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Darcie Arahill’s biggest mutton snapper to date came from 200 feet of water off Marathon in the Florida Keys.
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he Texas summer surf can spoil a newcomer in a heartbeat and is what the seasoned surf angler awaits each year. Vacation days are set aside well in advance and excuses to come in late to work are ready and often recycled. Spoil a newcomer, addiction, you might ask, what is so special about the surf? My fastest limit, 10 trout from the upper Texas coast, came on 12 consecutive casts. One was a dud, a lost fish, and 10 were solid trout, 19.5 to 24 inches. After I caught my limit, I continued to catch and release solid trout up to 5 ½ pounds. If that doesn’t spoil you, nothing will. Days like this are not uncommon when the conditions are right. The key to a successful morning in the surf is to remember you don’t plan a trip when you want, you go when the surf calls you. Green incoming tides rising with the sun paired with a calm surf are my favored conditions. May and June routinely provide the best odds of landing the larger trout with Independence Day marking the arrival of masses of school-size fish. I like to start my day before the sun’s rays illuminate the horizon. Standing on the sand, tossing topwaters or suspending baits parallel and as close to the sand as I can effectively work the lure. I have caught many trout pushing 7 pounds along with large flounder and snook using this approach. It is amazing the size of fish that will feed in mere inches of breaking water. As the blanket of darkness no longer conceals my presence, I will begin to gradually angle my casts towards the open Gulf. I will broaden my search area and structure type until I find where the fish are feeding, never overlooking the shallow water where I began my day. As the sun climbs, the trout will typically find comfort in the guts, chasing mullet, shrimp, shad and other baitfish. When this occurs, I still vary my cast from parallel to offshore, covering the deep guts and not overlooking the structure, which is the bar. As you would do while fishing the bay, don’t overlook the drop off. Casting along it can produce great catches. White water and waves crashing is an often-overlooked hot spot. I seldom see surf fishermen casting into the whitewash, which can be a huge mistake. The turbulence disorients the baitfish which are easy meals for the thick-bodied, strong-swimming surf trout. I can remember one day in particular when most, if not all, of my trout were caught in the white water on top of the bar. A solid trout inhaled my slow-sinking lure as it tossed and turned in the froth. After that, I made repeated casts into the turbid water to end a successful day that up until that point had been quite slow. Let me check the forecast, is it calm yet? Capt. Michael Okruhlik is the inventor of Controlled Descent Lures and the owner of www.MyCoastOutdoors.com.
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aving been actively involved in the sunglasses industry for over 20 years and having sold over 25,000 pairs of sunglasses last year, I’m often asked, “What is the most important thing to consider when choosing a pair of sunglasses?” My answer is always, “the way they fit your face; comfort is the most important consideration.” I’m surprised at the number of people who choose their sunglasses based on brand. For anglers, and I am one, the next consideration can be offshore or inshore. The blue mirror lens models hold the best lens clarity for offshore while the green mirror/amber lenses produce the clearest lens visibility for the inshore angler. I’ve been a big fan of Revo’s Blue Crawlers for my offshore sunglasses, and I switch to my ambers as my go-to inshore glasses. Another big consideration for some is OSHA-approved eyewear. The correct approval body is ANSI approved. This ANSI validation of the sunglasses is the only accepted approval by OSHA’s requirements, however, few brands actually possess the ANSI approval. If OSHA requirements are important for your choice of sunglasses, make sure you’re seeing the ANSI approval in writing and not simply relying on your representative’s assurance. Finally, if you’re a prescription eyewear user, ensuring that the lens you receive when you request your prescription sunglasses from your favorite brand is not always apples to apples. Make sure that the exact same lens technology
is available for your prescription sunglasses as their nonprescription lenses. Otherwise, you could own an expensive pair of non-angler-friendly sunglasses. Believe me, it happens all the time. There are many new entries in the sunglasses field these days. Lens technology advancements continue to improve the quality of the angler’s viewpoint. If you’re in the market for a new pair of sunglasses, I recommend you do a little research before you make your purchase. Don’t just go buy XYZ sunglasses. Find the pair, regardless of brand, that’s best for you. If Fowler’s can be of any assistance in helping you make that decision, please feel free to call or email us. We’re happy to help ensure that you’re completely satisfied with your next sunglasses purchase. David Maney is considered to be one of the most published experts in the general field of sunglasses. He has appeared in Southern Living Magazine, USA Today and U.S. World Report and even appeared on Oprah. Fowler’s has been in business for 118 years and has sold over 250,000 pairs of sunglasses. For more information on Fowler’s and David Maney, visit www.fowlerssunglasses.com or call 888-340-9021.
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SUNGLASSES NATIVE EYEWEAR SIGHTCASTER Native Eyewear’s Sightcaster is all about giving you the right tool for the pursuit of a good catch. Color enhanced, high-definition optics cut through glare on the water allowing you to see deeper and farther. Native’s premium polarized lens technology also blocks up to four times more infrared and protects against harmful UV rays, helping your eyes stay fresh even after a long day on the water. The full-wrap, X-Large frame comes with nonslip grip material along the temples and nose pads to ensure all-day comfort with a lightweight and secure fit.
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Costa Del Mar was born on the water and is committed to protecting it. This summer, Costa will celebrate its tradition of conservation by launching its OCEARCH Limited Edition collection. Costa is a primary supporter of OCEARCH, a research organization that generates critical scientific data on keystone marine species like great white and tiger sharks. Its vessel, the M/V OCEARCH, is an at-sea laboratory that puts science on the side of sharks to help protect our oceans worldwide. One of the models in this OCEARCH Limited Edition collection is the Remora, a brand new frame that features all of Costa’s signature performance technologies. This particular pair features a brand new lens as well! The Gray Silver Mirror lens is great for all-day wear. It is a polycarbonate lens with silver mirror on a gray base. The frame color is called Tiger Shark, and reflects the patterns of its namesake. Think of it as the popular tortoise shell in a more shark and ocean-inspired colorway! MSRP: $169. These glasses also come with a limited edition cleaning cloth and C-MASK. For more on OCEARCH, go to www.ocearch.org.
WWW.COSTADELMAR.COM RIO RAY SEASIDE Rio Ray Optics is the best new brand and most comfortable polarized sunglasses on the market. Designed for the outdoor lifestyle, all Rio Ray sunglasses come with 100 percent optically correct polarized CR39 lenses, indestructible TR90 frames, optical spring hinges for maximum comfort and a hassle-free lifetime warranty. All Rio Ray hard-coated polarized lenses are made of the highest quality CR39 and contain nine layers of protection with 100 percent UV protection. A hydrophobic coating on the front repels water, sunscreen and dirt, which makes cleaning and maintenance easy. A vibrant flash mirror provides additional glare reduction and a superior scratch resistant coating prevents lens damage. The backside anti-reflective coating eliminates bounce-back glare. Rio Ray MaxFlex frame technology makes these the most comfortable sunglasses on the market utilizing lightweight TR90 nylon, which maintains the frame shape and offers incredible durability. Our frames were designed to be 100 percent prescription ready, and each pair comes with a full array of accessories including a hard and soft case, cleaning cloth and retainer. There are over 40 styles to choose from, an average MSRP of only $149.99, and new styles are on the way for each season. Replacement lenses are available for only $24.99. Rio Ray is always looking for high-quality retailers to partner with, and they have the best retailer friendly program in the sunglass industry. For dealer inquires, call 800-498-2104 or email jarrod@ riorayoptics.com.
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S RE VIEW2017 REVO GUIDE S AND GUIDE II Back in 1985, Revo became a global performance eyewear brand known as the leader in polarized lens technology. Their glasses were first created utilizing lens technology developed by NASA as solar protection for satellites. Today, Revo continues to build on its rich tradition of technology and innovation by offering the clearest and most advanced high-contrast polarized sunglass available. With two new frames, the Guide II and the Guide S, Revo seeks to fill the needs of those seeking the best in performance sunglasses. Both frames feature HighContrast Polarized Serilium lenses that are lightweight, shatterproof and formulated of polycarbonate. Revo’s 8-base lens technology offers a more curved fit relative to your face, and elastometric nosepads provide a more secure fit for active wearers. Sleek and modern, the Guide II adds an element of comfort to the all-activity, allcondition mentality. What carries on in the Guide lineage, however, is the confidence to exceed expectations and reach the objective. The Guide S blends all-terrain functionality with a sleek fit. They are equipped with fast-flow vents and Motion-Fit technology for optimal comfort in any condition or environment.
