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WWW.OAKLEY.COM MAKO EYEWEAR BLADE The Mako Polarized sunglass collection launched this year in the United States, featuring a range of technical lenses created for outdoor sports with a particular focus on fishing. One of the best-selling Mako Polarized sunglasses is the Blade, offering a comfortable fit without sacrificing style. An eight-base design, the Blade wraps close to your face, reducing side light and improving line-of-sight and peripheral vision. Thin arms reduce pressure over the ears and are excellent for fishermen who always wear a hat. Mako sunglasses are available in four polarized glare-reducing lens types, all made from glass for its scratch-resistant properties and ultimate clarity. All of our sunglasses have an industry-leading 12+ anti-reflective coatings, advanced polarization, and oleophobic and hydrophobic coatings to repel oil, dust, dirt and water. The featured lens for the Blade is the Green Mirror (G2H5), polarized lens, featuring a special rose base color which helps you see enhanced detail at a greater depth. The internal green mirror reflects the brightest sunlight while its high definition filter removes harmful UV light rays, enhances color and increases contrast.
WWW.MAKOEYEWEAR.COM COSTA CAPE Costa’s new Cape style is an extra-large frame that offers massive lenses and ultra-wide temples to provide the most protection from the sun’s harmful rays. Manufactured from biodegradable resins sourced from reclaimed castor oil, Costa’s new frame withstands the elements of adventure while also providing comfort and wearability. Cape features Costa’s new innovative sweat management system, with ventilation ducting allowing air to flow through the end piece of the frame, which reduces lens fogging. Sweat management temple channels enable airflow from the vents to cool, wick away and drain sweat and moisture through openings on the temple tips. In addition, a thinned out inner bottom eyewire tucks closely into the back surface of the lens, which allows sweat and moisture to drain down the back of the lens and off the frame. The new style also features Costa’s patented 580 lens technology, providing 100 percent UV protection and polarization to give anglers the clearest lenses on the planet. Color-enhancing technology filters out harsh yellow light for superior contrast and definition and absorbs high-energy blue light to cut haze and enhance sharpness. Cape is available in matte black ultra, shiny steel gray metallic, bowfin and matte russet, with lenses in seven lens colors, including Sunrise Silver Mirror and Gray Silver Mirror. The new frame can also be customized with prescription lenses.
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OCEAN WAVES JAX BEACH Ocean Waves Sunglasses, renowned for fishing eyewear, has produced an excellent and versatile pair of fishing glasses with their Jax Beach frame. The Jax Beach comes in tortoise or matte black and has the widest range of size flexibility and wrap to fit anyone’s head. From small to XL head sizes, the Jax Beach provides a great wrap look, excellent coverage, and comfortable fit and feel. The Jax Beach can be paired with any of Ocean Waves’ specialized lens types according to the angler’s personal preference and visual needs. Ocean Waves Sunglasses customizes fit, utilizing two lens curvatures, which can be selected in any of the company’s high-quality mirrored lenses: Offshore Blue (OSB), Backwater Green (BWG), Lunar Silver (LS – ultra dark), or Luminator Purple (LP – light enhancing) as well as non-mirrored Grey and Amber. Piece together the perfect shades to fit your style and needs.
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RIO RAY MALIBU Rio Ray Optics is the best new affordable polarized brand on the market. Designed for the outdoor lifestyle, all Rio Ray sunglasses come with 100-percent optically correct polarized CR39 lenses, frames with indestructible TR90, acetate and memory metal titanium with 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 frame shape and offers incredible durability. Frames are prescription ready, and each pair comes with a full array of accessories including a hard and soft case and cleaning cloth. The frames here are Rio Ray’s Malibus. Go to their website to see all their stylish models. For dealer inquires, call 800-498-2104 or email jarrod@riorayoptics.com.
