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Darcie Arahill’s biggest mutton snapper to date came from 200 feet of water off Marathon in the Florida Keys.
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ottom fishing is about hard-pulling fish and filling the cooler with some delicious table fare. With grouper season in full swing, there may be no better way to get your daily workout than floating over a reef or wreck. And you’d be hard pressed to find a better place to do it than off of Marathon in the Florida Keys. Darcie Arahill, host of the YouTube channel Darcizzle Offshore, spent a day with Capt. Dave Schugar and the crew with Sweet E’Nuf Charters out of Marathon and absolutely loaded the coolers with mutton snapper, amberjack, blackfin tuna and yellowtail snapper. It was the kind of trip that bottom fishing is supposed to be. Capt. Dave spent the early part of the day hopping from wreck to wreck and patch reef to patch reef, briefly prospecting each one with baits before moving on in search of hungry fish. He eventually found them over structure in about 200 feet of water. “You gotta keep moving to find those bites,” said Darcie, understanding the searching it takes to find productive bottom. But after setting up a drift on this spot, the whole boat knew they were on the fish. The action started quickly and it was fast, with multiple double and triple hookups. They caught some fish vertical jigging, but Darcie’s largest mutton snapper ever—a beautiful 13.6-pounder—was battled off the bottom after it ate a live pinfish. The live-bait rig consisted of a pinfish hooked through the lips with a circle hook, which was tied into 25 feet of leader and a three-way swivel. A 10-oz. teardrop sinker was deployed off the other arm of the swivel to get the bait down to the bottom. The group hauled several muttons up from the depths, and they also caught amberjack, jack crevalle, bonita and blackfin tuna off the same spot. Capt. Dave took the opportunity to give a quick demonstration on how to properly bleed a blackfin to deliver better tasting fillets to the table. Instead of cutting the fish’s throat, use your hands to tear the gills beneath the gill plate.
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he Texas summer surf can spoil a newcomer in a heartbeat and is what the seasoned surf angler awaits each year. Vacation days are set aside well in advance and excuses to come in late to work are ready and often recycled. Spoil a newcomer, addiction, you might ask, what is so special about the surf? My fastest limit, 10 trout from the upper Texas coast, came on 12 consecutive casts. One was a dud, a lost fish, and 10 were solid trout, 19.5 to 24 inches. After I caught my limit, I continued to catch and release solid trout up to 5 ½ pounds. If that doesn’t spoil you, nothing will. Days like this are not uncommon when the conditions are right. The key to a successful morning in the surf is to remember you don’t plan a trip when you want, you go when the surf calls you. Green incoming tides rising with the sun paired with a calm surf are my favored conditions. May and June routinely provide the best odds of landing the larger trout with Independence Day marking the arrival of masses of school-size fish. I like to start my day before the sun’s rays illuminate the horizon. Standing on the sand, tossing topwaters or suspending baits parallel and as close to the sand as I can effectively work the lure. I have caught many trout pushing 7 pounds along with large flounder and snook using this approach. It is amazing the size of fish that will feed in mere inches of breaking water. As the blanket of darkness no longer conceals my presence, I will begin to gradually angle my casts towards the open Gulf. I will broaden my search area and structure type until I find where the fish are feeding, never overlooking the shallow water where I began my day. As the sun climbs, the trout will typically find comfort in the guts, chasing mullet, shrimp, shad and other baitfish. When this occurs, I still vary my cast from parallel to offshore, covering the deep guts and not overlooking the structure, which is the bar. As you would do while fishing the bay, don’t overlook the drop off. Casting along it can produce great catches. White water and waves crashing is an often-overlooked hot spot. I seldom see surf fishermen casting into the whitewash, which can be a huge mistake. The turbulence disorients the baitfish which are easy meals for the thick-bodied, strong-swimming surf trout. I can remember one day in particular when most, if not all, of my trout were caught in the white water on top of the bar. A solid trout inhaled my slow-sinking lure as it tossed and turned in the froth. After that, I made repeated casts into the turbid water to end a successful day that up until that point had been quite slow. Let me check the forecast, is it calm yet? Capt. Michael Okruhlik is the inventor of Controlled Descent Lures and the owner of www.MyCoastOutdoors.com.
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in tarpon fishing. With the rod under and arm, the only way to hook the fish is with a solid stripstrike. For a successful twohanded strip do the following: • After the fly has been cast, place the rod under the arm (right or left). • Point the rod tip down, keeping the tip on the water at all times. • Begin the strip by pulling the fly line with your hand at the first stripping guide. Repeat this with the other hand. • There should be a continual motion, changing hands with each strip. • Vary the speed of the fly as you strip it through the water. • Strip the fly all the way to the boat and repeat. If you feel a strike, give your line a solid strip-strike. Use the two-handed strip, and I guarantee you will never go back to the one-hand strip again. Good luck on the tarpon grounds this season!