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Skeleton Optics high-performance eyewear delivers superb craftsmanship, trend-forward innovation and advanced technology for outdoor enthusiasts everywhere. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, Skeleton Optics sunglasses are designed to empower ordinary people to do extraordinary things, inspiring them to live the “No Boundaries” lifestyle. The new Skeleton Optics Renegade frames not only embrace that belief but take it to the next level. Adding to their already popular Original Collection, Skeleton Optics took the wraparound feature of the best-selling Scout model, and extended the frame width while working closely with the Zeiss Optical team to increase the lens height and create the all new Renegade sunglasses. Rugged and durable, yet sleek and stylish, Renegade sunglasses are perfect for a day on the water, on the trail, in the car, at the beach or in town. Renegades feature polarized polycarbonate lenses by Zeiss with 100 percent UV protection and advanced TRI-PEL/RI-PEL coating to enhance colors and promote clear vision in any outdoor environment. Lenses also include a premium hard coating for scratch and impact resistance. Grilamid TR-90 frames were designed and manufactured in Italy for lasting durability, comfort and protection. The in-line nosepiece is anti-slip and moisture wicking. Specifications: • Base Curve of 8 • DBL: 18mm • Temple Length: 115mm • Lens Size A/B: A65xB40 For information, call 888-564-9025.
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Sunglasses are a necessity, but they’re also a burden. There is an ever-present possibility to lose or damage this expensive piece equipment. And you can forget about storing a conventional pair in a case in your pocket. They’re just too bulky. That’s where Popticals steps in. This revolutionary new line of portable, pop-out sunglasses has a patented design that makes storage safe and convenient. Popticals’ FL2 Micro-Rail System allows the sunglasses to easily fold down to be stored in a small hardshell case. You won’t even notice this compact design in your pocket, and the unit can be clipped to anything with an included carabiner. These glasses are high-performance, as well. The NYDEF Nylon Lenses manufactured by Carl Zeiss Vision are clearer and 16 percent lighter in weight than polycarbonate lenses. They offer complete UV protection, filtering out 100 percent of harmful UVA and UVB rays, while hydrophobic and oleophobic technology repels water, oil, sweat and dust. The Swiss Grilamid TR 90 frames provide long-lasting durability and resistance to extreme temperatures while remaining lightweight and comfortable for extended use. Popticals are engineered in the U.S.A and handcrafted in Italy. See the Popticals website for a wide range of styles designed for any outdoor pursuit.
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TARPON TIME: THE TWO HANDED STRIP
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t’s tarpon time! Many of you will be headed to tarpon waters this summer looking to hook one of ocean’s greatest gamefish on the fly. When you go, consider altering your fly retrieval technique from the standard one-hand strip to the two-handed stip. If you do, you might be surprised at how effective a two-hand strip can be at catching this great gamefish. There are some saltwater fish that react to a fly that is stripped as fast as possible. Tuna, barracuda, roosterfish, amberjack and yellowtail are all good examples. These guys prefer a fly that moves like an Indianapolis racecar. If the fly isn’t imitating a fleeing baitfish, and suddenly stops, this group of gamers will turn and swim away. The two-handed strip is also a wonderful technique for feeding a well-presented fly to a tarpon. But there is a difference. The twohanded strip is slightly different for tarpon than it is for offshore and nearshore species. Where offshore fish like tuna want the fly to burn through the water without pause, a tarpon often wants to see the fly move through the water at a slower pace while still keeping the fly’s continual motion. An advantage of the two hand strip technique is the angler has total control of the fly’s pace through the water, making it possible for the angler to speed up or slow down the fly depending on the reaction of the tarpon to the fly. For example, if a tarpon reacts aggressively toward the fly, the angler might speed up the retrieve to initiate a strike. If the tarpon’s reaction is less aggressive, almost passive, the angler can manipulate the fly’s speed and try to turn on the tarpon’s “light switch” to instigate a strike. Another advantage to using the two-hand retrieve is that the rod is placed under the arm rather than in the hands, making it almost impossible to lift the rod tip on a strike. This combats the urge of freshwater converts to set the hook by lifting the rod, a big no-no
in tarpon fishing. With the rod under and arm, the only way to hook the fish is with a solid stripstrike. For a successful twohanded strip do the following: • After the fly has been cast, place the rod under the arm (right or left). • Point the rod tip down, keeping the tip on the water at all times. • Begin the strip by pulling the fly line with your hand at the first stripping guide. Repeat this with the other hand. • There should be a continual motion, changing hands with each strip. • Vary the speed of the fly as you strip it through the water. • Strip the fly all the way to the boat and repeat. If you feel a strike, give your line a solid strip-strike. Use the two-handed strip, and I guarantee you will never go back to the one-hand strip again. Good luck on the tarpon grounds this season!
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he 24th Annual Sebastian Exchange Club Blue Water Open was held on June 3 with tournament headquarters at Capt. Hiram’s Resort in Sebastian. Despite the weather, it was a great success, with a fleet of 110 boats registered to fish. Fifty boats weighed fish and reported mixed results on the catch.
The dolphin bite was sketchy, with the first and second place fish weighing in at 26.35 and 21.85 pounds. They were caught aboard C Monster with Capt. Matt Lennon. The 21.85-pound dolphin landed Matt’s son, Matthew, the Junior Angler award and a new kayak. Only one wahoo was weighed in, a 35.05-pounder caught by George Kessel, of Grant, on the Shake Down. George reported the fish was caught around midday in about 150 feet of water. Several nice kingfish made it to the scales. Celtic Knots took first and second place in that category with a 40.5-pound and a 33.6-pound fish, caught by Steve Fritzson. The real money was made by the fishing team aboard Restricted Species. These guys took first place grouper with a 45.05-pounder and second place with a 34.15-pounder. That big grouper, caught by Rob Reilly, won them the Big Fish Bonanza for a whopping $4,720, in addition to $1,000 for a new award this year, The Capt. William Charles Catchin’ and Cookin’ Memorial Award for the largest grouper caught in the tournament in memory of Capt. Bill. Interestingly, the 34.15-pound grouper was caught by Matson Scott, who fished with Capt. Bill many times. Matson said he sent up a prayer to Bill on the way out that morning to be with them that day. Looks like prayer may work! First-place fish were worth $1,250 and second place $600. In addition to the four places on the main scoreboard, the Blue Water Open offers an additional 10 places on the Bonus Board worth $200 each, for fishermen who don’t make the main board. Other categories for the biggest fish caught were amberjack, cobia and new this year, tripletail. Cobia and Tripletail went unfilled, but Steve McElveen aboard Wreckreation landed a 39.25 amberjack worth $1,000. Top Boat went to Fred Smith of the Lickety Split with an aggregate weight of 54.45 pounds for three fish in at least two main-board categories. The Top Boat payout was $2,000. For complete tournament results, visit www.bluewateropen.com or like Sebastian Blue Water Open on Facebook. The Exchange Club of Sebastian has raised almost $500,000 over the years through the efforts put forth in the Blue Water Open. All proceeds go to worthy charities in the local community, with a special emphasis on preventing child abuse.
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ike and I decided it was time to get out of Dodge and take a road trip with our flats boat. The hustle and bustle of south Florida makes this kind of trip a stark contrast and welcome break. We ended up on Useppa, a small island between Pine Island and Cabbage Key on the southwest coast of Florida. These places are almost due west of Fort Myers near the mouth of Charlotte Harbor. The path that led us there was anything but ordinary. It was as if we were being beckoned. My first contact with Useppa was from the Palm Beach Boat Show in March. I attended a media event at the Lake Pavilion on the Waterfront and discovered an oasis in the midst of all the craziness of the boat show. It was a gorgeous photo of Useppa Island: paradise without a passport, with an inviting area to relax during the media event. There were some goodies there and information, which I grabbed. That photo just seemed to call me…. We had planned to visit the west coast in the coming weeks, a trip to Bokeelia, on the north end of Pine Island, to fish. Once we finalized
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the dates, I reached out to Brian and Mary—the Useppa People, who are realtors. They invited us to visit the Private Island Club, have lunch at the historic Collier Inn, and then took us on a golf cart tour of the island. There are no roads here, only golf cart paths and walkways. My kind of island! It just seemed magical. We were invited to come back for an overnight visit to experience the island. Brian and Mary made the arrangements for us to return and visit as their guests. So, we loaded the car, hooked up the boat and were off. Pine Island Sound here we come! We stopped in Matlacha and made a phone call to the Pineland Marina to check on bait. Good call. They were out of shrimp. We visited Carrie at the Barnhill Seafood Market in Matlacha who loaded us up with 200 monster shrimp. There was a stream behind the shop where we could get a few buckets of water to transport the shrimp safely to the marina. When you are on an island, you need to be proactive about supplies. Consider travel distances on the water to get what you need, and that options can be limited. We launched the boat; I drove to park for the weekend and was greeted with a golf cart escort to the ramp. Headed out the cut from the marina, it feels as if you are soaring—having been set free from civilization and traffic. The waterways are expansive, and there are multiple mangrove cuts around every turn. There is so much water, so many cuts and areas to explore. The seagrass beds have expanded in the area 10 percent since the storms of 2008. The abundance of shoalgrass and turtlegrass has increased while the abundance of manatee grass has remained stable. In fact, the number of quadrants monitored in the area that are devoid of seagrass has decreased by 50 percent since 2005. This all makes for some clean water and great fishing. Our first visit to Bokeelia, we limited on seatrout every day. On our trip to Useppa a month later, we encountered mostly snook and a monster red, caught by Mike on the next to last shrimp! And there are always tarpon. Nadeen Welch is co-publisher of the Fort Myers edition of Coastal Angler Magazine.