American-owned and based in Florida, RCI Optics is producing the most advanced sunglasses, equipped with more features than any other brand. These glasses, manufactured in Italy, are lightweight and incredibly durable, with optics that are crisp and clean with unbeatable polarization. Built for the elite waterman and outdoor enthusiast, RCI’s glasses are in a league of their own. RCI’s Power Plants are made with a Ballista 2.0 frame material that’s virtually bombproof. The Helius 2.2 lens material is six times denser than standard polycarbonate lenses. An ANSI Z87.1 safety rating meets OSHA requirements for safety glasses, and a Mil Std 662 military rating stops a .15 caliber projectile fired at 650 ft. per second. How’s that for durability? Well, they’re also top-notch in terms of optics. RCT (Radius Curving Technology) offers distortion-free optics for the clearest vision. These shades are 99.9 percent polarized, using injected polarization, not laminated. H780 Infrared blocking technology eliminates harmful radiation. Multilayered antireflective coatings eliminate distracting internal reflections, and permanent hydrophobic, oleophobic and antistatic coatings are applied to both sides of the lenses. Try a pair for yourself and you will see why they say, “The Advantage is Clear.”
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The most recognizable name on the water, Salt Life, is also the maker of stellar sunglasses. Their Andros Matte Black sunglasses are performance designed and lightweight, offering extreme comfort for extended wear in the sun. Made in Italy with highquality glass lenses, they allow you to see images crisper and clearer. Andros are available in lens colors of Smoke Blue and Copper Green. Their lenses are 100-percent UV protected with five layers of anti-glare reflective coating that completely eliminates glare. Go out and get noticed in Salt Life sunglasses.
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very blade-handy angler has their own techniques and tricks for peeling the perfect fillet off a fish. But anyone who has spent enough time around a cutting board knows the perfect way to fillet is a combination of three crucial elements: technique, tools and practice. Whether it’s a 15-pound red snapper or a 6-ounce bream, the basics of filleting a fish are the same. The idea is to remove the meat along the fish’s flanks, while leaving behind the head, bones and guts. Step 1: Make a vertical cut just behind the fish’s gill plate and pectoral fin. This cut should go all the way down to the bone and
extend from back to belly. Step 2: Run the blade from the first cut all the way down the top of the fish, along the backbone to the tail, making a shallow incision as close to the backbone as you can get it. Step 3: Using that long cut along the backbone, utilize smooth, light strokes to work the fillet away from the bones moving from the back to the belly. The other hand can be used to peel back the meat as you go. Cut around the ribcage when you arrive at it. Step 4: With step 3 completed, you should have a beautiful skinon fillet. To remove the skin, place the fillet on the board skin side down. Start from the tail and insert the knife through the meat down to the skin, leaving a tab of meat and skin at the tail to hold onto. Turn the knife horizontal and run the blade up the skin to remove the meat. Step 5: Use tweezers to pick out any pin bones left in the fillet. The technique seems simple enough, but if you don’t have good, sharp, flexible knives that are sized correctly for the fish on the board, you’re going to make a mess out of your fillets. Havalon has come up with an all-in-one solution for this issue with its Talon system. With five styles of high-quality blades that all fit on the same handle, switching from a 7-inch blade down to a 5-incher or even down to a 3.5-inch utility blade is as easy as pressing a button with their Quik-Change II blade replacement system. The blades can be resharpened as well as replaced to make sure they are razor sharp when you need them. Also, with a handle that opens up, clean-up is both thorough and easy with the Havalon Talon system. Rinse your tools down and roll them up in the included canvas kit so they’ll be ready the next time you need them. And next time should be soon, because practice is the final and most important element in the perfect way to fillet. Go fishing enough, and you’ll be peeling off perfect fillets for the table in no time. Check out the Havalon Talon System at www.havalon.com.