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grew up fishing lakes well-known for large schools of bass spending the summer months offshore. When we get to mid-summer and the water temperature starts hitting 80 degrees, it is safe bet that fish are going to be on offshore structure like ledges, humps and drop offs. I start looking on main-lake areas, on the lower half of the lake from the dam, where most good summer ledges are on the lakes I fish. Using the mapping on my Raymarine electronics, I search for places that top out from 12 to 20 feet and drop down to anywhere from 50 to 60 feet. Bass will start heading out there when the water gets to 70 degrees and at 80 they will definitely be out there. They spawn with a water temperature of 62 to 64, so as the water warms they will be headed that way. When the water is 80 degrees, the fish in the lake that move (some stay shallow all year) will be out there. The biggest deal is finding the depth range of the fish. When they first get out to offshore structure, they like 12 to 17 feet. As they stay longer— it could be weeks or a month—they will then move deeper, from 18 to 25 feet, maybe even as deep as 30 feet. To find the depth range of the fish, I will graph and look for the bait and then the fish. Usually I can see the fish on my Raymarine units, but I will often fish around a big school of bait in case the bass are hiding right under the thick bait. If I don’t see bait or bass, I won’t make a cast. Electronics are too good these days to fish places just because there were fish there at one point in the past. Gear To Use Offshore I always start with a moving bait, such as a deep-diving crankbait, to see if I can get the fish fired up. The biggest ones in the school will bite a crankbait. I like a Strike King 6XD and 8XD fished on a MHX CB907 cranking rod that I built myself with supplies
from Mud Hole. I always put new Mustad hooks on the baits. #2 KVD Triple Grip trebles are my preference. For line I use 10- to 12-lb. Vicious Fluorocarbon for the 6XD and 15- to 17-lb. on the 8XD. I like a slower 5:4:1 gear ratio reel to help them dive to their deepest depths. When those fish start grouping up out on the ledges, you can really have a lot of fun. Hundred-fish days are possible on the Tennessee River lakes, and I get excited just thinking about it. When that water temp gets close to 80, it is time to get out deep and get healthy in a hurry come tournament day.
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Summer’s Here! IT’S TIME TO GET OUT THERE AT ANY TIME, ON ANY BODY of water, as much as you can. Though we may have had a wet and cool spring and early summer, I feel we are set up for a fantastic summer of fishing. What’s even better is the center of the bass fishing world will be right here in Central NY when The Bassmaster’s “Elite Series” comes to the St. Lawrence River. The Village of Waddington in St. Lawrence County with a population of 922 are expecting over 30,000 visitors for their four day-long events. Visit www.waddingtonpartyinthepark.com for details or see page 3. Our field experts and contributors are doing a fantastic job keeping you up on conditions, as they attempt to be as specific as possible. Most everyone’s fishing has been effected some by high water, but like our field experts report alter your tactics when
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OSWEGO REPORT AND FORECAST BY ROBERT MALLORY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE FISHING HAS BEEN challenging out of Oswego, however as bait comes ashore to spawn I would expect the inshore brown trout bite to pick back up. In this scenario, higher lines early in the morning followed by deeper sets as the day progresses and the sun starts to get high in the sky. Larger spoons to mimic the adult alewives that will be found inshore will likely be the best bet for cashing in on the brown trout as the gorge themselves. The Lake trout fishing in Oswego has also gotten tough as of late – typical for later in June, however offshore fair numbers of king salmon are being found. Most anglers are having some luck anywhere from 150’ of water right on out past 400’ of water depending on how the wind has blown and where the fish are located. Spoons,
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WAYNE WEBER‘S TUG HILL/REDFIELD FISHING REPORT BY GUIDE WAYNE-O TROUT FISHING ON TUG HILL IS HOT RIGHT NOW. THE streams have seen fluctuating flows the past two months. It seems that every time they start to get low we get more rain. It is a perfect pattern for keeping the streams cool and the trout happy. If this pattern continues the fishing will be excellent throughout the summer. The fish are spread out and hungry. My last guided trip ended with happy customers that caught a good share of wild fish along with a few stocked trout. The trick was getting away from the areas everyone fishes. I say this repeatedly but most still won’t do it. You must get away from the parking lots and bridges. These are the areas that see the most pressure. I recommend
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getting a good map and getting off the main roads to start with. Then you need to be prepared to hike in a bit. The walleye bite on the reservoir has been steady to good. They have been being caught trolling stick baits and crawler harnesses. A few guys also have been jigging. Most of the action has been coming from the lower half of the reservoir down towards the dam. The state has decided to stock more walleyes this year now that there is proof that it is worthwhile. This is great news and in a few years, we may very well have a truly top-notch walleye fishery. As bass season gets into action there will even more opportunities for great fishing in the greater Redfield area. The reservoir provides excellent small and largemouth fishing. A wacky rigged Senko is hard to beat. I also like to run crankbaits long the edges of the channel. This requires good electronics to keep your boat in position. Another surefire method is to pitch a jig and pig up into the buck brush found near where the rivers come in. There are also some excellent “backcountry” opportunities in the Tug Hill region. Some of these produce great numbers of smaller bass while others produce trophy size fish. This is another time where you need to look at the map, locate ponds on state or other public land, and then go give them a try. A canoe or kayak is the best bet for most but some will accommodate a small v-bottom or flat bottom boat. If you do some looking around you will find everything from ponds you can drive right up alongside to ponds that you need to hike in to. Many of these ponds have heavy weed growth and are best fished with top water lures that will work over the weeds or by dropping soft plastics into any pockets you can find. I will be hitting the bass waters over the next month so look for more information in the next issue.
