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ast month, a couple buddies and I booked a charter for the opening day of Florida’s Gulf red snapper season with Capt. Brian Smith, of Big Bend Charters out of Steinhatchee.

Capt. B. has a 34-foot power catamaran with enough room on the deck to play a game of volleyball. If you’ve ever been red snapper fishing, you understand the process. The day starts with loading the boat with tackle ranging from 8-pound light tackle to 30-pound bottom fishing rigs. A complement of frozen baits, including Spanish sardines, squid and chum blocks fill one of the big coolers.

We ran out to a spot south of the Steinhatchee River and broke out light tackle to catch live bait.

It’s basically bream fishing gear, using tiny slivers of squid to catch pinfish and other finned critters. All would be used to create an offshore smorgasbord for snapper, grouper, king mackerel, cobia and more.

With the livewell full, it was just over an hour’s run at 27 knots to reach our first drop in 65 feet of water. We were anchored over a ledge with about 3 feet of relief. That doesn’t seem like much, but in the vast expanse of flat bottom out there, a small change in the topography can create an entire ecosystem.

Each of us took a corner of the big catamaran and dropped live baits down.

Before the bait could reach the bottom, our offerings were usually inhaled by either a grouper or a snapper.

These were not small fish. The snapper averaged about 28 inches, and the grouper

were well in excess of the 24-inch minimum length.

We would catch a couple fish at a spot and then move to another. The idea is that once you get a couple fish on the line, the remaining fish tend to get a bit finicky, and the bite can slow down.

When a fish came on board, we paused for a quick photo and shouted “atta-boy” from across the boat. In all, we limited out on red snapper and had five gag grouper as bonus fish for the day.

From first-hand experience I can tell you there’s no shortage of bottomfishing adventure to be had in the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida Gulf snapper season remains open through July 25. Alabama’s season runs Fridays through Mondays until July 19. Louisiana will remain open Fridays through Su nd ay s , and on

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holidays, until the state quota is met. Mississippi is open seven days a week with an undetermined closing date as fisheries managers closely monitor catches to avoid overrunning the quota. The Texas season ends Aug. 2 for charter boats and Aug. 3 for private vessels.

As summer gets in full swing, give some thought to ways you can get outdoors, enjoy each other’s company at a distance and get rid of those social-distancing blues.

Cefus McRae is host of the Nuts & Bolts of Fishing Series, contact him via e-mail at Cefus@ NutsAndBoltsFishing.com

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J.O. Spice, started by J.O. (James Ozzle) Strigle and his wife Dot in Baltimore City in 1945, is celebrating its 75th Anniversary.

A native of Tangier Island, Va., J.O. Strigle brought the seafood spice blend he created in his kitchen on the island to Maryland.

Jane McPhaul, J.O.’s daughter took over operations of the family business in the late eighties while her son, Don Ports, was serving in the Marine Corps. In 1990 Don joined his mother in the family business with a vision to expand.

In the summer of 1991 Don met his spice girl, Ginger, with the pick up line, “you’re destined to be mine; you’re named for a spice,” said J.O. Spice Company president Don Ports to wife Ginger Ports the moment they met.

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Moving south to warmer water identified by the Sea Surface Temperature feature of his SiriusXM service, Capt. Sprague guided Team Tuppens to an SKA National Championship with a $140,000 purse. With that kind of cash, it’s safe to say his SXM service paid for itself for many years!

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The Garmin GXM-54 weather receiver allows us to receive SiriusXM Marine weather and other important water temperature data that helps us make critical decisions about where we fish. Without this information, I wouldn’t have known to make the decision to head south that ended up helping us win the SKA National Championship.” — Capt. Steve Sprague, Team Tuppens

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TROPHY HUNTING

Finding a productive pattern and making high-percentage presentations wins tournaments; it does not typically catch double-digit bass. Bass large enough for the record books are loners. Anglers who pursue them are looking for one big bite.

Here’s a little insight on how successful trophy hunters fish:

LOCATION: With a few exceptions, large reservoirs are not the best trophy bass fisheries. It’d be a good wager that more giant bass are caught from jonboats than from high-performance bass boats.

There is a south Georgia gentleman, who prefers to remain unnamed, who has caught countless 10-plus-pounders and several fish that weigh in the high teens. He’s made a practice of looking for out-of-the-way lakes and ponds. Upon getting landowner permission, it takes him a single trip to determine if he’s found the right mix of depth, water flow, vegetation and forage to produce monster bass.

If the lake doesn’t have what he’s looking for, he moves on. If he sees what he likes, he fishes it hard, often at night and often concentrating on just one point or drop-off where the biggest fish in the lake is likely to be. The strategy is to make a thousand casts to the best holding water or to sit there quietly

By CAM Staff for hours keeping a live bait fresh.

When it comes to public waters, smaller reservoirs or hidden gems like oxbow lakes off productive rivers can be pay dirt. Find waters with a reputation for large fish, and then scour them with electronics for the edges where sunken creek channels with plenty of cover lie adjacent to shallower feeding areas. Keep in mind that large fish dominate prime holding areas.

Find that magic spot, fish it hard, and it will produce year after year, even if hile perusing the various big-bass records lists, it becomes readily it’s just one big fish for a week’s worth of fishing. apparent that huge bass usually come from lakes with a bigbass reputation. Also, anglers appearing in these lists often have TACTICS: Giant bass don’t like to chase food, and they prefer large multiple large bass to their names. meals. Trophy bass hunting with lures is slow and tedious. Drag a big jig with There is a lesson here for anyone in search of their personal-best a chunky trailer across the bottom, Texas-rig a big 12- to 16-inch worm or largemouth. Whether it’s a 10-pounder or one that weighs into the teens, slow-dance a swimbait. Fish as slow as you can, and then slow down more. luck is rarely the primary factor that leads to a true giant. Most of the time Stick with it and remain vigilant. Remember that you’re fishing for one bite. anglers who catch monster bass use specialized tactics to specifically target If you’re not snooty about it, live bait will absolutely increase your odds. them.

Go with the natural forage for the water you’re fishing. If it’s gizzard shad, These are not the tactics used by professional tournament anglers. fish a big one. Largemouth bass have huge mouths relative to their body size.

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TIME TO SWITCH TO SUMMER TACTICS

Keep at least one person on the sabiki until the livewell is completely full. Keep a big beautiful bait out under a float and one down 20 or 30 feet deep right around the outside of the circle of light. I like to call this area “the ring of death.” It is where the light dissipates into dark water.

Don’t act surprised when a large wahoo swims right by the boat Tim Barefoot for a good look and then returns 30 seconds later to smoke a bait. The anticipation followed by the visible ferocity of a bite hen it comes to like this is exhilarating. summertime This time of year is also fishing, here when some of the snappers are some observations I’ve and the kingfish spawn. made over the years.

