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he sailfish is one of the most commonly caught billfish. Due to its proclivity for shallower coastal waters and frequency of ascension to the surface, the odds of catching one of these beauties can be much greater than for other billfish. There is little scientific certainty about the mysterious behavior of sailfish. They exhibit a general migratory pattern throughout the year, but they often break their own rules and show up unexpectedly. Summer sailfish catches are generally more associated with the Gulf of Mexico, yet they do appear on the Atlantic coast this time of year, as well. Sailfishing in the Florida Keys is usually a late autumn and early spring

bite. It can be an absolute catching frenzy. However, in July, following the passage of tropical storm Elsa, sailfish were seen tailing at the surface, cruising the waves along a strong current line off of Marathon Key. It was a bizarre and welcomed phenomenon. The conditions that followed the storm created a concise current line, with greener nearshore waters touching the blue water, and a milky powder-blue highway running down the center. Sailfish were spotted swimming east to west at the top of the waves, and seemed to dive deeper to circle back. The locals are no strangers to this phenomenon that occurs in the Keys. Though the time of year may be unpredictable, anglers are always ready to make the most of it. This type of fishing requires polarized sunglasses and a tower boat. Slowly creeping through the powder blue highway, scan the waves for black torpedo shapes or blobs that resemble black garbage bags. Hunt for the opportunity to sight cast live baits. Without the visual vantage of a tower, trolling lures or bump trolling live bait may be more productive than trying to spot them from deck level. Sailfish truly are an incredible and unpredictable species. Very few have been successfully tagged, and few have held a tag long enough to transmit much information. Of those tagged for up to a year, their patterns were generally erratic. They seem to be extremely transient, foraging and spawning in many different coastal regions, predictably unpredictable, like majestic aquatic gypsies. Commonalities in their behavior are that they primarily stay within a water temperature of approximately 80 degrees; they mostly stay near the surface, rarely diving below 300 feet; and they exhibit extremely curious evening routines. All of the transmissions showed sailfish spending the evening within 30 feet of the surface, descending briefly before sunrise and sunset. They were also observed to be active nightly, seemingly unaffected by lunar phases. Help uncover the mysteries of sailfish by reporting tagged fish or by visiting billfish.org to purchase a tagging kit. Remember to handle sailfish with care and revive them before release when necessary. Capt. Quinlyn Haddon fishes with Blue Magic Charters out of Marathon, Fla. Check her out her Instagram @CaptainQuinlyn, her website CaptainQuinlyn.com, or call (504) 920-6342.

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or Matt Metelsky, daddy-daughter time with his 17-year-old is a little more involved than a trip to the ice cream parlor. Matt’s daughter Lily is a rising high school senior. She loves nothing more than waking up at 2 a.m. to run 85 miles off Virginia Beach and troll the edge of the Continental Shelf with her dad. In late June, the duo fished the Virginia Beach Tuna Tournament, where Lily placed second in the Lady Angler division with a yellowfin that weighed 39.9 pounds. But that’s not her biggest tuna to-date. Her heaviest yellowfin weighed 44 pounds. She caught it last summer, and at 5-foot-4 and 115 pounds, it took her about 15 minutes to haul it in stand-up with a belt. “I don’t know. We do wood work on the side, so we load wood, and I guess that gives you some back strength,” Lily offered as explanation for feats of fishing strength. “We always stay active. With Dad, it’s work hard, play harder.” Lily’s strength and stamina are a given considering she qualified and is working as an oceanfront lifeguard at Virginia Beach this summer. Matt, however, has another explanation for his daughter’s skill, as well as her love for this hard-core style of fishing. Lily was 5 years old when Matt purchased his Contender 25 with twin 150s. At a tender age, Lily cut her teeth going toe-to-toe with hard-pulling spadefish in 50 feet of water, 20 miles offshore. “I’m thinking the technique she picked up with those spades when she was little just kind of morphed over into the tuna,” Matt said. “It really amazes