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urns out that’s a difficult question to answer. Beaked whales feed at more than ½ mile down and are fairly skittish critters while near the surface, and weighing in at over a ton means catching, measuring and releasing is certainly not an option! Besides, perhaps a more important question is, who cares how big these whales are? Well, the U.S. Navy, that’s who. Unfortunately for beaked whales, their deep-diving behavior means they share waters with Navy submarines, and when the Navy uses powerful sonar during training exercises, beaked whales are affected. Recent studies at the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), off Andros Island in The Bahamas indicate that Blainville’s beaked whales move away from sonar when they hear it. We believe this movement is displacing whales from their preferred feeding areas and are concerned this will compromise the animals’ body condition, which will impact their survival and reproduction success. And that’s why size matters. With funding from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation (BMMRO) and NOAA Fisheries, we conducted a feasibility study to test whether a drone could be used to measure length and girth of beaked whales. Using length, we can monitor growth as animals mature, while girth measurements tell us if an animal is pregnant, and if so, we can monitor if the calf survives. Based in Sandy Point, off the southwest coast of Abaco Island, BMMRO has been studying beaked whales for 25 years and knows these whales individually: how old they are, what sex they are, how many offspring they have had, etc. So, Abaco was the ideal place to try to get measurements of whales of known age and current reproductive state. From our Novurania 680DL rigid-hulled inflatable, our science team deployed a small APH-22 marine hexacopter named “Goose” with a camera attached to obtain vertical images from 100 feet above beaked whales. During 30 flights over the 2-week study, “Goose” successfully photographed 10 different beaked whales. So, we now had images in hand of males and females, both young and old, as well as females with and without calves. So… how big is a beaked whale? Blainville’s beaked whales ranged in length from the smallest calf measuring 9 feet to the largest adult at 14 feet. The girth of one female seen without a calf was notably larger than the other females, and we predicted she was pregnant. Three months after the study ended, we saw her again with a newborn calf! With the success of our feasibility study, plans are to apply this approach to measure the length of beaked whales at AUTEC and monitor pregnancies to determine if displacement from sonar is causing nutritional stress and affecting reproductive success. It is the responsibility of the U.S. Navy and the science community to effectively monitor populations that are being impacted to affect change when needed. This study serves an example of that process in action. The authors are research biologists with the Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation. Follow the organization’s work at http://www.bahamaswhales.org and also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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ome lessons gnaw at your memory for years. A group of highly skilled fly fishermen stood on the bank of a well-known river visiting and talking about nothing important. Suddenly, within casting range, a trout kept rising and picking insects off the surface. One of the long time anglers began casting a dry fly upstream of the fish, letting it float past the target. Nothing happened. He made cast after cast, watching the trout ignore his offering and keep feeding on the real thing. I saw it happen. For no particular reason, the angler made a cast that was slightly (and I mean slightly) different from all the others. The trout rose and took the fly. Witnessing that made me totally aware that success or failure when fishing an artificial lure could hinge on a factor almost too minor to notice. I’ve seen times when vibrating your wrist when retrieving a plug spelled a strike while simply cranking the reel proved futile. There have been times when a momentary pause in reeling a plug allowed it to rise slightly and that made the difference. A tackle box full of different artificials is not the answer. You can get by with a half-dozen different baits once you learn how to fish them effectively. The basic rule states that if you are not getting strikes, vary the retrieve. Fish are cold-blooded and react slower and for shorter distances as the water temperature drops. When a fish is holding in one spot waiting for food to come to it, your cast and retrieve should follow that pattern. And keep in mind that your favorite lures on your home waters work just as well on the road. I’ve caught the same species on the same lure a continent apart. In your selection of lures, you want to be able to cover the water column from the bottom to the surface. That doesn’t mean each bait has to travel that distance, but rather that you should have some that work the bottom, others for the surface, and the rest in between at mid-depth. Fish see differently than we do. What looks good to you may not tempt a fish into striking. And, if there are standards and
rigid laws, I haven’t learned them. I’ve caught sailfish on a plastic worm rigged for largemouth bass and another one on a cigar. My wife caught a sailfish deep jigging with a white bucktail. The key to success with artificial lures is not the baits you choose, but presentation. It has to look edible to a fish and trigger the desire to strike. Part of that presentation has to appear that the lure is trying to escape. All predators expect their next meal to try to get away from their jaws. No predator expects to be attacked by its prey. I can’t help but think about that trout on that memorable day. The untrained eye could not see that the fly floated just a hair differently when the fish sucked in the dry fly. Look for subtle differences in your retrieves and your catch ratio will become impressive. That should make you smile.
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rop everything you’re doing right now. Go book a mahi trip out of the Upper Keys. Capt. Ross Early with Early Bird Fishing Charters said they are hammering dolphinfish right now, with piles of schoolie-sized mahi packed in around the weed lines and big gaffers and slammers showing up under the birds. Summertime is all about mahi off the Atlantic side of Key Largo. Really, the bite stretches all the way south through the Keys, but it’s hard to beat Largo down through Islamorada for ease of access. The Upper Keys are close enough for a day trip from the south Florida mainland. Capt. Ross said the bite usually ramps up in May and lasts into September or October most years as the mahi migrate down through the Keys. A typical day begins early, with a quick stop inside the reef line to
catch bait with a net or sabiki before heading offshore with a tank full of cigar minnows and ballyhoo. The destination is the weed line that drifts in the current offshore. Capt. Ross said the run to the fishing grounds can be as short as 8 miles, and he fishes in anywhere from 300 to 1,000 feet of water. But the depth doesn’t really matter, because the fish are near the surface feeding on forage that congregates around the weeds. He’ll start by searching, trolling with lures and dead ballyhoo to find the fish. When that first rod goes down is when the real action starts. It’s a scramble to clear all the trolling lines, because that first fish typically brings other fish with it. Everyone on deck grabs a 20-pound spinning outfit to pitch chunk bonita, squid, live baits, or whatever to dolphin that are schooled up and feeding. “It can become organized chaos,” Ross said. “There are fish all around the boat, and you want to catch as many as you can, while you can, because it can turn off as fast as it turned on.” Generally, this blast of action consists of 6- to 10-pound schoolie-sized mahi with fillets perfect for the dinner plate. The 40- and 50-pound slammers are a little more solitary. “I’m always on the binoculars looking for birds,” Ross said. “I’m looking for frigates and yellow-billed terns. They’re our eye in the sky.” Three or four birds in one spot hovering or picking at the weeds indicate there are fish below pushing bait to the surface. Capt. Ross will climb into the tower of his 45-foot Custom Carolina, Early Bird, to look for fish and steer the boat on collision course with them. Packs of three or four big mahi will be moving southwesterly this time of year, and the trick is to get out in front of them. With Ross spotting fish and shouting direction to the anglers below, casting live baits accurately will usually lead to an incredible rush when a big slammer ties into a 20-pound spinning rig. It’s the kind of thing one must experience to understand. And who knows, you might encounter blackfin and skipjack tuna, sailfish, wahoo and the occasional marlin, as well. Book your trip with Capt. Ross Early and Early Bird Fishing Charters by calling 305-942-3618 or emailing ross@fishearlybird.com. Check out their website at www.fishearlybird.com.