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t’s hot, and trout are lethargic in our low-elevation streams. With low dissolved oxygen levels and high water temps, catching a trout in the depths of summer is often a death sentence for the fish, regardless of how carefully they are released. So what’s a trout junkie to do when summer temperatures put a damper on the action? Go get your fix on a tailwater. Tailwater trout fisheries are a great resource during the extreme temperatures that throttle free-flowing streams. When water pulled through a dam from a reservoir is released through oxygenating devices into a river, the ecosystem below the dam maintains oxygen levels and water temps suitable for trout year-round. In addition to this, water that has been stored behind a dam is generally nutrient rich, which provides fertile grounds for trout to grow large. In North Carolina, the Hiwassee
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River, around Hayesville, and the lower Nantahala River, in Nantahala Gorge, are two good tailwaters that fish well no matter the season. On the Nantahala, because of its popularity as a whitewater rafting destination, there are limited opportunities when anglers can wadefish effectively. Constant high flows during the daytime make floating the river the best option. A guide is highly recommended for anglers who are not also strong whitewater paddlers. The state stocks the Nantahala downstream of the Beechertown powerhouse, and there’s a strong contingent of holdover fish as well as some wild fish from natural reproduction. For some reason, the rainbow trout do not seem to achieve the same size as the huge browns that come out of the lower river. On high water, heavily weighted nymphs are best for getting down where the fish are. A big streamer is a good idea for those hunting big browns. On the Hiwassee, public access is the issue. During low flows, it’s possible to wade the river at several public access points from Hayesville downstream to Mission Dam. However, floating the river is, again, the best option. On this one, someone who can handle a canoe, kayak or inflatable driftboat reasonably well should be able to handle the river when water levels aren’t too high. But know ahead of time that low flows force a lot of boat dragging, while water releases turn the river into a muddy torrent. The Hiwassee is not designated as trout water by the state, yet it is full of wild rainbows. Most of the fish are small, but some huge 20-plus-inchers show up for anglers who know what they’re doing. It is a technical fishery, where trout can be super selective and spooky. Nymphing is the way to go in summer. Also, water temps rise the farther downstream one goes, so the stretches above and just below Hayesville fish best this time of year. For more information on all the state’s best trout fisheries, including GPS coordinates to access points and more, check out “Flyfisher’s Guide to North Carolina & Georgia,” available on Amazon or by contacting the author at nsc8957@gmail.com.
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t’s no secret really big stripers patrol the eastern end of Long Island Sound. Just ask Greg Myerson; he found the biggest one in August of 2012 – the IGFA world record, which weighed 81 pounds 14 ounces! Lucky catch? Hardly. Myerson, 50, of Wallingford, Connecticut, has targeted big bass in these waters since childhood. Over last decade he’s hauled in numerous 50- and 60-pounders, plus a 73-pound behemoth, in addition to the top prize. “I’ve released some others,” he said, “that might have broken my own record.” What draws such big fish into the area? Myerson believes it’s a search for lobster. “The eastern end of Long Island Sound is very rocky and, until recently, it held a ton of lobsters,” he said. “Big bass are lazy. They don’t like
fighting strong currents, so they slip in behind submerged boulders or hold in the lee of outcroppings and reefs. That’s where lobsters like to feed, too, so it’s a convenient ambush spot for the bass.” Myerson noted there is plenty of good bottom to investigate here. “Southwest Ledge and Southwest Reef make good starting points,” he stated, “but there are other obvious opportunities if you poke around.” Once he finds a spot, the current striper king follows a specific routine. He’ll chart a path that avoids lobster pots but still allows access to the lee side of submerged boulders. He’ll fish when the tide is flowing slowly and prefers to ply his trade after dark, just past slack high water, and on the last quarter of the moon. “Lobster feed best from 0 to 1.4 knots of current,” he explained, “so that’s when the biggest bass chew, too.” Myerson’s secret weapon is a special sinker he’s developed and now markets through his business, World Record Striper Company (worldrecordstripercompany.com). Called a Rattlesinker, it rattles at the same 10-decibel sound level lobsters use to send out a buzzing underwater warning when danger enters the area. When bass hear the rattle, they start looking for food. Myerson uses a clip to attach the sinker to a three-way swivel and a 5-foot length of fluorocarbon leader that terminates in 5/0 eel hook to present an eel. Using conventional tackle and a braided main line, he bounces the sinker across the bottom as the eel follows behind. The rattling sound and sea snake have proven to be a lethal combination cow bass just can’t resist. Myerson said he’s sure there’s bigger bass still to be caught in Connecticut’s waters. “I think it’s possible to break 100 pounds here someday,” he stated, “at least as long as the lobsters stay around.” If you’d like to give the cow stripers of Eastern Long Island Sound a shot, you can stay at The Water’s Edge Resort and Spa (www.watersedgeresortandspa.com) in Old Saybrook or The Madison Beach Hotel (@madisonbeachhotel). For a charter trip, consider Flying Connie Charters (www.flyingconnie.com) out of Clinton or fish with Myerson though his World Record Striper Company (www.worldrecordstripercompany.com), the same place you can purchase Rattlesinkers should you want to give them a try.