Typically it peaks on a new Around the end of or full moon in mid July.

June and the beginning of It’s a good time of year to July, changes in daytime catch a real “smoker” on temperatures and the light line. duration of daylight hours The night bite can be make it wise to fish at awesome this time of year, night. The major feeding but another advantage periods each day occur to fishing at night is the at dawn and dusk. It’s the comfort factor. Set up time of year when you offshore just before dark, need to set aside some and you don’t have to time to fish both inshore worry about sunburn. and offshore at night.

Catch the livewell full of Offshore fishing can squid and baitfish, catch be red hot right now with U.S.A.F. Photo by William Blankenship fish all night, and be there the use of lights. Full disclosure: I know the owner of Hydro Glow and have used his products for the early morning bite. Get your work done in the early morning, then go home and get some sleep while the fish are “chillin’ out” in the cooler. for years. I am convinced the green light draws fish to the boat.

I always anchor when I’m in water shallower than 200 to 250 feet, and this is a perfect time to put the lights out to attract bait like flying fish, For rigging and fishing videos, go to squid, sardines and cigar minnows up to the surface where they are very BAREFOOTCATSAND TACKLE.COM vulnerable to a sabiki.

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omething is better than nothing. That seems to be the consensus of anglers after NOAA’s early June announcement of a four-day recreational red snapper season in the South Atlantic.

With open dates set for July 10-12 and July 17, recreational anglers and charter captains are hoping for good weather during what promises to become a mad scramble at boat ramps from the Florida Keys up the Atlantic coast through Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

The well-known reefs and wrecks will be packed with anglers dropping baits and jockeying for position to catch their one fish per person, per day limit with no minimum size.

For some, catching those limits won’t take long at all. Reports from captains in the fishery tell of areas where an over-abundance of red snapper is making it tough to target any other species. All the while, data used by federal fisheries managers indicates overfishing for the species is still occurring.

Since 2017, the South Atlantic red snapper season has been curtailed each year. Since 2010, a cumulative total of just 37 days has been allowed in South Atlantic federal waters. In May of this year, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) was scrambling to make rule changes that would allow any 2020 season at all.

Effective July 15, regulations require descending devices be on board and readily available on all vessels pursuing grouper or snapper in the South Atlantic. Non-offset, non-stainless steel hooks are mandatory north of 28 degrees north latitude, which is near Cape Canaveral.

It’s a similar scenario to what played out with red snapper seasons in the Gulf of Mexico over the last decade. Bound by legislation, federal managers are forced to make decisions based on available data on snapper stocks. At the same time, anglers and groups pushing for angler access insist the data is badly flawed.

According to the American Sportfishing Association, the trade organization that produces ICAST and lobbies on behalf of the industry, an updated and improved red snapper stock assessment is due in spring of 2021.

In the meantime, recreational anglers must be happy with what they get, which is roughly 70 percent of the total allowed catch. Commercial anglers get the other 30 percent.

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With an official start date of July 1, STAR focuses on conservation with its catch, photo and release format and unique garbage division.

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Here are a few facts to keep in the back of your head. Gag grouper grow slowly, but they can reach over 3 feet in length and weigh more than 50 pounds. They can live as long as 30 years. They are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they begin life as females and sexually mature at around the age of 4. As they grow and mature to around the age of 8 some of them become males. Gags like to dine on fish. Pinners and grunts are candy, squid and sardines are great dead bait, and you can occasionally catch one on crabs or shrimp.

Gags are a structure-loving, shelter-seeking fish. Larger fish prefer rocky bottom offshore, while younger fish can also be found inshore on rocky and grassy bottoms. Popular homesteads for these fish include ledges and holes, and they party on offshore reefs and shipwrecks.

Live bait or cut dead bait is the best option for beginning anglers, and a live pinfish or grunt is a gag’s drug of choice. Don’t forget that much of Florida’s coast requires a circle hook when bottom fishing, and the seasons vary as well. For the pundits, artificial options include vertical jigs, bucktails and trolling with deep-diving hard baits.

Regardless of the bait used, one thing remains steadfast, the strike!

Gags are a very aggressive and will fight to the end at all depths. These fish are the embodiment of power, and once hooked their sole objective is to return to the hole, rock or ledge from which they were plucked. If you are slow to react, you will most likely get “rocked up.” Grouper will flare their gills if given the chance to get back to structure, which literally locks them in place. I have learned a few tricks over the years to get out of this situation, and you will too should it happen to you. Heavy gear is a must for gags, as well as a locked drag.

Gag grouper is a fish that can be enjoyed by even the most finicky of eaters. It is a lean, moist fish with a very mild flavor, large white flakes and a firm texture. A few Florida favorite recipes include the infamous grouper sandwich and grouper nuggets. For a refined palette, gag is a wonderful fish for a Moqueca.

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ummertime is here and the bite is hot! Even though the world seems to be turned upside down at the moment, the fish don’t mind in the least. With the arrival of rainy season, our fish have switched into their summertime patterns in full force. The stars of the show in the backwaters have been snook and redfish. As the water temperature rises, these fish become more active and aggressive; so a fast moving, lively bait is your best bet. Pilchards or threadfins are the go to, but quick moving artificials will also produce quality fish. Target the backwater fish in the morning or late afternoon, as the hot midday temperatures can cause fish to be lazy. If you are going to fish the height of the day, look for fish in deeper holes and cuts where the water stays cooler. In addition to snook and redfish, there are plenty of big, drag peeling jacks pushing through the flats.

Nearshore has been equally spectacular. The tarpon are here, and catching the Silver King can lead to an unforgettable day on the water. For tarpon, big threadfins or crabs will be your best bet. In addition, the permit bite has been on fire! On a calm day you can sight fish them, but in rougher waters head to the wrecks and throw crabs to get yourself hooked up. The wrecks have also produced plenty of big sharks and goliath grouper if you’re looking for something with a little more pull.

Summertime is also my favorite time of year to target snook cruising the beach. The fish move in schools up and down the coast with fish ranging from small 20-25 inches to studs in the 40 inch plus range. When snook move to the beach they change color. Their backwater olive-drab color changes to silver, making them harder to spot. Once you find them, try to intercept them and don’t cast at them. Also, always make sure your bait moves away from them, as a prey would never naturally swim towards a predator. Anyone who has ever fished snook on the beach is all too familiar with snook swimming up to the bait just to turn their nose up at it. Have patience and it pays! Fishing is great and will only get better as summer goes on!

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You’ll also need a float. I put my name on my float. Now you have everything you’ll need to start trapping your own pin fish.

I set my traps out about twenty four hours before I plan to fish.