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high-deep in the warm, brackish water of the Choctawhatchee Bay, volunteers stood in straight lines, their arm-lengths connected a barge loaded down with bagged oyster shells to a partially completed oyster reef in Marina Cove, Niceville. Moving as one, volunteers from the barge handed off mesh bags stuffed with oyster shells to those standing in the water, each person then passed the bag like a hot potato to the next until finally the shells were placed in a brand new oyster reef. After a year of effort, the 700-foot oyster reef—the largest the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) has ever constructed—was complete. The journey for the oyster shells here closes a critical natural resource loop. In the past, people harvested oysters and sold them to seafood markets and restaurants. Once shucked and eaten, the shells were thrown away, destined for eternity in a landfill. Alison McDowell, director of CBA, explained, “In a fully-functioning system, oyster larvae will settle on shells of adult oysters, attaching and growing to create ever-expanding oyster reefs that provide food and shelter to all sorts of creatures like fish, crab, and shrimp.” Restaurants represent only one facet of oyster demand. McDowell continued, “In Choctawhatchee Bay, this habitat-building process was
interrupted for most of the 20th century, as oyster shell that provided the foundation for new oysters to settle was dredged and removed for commercial purposes like road beds and livestock feed.” In 2010, CBA and their AmeriCorps Green Team launched an initiative to return shell to the bay. Their O.Y.S.T.E.R. Shell Recycling Program collects oyster shells from local restaurants and dries them at CBA’s headquarters before bagging shells for use in oyster reef construction projects. The new reef will join others CBA has constructed to provide critical habitat and other ecosystem services. The reef is a breakwater, as the structures protect the shoreline from erosion. The oysters are filter feeders, each individual improving water quality to the tune of 50 gallons each and every day. The improved water quality, in turn, can encourage growth of seagrass and other submerged aquatic vegetation, providing additional habitat for fish. Moreover, the reef structures themselves shelter juvenile fish species. For example, Matt Wegener, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist, explained that redfish “use them for refuge from predation and foraging opportunities.” “Mesh bags hold together all the shell, and the cracks and crevices provide hiding places for young fish,” Rachel Gwin, restoration coordinator for CBA, added. They’ve documented numerous varieties at their sites, from species in the goby and blenny families to shrimp. In all, more than 200 volunteers worked toward the reef ’s construction, from the owners and staff of Bluewater Bay Marina to kids and families on National Marina Day to college students contributing hours during Alternative Spring Break. Through collecting and bagging the oyster shells, pushing the material in heavy dock carts to the barge, then laying the shell itself, the community came together to create habitat and improve water quality. To learn more, visit CBA at basinalliance.org. Erika Zambello is a freelance writer and photographer who serves as communications coordinator for the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance in northwest Florida. To watch great fishing on the Choctawhatchee Bay, go to
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INDIAN RIVER LAGOON FISHING FORECAST Do you enjoy fishing with live bait as much as I do? Now is a great time to check your tackle and hold on tight. The hot summer months can produce some excellent fishing action throughout our region. To begin with, live baits such as shrimp, pinfish, or even fingerling mullet will all work well when targeting a variety of game fish. Anglers can expect the early morning trout bite to be its best during low light conditions. Live shrimp or small pinfish rigged under a popping cork is a great way to hook up with a trout. Fishing these baits in 4 feet of water or less while suspending the bait just off the bottom is a great way to bring one to the boat. Anglers should keep in mind that trout have excellent eye sight. To over come this, I suggest making long cast to a targeted area. This can be done by fishing with a seven foot medium action spinning reel combo equipped with 20 pound test braided line and 15 pound test mono leader. This will allow anglers to cast the bait far from the boat. Anglers can expect trout to be aggressive fighters when fishing on light tackle. During this time of year, many of our trout can measure 2 POLK & SUMTER
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up to 24” long. Also, redfish will be in search of an easy meal. During this time of year, water temperatures throughout our region will be warm. With this being said, anglers will want to get early start fishing. Many of these reds will be feeding along channel drop offs, boat docks, bridge fenders and other structure during low light conditions. Sight casting baits to a tailing fish or fishing slowly in a targeted area is key when conditions are calm. During this time of year, many of these reds will measure within the legal slot size limit of 18 to 27 inches. In addition, anglers will also be able to catch snook. Several of these fish will be willing to feed near old boat docks and mangrove shorelines with steep drop offs. The bait of choice for these fish will be scented jerk baits. One lure that has worked especially well has been Bass Assassin’s 4” Sea Shad (Electric Chicken) when rigged on a 1/8 ounce jig head. When targeting these fish, anglers will want to use a seven foot medium action spinning reel combo equipped with 25 pound test braided line and mono leader. Even though snook season is closed, anglers will want to take a quick photo to help a memory last a lifetime.
KISSIMMEE CHAIN FISHING FORECAST
Mike Rudd and the two bass where caught on a black Senko weightless 8lbs 10oz and 8lb 1oz.
Recent rainfalls have raised the Kissimmee Chain almost a foot but we still have a long way to go to get back to normal water levels. Until then, use caution operating your boats. Bass fishing has improved somewhat as the bass are settling in to more of a typical summer feeding pattern. Thick heavy pads in 4’ of water is your best bet at this time on the lake. Although some bass can be taken with top water hard baits and crank baits early in the morning. I’ve seen plenty of evidence of a strong flipping bite early in the day and Submitted By: Capt. Keith Mixon throughout the day. This is not your Mixin' Work With Play Fishing Charters typical flipping bite. Finesse flipping ww.mixinworkwithplay.com is your best bet.6 1/2” culprit ribbon 321-212-8484
tail with 1/8oz wt or Zoom U Vibe speed worm or trick worm or weightless Senkos are best to use with many of your strikes occurring on the fall of the bait. Bass are also biting very well on the Kissimmee River in the current especially below the second lock. A Carolina rig worm with a 3/8 oz worm or lizard or a Strike King 2.5 square bill crank bait black back and chartreuse is catching some very large bass. Best colors for soft plastics at this time are black and blue, June bug and sweet potato pie swirl. Good size specks are still being caught but a limit of 25 is hard to come by even at night. Minnows on a slip cork rig set a 7’ in 12-14’ depths after nightfall and early a.m. hours. Trolling small silver spoons or Strike King Betsy minnow for daytime hours in deep water. Big bream along pad lines and ox bows in the Kissimmee river below the first lock. Red worms or crickets best for this. For fly fishing small popping bugs best. Submitted By: Capt Dave Ochs Waters Edge Fish Camp 10730 Camp Mack Rd Lake Wales, Fl 863-589-6295
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LAKE ALFRED / AUBURNDALE / WINTER HAVEN FISHING FORECAST It’s time for them summer Bass!! In the hot summer months you’ll want to fish deeper, during the morning and evening hours. Fishing along the shoreline will also bring great results. If you prefer top water baits, try using a Booyah Frog or a Heddon Poppin Image. Bass Assassin “Boss Shiner” swim baits with a weighted hook also work well in our central Florida area. Bass fishing will be at its best over the next few months . . So get out and enjoy it! Here’s a little “Tip from Ron” . . Try a large worm (10” – 13”) and rip it across the top of the water fast like a snake . . Watch those Big Bass jump for it!! All of our Polk County lakes are “Prime” for fishing right now. Our best reports are coming in from the North and South Winter Haven Chains and our own Lake Alfred lakes. We’re still getting reports on decent size Blue Gill and Shell Cracker fishing using live crickets and red worms. Fish along the shoreline for the Gills and a little deeper or drop offs for the Shell Crackers. You don’t need a boat to enjoy some great fishing in our area. We have many lakes with very nice fishing piers . . Stop in and see me . . I’ll point you in the right direction! Polk County is home to (554) beautiful lakes and offers some of the best fishing in Florida!! The BEST time to go fishing is when YOU can GO!! Our 19th season of Ron’s Tackle Box Weekly Bass Tournaments has now begun!! As shown in the photo . . 12-year old Javi Garcia pulled in a 10 lb/3 oz Big Bass while fishing with his dad during a recent RTB tournament. Weekly registration is $30.00 per boat (1 or 2 man) and the tournaments run from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM each Thursday through the end of October. Prizes are awarded for BIG BASS and 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place categories. The location each week is not revealed until Thursday mornings and is announced in Del Milligan’s column in “The Ledger”, our Web Site, “Like & Follow” us on FB, or you can call Ron at (863) 9564990. All around great fun . . Come out and join us!!
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No Eernest Hemingway did not fish with me. But a dear old friend, Bill Covington with a nice slot Redfish. Thanks for the memories Willie C.