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SUNKEN TREASURES HENDERSON/ SACKETS/CHAUMONT BAY REPORT BY CAPT. GENE BOLTON FISHING HAS STILL BEEN STRONG ACROSS THE EASTERN basin of Lake Ontario. The walleye bite has been a little tough but still managing some quality eye’s. Trolling deep divers along point peninsula, and Henderson Harbor areas. Perch fishing has been excellent with buckets of jumbo perch coming in daily. Gold hooks topped with perch minnows have been the ticket along Point peninsula as well as Henderson Harbor area. Perch are schooled in big numbers anywhere from 15 to 40 feet. Out in the big water the lake trout bite has been decent with large lake trout hitting the deck between 10-20 pound range. Work 130’to 160 using cowbells on bottom. Brown Trout action has been spotty but there around look for bait schools and fish spoons off riggers and weight rods over 30-80 feet over water. There has been a few King Salmon around the eastern end and were loaded with bait more salmon will be around soon. Bass season opens up this weekend, with a large bass and walleye derby out of Henchen Marina in Henderson Harbor. Fish on !!!!
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Underground Fishing League ALEXANDRIA BAY – BY MICHAEL SORRENTO OPTIMISIM AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES ARE WHAT anglers up and down the St. Lawrence are working through as they navigate record high water levels, dock damage, and unpredictable floating impediments as the 2017 fishing season is now completely underway. Yet as mother nature (and Lake Ontario projects) throw in obstacles, the most thoughtful and determined anglers are finding their way to the exciting combination of gamefish that only the St. Lawrence can offer. Northern pike have bounced back this season. This predator(below left) was caught throwing a 5” jointed perch colored Rapala suspending stick bait. Walking this type of bait with
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ST. LAWRENCE RIVER REPORT COMPILED WITH CAPTAIN ED REYES, LET’S GO FISHING CHARTERS WE WAITED TO JUST BEFORE PRINT TO MAKE THIS REPORT, the day after bass opener. Good News, the waters are receding and fish are biting. Let’ Go Fishing Charters 315-250-8947 reported having a very productive season opener for both small and largemouths tossing stickbaits in 5-10 feet fishing over the top of structure that has been submerged from the high water, which is receding. Ed from Let’s Go Fishing has curtailed many trips like other fishermen this June, but he has been connecting on nice northern pike in 8 feet or less during limited outings. Fishing just over the top of weeds now, expecting these fish to matriculate deeper as the water subsides and both bass and pike move off their spawning haunts.
Bay Rats Lures shallow diving crankbaits and stickbaits, husky jerks or challengers retrieved just off weed tops will score mixed bags while the fish are transitioning. Be careful on the water for floating debris, and boat with patience. Feel free to call Ed at 315-250-8947 if you would like to book a trip, especially if you want to try musky while on the St. Lawrence. We will be providing an updated St. Lawrence River fishing and condition report on July 15th on www.theanglermag.com site, select Upstate NY on this nationwide site to provide up to date information for those visiting for The Bassmaster’s “Elite Series” July 20-23. The Angler Magazine trolled the St. Lawrence from Massena to Clayton this spring to provide its readers with lodging, food, marina and fishing services from the elite fishing friendly confines on the St. Lawrence. On page 9 are local businesses that want your patronage and have been selected by myself personally for their professionalism and waterfront Public Boat Launch access. Feel free to Beach on Grounds with Picnic Areas call or link to any of our advertisers Campgrounds Located on the St. Lawrence River for availability and www.lisbonbeachandcampground.com conditions. Have fun, 9975 SH 37 Ogdensburg, NY • 315-393-5374 catch fish!
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BLACK LAKE FISHING REPORT, COMPILED WITH OF THE LOG CABIN AND BLACK LAKE COTTAGES IT’S SUMMER AND THE BLACK LAKE BASS ARE HUNGRY. Water conditions are slightly above normal but fishing conditions are excellent. For those fishermen who are familiar with Black Lake, they know it’s a fishermen’s mecca. Others looking for an alternative to the St. Lawrence River if high water conditions continue, Black Lake is the place. Both The Log Cabin and Black Lake Cottages have accommodations available during The Bassmaster “Elite Series” and during all of July. Bass – Spinnerbaits, Senkos, imitation frogs, and your favorite top waters should all be effective at different times. If you miss on a top water bite, have a Senko ready on another rod and toss in behind it. Expect bass to be in close early, especially with the seasons higher water. If live bait is your choice its hard to beat crayfish for both largemouth and smallmouth. Bay Rat Lures Battle 1.5 Crankbaits work well run over the tops of weedbeds,
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On June 16th, GSLFF www.gslff.com held their annual fishing contest and the results were quite impressive. Brent Turnbull, who is creating quite a reputation for himself as a big-time multi-species angler added to his legend by garnering first place with a trophy 27 ¾ inch specimen pictured below. During Great Sacandaga Lake Fishing Federation contests, they man the phones at the weigh station to update results, so non-placing fish can be released boatside. Several other large walleyes were caught, lending even more credence to the GSLFF walleye stocking. Go GSLFF and Congrats to Brent!
