a few, I believe black drum can look very pretty once the Louisiana sun hits those scales just right. Redfish and black drum are thick in the Louisiana marshes all year, but the season for the monsters runs from September to January, when big fish move from offshore into the marsh following migrating baitfish. When the baitfish show up inshore, the big fish won’t be far behind. For bait you can use live or artificial depending on whether you are trying to sight fish or just toss a line out and wait. On our trip, we used a standard knocker rig, with an egg sinker and a hook, and sank split live blue crabs and shrimp to the bottom and waited. The fishing is quite simple when you know where the fish are, although a guide is recommended for those unfamiliar with the waters because it’s easy to get lost in the marsh. Keep an eye out for cold fronts. The cold fronts clean up the water and bring the fish closer to the surface, which makes for perfect sight fishing. The fish also enjoy the cooler inshore water, so they will be more abundant and active. Check out Jacki’s YouTube channel Jacki Shea Fishing for videos of her fishing adventures. Her guide for the Louisiana trip was Brittney Novalsky who can be contacted through www.fishingadventureswithbrittney.com. For more fishing with Jacki Shea, go to
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hen I first started fly fishing in the 80s, the sport was not nearly as popular as it is today. Shops carrying fly tackle were sparse, people with knowledge of the sport were few and far between and getting lessons was nearly impossible. When I think back to those days, recalling the number of flies I lost in trees, the frequent tangles I developed and the shear lack of fish I caught, it is a wonder that I kept with it. Indeed, if it were not for the fly tying component of the sport, I might well have thrown in the towel. I love fly tying; being able to create something to fool fish with is a marvelous achievement. In contrast to my early fly fishing days, today there is a seeming abundance of information on the sport, from equipment, to angling destinations; everyone seems to have some insights. On top of this has been the advent of the Internet, a treasure trove of information and misinformation. The fact of the matter is, fly fishing is not nearly as complicated as it may seem. It is simply a form of fishing that allows for lightweight or nearly weightless “lures” to be used, which without the added weight in the line could not be presented to a fish. In some cases, fly fishing is a far superior method for fooling fish and in others, deep waters for example, far more challenging. When it comes to heavily pressured or sensitive fish, especially those inhabiting shallow inshore waters, I would argue fly fishing can often out-produce other techniques. Being able to imperceptibly drop a fly in front of fish when they are used to loud splashes from heavy lures or live baits can often result in fooled fish. Fly fishing is sometimes called an art, perhaps because of the apparent delicateness of the cast, the manner in which the line travels out over the water, or because many incorrectly, consider it hard. So let me correct this fallacy. Fly fishing is not hard, it does not need to be complicated and it can be very easily learned. If you really want to learn to fly fish, I would suggest a trip to the Bahamas. The weather is beautiful, the waters are stunning, and the people, culture and food are marvelous. The chance of catching fish is very high, as the guides are great instructors and a week’s worth of fly fishing immersion would provide incredible advancement in understanding and skill level. Throughout my travels in the Bahamas, I have met many wonderful guides and visited many top-notch facilities. To highlight one Bahamian guide or lodge is simply impossible. However, when it comes to learning the sport, be honest. When booking a trip to a lodge, perhaps directly or through a travel company like Yellow Dog Fly Fishing or Frontiers International, tell them what you want. Tell them you are a beginner. Tell them you want to learn. Through this strategy, those in the know will put you with facilities and personnel best suited to an instructional 12
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environment. You want a location that offers everything, lodging and food of course but also equipment, casting lessons, fly tying lessons, safety instruction along with patient and professional guides. One common thread that has become apparent through my research in the Bahamas is the respect that Bahamians have for travelers, specifically bonefish anglers. Bahamians openly welcome tourists, recognizing the importance that bonefishing has on local Family Island communities. Bonefishing on some Bahamian islands provides employment for up to 80 percent of the local population. With that level of economic importance, industry professionalism is critical along with healthy fisheries. In the Bahamas you will find both a high degree of angling knowledge and amazing fisheries. The Bahamas are certainly an excellent place to consider taking a trip and a phenomenal place to learn to fly fish. What I find most attractive about the Bahamas is the shear diversity available. With more than 700 islands, there is something for everyone. And for anglers, old and new, there are always new opportunities to learn from. Tom Karrow is a sustainable tourism scholar from the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on the Bahamian bonefishing industry, centered on the guides and their knowledge, stories and experiences. For more on his research see: http://tomkarrow.wixsite.com/bahamasguide-tek, and follow Coastal Angler Magazine for updates and more. Tom Karrow can be reached at tkarrow@uwaterloo.ca or tomkarrow@ gmail.com. For more Bonefishing in the Bahamas, go to
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TIDE CHARTS Day 1Su 2M 3Tu 4W 5Th 6F 7Sa 8Su 9M 10Tu 11W
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Capt. Dave with a nice wahoo caught with New Lattitude Sportfishing.