If you’re going in search of trout, you may just want to head west till you reach some deeper water. Say around 8’ to 12’. That’s where I’ve been finding them. Why? Glad you asked. Think about it. There’s less scallop traffic and boat pressure out deeper. So, it’s quieter. Because the water temperature at that depth is cooler, given the thermo cline, as opposed to our mid to high 80’s inshore water temp, the trout are there in the summer. The salinity is higher at that depth, which the trout like. And their food source or bait supply is all over even at that depth, now. Use a 1/4 or 3/8 oz. jig and your favorite plastic to get to the bottom of things. If you know what I mean. The reds are being well, just reds. One day they want anything you throw at them. The next, they won’t take fresh cut bait or anything. So, don’t despair. You’re probably not doing anything wrong. Like my ole preacher used to say, just keep on keeping on. You’ll hit the time. Work where
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you’ve been productive before, and once again, you will score. Points on islands, good water flow, food source, and rock structure is what they like. Spoons, weedless jerk baits, and yes, even fresh cut bait or shrimp will round out the offerings of choice. However, the choice from now until Sept.23rd will be the scalloping along our Nature Coast areas. Preferably Crystal River and Homosassa. Give me a holler and come along to experience one of the best and finest trips ever. Snorkeling in 3’-5’of gin clear water is fun, educational and rewarding when you sit down to a meal of these fine tasting morsels. One call and we can provide it all. From snorkel land scallop gear, to accommodations, to even cleaning your scallops, and a restaurant that will prepare your catch. Submitted By: Capt. Rick Burns Reel Burns Charters Homosassafishingguide.com 352-201-6111
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Your Polk & Sumter Tournament News & Community Events 7/1 Xtreme Bass Series Winter Haven Chain out of New Shipp xbsmike@verizon.net 7/14-16 Florida Open Championship Black Diamond Ranch Lecanto Fl (352)7463446 7/1,7/8,7/15,7/22,7/29 Rodeo at Westgate River Ranch 7:30-9:30pm (800)608-1462 7/15 Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show FREE Lake Silver 7/1-2,4,8-9,15-16,22-23,29-30 Legoland Knight Lights Legoland 7/15 Bass Assassin’s of Polk County Tournament on Lake Reedy out Winter Haven 877-350-5346 of the County Ramp Contact Alex Handley (808)778-2954 7/3 SPECIAL FREE SKI SHOW WITH FIREWORKS Cypress 7/15-16 Lakeland Bassmaster Draw on Lake Okeechobee out of Gardens Water Ski Team Lake Silver visitcentralflorida.org Clewiston Contact Martin Bozeman (863)640-8349 7/3 Red, White & Kaboom at Frances Langford Promenade at Lake 7/16 Highland’s County Bass Club Tournament on Lake Reedy out Mirror Lakeland 6-9:15 Contact Kevin Cook (863)834-6264 of the Public Ramp 7/4 Fourth of July on Lake Wailes with Fireworks 2-9:30 7/17-21 Destination Aviation Summer Camp 5 (Ages 15-18) Sun ‘n cityoflakewales.com Fun Expo Campus Lakeland Contact Richele Floyd (863)644-2461 7/4 City of Haines City Thunder On The Ridge Lake Eva Park 3-9 7/17-7/21 LIFECAMP The Rock of Winter Haven Contact Mike Haines City Park & Recreation (863)422-3751 Jarett (863)412-4783 7/4 City of Davenport 4th of July Celebration at Lewis Mathews 7/18 Sumter Scenic Highway Byway Corridor Advisory Group Sports Complex 2-9:45 City of Davenport (863)419-3300 Meeting at the Bushnell City Hall 11:00am Contact Dawn Cary (352)267-8801 7/8 Free Boat Safety Checks Provided by Flotilla 77 10-2 (800)6879639 7/22 St Pete Pro Bass Tournament on Lake Pierce out of Jenning’s Fish Camp mburgun@tampabay.rr.com 7/8 Summer Slam High School Scholarships Tournament on the Harris Chain out of Wooten Park Contact Martin Bozeman 7/22-23 Parent-Child Championship (9 Holer) Walt Disney World (863)640-8349 Golf (Oak Trail) Lake Buena Vista (407)939-4653 7/22-23 Parent-Child Championship WalT Disney World Grand 7/8-9 Lakeland Jr Bassmaster’s Tournament on Lake Toho out of Cypress & Tranquilo Resorts Lake Buena Vista (407)939-4653 Waterfront Park Contact Martin Bozeman (863) 640-8349 7/29 8th Annual Warrior Walk Lakeland First Presbytarian Church 7/9 Xtreme Bass Series Tournament on the Kissimmee Chain out of Lake Hollingsworth WarriorWalkLakeland1@gmail.com Camp Mack xbsmike@verizon.net 7/31-8-4 Junior Florida Cup Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club 7/10-14 Destination Aviation Summer Camp 4 (Ages 13-14) Sun’n Ocala (352)671-3933 Fun Expo Campus Lakeland Contact Richele Floyd (863)644-2461 7/31-8/4 Destination Aviation Summer Camp 6 (Ages 15-18) Sun ‘n 7/14-16 4th Annual Lakeland Boat Show RP Funding Center F-S Fun Expo Campus Lakeland Contact Richele Floyd (863)644-2461 10-6 S 10-5 www.lakelandboatshow.com 5-7pm (863)293-2138 boating
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 77 is holding its “About Boating Safely class at the Polk County Sheriff ’s building in Winter Haven on June 24, and the Lakeland Sail and Power Squadron will teach its “America’s Boating Course” the next day at Old Salt Marine in North Lakeland. Both classes are eight hours long, and both satisfy the Florida law requiring boaters born on or after Jan. 1, 1988, to complete a 6 POLK & SUMTER
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education course to operate boats with engines 10-horsepower or greater. The Lakeland Sail and Power Squadron class is 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Check-in is at 8 a.m. There will be a written exam that students must pass to complete the course. The cost is $40 per person and includes the textbook materials and exam. Lunch is also provided. Additional family members can share materials for $10 per person. Pre-registration is required by June 21. Graduates can also join the Lakeland Sail and Power Squadron and take advanced boating courses. To pre-register, call 863-667-9047, Squadron Education Officer Ron James at 863-608-7783, or email LakelandSail@gmail.com. You can also register online at www.lakelandsailandpower.org. The Coast Guard course is from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The cost is $35. Graduates receive a Boaters Safety Education ID card. For information, call 800-596-9688 or e-mail gthomas901@msn. com.
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CENTRAL FLORIDA FRESHWATER FLY FISHING REPORT Best Time: Early Morning -Late Afternoon Surface Temp: 80F • Clarity: Medium Tannic-18” Tip of the Week: Fish frog poppers early around the lily pads, the bass will begin to transition to deeper water by the afternoon so either find the schooling bass and throw shad patterns near the busting fish, or drag heavy streamers around grass lines and drop-offs. In the evening it has been similar to the morning, fish in the lily pads at dawn and dusk with weedless poppers and divers. When the bass are schooling fish between the schools to not spook the fish and cast around the activity, be wary not to scare off the fish by moving on top of the school. Sandy bottoms have been key, with bass being on the prowl for Baitfish, they are staying right off the sand and ambushing prey that strays too close. Be on the lookout for big mayflies and dragon flies these have been productive in catching the Panfish. With warming water temperatures the Panfish bite has been increasing, with popper droppers and small streamers begin the most productive. Basically downsize the Bass patterns to suit the Panfish. Dry flies and poppers fished near bulrushes and lily pads will call up the bluegill and they will happily oblige in crushing your poppers. You can fish them alone or with a small muddler minnow as the dropper to fish more of the water column. If they seem to be wanting a smaller dropper then a smaller Pheasant Tail in a size 10 or 12 will trick the more wary fish. Techniques: Start the day with top water since the bass have been shallow early, then transition to weighted streamers by mid-afternoon, then back to top water in the evening to round out the day. Try to find moving water such as canal mouths or drainage pipes, these locations have been key in finding fish in the hotter parts of the day. Hot Spots: Saddle Creek, Lake Mirror, Lake Spring, Teneroc, Lake Haines, Lake Elbert, Lake Shipp. Hunter Towery Peace Creek Guide Service 863-837-7028
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21-Fly Em High Charters 863-224-1418 Capt Bobby Woodard 6499 Gasparilla Rd • Placida, FL 33946 www.Captain-Bobby.com
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Catching Lefty By: Chris O’Byrne
B.V. Kreh (R) always in motion, passes lessons to the author