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Post Spawn Crappies BY SHAWN HAYES – FISHING FANATIC EVERYBODY IS A CRAPPIE FISHERMAN IN THE SPRING WHEN the waters start to warm and the large schools of Crappies move shallow to make their beds and lay their eggs. It’s like there are fish everywhere there is cover. But that’s not what this articles about. Post spawn Crappie fishing can be tough for even the most seasoned of Crappie diehards. “They seek deeper, cooler water after the spawn, “says Shawn Good, VT Fisheries Biologist. “ The spawn is a real stressful time for these fish.” But post spawn Crappies can be caught with a slower more patient presentation. Post spawn can last anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks and it’s the same across the entire country. Crappie go into recuperation period. After spawning Crappies don’t immediately seek deeper water.
Instead they will move to the nearest brush or vegetation. Then after a short stay will move again to the next mid depth drop off or vegetation. The male Crappies stay and guard the eggs and fry until all those little Crappies take off and go their own way. After that the males and females will regroup during the later stages of the post spawn before moving to their regular summer locations in deeper water. It’s no wonder why these fish can leave the best Crappie anglers scratching their heads at times. First you have to find them after the spawn. And even when you do they usually aren’t really concentrated during this time. With higher than normal water conditions the Crappies have had even more access to flooded timber and vegetation than they have had in the previous three seasons. Hopefully this will result in a good spawn and we will see a bumper crop of fish in years to come. Change when the fish change. The fish don’t disappear when the spawn is over. Stay vigilant All Your Fishing and follow those Crappies through the Gear, Tackle & Bait transition period. Your determination will pay off! Shawn Hayes runs Reel2Heel and can Located 1/2 mi N of NY Rt 67 be contacted at (802) 518-842-3819 558-9161.
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SARATOGA/SACANDAGA AREA REPORT BY JOE GRECO, WWW.NEWYORKFISHING.COM ANGLERS EVERYWHERE HAVE HAD TO ENDURE SOME unusually cold spring weather and it finally seems as though summer is here to stay. If you’re looking to go catch bass, walleye or anything else for that matter now is the time to lay the proverbial “smack down” and the bite has been red hot! We are entering the summer peak period which basically means our local waters are teeming with life and weed growth as well as oxygen levels are approaching peak levels. Water temperatures are climbing rapidly and the fish will react by feeding heavily to keep up with their metabolic needs. Saratoga Lake is such a great place to fish in June. The Bass bite is typically on fire in late June as many fish are done spawning and are ready to ramp up feeding to recuperate from the rigors of the spawn. This time of year is fun because anglers can use a variety of baits and experience success. Whatever your style is action can be had fishing with plastics as well as hard body baits and spinner baits. White and chartreuse are good colors for hard baits and black, green and pumpkinseeds
are killers for most soft plastics and jigs. Bass will be located all over the lake at this point and have redistributed to different main lake structures and typical summer locations. Look for thick milfoil weed edges in the 8 to 15ft. range and of course sunken wood, rocky breaks and other classic structure that will attract Mr. Bucketmouth. The walleye fishing has been consistent with a good number of “eater” class fish being caught. What I find on Saratoga Lake is that once the water hits the 70 degree mark there is a new pattern that emerges and remains consistent throughout the summer. I love fishing crank baits and spinners as well as big swim baits such as the pulse r paddle tail by custom jigs N’ spins. If you’re into crankbaits my favorites are the Berkley flicker minnow size 5 and 7 and Rapala shad raps in similar sizes. Bay Rat Lures has some awesome new products out as well. Check out the “Slash Rat” which is a new suspending model that dives down about 6 feet and comes in a variety of walleye craving color schemes. Joe Greco of Justy Joe Charters with Using spinners is a great way a June Saratoga Lake Walleye. Go to to fish any body of water that holds www.newyorkfishing.com to reach walleyes, pan fish and bass. I love Justy Joe Charters.
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taking kids fishing and bottom bouncing crawler harnesses will keep them busy as many non-target species will be caught when in pursuit of walleye. Drift these on bottom bouncer rigs and lindy walking sinkers with a Sampo ball bearing swivel/snap combo which will keep you tangle free. I typically use 1 to 3 ounce walking sinkers for fishing in up to 30 feet of water. Drift these around structure and experiment with color and leader length to dial in your program. 90% of the time I run Colorado or Indiana style blades in sizes 4 and even 5 sometimes as big blades can mean big fish! Now is the time to step up your game anglers. It’s that time of year when the days are long, the fish are hungry and the underwater jungle awaits your sexiest presentation! If you are looking to get out fishing and would like to book a trip with an expert check us out at newyorkfishing.com. See you on the water, Fish on!