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ARPINO SPICE OYSTERS Well, this one is about as easy as it gets. Get some fresh oysters, we usually will pick ours off the beach wash them and keep in the fridge until ready to serve. Heat oven to 350, place the oysters on a flat pan and heat the oyster just until they slightly pop then remove from the oven. Next, half the oysters and place back onto a pan. Spinkle Arprino Seafood and Pasta spice over the oysters then drizzle olive oil over each oyster. Then sprinkle fresh grated parmesan cheese over the oysters then pour about a cup of white wine in the pan and bake for an additional 5 minutes at 350. Simple and delicious!
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uly will host some of the King mackerel hottest days of the year. But if you can take the heat, fishing can be off the charts throughout the month of July. Cobia will continue to provide very good action for sight-casters most everywhere in the Chesapeake Bay, with some really big bruisers available in July. Remember, this year you can keep three fish per vessel at a minimum of 40-inches long, and one fish can measure over 50-inches. Gaffing is now permitted, and you must still obtain a free permit and report all catch results. Red drum action is always hot for casters this month, as pods of big drum find their way to the mouth of the bay and along the Virginia Beach ocean front. Big Spanish mackerel will dominate the trolling scene along the ocean front in July, but big smoker king mackerel are also possibility in the same areas. Look for clean water and tide rips for the best action. Spadefish are making an exceptional showing this year, with many large fish tipping the scales to over 9-pounds, awarding anglers with Virginia Citations for the first time in years. Spadefish will remain available at the Chesapeake Light Tower, the Tower Reef, the CBBT, and several inshore wrecks this month, but the action often slows towards the end of the month with the arrival of masses of jellyfish. Sheepshead will also bite very well along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel pilings, with clams, crabs, and fiddlers great options for these hard fighting bait stealers. Triggerfish will also hit in many of these same areas throughout July, with squid a favorite bait. Tautog are in season again this month, but most won’t be interested. July is a good month for founder in the Chesapeake Bay, with jigging and live bait effective methods for those anglers working their way around the four islands of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Anglers drifting with strip baits and minnows often find luck with nice flat fish near the 4th island,
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the Hampton Bar, and the Thimble Shoal Channel. Both Lynnhaven and Rudee Inlets are also good spots to try this time of year. Regulations allow four fish per person, at a minimum of 16.5-inches this year. July may be hot, but the heat won’t deter dozens of croaker anglers as they crowd into Oyster to get in on the big yearly croaker ritual, as the size of the hardheads increase throughout the month. In lower bay waters, croaker can be found everywhere, and the size varies with the location. Kiptopeke State Park is still a favorite location, often hosting some nicer fish. Sea mullet can also be found lurking off Kiptopeke near the concrete ships throughout the summer. Puppy drum are still around this month in most backwater locations and inlets, along with some speckled trout. Tarpon will remain active on the Eastern Shore until September. The hope of landing an elusive Silver King keeps tarpon hunters content in the back waters of Oyster, as long as they can endure the blazing heat and biting flies. Amberjack are available on many offshore wrecks and at the Southern Towers, offering a powerful fight. Deep dropping is also a good option this month, with decent hauls of the usual blueline tilefish, golden tilefish and an occasional grouper and a side-catch of nice seabass. The offshore scene can be explosive in July, but this depends on the location and accessibility of favorable water. Tuna fishing can be solid this month, with yellowfin and big eye tuna often busting spreads. Mahi are also crowd pleasers, with some large gaffers still around this time of year. Some nice wahoo, king mackerel, and scattered mako sharks can also keep anglers content. Billfish will also begin showing this month. Live baiters will have the edge on the billfish scene, especially early in the season.