What does a nonagenarian do after setting standards of excellence in several careers? In the case of fishing hero Lefty Kreh, the answer is; continue giving to the fishing public. In May of this year I was lucky enough to catch Lefty, to listen, to learn and to find out what’s next. As he has been since the 1950s, Lefty is still busy teaching the fly fishing techniques he developed and mastered. With a mix of youthful enthusiasm and grandfatherly advice he encourages, “I firmly believe that sharing with people is much better than using knowledge for my own gain.” So even though Lefty has traveled more than Marco Polo, he is still on the road to see family, chase fish and deliver his famous, impassioned fishing presentations. These active and entertaining lectures have become a mission for Lefty. When I press him to talk about himself, he shares, “Teaching the fly cast is my best accomplishment.” Since 1970, the center piece of his teaching has been the progressive idea that, “There is no one way to cast.” Yes, Lefty is still fishing around the world. An accomplishment in physical longevity which the ninety four year old credits, in part, to that casting theory; he stresses using the body and an extended arm to reduce the strength needed from short and long casts which the antiquated ten-and-two system required. While stressing that part of his teaching philosophy is to make fly fishing accessible, Kreh mentions a recent project, the
educational video The Complete Cast which was produced with Ed Jaworowski. He spends only a minute on that then tells me about another he is creating. This new film will highlight the accomplishments and contributions of Joe Brooks. Given that Kreh has had a book case of complimentary and affectionate biographies written about him, this new project shows the respect he has for Brooks, a fly fishing pioneer who was a mentor and father figure to the young Kreh. Lefty will tell you about his grown children as quickly as he’ll talk about fishing. He is still active in their lives and early in our conversation, his voice lights up when he talks about their fishing as children and their current goings on. For most anglers, one or two stories from a special outing will be retold to more and more listeners. But on fishing trips most of us don’t dream of, Lefty is still living adventures that will become fish stories people want to hear. When Lefty is in a group of anglers, they still ask him for some of these head shaking and laugh out loud yarns from long ago and now. A powerful character trait that Lefty demonstrates in all these continuing ventures is the Greatest Generation attitude that others don’t owe him. While he is secure and acknowledged to the degree he does not need to work, learn and pass on, he refuses to rest on his legend. To our benefit, his lifehas-a-purpose attitude continues to carry him forward. COASTALANGLERMAG.COM • THEANGLERMAG.COM
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CHARLOTTE HARBOR FISHING FORECAST The tarpon fishing remains to be a hot bite. On the weaker quarter moon tides I’ve been fishing beaches, bridges and backwater areas that have been holding tarpon. The best baits have been small blue crabs, pass crabs, 3-4 inch pin fish and threadfin herrings. On the stronger new and full moon tides I’ve been fishing in and around the passes. The best baits have been small blue crabs, pass crabs, squirrel fish and mutton minnows. To the right is a picture of a nice tarpon landed by Jesse Ford on a recent charter with me. On the inshore scene the last few weeks of heavy rain has really triggered a tremendous snook bite. The rains have dropped the water temperature and created a feeding frenzy. I’ve been targeting snook pretty much all over. There are snook in the passes and on the beaches preparing for their spawn. There is also plenty of snook in the back waters and on the flats as well. My number one snook bait is always a scaled sardine or what locals call white bait. If targeting snook in the passes or beaches a pinfish or pigfish is a good choice to try to eliminate the smaller males and target the larger females. If doing so please use adequate tackle to land them quickly and support the fish properly if removed from the water for a quick photo. Remember those large female snook are responsible for making more snook for the future and their safe release is very important. Redfish and trout have been biting good as well but to be honest I’ve
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not targeted them much with all the tarpon and snook fishing I’ve been doing. Looking ahead to July I’ll still be tarpon fishing but I’ll also start to take advantage of the summertime mangrove snapper bite. They have already started to school up good and the bite will just get better as we move deeper into summer. I’ll also begin to run scallop charters in the beautiful crystal clear waters of Homosassa, FL. When scalloping I look for a grass bottom that has a decent mix of sand holes in the 3-6 ft depth range. Scalloping is like an underwater Easter egg hunt and is great family fun. If you’ve never done it, I highly suggest you do so. If you’re looking for a charter I can be contacted at 863-224-1418. Capt. Bobby Woodard Fly ‘Em High Charters WWW.Captain-Bobby.com
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I know I say this every year but it’s hard to believe that it is already July and that the year is half-over. Or, we can take the glass is halffull approach and say that we still have 6 months left in 2017. Either way the fish don’t care, they just want to know what’s the next thing to eat. Fortunately, we finally started getting some rain in June that was desperately needed. By early June before the first set of storms rolled through Central Florida many lakes were down over two feet, and it was so bad on the Kissimmee Chain that they closed the S61 lock on the south end of Lake Toho. With the rains the lakes are slowly but surely coming back up. For us in Winter Haven we’re seeing the South Chain waters rise and that is great news. For several things, the rains help regulate the lake temps and keep them from getting too high too soon, which benefits the fish. Another bonus is that it brings new water into lakes that have been sprayed for “weed control” and helps dilute those chemicals and brings fresh water and oxygen to the baitfish and bass. To focus on the bass fishing opportunities in Winter Haven and the South Chain in particular, it is a morning bite before the sun gets too high and the temps rise too much for anyone on the boat to have fun. We are running our trips from 0630 to 1030 most days. As for baits, I’m always leaving the dock with shiners to accompany the artificial baits. You can get domestic shiners from Caribbean Bait & Tackle on Lake May, and for wild shiners call
Bridgemaster’s Fisherman’s Shop in Lake Wales or go out to Lake Haven Bait on Hwy 60 on the east side of Lake Wales. For the artificial baits we’re throwing the basics from topwaters to flukes to crankbaits. I’m a big fan of the walk-the-dog stick baits and poppers for topwaters and I like to keep the colors natural to mimic the natural bait fish. The best colors for me are always a white or bone and something in the sunfish / tilapia color patterns. In the morning I also really like throwing weightless flukes to fish higher up in the water column. I prefer a watermelon red or white fluke in the clearer waters, and something dark like black with gold flake in the dirtier waters. For crankbaits, it’s a match-thehatch deal for the best success. Strike King makes an excellent variety of crankbaits that run from sub-surface wake baits to the big old XD10 that you dig a trench with, and you can always find the proper color pattern for any lake around here. Capt. Scotty Taylor is the officially sanctioned guide for the Polk County Visitor’s Center & VisitCentralFlorida.org. Submitted By: Capt. Scotty Taylor 855-354-8433 Scott@TMCGuideService.com
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PANA VISTA LODGE FISHING REPORT The 3rd. Annual Panfish Challenge on June 10th was a huge success! We had 40 boats entered and a lot of smiling faces when we gave out all the free tackle and rod & reel combos to the kids that were in the event. We also paid out good prize money and still raised plenty to give to Everyday Blessings Children’s Home and the South Sumter FFA Alumni. It would not have been possible without the generous support from our many sponsors. The event has really grown in its short life and will be even bigger next year. “Team Nuthin’But Fishin” came in first place while team “Landi’s Toy” ran a close second. It paid down to 10th place but all 40 teams left as winners. The Big and Wild Outdoor Radio Show and Pana Vista Lodge host the event every year and it just keeps getting better. Go to our Pana Vista Lodge face book page and get all the results and pictures. You can like our page and you will receive information about
SALTWATER FISHING: BIG CATCH-AND-RELEASE SNOOK ARE STILL GOING STRONG.