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CREATING BIG BASS BY RICH ORTIZ FISHIN’-MUSICIAN BASS ARE SO EASY TO CATCH THEY SAY.... THEY WILL hit anything you toss at them ... I’ll admit it, unpressured bass can be very easy to catch, especially certain times of year. Most us bass anglers are on public waters with high fishing pressure when the hot days of July and August come. By then, many casts have been made to your favorite visible structure and weed lines. Chances are you will be working hard to regularly catch good bass. This is when you need those resources on your boat, and the most important tool, your logic! Ok, so you have a bass boat with many bells and whistles; power pole anchor system, latest sonar with structure scan, 6 rods rigged on the deck and endless supplies of plastics and artificials. The real question Est. 1964 is what separates BAIT AND TACKLE you from the rest of the pack? How SOLD HERE do you consistently 4979 Lake Shore Drive bring in a hefty Bolton Landing, NY 12814 bag? Can you make the adjustments necessary to reliably catch quality fish, BIG FISH! In your
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pursuit of the mighty largemouth you will become an amateur hydro chemist, biologist and meteorologist paying close attention to water temp, water clarity, water levels, current weather patterns, moon phases and natural forage life cycles etc… All these factors play a major role on the fishing and the quicker you can sum this up, success on the water will follow. Once on the water, since you are paying attention to the environment trying to put all the clues together. You are keeping confident, expecting a strike, and BINGO! You hook a pretty decent bass.... you get him into the boat. Here comes the most important part to developing a pattern by remembering as
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Lake George Salmon Stocking, BY JEFF JOHNSON AKA CAPT. JJ LANDLOCKED SALMON HAVE BEEN STOCKED IN LAKE George since the 1880s with varying degrees of success. The fishing peaked in the 1980s with strong smelt populations and the lake trout population still recovering; a former state record landlock was caught here in 1982 at 19lbs 2oz. I can remember a few years with good salmon fishing in the late 1990s when I started guiding, then a few good years in the early 2000s, yet the salmon fishing has been inconsistent… until the last few years. We are now seeing not only better numbers but some really nice sized salmon, including a 15-pounder caught through the ice in 2016!! Much of this success is a result of a new strain of salmon coming from the State hatchery in Lake Clear, the Sebago Lake strain which come from Maine. Another key ingredient has been the efforts of a small group of concerned fisherman that formed the Lake George Fishing Alliance in 2001. The first stocking changes they helped implement was holding 3,000 additional salmon at the Warren County Hatchery over the summer to grow them bigger before stocking in the fall, usually late October. At that time 34,000 were spring stocked in late May or early June. These were still the original Lake Clear strain and for a time the fall ones were doing much better, fin clips enabled anglers to keep track. While it seemed, these fish were smaller than the spring stockers, they were surviving better and a few got pretty big. The top salmon on my charter boat until last season was one such fish which weighed in at 8lbs 4oz, had a left ventral fin clip. While these fall stockers were doing better, we still had 10 times more fish that were stocked earlier and still showing poor survival rates. Many theories exist as to what happens to these stocked salmon, and predation by lake trout, pike, pickerel and bass was thought to be a big factor in the disappearing salmon. I remembered that DEC had previously stocked some of them by a barge to spread them out instead of just dumping
them in from shore. In 2005, I asked the local Fisheries Biologist at the time, Emily Zollwegg, about the possibility of trying something similar with volunteers and their boats. We tried it first in just the south end, stocking from Green Island in Bolton Landing. There was a good turnout that first year with 8 or so boats and several volunteers to run fish to the waiting boats. We use 35 gallon plastic barrels to transport the fish and they need to be filled 2/3 with water first. The boats then drive to various spots and dump the fish, hopefully away from predators and near some forage. Getting them out in deeper water off the brook mouths helps as the newly hatched smelt fry tend to move into the lake around the same time providing great forage for these smaller salmon that average around 6 to 8 inches in length. After seeing good results in the south end in 2005, the north end was added the following year. One more change that has really helped in the south end was moving the stocking location to extreme south end of the lake near the Village. There was a year in the late nineties that the salmon were stocked from Million Dollar Beach and we had great fishing for them the following summer. That area has ideal salmon habitat and also has several brooks with good smelt runs nearby. Current DEC biologist Jim Pinheiro decided it couldn’t hurt to try a new location in the south end. We started at the LG Village public docks and recently moved to the new DEC boat launch at Million Dollar Beach. Surprisingly these fish don’t stay put and are caught quite a way to the north by Bolton and in NW Bay, miles up the lake. The program continues today, we stocked both ends with boats in late May this year, our thirteenth straight. The Lake George Fishing Alliance still helps organize the event, plus the past few years DEC Fisheries and the Lake George Park Commission have been providing boats and additional helpers. This has enabled us to get the salmon stocked in a short time,