You’ll need to bait the trap, so I buy a bag of frozen sardines. But any frozen bait will work. I’ve even used the carcass from the fish I’ve caught the day before. When I use sardines I cut them up into three to four pieces per sardine. I like to put a dozen or so pieces in each trap. Grass flats are the best place to set your trap out. Look for three to six foot of water, and drop them in.

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Let’s do something much more enjoyable- Dolphin-DoradoMahi Mahi! ithout a doubt one of my all-time favorite species to chase on light Tackle and Fly is Dolphin. There just isn’t a fish that is more acrobatic, hard charging, and will readily eat just about any fly or jig you throw at them. When either chasing them on the East Coast, Fl. Keys or Gulf of Mexico, you do not need anything out of the ordinary most of the time, and most of the fish can be caught on a standard nine foot, eight weight, fly rod, 20lb Class, 40-60lb. shock leader and a good fly reel with at least 200-250 yards of backing and a good drag. (Smooth Drag Important) I will usually bring a ten weight along just in case you find some big-uns. For spinning rods choose a 7 to 7’6 medium heavy rod with 30lb braid and 40-60lb Leader. Try our Jig of the Month- they wreck them. For flies, stick with larger streamer patterns like deceivers or synthetic baitfish, synthetics are more user friendly because they shed water easier when casting. I also like to have a popper tied on a backup rod since a top water strike from these guys can be just vicious.

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weed line and when we see something that looks fishy, position your angler in the front of the boat with fishing rod at the ready and literally sight cast to them. Now you can do this with either fly/spin or with both spin and fly in two anglers hands. The latter preferred since you always have a backup. It will amaze you if you keep a watchful eye and pay close attention how you will start picking out the fish.

Now the boat driver is an integral part of this equation. If he is in a tower he can point you in the direction of the fish or if you see a fish he will need to slow the boat for a cast.

The last, but not least, most important rod is to set a high speed lure in a shotgun or center position off the back of the boat a few 100 feet behind the boat. I cannot tell you how many times this rod gets slammed by big dolphin, wahoo, tuna and even billfish.

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Happy July everyone! The fishing has been phenomenal here in south west Florida. It’s that time of year for me when I get on the water before the sun comes up, getting bait for my trip or running to summer snook and tarpon spots in the dark with artificials tied and ready. Recently I had a really fun trip with a father and son and they are awesome fishermen! They actually fished three days with me. Jerry and his son Zachary come down from Tennessee once a year to fish; this year was my favorite! All three days they crushed it. Day one was actually my plan B, due to weather we

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were in! We spent the morning sight fishing nice size snook with live bait and paddle tails. Jerry got a solid 32-inch snook and Zach sight fished his first ever black drum and it was on artificial!

We finished up the day with a bunch more snook.

Day two I saw we had a really good tide for one of my favorite snook spots so I said meet me early so we can get bait together and start fishing sooner. This ended up working really well! We started that morning going 0-3 on big snook. After we broke off a few I stepped the leader up and Zach caught his first ever goliath; he was psyched! He also got a nice 28-inch snook. All of sudden I see a large dark shadow, I said that’s either a little tarpon or a huge snook. We make a cast to it with a large bait and boom! It was a huge snook; it took all three of us to get her to the boat. I reached down to grab her and almost flipped myself out of the boat because she was so heavy! I told Zach to get the camera ready because I wanted to make sure as soon as I pulled her out of the water we could get a fast picture and get her back in the water quick as possible. The hook fell out of her mouth because it had bent out! We were very close to loosing this fish, we got lucky.

She was a solid 40-inch beauty! Jerry’s new personal best snook.

Day three we took my skiff deep in the back water for juvenile tarpon, on artificial. Zach jumped a couple right away, then Jerry hooked one and was able to finesse it to the boat, knocking the tarpon off his bucket list and it was on artificial! Bonus points.

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Of course, these areas attract us because many of the fish that we target will be in these areas. When fish are hooked around these areas they definitely have the advantage. Being prepared is extremely important if we are to have a chance pulling the fish from the structure. Our natural reflexes and instincts tell us to pull and their instincts are to resist and swim for cover. There are many times when we will win and many of us have had our feelings hurt when the fish wins.

Unfortunately, I have experienced defeat and knowing that I lost a nice fish hurts and worse yet, I left an obnoxious hook or lure in their mouth. Other anglers have explained to me, when the fish is getting the best of you, open the bail, take pressure off the fish and they’ll stop resisting. The belief that when a fish is hooked it probably feels the same as a bait fish spine, they really don’t think much about it until they feel pressure. It has taken me a while to give this technique a try and it has definitely helped me land a few more fish. Will it work every time? That is a no, but anything I can do to help land fish is worth knowing. A few weeks ago, I hooked a nice snook on a long cast adjacent to a mangrove point. The fish made a B line straight towards the mangroves and I knew I was in trouble. By simply opening my bail, the fish basically stopped resisting. I pulled my boat away from the structure with my trolling motor, reeling and pulling slowly. Anytime I felt the fish resisting, I opened the bail. I finally was able to pull the fish away from the cover and land it. Again, this won’t work every time, but it is a strategy to know that may s anglers we understand that fishing around structure can be help you land a fish. As always, enjoy your fishing days and keep very productive and there is always the potential of catching a casting. trophy fish. Structure, be it natural or man-made, comes in many

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he most amazing thing happened. Well, at least to me. Here’s the backstory: For roughly the last ten years my son and I went to the Jersey shore in late April/early May to fish for monster bluefish, striped bass, and flounder. Sure, we can catch blues elsewhere or there at other times of the year, but that’s when we get the angry thirty-six inchers. We stand in the water in the surf and back bay and cast to them. It’s awesome. We love it. He talks about it all year. Catch and release. I also know of a bluefish migration in Southwest Florida. It happens around November and is partly responsible for teaching both my son and my wife how to use a topwater lure. Normally I caught them along the beach, concentrating in the areas outside Big Marco Pass to Cape Romano. Not this year. It was windy and crowded so I spent all year in the backcountry working on my snook obsession. And then came the Corona virus. The virus came and shut us all down…momentarily. The airlines stopped flying.

The yearly ritual fishing trip/steak barbecue-cancelled. I thought of driving. Then my seashore island hometown said only yearround residents were welcome; no outsider should transport the virus there. I reluctantly understood.

In Florida, the smart people realized the best way to “social distance,” was get out on the boat. Miraculously, the marina never closed. The boat never got trapped on the rack. And then it happened. So here we were, not far from Goodland on the Skeeter, just out front in the 10K, sipping coffee as we slid across the calm water headed east. My son lamented our cancelled trip and said he never caught a bluefish in Florida. Not two minutes later I noticed a silver flash in the distance, then spotted some fish jumping about a quarter mile away. We went to investigate.