eyes dangled on the surface and you're very likely to hook into one of the most exciting fish in the world to catch... Sailfish. Wrecks deserve an honorable mention this month too. January wreck fishing is excellent.
large, slow moving sea creatures such as sting rays, turtles and whales. They are great eating and always exciting when we do catch them. Our daytime drift trips even catch a few big game fish like sailfish and sharks. There is a little bit of everything biting this month in Fort Lauderdale. Our night trips are the best trips for action. Snappers come out of the woodwork and bite exceptionally well at night. They are nocturnal feeders by nature and they get a lot braver once it gets dark. Our night trips anchor up and chum like mad to get the snappers going. When the bite turns on, you can catch them one right after the other. Yellowtails and mangrove snappers sometimes frenzy this month and when you get the right current and conditions, you can load the box with them. We also catch some bigger mutton snappers on this trip too. Bluefish sometimes make a run throughout waters in January. Bluefish are mostly northern fish, caught in New England waters but they sometimes make a run down our coastline this month. In January we catch a lot of the "snapper" bluefish (1-3 pounders) on the
Unfortunately, groupers are out of season as of January 1, so many fishermen stop bottom fishing around the wrecks until they come back into season. This is great for us! While it can be painful to be required to release a big grouper
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Big pair of cobia caught by Greg and Cody aboard the Catch My Drift.
night trips and then a handful of the full grown bluefish (1012 pounders) during the day. I will say they are okay eating, depending on your taste for fish. I personally find them to be more oily and fishier flavor than most fish. Then again, some people love 'em. I just fish for whatever is biting best out there. You should
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you just caught, amberjacks, cobia, sharks, barracuda and a few other species congregate around these wreck too. And with the lack of fishing pressure around these spots, wreck fishing can make for great action. Amberjacks, one of the strongest fighting fish in the ocean, are just beginning to show up around the deep wrecks in January. In a few months, they will dominate the wrecks. Vermillion snappers will not be closed this year, as they have been in years past. Great news! Vermillion snapper fishing on multi-hook chicken rigs is also fun and a great way to catch dinner. This a great month to add some color to your fish box by doing some deep drop wreck fishing. Good luck to everyone fishing this month. We'd love to have you out with us on one of our fishing charters!
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get some good action drift fishing this month in Fort Lauderdale. Good luck fishing and I'll sea ya on the water.
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baits for flat lines. Fishing three flat lines is ideal. I suggest fishing your first bait far away from the boat. Fish your second bait about half way between your first bait and the boat. Fish your third bait with 4 to 6 ounces of lead to cover more of the water column. If you can’t find live bait, fish dead ballyhoo on old school triple hook rigs with ½ to 2 ounces of lead. This technique is deadly for kingfish. Look for clean water or an edge in 250 to 300 feet of water to start your drift. As you drift closer to the beach, keep an eye out for birds or other signs of life and adjust the start of your next drift accordingly. Don’t be afraid to continue your drift into 50 or 60 feet as dolphin have been caught in as little as 20 feet of water when the ballyhoo tend to gather over the shallow patch reefs just off the beach.