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BY JERROD VILA WHAT DOES ONE THINK WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD “fly-fishing”? I would be willing to bet most would picture a gorgeous tight loop, flawlessly unrolling, and delicately delivering a tiny dry fly to the surface of the water with little to no disturbance, drifting downstream at the precise speed of the current, hopefully to be slurped up by an eager trout from down below, but there are a multitude of other methods to be taken of advantage by the fly fisherman. One of my favorites is streamers, not your typical classic old school Grey Ghost or Mickey Finn style (they certainly have their place as well) but big streamers. Ungodly creations of fur and feathers that more closely resemble a dust bunny that has been hiding underneath the couch for years. This technique is not artful, and by no means delicate, but it produces trout. Big nasty trout. Throwing large streamers for big trout is really a mindset kind of thing. You must mentally prepare yourself for not catching a ton of fish and no matter what is happening to stick with it, 500 lackluster empty casts later without even a follow. Stick with it. It will happen and when it does it will make every previous cast oh so worth it. The sheer viciousness that a large trout savagely hits a big streamer with is unreal. Once you hook your first big guy, well it’s all over from there on out. It becomes an addiction that no other method of fly-fishing really seems to satisfy. One really needs to devote an entire day on the water, or possibly even longer, to doing this and only doing this. It is not the type of thing where you open your fly box and say to yourself, “Yeah, this guy looks good” pick a 6-inch streamer out and give it a few casts here and there or work a small section of stream and change up after a short period of time with no action. It’s difficult to get into the proper mindset while fishing with buddies who are using normal techniques. They will be catching normal size trout with frequency and that will ruin your confidence and make you want to join in the crowd and not be the only guy to get skunked and succumb to healthy amounts of ball busting until the next outing. For this reason, I like to fish big streamers alone or with 1 other person whom is doing the exact same thing. Now for gear, sure you can throw large streamers on a typical fast 5 weights. It’s not easy and not recommended but it’s doable. In all reality, though to efficiently be rolling this style of fishing you really want a 6 or a 7-weight rod. I am usually running these on a sink-tip or a full sinking line, depending on water depth and given current
Jerrod Vila caught and released this trophy on The Battenkill.
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Fishing Large Streamer for Big Trout situation. Kelly Galloup’s Streamer Max Long by Airflo is really the perfect line for this style of fishing. It has 30 feet of a high density sinking line then a transition to nice intermediate running line, it really stays down in the target area while being aggressively stripped and really “shoots” surprisingly well. Also, most full sink or lines like the Streamer Max cast much better than a sink tip or a poly leader attached to the end of a floating line. Don’t expect or even try to achieve nice tight loops when fishing huge flies and sinking lines, it’s just not going to happen. Open up your loops and pretty much lob your flies on target. I normally like to work a river upstream, not the case when fishing big streamers. I’ll work it down. I feel I can be much quieter and be stealthier when walking with the current as opposed to against it. Most fish will hit on the swing, so the area you expect the take to come in will be downstream of your location, so if you were working upstream you could have walked through this area already or at least close enough to it to have spooked a possible fish. Cast across, swing it down, take a few steps down stream, cast across,
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swing it down. Fanning the river using this method really puts your fly in front of many fish and effectively covers most of the river or stream. What about the flies? I really like throwing the 4” to 6” articulated stuff around here. From Sex Dungeons, to Butt Monkeys, to Circus Peanuts. The list of crazy flies with even crazier names goes on and on. They all work, but those aforementioned 3 flies are a few of my favorites. You have to get over the notion and thoughts that your fly is too big. It’s not. It took me a long time to realize this but it’s so true. I am fairly certain 25” brown trout would attack a squirrel if given the chance so a 6” fly is nothing for a big trout to engulf. I prefer to run a very short leader of straight tippet material. There is no need to softly land a dry fly atop the surface so there is also no need for a fine tapered leader. Depending on fly weight, current and depth I feel the fish will be will determine the leader length. Faster Jerrod Vila, Outdoor Columnist at The Recorder current and deeper water I will shorten up in Amsterdam, and also followed at the leader, 2 or 3 feet is not uncommon. http://downwindoutdoors.com For most situations, I am probably starting off with a leader around 4 feet. Don’t underestimate these fish, they are big, aggressive and will break you off in a heartbeat. You are stripping one way, a big fish and the current are going the other way. Be prepared for this. Learn from my mistakes and upsize your tippet. I run 3x fluoro on 4 inch sized flies and 2x Bait & Tackle fluoro on anything Old Fashion Soda Fountain larger, and if any of ADK Boutique this is taking place 5450 NYS Route 30 at night go straight Indian Lake, New York, NY 12842 for the 1x. Night time is a whole (518) 648-5222 different adventure which will have to be addressed in another article at a later date. So get out on your stream and “Throw ‘em the Meat!!”, work the seams, the undercut banks, the log piles, anything that seems like it could harbor a large trout. Good luck.