“Mackerels,” I announced. “Looks like it,” he replied. Coming off a plane closer to the fish, my son grabbed his rod and hopped onto the bow. I shifted into neutral but stayed behind the wheel.

Then my son twisted his body around and turned his head to face me.

“Dad, they’re bluefish,” he proclaimed, eyes beaming. His voice had a slightly astonished quality. He cast a trout jig.

“No way,” I replied. Almost instantly, he set the hook. The rod bent almost double. I walked up next to him.

Moments later he was so excited he hopped down, snatched the net from the rod holder and scooped the fish from the water without waiting for our usual team approach. He pulled it from the net and measured it along the gunwale. “Twenty-five inches,” he said. “Biggest blue I’ve seen here,” I told him. It was true.

He released the fish and gave me a high-five. “I can’t believe we caught blues,” he said incredulously, smiling. I gave him a quick hug as he held both the net and his fishing rod. I couldn’t help myself. “Catch another one,” I said.

And that’s what happened.

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I believe that every angler eventually develops a set of rules, so after a lifetime of fishing I’ve got a top ten set of rules that I’ll share. Starting with my #1 rule: launch and fish at daybreak; without question there is a moment that begins with the dawning of the day and then the rising of the sun where fish begin to feed regardless of almost any other factor like weather and tide.

Sometimes this coincides with the best tide and the fish truly turn on but there will always be feeding activity at daybreak. It may be only an hour or it could last two maybe three hours but it will eventually taper off or coincide with other factors that either enhance or depress feeding activity. Get up early and go fishing!

Rule #2: learn to tie 3 knots; one knot for line to line connections so you can tie braid or monofilament to fluorocarbon leaders without swivels or other types of terminal tackle, a loop knot to allow your hooks or plugs to swing freely on your leader, and another to tie the leader directly to artificial lures. Rule #3: shop local; it’s true they are going to charge a little more, but they don’t have the purchase power of a big box chain but they are going to be able to help you personally with advice regarding a range of issues you may need help with-so shop local! Rule #4: please tip your bait guy or gal, they get up before you do to ensure that you get what you need to have a successful day on the water and you’ll find they are more generous with bait amounts. Rule #5: take the time to experiment with unfamiliar lures, tactics and locations. if you always do the same thing you’ll always get the same result. Rule #6: don’t crowd other anglers, give them the room and respect that you want for yourself. If someone is in your spot, it maybe that it’s their spot as well so just move on to your next fishing hole. Rule #7: share your experience with other anglers especially if they’re young or new to the sport, be generous with tips or suggestions and anyone who fishes with me understands that I’m going to share locations! Rule #8: wear your lifejacket like your life depends on it. The reason accidents are called accidents is because you don’t know they’re coming.

Rule #9: don’t transfer bug spray or sunscreen onto your lines, lures or bait. Fish use their sense of smell to tell if something is food and a chemical trail coming from your gear may turn fish away so wash off your hands after application. Rule #10: if you really want to catch fish bring bait! Feel free to reverse any or all but Rule #1!

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hen Reegan Werner left the dock for a day of deep-sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico near Marco Island, she said a silent prayer that she would get a big one. Six hours later, she landed a Goliath Grouper that was 83” long with a 75” girth and calculated weight of 583 pounds! This 16-year-old girl from Farmington, Minnesota had just landed the largest grouper ever caught by a female angler. The current all tackle IFGA woman’s world record is a 366-pound fish caught by Betsy Walker off Guayabo, Panama on February 8, 1965. Reegan’s grouper out weighted the current record by 217 pounds! The entire battle with this massive fish lasted just 15 intense minutes. Goliath grouper have been protected from harvest since 1990, so this fish was

quickly released after being unhooked.

Reegan, her brother Owen, their mother Kimberly and stepfather Paul Hartman made a 29 hour drive straight down to Marco Island to buy a used 22’ Pathfinder boat from local Captain - Ben Olsen. When they arrived, Ben warned them that stormy weather was going to impact their fishing later in the week and suggested they do any off-shore fishing in the first couple of days. The next morning the group stopped and caught threadfin minnows to use for bait as they worked their way out to spots 40-50 miles offshore.

Owen tied a balloon on the first line out to keep the bait up near the surface. The second line was clipped to an underwater camera called an AquaVu and the camera was slowly lowered down, watching on the screen in the boat, as the bait descended toward the bottom. As the bait approached bottom Owen shouted that a giant fish had just eaten the bait in a single gulp! Kimberly started backing the boat away from the structure while Paul slowly towed the unhappy fish to smooth bottom. Reegan scrambled to get the 10 NAPLES | JULY 2020 | COASTALANGLERMAG.COM/NAPLES/

fish fighting belt tightened on then grabbed the rod and the battle began!

Reegan is an athlete, playing hockey, lacrosse and tennis, but weighing only 115 pounds created a serious challenge since she was connected to a fish weighing 5 times what she does. Once the grouper realized it was hooked, it began thrashing and surging and Reegan took a seat on the cooler to keep from being pulled overboard. They had an extra-heavy Penn roller guide rod and the reel was a Penn International loaded with 250# Berkley braided line with the drag locked down tight. After just 10 minutes this massive fish was coming into view just 40’ down in the clear blue Gulf waters. Reegan knew the fish was massive the second she started fighting it, but she was certain that she would eventually win the battle. “I had the confidence” she said. Beating big fish is as much a mental game as it is physical, there is no room for mistakes and she played everything perfectly.

Working the fish hard for another 5 minutes, each exchange of line between angler and fish slowly bringing the fish closer and closer to the boat.

After just 15 minutes of fighting, Paul was able to grab the 400# cable leader and the battle was over. The fish was carefully measured and a few photos were taken before the fish was unhooked and released as the fish drenched them all as it raced back to bottom. Paul had a funny feeling that they had just caught “My Lord”. This was the name given to a massive grouper they had encountered on this spot several times on prior trips because each time it showed up all anyone could say is “MY LORD, look at that”. Paul’s friend, Mark Stock had also caught that same goliath grouper with Paul, his dad Warren and Captain Olsen on April 25 of 2019, in the same spot with the same bait! At the time, its length was 80” and girth was 73” making it a 533-pound fish; now just 14 months later is was 50 pounds heavier! Back on shore photos were compared and Reegan’s fish was indeed confirmed to be “My Lord”. It is so cool knowing all of these fish by name, but it makes Paul nervous that if these are ever opened back up to harvest, that the few goliath groupers that are out in the Gulf waters will quickly become another story about the “good old days”.

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• 4 (6-ounce) Florida red snapper fillets, skin on • 1 large Florida avocado, peeled and sliced thin • ⅓ cup Florida orange juice • 2 Florida Key limes, juiced • 1 lemon, zested and juiced

• 1 lime, juiced • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 tablespoon butter • 1 teaspoon all-purpose seasoning (your favorite) • Sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste Use your phone camera to access video on how to prepare this recipe.