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n a significant step forward for the outdoor recreation industry and the sportfishing community, on December 8, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016. The bill, known as the Outdoor REC Act, passed the House of Representatives and the Senate in November. This new piece of legislation requires the Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, to assess and analyze the contributions of the outdoor recreation industry, including recreational fishing, to the United States economy. The legislation will help to ensure that sportfishing industry jobs and recreational fishing’s economic impact are accounted for as part of the gross domestic product (GDP). “At a time when jobs and economic opportunity are high on everyone’s list, the Outdoor REC bill’s passage gives the outdoor recreation industry its own metric by which to quantify its impact on the nation’s economic activity,” said American Sportfishing Association (ASA) President and CEO Mike Nussman. “We have advocated for years that recreational fishing and boating were significant economic drivers. It’s gratifying that the House and the Senate, in a bi-partisan effort, passed this bill which the President has now signed it into law.” Nussman continued, “It’s important to note that in many rural areas, where jobs are at a premium, it’s fishing, boating and other outdoor activities that provide steady employment for many people.” The passage of the Outdoor REC Act was needed to make sure that the outdoor economy—and it’s estimated six million jobs and $646 billion in economic activity— receives official government recognition for years to come.
“ASA applauds Congress and the President for enacting this legislation, bringing the outdoor recreation industry’s importance to jobs and the economy into the national spotlight,” said ASA Government Affairs Vice President Scott Gudes. “We appreciate that outdoor recreation is now formally being recognized by the federal government for its impact on jobs, business and the economy.” Gudes further said, “The Outdoor REC Act will also ensure that the outdoor industry’s economic statistics will be measured in the same comprehensive way as other business sectors, such as the automotive and apparel industries. This is important because industry economic impact estimates also include data that show the nondirect impact that the activity has on the economy. For example, it would also include sportfishing’s contributions to travel and tourism, not just the purchase of tackle.” ASA is an active part of a team representing a wide-range of outdoor industries that will work with the Department of Commerce to shape how outdoor recreation is defined and ensure our reach and impact are recognized. In his post-campaign remarks, President-elect Trump has voiced his support for maintaining fishing and hunting on our nation’s public lands.
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Allen Beecher with a nice bass.
The Flipping technique - is when you add a 1/2 to 2 oz weight to line and lure intended for pinpoint presentation into heavy cover such as Bull rush, Cattails, hydrilla and thick grasses with a ex-heavy action rod 6'1/2 to 8' foot long. Pitching is a similar technique a lighter weight. Worming the bottom is to Texas rig a worm insert the hook into the plastic and run it into the worm about 1/4 inch. Then pull the hook to the eye, turn it around and run the hook tip through the worm but with the weight fixed above the hook, instead of sliding down to it. Then skin hook it on the opposite side so that the rig is weedless. Carolina rig is another form of worming but with the weight fixed above the hook, instead of sliding Robert Di Nino, 13, with his big bass down to it. he caught in a Gambler tournament These are great on Lake Okeechobee. techniques for inactive bass witch the cooler means - slow it down! Slow down months can cause. #1 Holiday Park — The most your presentation and really work the area over. This is also a good productive baits you could use time to keep your eyes on the right now are Gambler Aces or Sinkos some of the best ways to bottom for bedding fish. Some of my favorite techniques rig these baits are Wacky worm this time of year are flipping, is a technique were your hooking pitching and worming the bottom. the worm in the center of the 8 FORT LAUDERDALE AREA
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bait. Gambler Burner Worms and swimbaits. Look for structure can be a point of land, bushes, trees or lily pads fields and work these different techniques. For those of you who do not have a boat, Holiday Park offers boat rentals.