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WEST CANADA CREEK REPORT BY JERROD VILA JULY ON THE WEST CANADA CREEK TRADITIONALLY brings on sulphurs, sporadic BWO hatches and the start of Isonychias. Darker smaller caddis always seems to be plentiful as well. In the early morning hours, the WCC is an ideal river to throw streamers on. It’s quite large and you can cover a lot of water and also harbors some large meat eating browns. Nymphing the pocket water and riffles in the trophy section are always a good bet too. Nothing fancy required here, a tandem nymph set up with a stonefly or girdle bug up top and a smaller generic bead head pheasant tail, hares ear, copperjohn, etc... dropped off the bend of the lead fly will readily take fish all summer long. Czech style or contact nymphing also works well in some of the deeper quicker seams of the river, running a heavier tungsten bead head Czech nymph as point fly with a caddis pupa or other smaller fly above will take many trout. This is also a great river to employ the dry-dropper tactic. Depending on what bugs are coming off will determine your main fly then I like to drop a pheasant tail emerger about 20 inches off the bend of the dry and just float it right in the film, this fly has accounted for numerous fish on an evening. If you’re lucky enough to catch a spinner fall on the West Canada, the fishing can be absolutely stellar. Rusty spinners or the hackle trimmed off the bottom of a traditional style fly so the body rides a bit lower is the ticket here. Big fish will sometimes position up in some slack water and just gorge on spent spinners. Look for subtle sips, get yourself in position to make that first Gifted Peter Geremski shared this cast count. Good luck. streamside photo.
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Hungry Trout Brookies Dominate Crossroads Outdoors Brook Trout Contest WAYNE WEBER OF WAYNE-O’S GUIDE SERVICE www.wayneosguideservice.com won our May/June long Instagram contest with his incredibly impressive huge-mouthed trophy ADK brook trout pictured below. His photo yielded 183 Instagram likes and Wayne chose a collection of Lake Clear Wabblers donated to the contest by www.lakeclearwabbler.com. Wayne was guided by Hungry Trout Fly Shop guide and The Angler Magazine fly-fishing contributor Matt DeLorenzo while he scored this lifetime best trophy. Second place coincidentally with 172 Instagram likes was Evan Bottcher also a guide with The Hungry Trout Fly Shop www.hungrytrout.com. The Hungry Trout Fly Shop obviously has a great handle on finding and catching trophy ADK brook trout via the fly. This year I have had many reports of big brookies succumbing to newly advanced fly-fishing methods which certainly can be learned through a guided trip with a professional. There are so many great fly-fishing opportunities in The Adirondacks, and mid and late summer is a great time to explore backwoods pond brook trout, especially when we start experiencing lower and warmer stream conditions. Evan or Matt are easily reached to book trips via email at info@hungrytrout.com or by phone at 518946-2217. Nicole Trowbridge won a personally selected collection of Hillbilly Lures www.hillbillylures.com with a beautiful brookie she earned by hiking over 3 miles to a remote Catskill pond. Special thanks go out to the Crossroads Outdoors www.crossroadsoutdoors for sponsoring the contest. The Crossroads Outdoors in Chestertown, NY is located right along a very productive and well stocked section of the Schroon River, with excellent public access and outstanding trout water. This year’s early wet weather should help ensure fantastic
Wayne Weber with his Instagram contest winning brook trout. Photo credit Guide Matt DeLorenzo of The Hungry Trout Fly Shop. summer fishing conditions and water levels. While on the Schroon, make sure to check out Crossroads Outdoors huge ADK fishing selection with an expanding fly-fishing inventory.
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LAKE CHAMPLAIN, LAKE TROUT AND WALLEYES BY WILLIAM NOLAN & SON LAKE CHAMPLAIN FISHING HAS TAKEN OFF PARTICULARLY in the broad lake Colchester fill area. After a great spring run the fishing has only improved. The lake trout tend to be spread out this time of year and are only grouping in small numbers. as the season progress the lake trout gradually begin to stack and group thru the summer and into the fall in great number. this makes them easily obtainable through many techniques. My favorite technique is the jigging approach.This time of year the fish can be found thru the water column but typically targeted by jigging in 60 feet of water over humps, ledges, and deep drop offs. as the mid-summer to late fall approaches the fish can be found staging for spawn on 80to 120 foot humps. the typical approach to jigging them would be medium action to medium heavy rod with a quality braid and mono leader. the braid has no stretch and is needed at such depths to aquire a good hookset. The typical tackle would be 1oz to 4oz jigheads with tubes, and paddle tails. Sonars, lead pencil jigs are also very popular as well. It’s important to stay vertical while jigging as the dart of lure simulates escaping prey. An Ipilot with spotlock is critical but working with a drift is productive as well. The walleye bite has also been very productive in the Colchester fill/reef area. Early Spring, they can be found in the rivers and tributaries in month of May and then found in and around the mouths as the move out and back to broad lake. These fish have been active mostly in the evening from 6pm to 12am. The common techniques used are planer boards, leadcore, and longlining. This time of year, a good target area would be 18-22 feet of water and down 15 feet. Typical trolling speed ranges from 1.5mph to 2mph. Crank baits such as huskys, Smithwicks, and challenger lures have been the go to and produce quality fish. At night, I find the darker lures are the main producers. Lindy rigs and walleye harnesses with nightcrawlers or leeches are a staple for finicky fish and can be fished on bottom or in the water column at very slow speeds down to just .5 mph. For custom painting and custom lures check out swillyslurecraft.com and on our fb page. Swillyslurecraft, William Nolan owner/operator.