me she is able to battle those things stand-up.” Lily began joining Matt for long days offshore when she turned 13. She was 15 the summer of 2019 when she was first physically able to handle a yellowfin—a 26-pounder—by herself. But pumping and reeling aren’t Lily’s only deck duties. She helps rig and bait and steers the boat while her dad deploys an eight-rod spread on the Gulf Stream. Last Jan. 11, she manned the helm while Matt battled a 550-pound bluefin. When the handle on the 50w reel broke under the stress, it was Lily’s idea to improvise with a screwdriver and electrical tape to eventually land that fish. The peak yellowfin season is June and July out of Rudee Inlet. Matt and Lily make five or six trips a summer, often with friends. Normal days consist of two or three tuna, some bonita and mahi, and occasionally a white marlin. Two or three times a year, January and February bluefin trips are just for the two of them. There aren’t many people interested in waiting on one big bite in brutal mid-winter conditions, anyway. “She’s just tough as nails,” Matt said of his daughter. “I don’t know how else to describe it. She’s just tough.” Lily doesn’t seem to perceive any hardship. She considers herself lucky to be able to spend time with her dad on the water. “When we’re out there on the boat, it’s just so peaceful,” she said. “I pretty much sleep the whole time. When that reel goes off, that’s my alarm.” For more action from Virginia Beach, visit coastalanglermag.com/tidewater-obx/.

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t the mid-point of the Florida Panhandle, St. Andrew Bay dominates the map of Bay County, flanking Panama City on three sides. It’s a 107-square-mile inshore playground that bustles with all sorts of watersports during the heavy tourism months. But there’s a quieter side to St. Andrew. With access points spread throughout Bay County, skinny water is where it’s at for redfish anglers. The water is clear and maintains predictably high salinity thanks to limited freshwater inflow. There are vast prairies of spartina grass, cut through with channels, as well as acres of sand, mud and grass flats. Much of it is accessible only to shallow-draft vessels, and therein is the allure for folks seeking respite 2 FLORIDA

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from party pontoons and jet skis. When you’re in less than 2 feet of water, the only other boats you’ll see are kayaks, paddleboards and flats skiffs. “I fell in love with inshore fishing and kayaking here because of the ease and lower expense,” said Josh Damon, who hails from Fountain, Fla., about 25 miles north of Panama City. “I enjoy the tranquility and access to areas big boats can’t reach.” The fishing is good, too. Damon is a passionate angler who enjoys inshore tournaments, so he specializes in redfish on artificials. He said a good day might results in five or six reds from 18 to 24 inches, with a few trout or flounder thrown into a mixed bag. He fishes from a paddle-powered kayak, which is perfectly at home in the one-and-a-half-foot depths he prefers. Redfish are comfortable and free from predatory threats in extreme shallows, and it’s also where the food is. St. Andrew reds grow fat on mullet, mud minnows, pinfish and a variety of other little baitfish. With good visibility, sight fishing is a good tactic. This time of year, there’s usually a good topwater bite in the mornings and evenings, and walking baits are a favorite of many anglers. Damon, however, fishes soft plastics almost exclusively. With tackle modifications, they can be worked across the top, bounced on the bottom or fished anywhere in between. They’re delicate enough for sight casting and also make great chunk-and-wind search baits. “Aside from the versatility of a soft-plastic bait, I don’t want a fish flopping around in the kayak with six hooks,” Damon said. At St. Andrew, Damon’s go-to lure is a 4-inch D.O.A. C.A.L. Shad Tail rigged on a 1/8-ounce 4/0 Screw Lock jig head. He likes the Houdini color and dresses it with Kings Stank Stick, a scent product he said increases hookups. He fishes variations of this set-up, but this basic rig gets the job done. For safety reasons as well effective fishing, planning is key. Damon studies wind and tide before selecting a put-in on a given day. With the whole bay to choose from, he’s looking for a location that will provide long drifts over productive water. Follow Josh Damon’s adventures on his Facebook page Josh Damon’s Inshore Fishing. For information on kayaking the Panama City area, check out Sunjammers at www.sunjammers.com.