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It is summer fishing season here on the Outer Banks. I know there are a lot of anglers that head to the Outer Banks and bring their own boats to fish out of Oregon Inlet and Hatteras. For those that come here, the Outer Banks offers plenty of near shore fishing opportunities that give the visiting angler a chance to target several different species of fish. You can single out several different fisheries and still be in site of the land. The first fish to target would be the ones directly in the inlets or just outside of them. The Bluefish and the Spanish Mackerel are easily caught by trolling with Sea Striker Clark Spoons or Bowed Up Spoons. You could also use small planers or inline trolling weights to vary the depth of your trolling spread to target fish at different depths. I also like to pull one line with a Sea Striker Sea Bird that will disturb the topwater in the trolling spread. If you see birds working the water, then troll in or around where they are working. Remember to check you size and creel limits with NC Marine Fisheries Webpage at http://portal.ncdenr.org/ web/mf/recreational-fishing-size-and-bag-limits . The next species you can fish for are Triggerfish, Spadefish, Black Sea Bass, and Amberjack. You can find these fish on wrecks and artificial reefs. Before you leave, check your nautical charts for wrecks and the location of artificial reefs. Also make sure you have plenty of different sizes of lead weights for fishing these locations because you may get hung up on the bottom or on wrecks and lose you rigs. This is just the cost of doing business when you are doing this type of fishing. Make sure you bring plenty of bait because sometimes when catching Triggerfish, you will go through a lot of bait trying to hook these bait thieves. I like using squid or cut Albacore when targeting these fish. The size of the hook you use will be determined by the size of the fish you are in. It is good to take a few live Croakers or Pinfish if you have a livewell on your boat. Try to send a couple of them down and see if you can hook an Amberjack. If one hits the bait, hang on because an Amberjack will give you a good hard fight! The last fish you could try for is King Mackerel. Your luck in catching these fish will be dependent on bait present and water temperature. You can target these fish in two ways--that is slow trolling live bait or trolling Bowed Up Spoons, either with or without strip bait on the spoons. This fishery can be hit or miss but if you limit out on Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel and Bottomfish then you could give it a shot while you are already out anyway. If you are here on vacation and didn’t bring your boat, don’t worry. Check local fishing tackle shops, marinas and fishing centers to help you select one of these charter fishing trips while on the Outer Banks!
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ach year I spend with my family on the Outer Banks. This year I ended up in a beach house in the Corolla area, away from the craziness that goes on in the Kitty Hawk area this time of year. So, what does a kayak fisherman do when he comes to this lovely place? He fishes of, course. Waiting until the last minute as most guys do, I tried to get a guide, so I contacted Rob Alderman of Outer Banks Kayak Fishing and Tours and of course he was booked as I expected he would be. I decided to fish the beach in front of my house. I did fine at first, breaking through the waves on the trip out and after about three hours came up empty handed and flipped the kayak coming back in through the surf. I was prepared for it, not losing anything but my menhaden bait that I was using and my 3 year old phone getting wet because I had forgotten to put it in its case. The next day I fished the pilings of the Wright Memorial Bridge. Lots of structure, lots of fish, right? Wrong again. I ended up catching a small schoolie striper and a catfish. Thursday was my last fishing day so I decided to go to Oregon Inlet and to my surprise also launching his kayak was Rob Alderman. Rob let me tag along and we fished a few of his hotspots. Watching this guy fish is amazing. He stands up paddling his new blue Bonifide kayak, gazing across the water with his polarized Costas, waiting for anything out of the ordinary and looking for any slight movement. Then it happens… A seagull swoops down slapping the water and grabs a small finger mullet and a huge swirl of water boils in front of my wilderness thresher. Rob yells, “There! Cast, cast!!” I threw my Berkley gulp shrimp into the swirling confused fish and bam fish on. I reeled in my personal best puppy drum at 29 inches. We chased this group of fish for a couple of more hours and just talked and I soaked it all in. what a day. If you are in the OBX and want expert to guide you, contact Rob Alderman at www.outerbankskayakfishing.com or email him at fishmilitia@aol.com. Find him out on Facebook, too!