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#2 Lake Okeechobee — Bass are moving up every day getting ready to spawn. Start on the outside and work your way in to the grass & cover. Cast anything from a jig to creature baits. Ynot or a burner craw or your favorite craw are the baits for flipping now. Swim jigs, Easy Swimmer, Big Easy, Burner worms, Hollow belly frogs. Spooks and poppers are great for topwater. Pitching worms and Senkos into the grass. #3 Holy Lands — Fish here are
plentiful fish the out side edge. Fluke style baits are getting crushed also 5" Sinkos or Ace's rigged Texas style . Frogging is another technique. Top water is working well also poppers, Chuggers,are my choice here. #4 Mile Marker 35 — Fishing here is really good right now if your fishing from a boat. Make sure you go really slow around the weirs water is really low. Try burner tail worms & Aces, Swim baits such as EZ Swimmer, Sexy Sally, Flukes, poppers, Chuggers. Worming the bottom. #5 Sawgrass Recreational Park — Sawgrass is good right now. Flats are producing some good ones. Baits to use are Gambler Aces, Fat Aces, Gambler Worms, Gambler EZ swimmer, Gambler Flappin Shad and bottom jigs. #5 Browns Farm — Throw to the edges. Work your presentation out of the grass- into the deeper water. All the baits and techniques will work here. Urban canals are some of the best fishing here in south Florida and don't receive near the pressure that some of are popular areas. I catch everything from Snook, Tarpon, Peacock Bass, Large Mouth Bass,Snake Heads, Oscar, Cichlids, Knife Fish, Brim. Some of my favorite patterns are Jerk baits, Rattle traps, Small crank baits, swim jigs, Flukes. If you're going to harvest your fish, you need to know the regulations so you don't get in trouble. The times in which you can or cannot keep fish are there to protect our fishery. If you are not harvesting your fish, please be gentle when removing hooks and get them back into the water as fast as possible. There are some great hook removal tools out there. We can work together to keep our fishery, waters and banks in great shape for generations to enjoy. Till next time...tight lines.
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Loxahatchee River in Jupiter and Sailfish Flats in Stuart. The deeper channels and sand flats make them ideal locations for the fish to swim in and out with the tides. Try working the edges of these channels with goofy jigs, small buck tails and DOA jerk baits. This time of year brings cold air and wind which in turn creates wet conditions on the kayak. Having a pair of waders to keep you dry and warm in the chop is highly recommended. Check us out Pushin’ Water Kayak Charters on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube for all the latest adventures my clients and I get into. See you on the water!
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have very rubbery lips. If you fish lighter line, be sure to have a landing net available because they can be very large. I had a customer a few years ago that landed one pushing 40 lbs! Yes, in Pompano Beach! The good thing about using the tackle and technique I shared is that you will get a lot of great by-catches along the way. There are usually big sand perch, sheepshead and mangrove snapper mixed in the same areas. EVERYTHING eats shrimp. If you are really lucky you will catch an occasional red fish aka red drum. They are around and usually are mixed in with the black drum this time of year. My good friend caught 2 reds, 2 blacks, a pompano and 2 sand perch… In the Boca Raton ICW! Make sure you are aware of the current regulations for all species before
anuary can be cold and windy and the water temperatures will be a lot lower than the previous months. Some species will become more conservative and less active. Some species will thrive. My favorite species are black drum. I have had some decent luck with black drum over the last few years when the water temperature drops. My biggest fish locally weighed about 16 lbs. They are fair fighters for their size but I target them because they are excellent table fare. Black Drum are very wary fish and pick up bait off the bottom with their under slung mouths and barbells. They love small crabs, oysters, clams and most other types of crustacean to include shrimp. I have caught most of them on frozen shrimp. You will get more bites on a lighter combo. I typically fish 10 lb braid or monofilament line with about a 30 lb leader. I usually find more drum in back canals on the tide change near structure. I fish down current using the lightest jig head possible. Typically, I use a 1/16 ounce jig head with a frozen Josh Manso with the elusive black drum. shrimp (thawed out of course). Rip the tail off of the shrimp and hook the you harvest them for the dinner jig in the back of the shrimp with table. The current regulations on the hook coming up and back black drum are a SLOT LIMIT of through the seam in its carapace. 