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ith the dog days upon us, night fishing can be productive and much more comfortable than slogging it out during the heat of the day. Many fish feed aggressively in the still of the night. They can be

targeted by anglers in multiple ways in different locations. Here are a few options to try. I’ve utilized all three methods and found success with each. • Perhaps the coolest strategy is wade fishing in the dark. Large trout and redfish move unbelievably shallow under the cover of the night sky, and tossing a topwater plug on the flats can result in exciting explosions. I typically wade in the dark without lights, other than a headlamp for changing lures or unhooking fish. With vision impaired, your sense of hearing is on high alert. Nighttime is quiet on the water, which makes the commotion of a topwater take startling. It can give the impression that a fish is larger than it really is. That’s part of the excitement of a topwater bite! For safety reasons, I only wade at night in areas I know well and have fished many times. • Another way to beat the heat is to focus on dock lights. This can be done from the dock, a kayak or a boat. Many canal homes have lights, both under water and above the surface. Lights attract baitfish, which in-turn attract the gamefish we target. Trout, reds and snook are all drawn to baitfish around lights at night. I like to target these areas with smaller lures. In this situation, I’ve had a lot of success throwing my Knockin Tail Lures, which are soft-plastic paddletails with a built-in rattle. Small, lipped hard baits can also be very productive around canal lights. I prefer natural colors, with some shade of white or clear and some silver mixed in. • Fish also feed around rock jetties at night. The setup for this bite requires a little more work, but it can yield terrific results. When jetty fishing, I bring a generator and two 1,500 watt stage lights. These areas typically have more current, so I fish slightly larger lipped hard lures, but I still go with the smallest lure I can work properly in the current. I stick with the same color pattern as mentioned earlier. The channel and surf side of the rocks can both be productive depending on the tide, water clarity and bait presence. I recommend pointing one light in each direction until you determine which areas have the best conditions. Night fishing definitely brings new challenges, but it can offer some of the best catching of the summer. Remember, safety first and don’t fish alone. Capt. Michael Okruhlik is the inventor of Knockin Tail Lures, Controlled Descent Lures and the owner of www.MyCoastOutdoors.com.

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This season’s Jolly Gator Bass Series will soon crown a Classic Championship Team and find out which team will win the “Team of the Year” points race! To date this year’s tournament has the most competitors with 22 or more boats at every event. What that means for our teams qualifying for the Classic is more cash in the pot for prize money. At the time we are writing this for our August issue the team of Steve and Hayden Lester hold a slight lead going into the last two Tuesday night qualifying events. The recent Saturday event was won by the team of Steve Lester and alternate Tyler Bullis with a huge bag over 25 pounds. Those points for the win are very important this close to the end of the season for the “Team of the Year” race. Tyler is a family friend and fished his 2nd event while Hayden Lester was competing at a swim meet. Tyler was all smiles at the weigh-in when he hoisted their huge 5 bass limit from the aerated holding tank to our weigh master. Catching 25 lbs. of bass anytime is a great day of fishing but doing it in a tournament and winning 1st place and a bunch of bucks is so awesome Tyler said with his grandparents there to see it all. “Big Bass” of the year is currently held by Logan Wright with a 8.20 trophy catch. Logan hopes it will hold up for the last of the few events left to fish. Last season a 9 lb. plus monster was caught on the last Tuesday event of the year to over-take an 8.86 bass that was leading for most of the season. Our July 13th Tuesday evening event Big Bass was caught by Heather catching two nice bass, both the biggest of the evening the largest at 6.73 lbs. Congrats to all our anglers who are fishing our series. Join us at Jolly Gator on Saturday August 14th for our “Classic”, weigh-in at 3pm and see who walks away this season’s CHAMPIONS!!