Big snook are being released during daylight hours and at night from Big Pier 60 at Clearwater to John’s Pass, passes between Fort DeSoto and St. Petersburg and on the Space Coast. 1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, “monster snook and nice trout in all hours of the night on greenbacks. A keeper cobia Thursday, plus lots of sheepshead around pilings, and smattering of Spanish mackerel early. Water temperature 84 degrees at 1 p.m. Thursday, up 2 degrees over last week. 2. At Madeira Beach, red snapper season reopens today for recreational anglers in Gulf federal waters. Red snapper excellent at middle grounds, “the elbow and rocky reefs and wrecks at 100-feet plus, reports Capt. Dylan Hubbard at Hubbard’s Marina (727-393-1947, ext. 306). Bigger gag grouper staying well offshore first two weeks of season. Keeper red grouper more likely in 60-75 feet. Hubbard’s 39-hour boat reports 30-pound gag grouper, 20-pound red grouper and an 18-pound scamp. Mangrove snapper pretty active on near-shore reefs in 40-50 feet. 3. At John’s Pass, great week for catch-and-release snook inside pass, reports Capt. Dylan Hubbard. Thick schools of big “breeder snook can be finicky, but focus on outgoing tides during major periods of Solunar tables. Hubbard said 24-inch plus trout being released on deep flats along Intercoastal with greenbacks. Black drum holding in pass, with 30-pounder last week on dead crab off beach behind Hubbard’s. 4. At Fort DeSoto Park, prime time for big snook in passes like Bunces Pass, Pass-a-Grille, Blind Pass. Outgoing tides best with frisky, large greenbacks. Nighttime snook action starting to pick up on large shrimp or lures under lighted docks. Tarpon at Egmont late last week wasn’t great on full moon tides because of heavy storm Wednesday-Thursday that muddied water and pushed them offshore, reports Larry Mastry at Mastry’s Tackle in St. Petersburg (727-896-8889). But tarpon came back and really good at Egmont Hole right around dark on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with crabs. 5. Around the Sunshine Skyway and lower Tampa Bay, snook eating good when you get on them and chum around mouths of bays and near deep passes free-lining greenbacks, reports Capt. Shawn Crawford of Lakeland (941-705-3160). Trout bite much better than last week on flats 4-8 feet deep – Crawford got limits Wednesday and Thursday. Tarpon around Skyway bridge on incoming tides if it’s not crowded. 6. At Anna Maria, lot of tarpon showed up Thursday in Egmont area and hitting good on outgoing tides, reports Capt. Shawn Crawford. He said they’re not eating on incoming tides – he made 100 casts to a pod early Thursday but no strikes for him, or other nearby boats. But they’re feeding actively on crabs on falling tides. Off beaches of Sarasota and Anna
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Maria, tarpon tough Wednesday, but generally decent when conditions right – clear water, no hard southwest winds. 7. At St. Petersburg, mangrove snapper should be going off soon, reports Capt. Chuck Rogers of Tampa (813-918-8356). Lot of fry bait now, too small for ¼-inch-mesh net, but should be right size in another week. Rogers’ anglers caught bunch of trout 16-18 inches on deeper flats with greenbacks Sunday off Weedon Island in 6-8 feet and open-water sand bars off west shore north of Gandy Bridge. 8. In the north end of Tampa Bay, smaller trout and snook on flats with greenbacks, but mangrove snapper will be most consistent bite around bridges. Elsewhere • At Boca Grande, tarpon were nailing crabs off beaches pretty good for Capt. Greg Penix of Lakeland (863-860-2502 or 941-697-1815) on Thursday. His anglers enjoyed a double-header, almost a triple-header, and jumped seven tarpon, most first thing in morning but last one released on “the hill early afternoon. On Wednesday, they hooked a tarpon on first cast at the hill. But Penix said the hill wasn’t as good as it could be on full moon tides late last week, and he saw 50-60 boats following three pods of tarpon offshore when they left the pass. Penix said tarpon not consistent off beaches with no reliable pattern and frequent stiff winds out of south/ southwest. • On the Space Coast, several quality snook up to 34 ½ inches at night around bridge fenders, lighted boat docks and jetties despite heavy afternoon rains that make fish harder to locate, reports Capt. Keith Mixon of Lakeland (captainkeithmixon@gmail.com). Mixon releasing snook that would be in slot during season (28-32 inches) on select live shrimp and jerkbaits in bright colors that imitate baitfish. • At Fort Pierce, hottest bite going is mangrove snapper up to 7 pounds in 80 feet using any live bait or frozen sardines, reports Clint Walker at the Fishing Center of St. Lucie (772-465-7637). Schoolie kingfish 10-12 pounds at 50-60 feet and dolphin 8-12 pounds in 80-100 feet trolling ballyhoo or slow-trolling live bait. Decent catch-and-release snook in inlet, and at night around bridges on feather jigs. Mangrove and lane snapper in inlet and around bridges. • Scallop season opens today (June 16) along Dixie County and north above Keaton Beach to Fenholloway River with new FWC regulations – season opens July 1 off Hernando, Citrus and Levy counties. • At Islamorada, Rebecca Brito of Tavernier boated 45.60-pound dolphin in Ladies Dolphin Tournament Thursday to Saturday.
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ag grouper opened for recreational harvest in most state and all federal Gulf of Mexico waters June 1. It will remain open through Dec. 31. Monroe County is excluded from this season because it follows the Atlantic state season. Franklin, Wakulla, Taylor and Jefferson counties are also excluded from this opening because they have their own season from April 1-June 30. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will discuss extending this shorter four-county season at the July commission meeting in Orlando. Learn more or comment on these changes at MyFWC.com/SaltwaterComments. Gulf state waters are from shore to 9 nautical miles. Federal waters begin where state waters end and extend to 200 nautical miles. The minimum size limit for gag grouper in Gulf waters is 24 inches total length, and the daily bag limit is two fish per person within the four-grouper-per-person aggregate limit. If you plan to fish for gag grouper in Gulf state or federal waters from a private recreational vessel, you must sign up as a Gulf Reef Fish Angler (annual renewal is required). To learn more, visit MyFWC. com/Fishing and click on “Saltwater Fishing,” “Recreational Regulations” and “Gulf Reef Fish Survey” under “Reef Fish.” Sign up today at GoOutdoorsFlorida.com.
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7. Repeat steps four thru six until your bag is full (usually a couple of fun hours). 8. Open them and take out the scallop. 9. Eat and enjoy! If you have missed this wonderful Florida harvest
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he first time I heard the term ‘shallow-water blackout’ my family had already been freediving and spearfishing for 24 years. My 19-year-old son Robert had taken a course and began describing this phenomenon of how a freediver could blackout while breath-hold diving. I waved my hand dismissively. “That happens to people who don’t know what they are doing,” I said. “We’re experienced.” Three months later, I got schooled in just how wrong I was. April 19, 2008 dawned with beautiful calm seas and clear skies—a spearfisherman’s dream. It was Robert’s 20th birthday, and he wanted to celebrate it by diving with his 16-year-old brother, David, and three other friends: Carson, 20; Nicky, 16; and Richard, 15, who were not experienced freedivers. The boys left early in the morning to freedive together, and we planned to join them in the afternoon with friends and family who were coming out with us on our larger boat. After a successful dive of 50 feet, the boys decided to do a deeper dive. They put the anchor out in 92 feet of water, and Robert headed down first with David behind him. At the bottom, they both grabbed some sand before heading back up. Robert was 15 feet from the surface when he looked down at his brother and saw David motionless 30 feet below him. Robert swam down and grabbed his unconscious brother around the chest before heading for the surface. That’s the last thing Robert remembers. Their friends on the boat suddenly noticed my sons’ bodies drifting face down in the current some 30 yards away. Carson dived off the boat and swam out to them with Nicky right behind him. They turned the boys over. My sons’ faces were blue with swollen purple lips and open staring eyes. The color of their eyes had faded. They were not breathing and were bleeding from the mouth. Their three traumatized friends— engulfed in a nightmare—worked together to bring them onboard and start CPR. And then I got the call. “Hello?” “There’s been an accident.” “Which one?” I asked as fear enveloped me. “Both.” I clung to the table. My heart felt like it was going to explode. I took deep breaths trying to ease the pain in my chest, but it didn’t work. I started praying, with Carson’s girlfriend, that my sons would be spared. My husband Walter and I met the helicopter at the hospital. The boys’ arterial blood gases (oxygen levels) were so low—32 and 54 per-
cent—the ER doctor did not believe the report and had it verbally repeated five times. The pulmonologist told us our sons’ lungs presented as drowning victims. Yet, after three days in ICU, Robert and David were sent home to finish healing. It was a miracle. Soon after the accident, concerned freedive experts contacted me and encouraged me to use my story to make a difference. I felt a strong desire to respond, and so two months after the accident, I founded DiveWise to further freedive safety education. Tracking fatality reports is vital in understanding how accidents happen and how we can prevent them. Divers Alert Network (DAN) maintains an online Breath-hold Incident Database, so divers can report fatal and non-fatal blackout events easily and anonymously. This can be accessed at DiveWise.org. Through much effort and single-minded dedication, Terry Maas has given a gift to freedivers everywhere with his ingenious device, the Freediver Recovery Vest (FRV). This unit is designed, through the diver’s preset depth and time setting, to deliver a blackout victim to the surface face up. You can read more about it at oceanicss.com. My sons now wear the FRV when they freedive and spearfish. There are other ways freedivers can mitigate the risk in this sport: 1. Dive with an evenly matched partner and conform to the level of the least capable diver. 2. Weight yourself correctly by being positively buoyant at the surface after a full exhalation. 3. Do not hyperventilate to excess. 4. Dive one up/one down maintaining constant visual contact. 5. When conditions allow, each diver should have a dive flag; if a boat is involved a dive flag should be conspicuously displayed. 6. Maintain close, direct supervision of a freediver for no less than 30 seconds after they surface, even if they have signaled “OK.” 7. Make your minimum surface interval twice the duration of your dive time. 8. Do not take every dive to its limit; maintain a reserve. 9. Review, practice, and discuss how to recognize and handle blackouts and near blackouts. Never before has more effort from more groups created a greater combined potential for saving lives in the sport of freediving and spearfishing. We are hopeful this will correspond to a lower fatality rate. DiveWise isn’t my organization. It’s yours. We are here to serve the freedive community. Please help by donating online at our website DiveWise.org, a 501 c(3) nonprofit organization, or by offering your suggestions on how we can better help the freedive community. We offer a big “thank you” to the organizations and individuals who have given generously these past nine years in support of our work. We couldn’t have done it without you. Julie Richardson lives in Miami, Fla. with her husband and their three sons. She and her family are avid boaters and spearfishers. In 2010, Julie won the National Award from the Coast Guard funded National Water Safety Congress for her work in promoting water safety. To learn more visit DiveWise.org.