Peel and slice avocado. Place on heat safe surface and char with kitchen torch or by placing under broiler for several minutes.

Squeeze fresh lime juice over avocado to prevent browning.

Preheat large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add oil.

Score skin side of fillets with sharp knife to create hash marks.

Season fish on both sides with salt and pepper and lightly coat in cornstarch, dust off excess. Gently place in pan, skin side down, for 3-4 minutes. Flip and continue to sear until completely cooked through, about 2-3 more minutes. Remove from pan and set aside. In the same pan, add butter, lemon juice, and lime juice.

Bring to boil and reduce by half to create a sauce. To plate dish, spoon sauce on each plate; arrange charred avocado over sauce and add snapper over the avocado.

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y passion for travel took me to countless countries in pursuit of various species. Sometimes, I would be one of very few Americans who fished remote waters in one land or another. And, it should be noted that I visited all 50 states and fished in many of them for a wide variety of species.

When I started in the outdoor business, the late Joe Brooks told me to fish for as many species as possible everywhere in the world.

I took his advice. As the years rolled by, people began to ask where my favorite place to fish was. Coming up with an answer wasn’t easy.

After considerable thought and deliberation, I decided that if I had to fish only one place, my choice would be Miami, Fla. Let me tell you why. It’s easy to reach by plane, car or train. You can stay in a five star hotel (if that’s your choice) rather than some broken-down cabin in the wilderness. And you also have an incredible choice of restaurants.

Biscayne Bay lies at Miami’s doorstep. Among dozens of species, you can focus on bonefish, permit and tarpon on the shallow flats.

Government Cut is the main shipping channel leading from the bay to the Atlantic. Just a few miles offshore, the Gulf Stream flows northward carrying warm water that attracts many species of fish. I should point out that right inside the cut you can catch snook and other denizens.

Sailfish are a prime target along the Gulf Stream, with an occasional blue marlin surprising anglers. There are also swordfish.

Dolphin are plentiful along with tuna, wahoo, kingfish, bonito and many other species. A coral reef plus various submerged wrecks provide a home for grouper, snapper and other bottom dwellers, and it’s not unusual to find cobia.

If redfish is your primary target, it’s a reasonably short drive to Flamingo in Everglades National Park, where the shallows host a large population of reds. Several other species make these waters their home including sharks, tarpon and other critters. I even caught a sawfish in this area once. It’s about the same distance to travel to the west coast of Florida, where you will find an abundance of redfish as well, anywhere from Sarasota down through Naples. It’s not uncommon to catch sawfish in Pine Island Sound. If you take Old 41 across the state, you can stop and fish for bass in the canals along the way. You’ll be surprised at the variety of fish these canals hold.

For these reasons, that makes Florida my favorite fishing hole.

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the likelihood of her getting into cover and beating herself up.

Finally, it gives you the true feel of what these fish can do, just how much power they can produce with that tail.

Be safe out there, night fishing can be extremely dangerous; file a float plan with a loved one and check in at set times.

Check to insure all your lights are working before departure and keep a few spare bulbs and connectors on the boat. Dim all your electronics to their lowest possible setting and use red lights to keep you night vision sharp. Till next month Stay Salty!

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uly is a month for monster Snook, and what a better time for catching monsters than the graveyard shift. Summer nights are all about soak big baits to me. I’m talking hog leg mullet and 14” ladyfish. Pair that with heavy rods, 80lb braid, 10/0 circle hooks and the KastKing Kapstan’s 35lbs of triple disc carbon fiber drag locked down! The Tug is the Drug!

Now to set the scene… After an enjoyable bait endeavor, you arrive at your spot, set you boat spike anchor, and get the rods in the water. The outgoing tide is just starting, and the whippoorwill starts calling. The sound of nervous water surrounds you as the mullet start blitzing. It’s getting awful fishy out. Suddenly the scream of your reel penetrates the darkness. Your heart skips a beat as you sweep to set the hook.

BOOOOM!!!! All hell breaks loose!!! The heavy drag lets you feel the raw power of that massive paddle, the tug is enough to spin the boat in circles. She erupts through the surface of the water time and time again, desperately trying to sling the hook free. The battle is over-or is it? No nets allowed, just grappling the face of giants and hanging on. After a quick photo session, she is revived boat side and slips quietly into the darkness.

This is how legends are made.

So how do we do this, well the gear and bait are already stated above, so here are the juicy details. I enjoy catching ladyfish for bait, so it’s my preferred bait. My bait rod is a med lite KastKing Estuary Rod with a 2000 size Sharky III reel. It is spooled with 15lb KastKing Extremus braid and 20lb KastKing Co-polymer line for leader. Using small Crappie jigs, I work sand flats for ladyfish just before sunset. The big rigs are KastKing Krome Backbouncer rods, 80lb KastKing Extremus Braid, 60lb Andie pink mono leader, and 10/0 Circle hooks.

There are two very important knots in this set up. The line to line knot is a Bimini twist to GT and the knot to the hook is a Polymer. In my opinion this is the most important part of the rig. I hook my baits through the upper jaw and cast them about 30’ from the boat. Then I sit back and wait for the reel to scream. “But Cap, why such heavy gear?” Well, there are a few good reasons. First it allows you to get the fish to the boat quickly. These fish are spawning and need to be handled with care…this includes the fight. Ending the fight quickly ensures the fish is not completely exhausted once the fight is over.

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Capt. Travis Freeman

Non-Stop Action

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uly fishing starting with a bang! Alright fellow anglers the fishing is really starting to heat up down here in the Everglades/10,000 Islands area. The big snook are making their way back out to the gulf from the rivers and backcountry, as they head offshore to spawn and lay their eggs. They love the beaches this time of year and anywhere you see bait, you can bet there will be snook feeding. Any structure or overhanging trees, pilings etc. 9 times out of 10 will have snook hanging around feeding as the bait comes in or out with the tides. As most of us know, a lot changes as we start to get a lot of rainfall, especially after such a dry spring season, but for us this is always a good thing. The water is warming up and the fish are very active as we get into summer. As far as redfish, July is always a great time down here in the Glades as the bait moves to the shoreline and nearshore of the coast. The bigger redfish we typically catch cruising the shorelines or just off of the oyster bars and the rocks feeding on white bait and crabs. Seatrout are all over the place right now as well. They can be caught mostly on the grass flats along the near shores of the gulf and in deeper open areas, also known for feeding around and/or on top of oyster bars in the bays and on the outside/near shores of the gulf. Me personally, I like casting a soft paddletail jerk bait along the mangrove shorelines or just off of the oyster bars into the deeper sloughs, just off the bars or rocky points. I typically use a popping cork with live shrimp for the redfish and trout, but it is not uncommon for us to catch all 3 species and then some on the paddletails and other lures and plugs this time of the year. Another fish that I have been catching and having a ball with because it’s July, are tarpon; mostly juvenile tarpon between 20-50 pounds. Tarpon are all over the inside rivers as they move from the backcountry into the bays and passes. Yesterday I had a client catch 20 tarpon using mostly top water lures and plugs, all within an hour and 15 minutes. Non-stop action for a solid hour until he finally said okay the tarpon have worn me out, it’s time to go hit the snook and redfish holes. He really just wanted a break, but it was a blast and he really enjoyed it, as did I. So come on down to Everglades City and let’s get you booked for a super fun day of fishing on the water with myself, Captain Travis Freeman.