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Lake Okeechobee’s water level has been hovering around the 12.5 ft mark mainly due to the afternoon rain showers and less water being pulled from the lake. Bass fishing with both live-bait and artificial lures has been tough but the better timeframe to fish has been early in the mornings until about noon then again late afternoon/ early evening. The bream bite is mainly pre-spawn and typically the week of a full and new moon is the key time to catch them off the beds with live small red worms or crickets. This is a good time of year to catch fingerling catfish fishing in the Kissimmee River. You can catch them with the same tackle and bait as bream. If you’re targeting fingerling catfish and/or bream in the river or a canal a good place to look for beds would be on the edges preferably with a hard, shelly bottom, each bluegill bed will be small and round/located next to another bed.

West Lake Toho - The summer Bass bite has been improving with the best times to fish in the early morning and late evening. Summer rains have kept the flood control gates open every few days. The water quality is clear. Goblins Cove is still producing good numbers of Bass; fishing with live shiners over Hydrilla. Fish the canal entrances at sunrise for good top water action. Every morning at sunrise, Bass can be found schooling on Shad; anywhere there is flow. It usually lasts 30 minutes after sunrise. Try big Beetle Spins, and the M-5 Rapala for best action. Bluegill - I have been trying a new tactic this summer. A good way to beat the heat. I have been fishing at nighttime in the canals using a fly rod, throwing popping bugs up against the bank. On a 6 ORLANDO

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Bass fishing especially in deeper water areas like the river and canals is very popular this time of year when temperatures become hot. You’ll find bass located on points, cuts, ledges typically early morning and late afternoon timeframe. Lures to try are mid-depth running crank baits in shad and bluegill patterns; C-Rigs tipped with finesse-style lures; some top water worked along the edges early am and again late pm and big worms. Plastic lure colors: junebug; redbug; white; crawdad (summer colors like green-pumpkin or watermelon). Please use caution when boating out on the big O. Water level is still good but there are areas on the lake that are shallower than others and normally have a rock bottom so raise your motor and jack plate as you are coming off plane. If you want to learn the lake, do some fishing, and just get familiar with navigation I am available to take those type trips. Plan your next trip now with Capt Angie for the upcoming bass/ crappie spawn starting in November. Sponsor Equipment: Mercury; Lews; GLoomis; Bullet Weights; BnM Poles; Real Magic; MidSouth Tackle; Gill; Maui Jim; Road Runner; Gene Larew; Pradco Brands and PowerPole.

good moon phase, the bluegill will crush the popping bug. I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing the popping bug get hit. Daytime anglers are catching good numbers fishing the shallow bedding areas. Bait of choice is crickets fished under a float. Another good place to check is the canals when the water is flowing; trolling will only trigger more bites. Crappie - anglers are fishing open water for crappie using jigs tipped with a minnow. Anglers who are trolling jigs are catching good numbers of crappie. The key is to find them suspended in open water.

Hello Friends of Seminole Junior Anglers - The summer months are upon us, and the Central Florida Lakes are warming up. With high water temps concentrate your efforts early morning and look for some schooling bass for easier targets. With the rains hitting us each day, look for running water into and out of creeks and narrow openings in lakes. When fishing in high temperature water, the deeper the better. Try docks and any area that offers up some shade for these largemouth bass. They are similar to us in the summertime, stay cooler! A 2 to 3 degree drop in temperature is really big to these fish. They tend to eat more in the summer too. So, try to catch numbers in the summertime. If you can find some hard bottom or shell, that is another awesome summer pattern. Try a Carolina-rig or lipless crank bait over some of these areas. Our SJA teams are winding down the season. We had 3 teams compete in the TBF World Finals on Lake Harwell two weeks ago. Our teams finished a respectable top 50 out of nearly 400 teams. Fishing in South Carolina is very difficult. You can catch spots, large mouths, and small mouths with a 15” length and only a three fish limit. Our teams did great though. Next up for SJA are the BASS High School Nationals on Lake Chick in Dayton, TN. We have two teams attending. Wish us luck and let me know if you can help support us! It costs about $2000 per team to lodge, travel, gas, and eat for the week. If you can help out, please contact me: Dave DiMauro, Director, 407-353-4575. As always, thank you to all our great sponsors who continue to help support our team. Without the support of our friends and partners, we could not do what we do.