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his month we will take a break from talking about fly fishing friendly fish and look at one of my favorite methods to catch those feeding fish that are always splashing just beyond the casting limits of the shore bound angler. That method is to use a float tube. Float tubes come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can range in cost from less than $200 to more than $500 which makes them cost effective for anyone who doesn’t have a few thousand dollars to spend on a boat, motor, and trailer. You simply launch them from the shore and then back into the opening and sit down. There are a few things to look for when considering a float tube. The first is easy access into and out of them and for this reason I like the horseshoe shape. It should also have some pouches to store your gear, water, and lunch. You also want to have a mesh to cover your lap while in the tube so when you retrieve your line it will lay on top of the mesh and not fall down into the water to tangle around your legs. You will also need a few accessories. The first are some fins to provide propulsion. Wading boots may be needed to get through the brush to the water. Make sure the fins you purchase will fit over the boots. You will also want to get a handheld pump to inflate the tubes to save your lungs. Always wear a life jacket in case you have a float tube that develops a leak and if you are on a lake with boaters, be sure to wear bright clothes so it will be easier for them to see you. The next step is to find water that will allow access. You will need a map and look for all the lakes and ponds in the area. I like to look for public parks as these usually are located on or near water and will allow public access. Take a trip out to explore them to see if they can be fished. It’s also a good idea to ask around to get more info on the particular lakes you plan to fish. As for gear, I like to use a balanced 7 weight outfit and I will start using a floating line and a 9’ tapered leader. The long leader allows me to fish top water poppers and sinking flies down to around 6’ deep. If I need to get deeper, I can add a short sinking head to the end of my fly line with a loop-to-loop connection to get down to the 10’ to 15’ depth. I usually take a good selection of flies to let me fish top to bottom and store them in one of the float tube pouches. Once on the lake, I like to paddle out to where the water changes color to indicate a drop off and then fish parallel to shore both in front and behind me and keep moving until I find the fish. If I’m fishing top water poppers, I look for structure along the shore and then position myself a short cast away and work all around the structure covering as many different angles as I can. There you have it. Now you can reach those splashing fish that have been so frustrating to reach from shore. Good luck and tight lines
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It’s hot out there and fishing can be spicy too! We see big schools of trophy redfish into the 50-lb range cruising just below the surface. Seems like every other day we get the privilege of encountering a school. And, when you do, organized pandemonium ensues. Tossing colorful Meathog jigs into the school can lead to 2-7 rod hook ups, drags screaming, and folks cheering! Into the boat for a quick picture then released to fight another day. Reds over 27 inches have to be released. The smaller reds, aka “puppy drum” are tastier anyway. Seasoned guides like “Castaway Dave” target and often land these in the backwaters along the flats, docks, and channel ledges. Tossing gold spoons, fresh cut bait, and jigs will get the bite from these mini locomotives. Channel bass is another name for the state saltwater fish. The inshore fishing is hot! There will be bluefish, Spanish mackerel, schoolie stripers, flounder, sheepshead, amberjack, cobia, and trout available this month. Best advice: fish early, late, and often. Get into a local shop, spend a few bucks, and ask questions. You’ll get more than you paid for with fresh bait, tackle, and great advice on where to find the hottest fishing spot. Thank you and enjoy our outdoors!
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The team that accumulates the most points for blue marlin, white marlin and spearfish during the event’s three fishing days earns $25,000, while second- and third-place prizes are $10,000 and $5,000, respectively. All billfish must be released, except potentially record-setting blue marlin that exceed 600 pounds. Teams also can enter one fun fish (tuna, dolphin, wahoo or released sailfish) per boat per day for additional points. Marlin division competitors can pay an additional fee to compete for $10,000 in the fun fish division. Cash prizes await anglers who catch the three heaviest dolphin, three heaviest tuna (yellowfin, blackfin and skipjack) and three heaviest wahoo. The Key West Marlin Tournament is to begin with a 4 to 6 p.m. final registration Wednesday, July 18, at the Waterfront Brewery, 201 William St. A captains meeting, auction and raffle are to follow. Fishing is set for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 19 and 20, and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 21. Weighins take place after each day’s fishing on the dock behind the Waterfront Brewery. Tournament social events include cocktail gatherings, an island-style pig roast and a fish fry. An awards banquet at the Margaritaville Key West Resort & Marina, 245 Front St., is scheduled Saturday night. Entry fees are $1,800 per boat before June 15 ($2,100 thereafter) for two anglers, a captain and mate to compete in the marlin division and attend social events. Each additional angler per boat must pay $200 to fish. Entry in the fun fish division is an additional $300 per boat. For more information and to register, visit KeyWestMarlin.com.