14” to 24” with one fish allowed This is the secret to holding the over 24”. The daily BAG LIMIT is frozen shrimp on the hook. I’ll 5 per harvester per day. I wish you luck on catching cast the bait and let it settle to the bottom. I then keep the tip your first black drum! If you of the rod down a little and leave have any questions or need any some slack in the line. Black Drum supplies, please come and see are bottom feeders and will pick me at T&R Tackle in Lauderdale up the bait very subtly. You’ll by the Sea. For the latest fishing reports have to let them settle over the bait. You don’t want a tight line and pictures make sure to check to touch them and spook them. us out on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ To check for the bite I gently raise the tip and reel up a little slack. tandrtackle/ If I feel some weight I simply reel tight and pick up the slack. The majority of the time you will Josh Manso hook them this way because they aka “King of the Pompano Pier”
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very year as my bass tournament season comes to an end, I start thinking about crappie fishing. I like to take a break and let the competitive flames refuel a bit. When the calendar strikes November and water temperatures dip into the 50s in Tennessee, I take several days to go crappie fishing. These fish make really good table fare, they are also very fun to catch, especially the big ones like you find in winter. I am well aware of how good crappie fishing is in spring. But for the way I fish for them around home, fall and winter are when you can really fill the livewell.
It works the same way when fishing laydowns. I look for laydowns on vertical banks that have a good-sized trunk. If they have a big trunk, I know there is a good-sized treetop out in the water. If they are there, I will see them on my SideVision. Once you find fish, cast exactly where they are or just beyond them, not 3 feet to the left or right. If you miss a crappie’s strike zone by 6 inches, you’ve missed it by a mile. Make the cast, count your bait down to the desired depth and reel just fast enough to maintain that depth. No jigging, nothing fancy, just a
Crappie stack up in large schools this time of year, at it’s not hard to catch them if you know what to look for. Crappie always hang around cover of some type. The two key pieces of structure on my home water are boat docks and laydowns. There are a few docks that seem to always hold fish, but I like to hunt for them with my Raymarine electronics. I turn on SideVision mode and start searching. Crappie will be in big schools, and I might go down a line of 50 docks with only one dock holding the mother lode. To see how big they are and to make sure they are crappie, I will put an Aqua Vu camera down there and check them out. Most of the docks I fish are floating, and the magical depth is normally at least 20 feet of water under the dock. The crappie will normally be suspended under these docks anywhere from 8 to 15 feet down, depending on the water clarity.
slow reel. My favorite jig head is a 1/32-ounce ball-shaped jig head with a good sharp Mustad hook, but I will go up to a 1/16-ounce if the wind is blowing or I’m fishing deeper than normal. Any soft plastic minnow imitation in the 2-inch range with a straight tail will work. Stay away from twist-tail grubs for this method because they cause your bait to rise too much. I use a S721 MHX rod built with supplies from Mud Hole Custom Tackle, including a Winn grip. It is 6-foot-long, super-sensitive and has the perfect action for controlling small baits. I team it with a 1000-size spinning reel and 4-pound Vicious Panfish line in fluorescent green. The green line helps me detect light strikes. These tips will help you all the way up until crappie start moving shallow to spawn. These fish are fat and healthy this time of year. So get out and have some fun this winter.