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the lure. If the feeding fish eats the shad, another schoolie will take the lure – the key is a fast, accurate presentation. Fishing on a calm night with a big moon and a black-colored topwater Jitterbug or a 10-inch black worm dead sticked on the bottom is Summer patterns change. The sure to draw the big strike. fish eat early in the morning, late Panfish are eating crickets and evening, and at night. Fishing is hot here in Central insects on days they have a hatch. Florida, and so is the weather Target them on the downstream pattern. Bass, panfish, and bends adjacent to deeper water. catfish are going to bite if you fish Fish moving water but look for where they live and fish when the areas where the flow creates eddies and slower water. In the they feed. lakes, use red worms over sandy Early means before daylight or shell bottom. Catfish like until around 8:30 am. Take to feed where the water is fast advantage of schooling bass at moving. After a couple days of the mouths of the lakes where heavy rain, target them in deep the St. Johns exits the lakes. bends with just enough weight to Lipless crankbaits like a Rattle hold bottom and a half a piece of Trap, or a shallow suspending fresh peeled shrimp. Try an egg slash bait like a Rapala X-Rap sinker to allow the bait to slowly will get lots of action. Don’t roll. Cast upstream of the deep blind cast or fan cast – the key holes in the river bend and allow is to land the bait right on top of it to roll down the drop off. the surface striking fish. Wait to see the fish striking shad on top and then quickly and accurately place the lure. If the feeding fish misses the shad, it will take

crankbait are a great imitation of lots of tasty critters that bass feed on. Golden shiners are also another prime target for bass so baits that have gold and black are another top choice. A bladed jig that imitates those colors can really load the boat. Soft plastic The best anglers having success jerk baits can be cast to shoreline fishing around the Harris grass and lily pads. Chain will be throwing Senkos, especially weightless Texas- Just remember to make short rigged ones. A watermelon red or quick twitches while you fish Junebug color in these lakes is these baits. Don’t forget to hard to pass up for a largemouth allow the bait to flutter down bass. Make sure to let the bait occasionally because you can flutter down on the initial cast. have bass follow your bait but Next give it a slight twitch or lift not actually hit the bait. Another up on the rod and slowly reel type of bait to have tied on is up the slack…repeat. This time some sort of punching / flipping of year, the bass are feeding set up. You can pitch these baits on bluegill because they are into thick heavy cover where the spawning during the hot summer big ones hide out because of months. You can find areas that the dense cover that provides smell fishy as you fish certain shade and vast underwater areas. This fish smell indicates cooler water where baitfish hide. bluegill are nearby, and bass A 4-inch craw or a creature style will be feeding. Take a look on bait is what most folks use yearyour side imaging fish finders to round. Watermelon red and show areas that the bluegill is black and blue are what anglers bedding in. These areas will look should have tied on. Beat the like a large field of indentations heat, fish early in the morning, or like a golf ball. Ripping along a late evenings for the best bite. square bill crankbait or a lipless

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If the ocean water stays warm (above 80 degrees) along the near-shore coast, look for pods of baitfish to move in close to the beach. Pods of Atlantic menhaden (pogies), thread fin herring (greenies), and bay anchovies (glass minnows) will all be shadowed by predator species like large tarpon, smoker kings, blacktip and spinner sharks, jack crevalle, bonito and redfish. Focus your attention on bait pods where there are visible predators, feeding activity and active bird feeding.

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