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verybody knows that wind is simply the movement of air, ranging from a slight breeze to tornadic activity. Anglers would do well to consider the effect this weather related action has on the attitude of and feeding habits of several specific species of fish, but in this article we will concentrate on bass. In late winter or very early spring when bass are looking for warming conditions, the southern breeze pushes warm surface water into coves, which in turn draws the females into the well documented cruising phase of behavior. Wind-blown banks are notorious for holding feeding frenzies, especially in the months of May and June, when the shad hatch is in full swing. This shad spawning activity can be easily spotted
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’m headed to Pickwick Lake today and have a Neko rig tied on. Don’t know what a Neko rig is? It’s a pretty simple rig that really works no matter where you fish. You’ll probably start catching so many fish with it that you’ll turn pro soon and try to beat me on the Elite Series! OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a little, but it does catch fish— and good ones too. The big bass shown here was one I caught on the rig in the Bassmaster Elite Series event this year in Oklahoma. From the photo, you can see the bait is rigged wacky-style, with the hook in the middle of the worm. A light nail weight is inserted into the head of the bait, which makes the bait stand on its head when it reaches the bottom. The fish can’t stand it. It works really well all year all over the country. The rig works at all depths, too. In the summer, I suggest fishing it around bluegill beds and skipping it under docks. It is very skippable, and that makes it a great bait for fishing the shade of docks. It is a finesse approach and will coax sluggish bass into biting. As more and more anglers get better at learning to fish offshore, the fish get more and more conditioned and tough to
by watching for an unusual number of herons and other shoreline-feeding birds stacked shoulder to shoulder against the banks and in frantic mode. This activity will normally be in grass that is adjacent to deeper water or clay banks that protrude toward a point. Be like the early bird that gets the shad, or you’ll miss the entire spectacular show. Throughout the summer months, let’s not forget the mayfly hatches, when the wind is also a major player. Wind pushes larvae and mature flies closer to shore, where bream and other bass prey are having their own little party. Rafts of mayfly husks also afford shade for almost any aquatic creature that might be a meal, especially the rafts that are shoreline oriented. A topwater lure worked right through the middle of these rafts can get very exciting. June and July are prime months for the bream beds that almost always develop near the shoreline and can be active for extended periods of time. Big bass love to hang out around these beds to wait on easy meals. The wind and wave action can camouflage your approach to the shallow-water beds. These beds can be easily recognized by setting your Humminbird on side view, looking at no more than 50 feet and scanning only the bank side of your search area until multiple scalloped out dish-like impressions are located. When detected, wait several minutes before returning to the active area, and allow the bed to settle before using a stealthy approach. Even then, skirt the perimeters of the bed with your first few casts. When the surface temps are at their maximum in July, August and September, all types of plankton-related goodies that inhabit hydrilla, including freshwater shrimp, attract crayfish, shad, small crappie, bream, and you name it, that are blown close to shore by your friend the wind. Take advantage of the wind. It can be your friend. Billy Darby is a professional guide on Lake Eufaula. He can be reached at imfishing4u@windstream.net or 229-768-2369. catch. The drop-shot rig was a technique I started to use when fish weren’t biting out deep in recent years. A Neko rig fits into that same category, but I think you can catch bigger fish with it. The main reason for that is you can use bigger worms and bigger hooks. For depths of less than 10 feet, I use a 1/32- or 3/64-size nail weight. Out deep, I go with a 1/16 to 1/8, depending on the depth and current in the lake. The best hook for this technique hands-down is the Mustad Titan X Wacky/Neko hook. Once you get a hook in them on this rig, they don’t come off. I throw the Neko rig on an MHX NEPS 81MXF spinning rod. It is 6’9” with medium action and I pair it with 10-pound Vicious braid and 10-pound Pro Elite Fluorocarbon. The bait of choice the majority of the time is a X Zone Fat Finesse Worm. When I’m out fishing deep on ledges, I’m not afraid to rig up an 8- or 9-inch straight tail worm as well. Green pumpkin works best around beds, and a plum color is good for deeper water applications. Have fun and let me know on social media if this works for you. Facebook – Pro Angler Brandon Lester and Instagram @ brandonlesterfishing.