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In the Wake

Capt. Jim Kalvin

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ast issue, I discussed the fabulous project that was launched when the Dean Family donated a piece of property to the Marine Industries Association of Collier County Foundation. Since the announcement went public, stories have been coming in from friends I hadn’t seen or talked to in years. It is the Dean’s wish and that of the MIACC Foundation that we can manage this parcel of land in a way that will allow youth organizations and families the opportunity to see what our area was like 30, 40, 50 & 60 years ago.

We intend to establish a primitive camping facility on the land to allow youngsters, who may otherwise never get the chance, to experience the same things that many of us and our children got the chance to enjoy growing up. We want them to be able to

generate the experiences and be able to tell the tales as we have, as our children have, and as our grandchildren are having now.

Like the time when Jameson saw satellites with his naked eyes in the night sky for the first time. It was on the beach about halfway down the island on a clear moonless night and he was about 5 yrs. old. One of my favorite pictures is Shannon sitting on my Dad’s lap in front of the fire pit on the island as he was telling us stories of his days in the Navy aboard the USS Enterprise. We were all so young.

Then there was the time that Stuart Miller and I were camping on the beach side – but his dad’s boat was tied up on the waterway side. We thought it would be a great idea to bring the boat around to the Gulf to get our shark line farther out beyond the sandbar.

We tried to navigate Little Marco Pass at about 10 P.M. only to wind-up stranded on the sandbar on an out-going tide. We got destroyed by mosquitoes until the tide

turned as all of our supplies were on the beach – including the “skeeter dope”.

I remember our various camps from time to time – at various locations on the island. Some better than others based upon the “first-come first-served” honor system, but we made them our own, enjoyed the trip for everything that it was worth, and left nothing behind but charcoal and footprints - because that is how we were raised. We told more stories and lies than a House of Representatives sub-committee, learned responsibility for ourselves (no cell phones or I-pads), and found out that pouring rain doesn’t always keep the bugs away.

We had days in the sun and under the stars, caught our fair share of sharks, snook, redfish, and every other finned fish on our coast. We cleaned and ate them all as we fried them over a drift-wood fire in our boy-scout utensil-holder frying pans that we’d bought at W.T Grant World.

Though space prohibits sharing more of those old stories in this edition, trust me they are there! Some are fit for print, some are not. But they are memories of a time on the waters of Collier County that can now be passed on to future generations.

Stay tuned and look for up-dates on the progress of the endeavor. You can contact the Marine Industries Association of Collier County Foundation for ways to support this Project. All donations to the Foundation are tax-deductible. Go to https://www.miacc. org/foundation/ Capt. Jim Kalvin is a Florida Native, a USCG Licensed 100 Ton Master, and a local Marine Contractor. He can be reached at 239-280-6054, or by e-mail to james. kalvin61@gmail.com. Kalvin & Calvin Marine Construction, Inc. can be viewed at kcmcfl.com

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Terry Wright and his nephew Sam celebrated after bringing this 43”+ Snook in the boat on a Redfish Rob’s Charter.

Capt. Ryan Warner w/ a nice black drum, off the docks in Naples.

Wylie Crisant caught this 5+lb peacock on a liver shiner in Golden Gate, w/ Capt. Gowdy.

Vivienne Forespring w/ her seatrout, North Captiva Island.

Bob Kaplan w/ a 37” snook caught off the Sanibel Beach.

Dennis Ball and son Remington with a “little” night time snook action.

Austin and Gary Benjamin with a double hook up on Sanibel on his 64th birthday!!!

Mason caught this nice snook on the rainy docks.

Rick Beasley caught his PB red grouper, 29 3/4”, 30miles out from Venice Inlet.

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Following up on a 2019 season that was disappointing in some areas in terms of scallop abundance, the outlook is good for 2020. Pre-season scouting is revealing a rebound in many scalloping hotspots.

The season kicked off June 15 in the Fenholloway-Suwannee River Zone, which covers Dixie and most of Taylor counties. Early season scallopers enjoyed a first dive on the historically scallop-heavy flats around Steinhatchee and Keaton Beach. Most of the rest of the coast has a starting date of July 1, with the exception of Gulf County and Pasco County.

Gulf County’s season is open from Aug. 16 – Sept. 24, and according to the FWC’s 2020 abundance surveys, the number of scallops on the flats there is off the charts. Pasco County’s short season runs July 17-26. Last year Pasco provided easy pickings, with scallops in abundance up shallow.

Regular season limits are 2 gallons of whole bay scallops in the shell or 1 pint of bay scallop meat per person, with a maximum of 10 gallons of whole bay scallops in the shell or 1/2 gallon of bay scallop meat per vessel. Vessel limits do not allow an individual to exceed their personal bag limit. Scallops may be collected by hand or with a landing or dip net.

New this season, direct and continuous transit of legally harvested bay scallops is now allowed through closed areas. Boaters may not stop their vessels in waters that are closed to harvest and must proceed directly to the dock or ramp to land scallops in a closed area.

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Charter fishermen across the United States depend on the speed of E-Z Anchor Puller’s free-fall units, especially the Rebel series. In an interview with company founder George Towns, Ridge said the E-Z Anchor Puller also saved him a lot of work, employees and even helped him catch more fish.

Captain Shaun Chute agreed. “The oldest [unit I own] is 20 years old,” the Six Chuter Charters’ captain said. “It still works perfectly. They just last [and] I use them every day on our charter boats…”

While the Rebel series is most often used as a commercial fishing winch, E-Z Anchor Puller’s Rebel EZ-4 drum anchor winch is the perfect option for serious fishing and diving, too. After discovering E-Z Anchor Puller at the 2017 IBEX boat builder show, Shurhold CEO Barry Berhoff decided to install the Rebel EZ-4 on his 40’ SeaVee for boat outings and diving expeditions off the coast.