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t’s commonplace today, but more than a halfcentury ago few anglers even thought about it. The late Dr. Webster Robinson wanted to catch either a sailfish or striped marlin on a fly rod while casting from a boat that was out of gear so that the fly was not being trolled. Working with his skipper, Capt. Lefty Reagan, these angling legends fathered the concept of teasing a fish. They reasoned that if they could raise a billfish on a hookless bait, capture its total attention by keeping the tasty morsel just out of reach, work the fish within casting range and substitute a different offering at the last minute, the mission would be successful. I knew both men well and listened intently as Web Robinson described the process to me in detail. He even gave me a copy of the fly he used. Teasing ranks as an extremely effective technique for countless species in a variety of situations. Working on sailfish or marlin on the offshore grounds is just one phase. Sometimes known as bait-andswitch, it’s nothing more than using a live bait, dead bait or a certain artificial to excite a fish enough so it will eat the lure or bait you want it to devour on the tackle of your choice. Very light tackle enthusiasts often tease their quarry into striking so that the line doesn’t break on the initial contact. I’ve teased countless species from sharks, albacore and tuna to striped bass, redfish, barracuda, amberjack, snook and many more. Let me share a couple examples to show you how effective teasing can be. Using a spinning outfit, I rigged a plastic worm exactly the same way as I would for largemouth bass. Pacific sailfish normally don’t include plastic worms as part of their diet. We teased one with a bonito belly and, once the boat was out of gear, I cast the worm. My partner yanked the teaser out of the water and the fish inhaled a plastic worm faster than you can read this.
I met a man who showed me beautiful flies for offshore species. When I told him I could catch a sailfish on a cigar just as easily as with one of his flies, he laughed at me. We were shooting a television show in Panama, and late in the day Capt. Karl Anderson asked if I had a cigar. He rigged it with a leader and hook, attached it to a flyrod and waited for a sailfish to show in the trolled teasers. We stopped the boat, Karl yanked the teaser away from the fish, and I cast the cigar. Within seconds, the sailfish crashed the cigar, went airborne, and all you could see was tobacco showering through the air. As Karl put it, that’s no longer theory. Teasing fish opens a broad new dimension to the sport. As an angler, it allows you to hook fish on all types of tackle using any bait or lure you choose including cigars and plastic worms. Try it and you’ll become hooked on the technique just as I am.
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t is well-known that the double haul and the back cast are essential for fly fishing for redfish. Here are three more casts I believe are very important when targeting winter reds with a fly. Fly Repositioning Cast This cast is wonderful when you need to recast a fly to a redfish that refused it or when you missed your target. It works best when 20 or more feet of line are outside the tip-top. It is essential to the success of this cast to not rush picking the fly line up off the water. The key is to load for the back cast by beginning with the rod tip close to the water and slowly lifting the line off the water. Then wait to feel the rod load on the back cast. Once you feel the rod load, make a forward cast, allowing the fly to hit the mark. I’ve witnessed far too many fishermen rush to recast, and in doing so, miss their target on the second cast. The Quick-Cast For The Short Game When sight casting, you will need to execute some short, quick accurate casts. The short cast is one of the most difficult casts to make because a fly rod made for short casting has yet to be built. When red fishing, unless I know I’ll be making long casts, I keep roughly 40 feet of fly line stripped into a line management basket (a bucket if fishing from a skiff) and 20 feet of line outside the fly rod’s tip-top. The first 15 feet of the belly section of the line will easily load the fly rod with minimal false casting. Place the fly between the index finger and thumb of the hand not holding the rod. If a redfish is spotted at close range, make a back cast while at the same time releasing the fly from your hand and cast to the redfish.
Master The Cross-Wind Cast The wind blows where redfish live. The most difficult winds to a fly flinger are the cross-wind and the following-wind. Both are guaranteed to give the angler fits. The best cast for these challenging situations is the Belgian cast, a very quick cast that when executed correctly presents the fly under challenging conditions. The key is to make an extended side-armed back cast, followed by a high extended-arm overhead cast that will provide the angler distance when working in a big wind. A word of caution: The side cast may produce the painful problem of a fly imbedded in the angler if the wind is blowing toward the casting arm. Put It To The Test When targeting winter redfish, the fly angler will be presented with many different casting situations depending on weather conditions. It’s important to understand and execute each of the casting techniques discussed. Once mastered, a trophy redfish is only a cast away! Conway Bowman caught this 41.65-pound IGFA fly-caught world record redfish out of Hopedale, La.
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