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ingfish might be the most explosive-biting fish in the Gulf of Mexico. We often see them skyrocketing a surface bait and jumping 8 feet into the air. They’ll hit live bait doing 30 mph, and all you’ll hear is a screaming reel. Kings in the 40- to 50-pound class are common here off Franklin County, Fla, with many 20- to 30-pounders mixed in. The state record is 90 pounds. It was caught off Key West in 1975. Kingfish might be in a school of hundreds, or a solitary big one might cruise the reefs and wrecks like a lone wolf. There are many ways to fish kings, but live bait can be a sure thing. Trolling dusters with a cigar minnow in tow has been a standard in the northern Gulf ever since powerboats have plied these waters. The old guys used drone spoons with long wire leaders to defeat the sharp array of teeth that can instantly cut a leader off. Light tackle is the way most Franklin County anglers fish kings today, and it gives quite an experience to the angler who has never hooked one of these torpedoes. They will hit jigs tipped with bait, trolled plugs and even take a grouper bait off the bottom. The food value of kingfish is very good, depending on how you prepare and cook them. Being high in omega 3 oils, they don’t freeze well if they are not precooked. Fresh fillets broiled or fried are hard to beat, and you don’t have to get fancy with the seasoning. Make sure to remove the dark bloodline from any part of the fillet, since it offers too strong of a taste for some. Kings in the 15-pound class are fantastic on the grill, and slicing the fish into steaks with a drenching of Italian salad dressing makes a nice presentation. If you have a smoker, this opens up another great way to do kings. Cut fillets into manageable pieces and smoke them for 6 to 8 hours with a dusting of seasoning. Kingfish makes a superb fish dip, and it is great for parties. Kings are abundant in our waters, so get out there and catch some. This Aug. 4-5, C-quarters Marina in Carrabelle, Fla. will hold the 15th annual Kingfish Shootout. To date, this event has raised $915,000 to fight leukemia, and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever with more than $20,000 in prize money! Come help raise money for the Leukemia Research Foundation, experience the beauty of the Forgotten Coast, and enjoy the sounds of screaming drags. For a complete list of rentals, charters, supplies and more visit www.floridasforgottencoast.com.
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t all started for me when I began focusing on the big bull reds that prowl the waters around the St. Andrews Pass and the bridges in Panama City, Fla. I knew many of them lurked in those deep waters, and using live bait was usually a sure bet, but I get such a kick out of fooling fish with artificial lures that I had to explore the world of deep jigs like the Shimano Butterfly jig and the Offshore Angler Freestyle jig. When attempting to fool fish holding in water 50 to 100 feet deep, or more, you need a lure that gets down in a hurry. Not many tools can fill this niche, but these heavy, lead, streamlined jigs with the cool paint jobs come through in spades. Equipped with one or two hooks on a short tether, these jigs produce a wild, erratic fluttering on the fall, and when worked correctly, produce an enticing jumping action when ripped up off the bottom with the rod. The action is similar to a spoon more than a conventional jig, and fish of all species fall for it. It’s crucial to team your jig up with a properly rated rod. Deep jigging rods are usually short and work very well, but many rod types will get the job done. Spinning reels work fine, but I’ve found reels built for bottom fishing, like the Shimano Torium, to be my favorite. They’re smooth and fast, perfect for this technique. Spool up with 50• Safer to 80-pound test braid and a shock • Easier leader made of • Better 30- to 60-pound monofilament or fluorocarbon. Typically this is a vertical presentation with your boat positioned right on top of your target. Casting the jig, however, can be a very effective way of targeting fish that may be suspended somewhere in the water column and away from the boat. You can cover a lot of water using these jigs as a searchbait. Cast or drop the jig and let it settle to the bottom.
Then begin pumping it back to the boat. Work it with hard jerks several feet off the bottom, and let it settle on a semi slack line. Usually, a hard jerk works best. This triggers a strike without giving the fish time to think about what it’s looking at. You will feel the strike, and it will likely be on the fall, so hold on! I once had a large fish rip a rod right out of my hand. Down it went, the whole rig. That was a learning moment! Adjust your drag properly. I have experienced several days, both nearshore and offshore, when I caught fish about four to one against my partners using live bait. This is due to the bait’s ability to cover a lot of water in a short time with extremely effective results. I’ve caught reds, grouper, bonito, snapper, Spanish and king mackerel, trout, amberjacks, mahi and more using these jigs. It is an extremely exciting and productive fishing technique; give it a try! Randy “C-Note” Cnota is co-publisher of the Panama City/Forgotten Coast edition of Coastal Angler Magazine and owner of C-note Charters in Panama City, Fla. Check him out at cnotecharters.com.
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