“Once I got this in, I was really, really impressed because of the build quality. The other cool thing about this was that we were able to go to a much thinner anchor line,” Berhoff said. “Without a doubt, [this is] a spectacular, strong marine-grade piece of equipment.”

One of the most popular options of the free-fall series, the EZ-4 spools out line as fast as gravity allows the anchor to fall after a quick, two-second touch of a button.

Press the “power up” side to neatly and quickly retract the line back onto the drum. The Rebel series appeals to boat owners who need to anchor in deeper waters, too. The EZ-4 holds nearly 1,000 feet of ¼-inch spectra or dyeema line. The EZ-5 and EZ-6 hold more than 1,000 feet.

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Hotels were also allowed to open during phase 1 so that staff could return to work and put in place measures required to ensure readiness to accept guests at the onset of phase 2. Commercial airlines will also be allowed to bring in Bahamian citizens, legal residents, homeowners qualifying for economic permanent residency, or immediate family members or significant others of any of these groups.

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n the mountains of rural southeastern West Virginia, Second Creek has gained a reputation for large, sometimes difficult brown trout. It is a hatchery-supported, spring-fed tributary to the Greenbrier River that runs the Monroe/Greenbrier county line near the Virginia border.

Second Creek is a long way from anywhere, with the nearest major population center being Roanoke, Va. some two hours away. But if you happen to be in the area, perhaps to fish for smallmouth on the Greenbrier or New rivers, Second Creek is definitely a worthwhile side

trip. It features a mile and a half of water regulated year-round for catch-and-release, fly fishing only.

That’s not a whole lot of water to fish, and it does receive pressure, yet the allure of large cagey browns—as well as a few rainbows—rising to dry flies is enough to warrant a trip to this out-of-the-way gem south of Ronceverte.

“That stream is a bug factory, and it’s different day to day and pool to pool,” said Jacob Ott, of Otters Guide Service. “If you’re looking to throw dry flies, and if the water conditions are fishable, something will be rising.”

Whether it’s terrestrials like Japanese beetles in summer or tiny midges in winter, bugs bring fish to the surface year-round in clear, mostly shallow water. Black stoneflies, blue-winged olives, sulphurs, March browns and others will be present in spatterings at different times of year.

But the black caddis hatch is a highlight. From roughly April into July, Ott said mid-morning brings them on like clockwork.

“When it hits, it’s on. It’s a full-bore, blizzard caddis hatch,” he explained. “Once it starts, it will happen at pretty much the same time every day until it ends.”

These are small black caddis. Ott throws a simple size 16 or 18 CDC caddis pattern. He’ll hedge his bet by dropping a soft hackle or a Fox’s Pupae—or both—beneath the dry fly.

“You’ve got to be on your A game. It’s smaller, clear water that gets pressure from some good anglers,” Ott warned. “By the end of the season, we’re fishing 7x and 8x tippet and long 12foot leaders. It’s technical fishing that requires accurate casts, good drifts and stealthy wading.”

For such a technical stream, it’s worth getting the help of a professional for first-timers who hope to catch a few fish. Contact Otters Guide Service through their website ottersguide.com, call (304) 667-8337 or e-mail ottersguide@gmail. com.

For maps, GPS coordinates and tactics for the Southeast’s best trout waters, get a copy of Nick Carter’s book “Flyfisher’s Guide to North Carolina & Georgia.” It’s available on Amazon, and autographed copies are available by emailing the author at nsc8957@gmail.com.

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asting lures on the beach is one the best ways to catch fish. You can catch monster snook, tarpon, kingfish, giant jacks, mackerel, pompano, bluefish, croaker, blue runners and ladyfish. Here are some suggestions to learn how to catch more fish.

Gear: I like a 300 series spinning reel with an 8-foot rod. I use 10-pound braid and prefer white for its visibility. I tie in a 30-pound fluorocarbon leader with a double uni knot. A standard reel size for big fish is a 400 or 500 series reel and 20-pound braid. For tarpon, you’ll need at least 50-pound braid and a 60-pound leader.

Go at the right time: Early morning is the best time to fish the beach.

Baitfish are close to the shore and schooling near the surface at daybreak.

The next best time to fish is in the evening about an hour before dark.

Consider the tide: As long as the water is moving and there’s bait around, you’ll catch fish. Dead high or dead low are the two worst times to fish. Low tide pushes fish away from the trough, which is the deep cut near the shoreline. The trough is a fish highway and feeding area.

Find the bait: When bait is present, so are the fish and birds. If there are no birds in the area, I go to another beach. Sometimes bait will be a hundred yards away, and you can walk the beach to find it.

Consider the weather: If it’s a calm day with light wind or the wind is at your back, you can throw a light 1/8-ounce jig or a light spoon. Heavy winds and surf mean you’ll need some weight to cast far enough to be effective.

Cast and Retrieve: You need to be in contact with the lure as soon as it hits the water. Before the lure hits the water, close the bail and retrieve any slack. When the fish hits, you need a good hook set and constant pressure.

I use a number of retrieves. My favorite is to keep the jig or spoon near the surface with a steady retrieve. Keep your rod tip high and jiggle the lure to give it action. Another good retrieve is letting the lure hit the bottom then jerking it up toward the surface.

Waves: Usually fish are behind a wave being pulled in the direction of the wave. Sometimes, they are inside the bottom of a wave or below the wave in the trough. Do not cast directly into a breaking wave. Not only do you lose contact with the lure, fish have a hard time finding the lure in the surf.

When the lure gets caught in a wave, reel faster. Do not lose contact with it.

Except for snook, or if the bait is on the beach, most fish will be caught on secondary waves beyond the first breakers. When a wave is approaching the lure from behind and pulls the lure, be sure to reel slower or stop reeling until you feel the wave pushing the lure.

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Two orcas in particular, named Port and Starboard, arrived in the bay in 2015. Marine biologist Alison Kock was the first to describe this brutal and novel feeding technique.

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Clouser Fishing WITH THE MAN HIMSELF

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ob Clouser is a legend in the fly fishing world. His Clouser Deep Minnow is one of the most versatile flies ever created, and his innovative fly designs have driven the evolution of the sport.

I met Bob at the Somerset Fly Fishing Show over a decade ago. I remember how excited I was to meet the real Bob Clouser. From there, we saw each other every year at the shows, and I always enjoyed our chats. But we never got to fish together until recently, when Bob and his wife Jackie came to Stuart, Fla. to get in on our great Treasure Coast fishing.

When Bob and Jackie arrived, the weather was nice and the fish were on fire, but it was a busy Sunday on the water. It was unusually busy for this time of year, but since 2020 is everything but normal, we had to make the best of it.

I checked a few spots and found a good school of bait with some nice snook in it. It is still amazing to see 30 or 40 snook busting bait all at the same

time. Bob and Jackie were blown away, and you could tell they were excited!