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ummer is here! What better time to learn to spearfish? Many people have gotten into it because they were already “divers” and wanted to try another activity while underwater—as happened to me. A few fishermen, who weren’t yet divers, have asked me where to begin if they wanted to learn. My first piece of advice to anyone is to be sure you are comfortable underwater, whether scuba diving or freediving. One must be so comfortable underwater that it becomes second nature. If scuba diving, achieving proper buoyancy should happen without even thinking about it. If freediving, it’s best to have many dives under your belt before picking up a speargun. Fortunately, there are many dive agencies and dive shops that offer scuba certification and freediving instruction. Beyond that, I recommend at least one year’s worth of experience diving under different conditions before attempting to spearfish. It is a very good sign if you are so calm and collected in the water that fish which are normally “spooky” will let you swim near them instead of running from your presence (such as mutton snappers and black groupers). This is the sign of an experienced diver and will help you to properly hunt fish. When ready to begin, it’s important to have the right equipment— and I’m not just talking about a speargun. Get advice from a reputable dive shop that specializes in spearfishing. They will guide you toward the right wetsuit, mask, knife, gloves and speargun. Dive shops are familiar with local conditions and will give good advice. If you have a spearfishing club in the area, by all means, join! Many
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t’s summertime, and shallow-water fishing for reds is kicking off this month. It will last through mid October on the Atlantic Coast, and to mid February along the Gulf Coast. Before you “see” your first tailing redfish, you really feel like everyone is just making this up. You see nothing during an eight hour shallow-water expedition, and others come back speaking of tails “… like a used car lot, flags everywhere,” as Capt. Chuck Uzzle of Orange, Texas would say.
But why aren’t you seeing this? There are several factors involved in seeing tailing redfish, redfish swimming in shallow water; they are not easy to see. If you are fishing shallow seagrass, marsh or even flooded spartina marsh in areas where redfish roam and you’re doing it during a season when shrimp are abundant in those areas, then there are tailing redfish there. Let’s take a look at what you should be looking for with your eyes. Both Capt. Steve Soule of Galveston, Texas and Chuck McKinney of Portland, Texas say you should be looking for the horizontal line of the redfish’s back. Everything in the marsh and on seagrass flats tends to be either vertical or irregular shaped. Grass is vertical, potholes are irregular, even oyster reef edges are irregular. See a redfish cruising the flats, and the first thing you will notice is the horizontal line of it’s back. A good pair of Costa 580g lenses is what you want for this. The only difference between a cruiser and a tailer is that the tailer is probably nose down into the mud and a little bit of his tail is sticking out of the water. You’ll probably only see a little dark triangle at the end of the horizontal line of the redfish’s back. You typically won’t see the big blue tail and black dot rising out of the water waving at you like a little red flag back and forth. So begin to look for the horizontal line, the small triangle, and the glow of coppery orange. This should help you to see what’s been in front of you all along. Let’s talk about something else here that’s also a problem for most people. These environments are very grassy, and throwing an open-throated jig head during summer low tides is asking for trouble. Might as well go ahead and throw the lunch salad on a hook, because that’s all that fish is going to see. You have to throw something weedless that you can cast accurately, no matter the wind, something that can get the fish’s attention with action or accuracy, and sinks naturally so they can’t pass up such an easy meal. The troutsupport.com lure solves many of the frustrations sight casters have to put up with. Both reds and speckled trout love it. It casts far and accurately, walks the dog, wobbles like a big slow spoon, but is buoyant enough to sink slowly right in the fish’s face. Tobin created TroutSupport.com to help anglers develop their abilities by learning what to look for on the water.
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atch the hatch” is an old adage fishermen have used for ages. It comes from freshwater fly fishing, in which anglers seek to match, with an artificial fly, the insect life hatching off the water to fool feeding trout. The same concept applies across the fishing world. Offshore, this can mean taking the time to examine the stomach contents of the first fish you catch to see what it was feeding on. Cut that fish open and check the length and size of the current forage as well as its color. Then use that information to choose your lures accordingly. I get to talk to anglers worldwide on a daily basis. I ask them all, “What colors are most prevalent?” What I’ve learned from them goes into our Ballyhood trolling lures, and the best color combinations change from location to location. On the West Coast, where anchovies, sardines, mackerel and squid
are the most prolific forage species, the most popular trolling lure colors are used in our Mexican flag, which is green/yellow/red/white. Black/ purple is another color scheme proven to produce in a trolling spread. Squid turn purple, and that could be a reason it is such a successful color. Zuchini is also a very popular color used on the West Coast. It’s a green/ orange/yellow lure. Now, taking a look at the northeast—in the Atlantic off New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey—they catch more tuna than most places in the world. Their top must-use colors are solid green, green/yellow and black/purple. In Florida, the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands, the No. 1 color is light blue. Colors known as Bally Blue and Flying Fish Blue are quite productive. I’ll assume you caught the baitfish reference in those color names. Pink/white and black/red also see a lot of time in the water, but anglers in these southern waters very rarely use anything green. Their water is very clear, which I think has something to do with it. In the Northeast, as on the West Coast of the U.S., the water is fairly dark. When you start to get farther south in the Pacific around Cabo San Lucas and down to Cancun, the colors used tend to lean toward the same choices as those used in Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. The southern Pacific has the same type of clear water as they enjoy off south Florida. I can tell you the most overlooked color on the southern West Coast is pink or pink/white, at the same time pink/white is the No. 1 color for albacore off Oregon and Washington. Another guideline to color choices is to use dark colors on dark days and bright colors on bright days. Now some of this information has to do with matching the hatch, some of it is based on water clarity, but all off it is gathered from onthe-water experience and reflects what produces fish the best. Color is an absolutely critical factor in choosing which lures to include in a spread. For information on Ballyhood Top Gun Lures see www.ballyhood. com or call 714-545-0196.
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SUZUKI DEALS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THREE SUZUKI DEALS FOR MORE SUMMER FUN
Six Years of Protection at no extra charge on all new outboards 25 to 300 HP.
Cash Rebates on select models. See your dealer for details.
REPOWER FINANCE
Rates as low as 5.99% on new Suzuki outboards (OAC).*
For details and the name of your nearest participating Suzuki Marine dealer, visit www.suzukimarine.com Gimme Six Extended Protection promo is applicable to new Suzuki Outboard Motors from 25 to 300 HP in inventory which are sold and delivered to buyer between 7/01/17 and 9/30/17 in accordance with the promotion by a Participating Authorized Suzuki Marine dealer in the continental US and Alaska to a purchasing customer who resides in the continental US or Alaska. Customer should expect to receive an acknowledgement letter and full copy of contract including terms, conditions and wallet card from Suzuki Extended Protection within 90 days of purchase. If an acknowledgement letter is not received in time period stated, contact Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. – Marine Marketing via email: marinepromo@suz.com. The Gimme Six Promotion is available for pleasure use only, and is not redeemable for cash. Cash Rebates apply to qualifying purchases of select Suzuki Outboard Motors made between 7/01/17 and 9/30/17. For list of designated models, see participating Dealer or visit www.suzukimarine.com. Customer and participating Dealer must fill out the appropriate rebate form at time of sale. Customer will have the choice to either apply the cash rebate against the original dealer invoice (Suzuki will credit Dealer parts account) or have a check sent directly to the customer. There are no model substitutions, benefit substitutions, rain checks, or extensions. Suzuki reserves the right to change or cancel these promotions at any time without notice or obligation. * Financing offers available through Synchrony Retail Finance. As low as 5.99% APR financing for 60 months on new and unregistered Suzuki Outboard Motors. Subject to credit approval. Not all buyers will qualify. Approval, and any rates and terms provided, are based on credit worthiness. $19.99/month per $1,000 financed for 60 months is based on 5.99% APR. Hypothetical figures used in calculation; your actual monthly payment may differ based on financing terms, credit tier qualification, accessories or other factors such as down payment and fees. Offer effective on new, unregistered Suzuki Outboard Motors purchased from a participating authorized Suzuki dealer between 7/01/17 and 9/30/17. “Gimme Six”, the Suzuki “S” and model names are Suzuki trademarks or ®. Don’t drink and drive. Always wear a USCG-approved life jacket and read your owner’s manual. © 2017 Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.
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