Since Bob was the oldest, he had the right-of-way to start, and it wasn’t hard to convince him to do so. I tied on a little white fly for him and his cast was dead on, naturally.

Strip, strip and the first fish of the day was on. Seeing Bob’s excitement made my day.

Within a few more casts, Bob pulled two more snook out of the same school before he turned the rod over to Jackie. It took her just a few casts to hook into a big snook, and the tug of war was on. She stood her ground until the leader broke. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. This one really hurt.

Jackie soldiered on, and it didn’t take long for her to hook up again. This one was smaller, but who cares! It was a great catch, anyway. Jackie caught a few more before we decided to run back to the dock. What a great day!

I’m very excited the Clousers were impressed with our fishery in Stuart, and that they will be back regularly. I look forward to visits filled with new

stories. Bob has a deep history in fly fishing, and each tale always ends with his even deeper sense of humor.

Having worked in the fly fishing industry for more than 22 years, I’ve met a lot of the legends.

Bob is pretty much on top. It is not only his knowledge and how humble he is, Bob’s passion and excitement for trying something new is endless.

Bob Clouser is the real deal. He loves our sport and has done so much for it. If you want to get an original Clouser, tied by him, go to www. clousersflyshop.com.

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Striped bass harvest, by weight, was the largest of all recreationally targeted species in the nation. In 2019, a new benchmark assessment found the stock to be overfished and experiencing overfishing.

“Anglers place a relatively high value on catching trophy-sized stripers—fish that are about 34 inches or longer in total length,” said Andrew Carr-Harris, co-author of a January 2020 study with colleague Scott Steinback. “But trophysized stripers are almost exclusively part of the female spawning stock, and if too many are removed from the fishery the stock has trouble rebuilding.”

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The first step was to understand angler behavior. Data from a survey of 469 recreational anglers who fish coastal waters from Maine through Virginia were integrated into a model that simulated the effects of policy changes in trip expectations, fishing mortality and female spawning stock biomass.

This approach examined the economic and biological consequences of full or partial harvest restrictions on trophy-sized striped bass. To date, these restrictions have not been considered in policymaking.

Dozens of Possible Options Evaluated “We found that there are many economically efficient management policies available if the primary objective is to control fishing mortality, but few policies if the primary objective is to protect female spawning stock biomass,” Steinback said. “Of the 36 possible policies we evaluated, only one achieved the intended reduction in fishing mortality while at the same time mitigating removals of the mature females.”

That policy was taking one-fish per trip in the harvest slot of 28 to 36 inches. Implementing that policy achieved a significant reduction in both total and female spawning stock removals. This policy produced only a slight reduction in angler welfare, due to the relatively low rate at which striped bass larger than 36 inches are encountered.

“Our findings provide empirical evidence supporting the recent decision made by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to direct Atlantic coastal states to eliminate minimum size restrictions for striped bass in 2020 and instead impose a slot limit of 28 to 35 inches to reduce spawning stock mortality,” Carr-Harris said.

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However, for those who love to bring a few of these tasty fish home from time to time, don’t count on the fall flounder run to stock your freezer. It’s worth knowing a new trick to satisfy your taste buds year-round.

I primarily fish the Texas Gulf Coast, and while the exact timing of flounder movements will vary depending on where you fish, the patterns will be similar. Apply these tactics in your home waters, and I bet you’ll find a few flounder for the supper table.

During spring, flounder slowly trickle back into the bays from their short stay in open water.

This is more of a gradual entry than their exit, and it doesn’t draw the crowds of the fall migration.

Although you can target spring fish with the same techniques as fall, the timing is more difficult to judge. I feel they spend some time running the beachfront as they find their way back into the passes, bays and finally into the marshes.

I have caught many more flounder on plastics, even when fishing side by side with others using shrimp. As a rule of thumb, I prefer white colored lures or something that imitates a mullet or shad.

The areas I target are drain openings on an outgoing tide. These drains can be small; 1 to 2 feet of width is all it takes.

The key is the size of the marsh behind it. As long as there is sufficient water to hold bait, it’s perfect. Flounder stage at the opening of large drains as well, but no drain is too small.

The key to catching flounder is to keep the lure in constant contact with the bottom. Pointing the rod tip to the water, utilize a sweeping motion. Twitch the lure to kick up mud and sand, and then pause. Hold your horses when you feel that first tap from a flounder. Wait patiently for a second and usually a quick third tap before making a solid hookset!

Unlike trout, flounder will hold onto a soft plastic. I feel they want to cripple their meal before they swallow it.

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July through September is a great time to target flounder in the Texas back bays and marshes.

Look for bait to determine the timing where you fish. These shallow estuaries will be teeming with juvenile shrimp, mullet, shad and a host of other flounder food sources.

I like to use soft plastic swimbait/paddletail style lures. In my experience, flounder prefer fish over shrimp. That’s why I choose this style of lure.

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With a medium-action rod and 12-pound monofilament, Anderson was in for the fight of a lifetime. It took about an hour for Anderson to get the fish shallow enough to wade in and net it.

“I saw it roll, and I saw the tail fan,” reported Anderson to TWRA. “I was in disbelief. I put the net under the fish, and it dropped its head and bent the net.

“It was like I was walking a dog, and then it would walk me!”

As he retreated to shallower water, Anderson tried to scoop the fish with the bent net, which completely broke.

“I was not going to let this fish get away after the fight, and I gathered both net and fish and took them to the bank,” said Anderson.

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fishing guide enjoying the rare opportunity to actually fish caught a new Oklahoma record paddlefish on May 23. The 143-pound behemoth is just a pound shy of the rod-and-reel world record.

Jeremiah Mefford, who operates Reel Good Time Guide Service, was fishing with his family on Keystone Lake when he snagged the huge paddlefish. Weighed on certified scales, it broke the existing state record by 10.5 pounds.

Mefford’s is a huge fish by any measure, but paddlefish get even larger. Back in February, an estimated 157-pounder was also caught from Keystone. That fish would have shattered the 144-pound world record caught in Kansas in 2004, but regulations called for the immediate release of the potential world record.

The new state record was also released back into Keystone after being weighed on certified scales by an Oklahoma fisheries biologist. That means there are at least two future world records swimming in this Arkansas River impoundment outside of Tulsa.

Mefford’s catch was 76 inches long with a girth of 44.5 inches. The previous state record weighed 132 pounds, 8 ounces. It was snagged about two years ago by Larry Dale Morphew out of the Arkansas River.

Paddlefish are primitive fish with a fossil record that shows them sharing the world with dinosaurs some 75 million years ago. American paddlefish roam the Mississippi Basin and feed on zooplankton, so snagging them is the most effective method to catch them on rod and reel.

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