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UPSTATE GUIDE SERVICE REPORT BY MIKE CRAWFORD AS A PROFESSIONAL FISHING GUIDE I TRAVEL THROUGHOUT Upstate New York, bringing guests to fish on the inland lakes, bays and rivers of Upstate New York. The weather, and the fish, do not always cooperate. The Spring of 2017 was the wettest I have ever seen and presented challenges for safe boating and affected the fishing in some water bodies. An example of this was the St. Lawrence River. Colder than normal temperatures and record high water levels made the Spring pike fishing challenging. Large rattle trap type baits like the Strike King Red Eye Shad in 3/4 and the larger “Rippin’ Raps” seemed to produce the best pike bite for me on a recent outing on Chippewa Bay. The loud and erratic baits seemed to be easier for the pike to locate and therefore drew strikes in
the high and murky water. The later part of June means bass. The Canadian Shield lakes of New York’s Adirondack’s and North Country, the Eastern Finger Lakes, Oneida Lake, and The St. Lawrence River regions offer some of the best smallmouth fishing in the eastern US. Summer season finds my light tackle lake fishing to be focused on suspended and deep-water smallmouth fishing. Drop-shot fishing, and other “finesse” light tackle techniques prove their worth when summer doldrums set in. To learn more about the tackle and techniques I use for summer smallmouth fishing please check out my Field Notes page @ www.upstateguideservice.com Tight Lines and Be safe!
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I took my daughters for ice cream after closing the shop and saw a fellow fisherman. I asked how they did today, I never imagined what would come next. “State record”, he said. I was amazed when I saw the mass of this fish. Looking for a place weigh the beast we had to open back up, no way was I passing up this opportunity. When we put the fish on the 6’ picnic table it took up 3/4 of it. It was 17” tall over a legal Walleye, it’s just crazy. Congrats to Jason Bair of Macedon, N.Y. on catching this 36.03 lbs. & 42 3/4” Sheepshead. In process for a new state record and second biggest in the world. Bass season has opened with an abundance of giants and more than enough Bass for everyone. Anglers are fishing weeds and shoals for Large and Small Mouth Bass. Anglers using top waters, crank baits and jigs. The Walleye bite has been very good with Oneida Lake Walleye Wednesday tournament producing fish on a weekly basis. Jigging bite will be slowing down. More effective tactics this time of year will be trolling and we have seen a lot of suspended fish so don’t shy away from trying new technics. When you are not catching walleye in deep water try fishing the weeds. Casting worm harnesses and crankbaits can be very productive. Join our text club and receive 15% off. Text the word walleye to 51660 26 UPSTATE NEW YORK
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MICKEY’S ONEIDA LAKE REPORT WOW! WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. FOR THE Oneida Lake walleye angler, the spring of 2017 has been the equivalent of “pay back”, or divine retribution. No kidding! The walleye season for Oneida so far has been extremely productive. Blade baits seem to dominate as the go to lure for putting old bright eyes in the live well. Although those anglers not completely enamored by this blade bait phenomena are finding success with perch patterns and the old reliable black and purple jigs. The spinner and worm enthusiasts are also boating their fair share of fish. There are a few “out of the box” thinkers using jigging Rapala’s in the fire tiger and perch patterns. Another surprising aspect to this early season bite has been the presence of yellow perch. Anglers are reporting catches of “jack” perch while targeting walleye. Perch can also be had by presenting small minnows vertically under the boat. After all, they are members of the same family. The fisherman last month found that many successful walleye anglers made it their business to finding fish in the weeds. Once the dog days of summer are upon us and the weeds become prevalent, especially in the 4 to13 foot depth, few savvy walleye anglers limit out consistently by tapping into what most anglers try to avoid, including the old timers. Weeds and walleyes are like peas and carrots; an Oneida Lake fact of life. It’s usually an early morning bite. Sun up, involving a night crawler dragged by the Carolina rig with a Mustad “Slow Death Hook”, using a soft tip rod. Adding a spinner with float beads in front of a “Little Joe” like spinner will have your limit in the boat by 8am. That’s it! Less is more. You bass fisherman can do the same with artificial lures until season opens, although you don’t have to be advised to fish the weeds. 28 UPSTATE NEW YORK
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First Confirmed Snakehead Caught in Mississippi Lake
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he scourge is spreading. In early June, a bowfisherman arrowed Mississippi’s first confirmed northern snakehead from an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River. The fish was caught from Lake Whittington in west-central Mississippi’s Bolivar County near the Arkansas border. Bow fishermen Brad Baugh and Bubba Steadman, of Cleveland, Miss., shot the fish on June 5. They kept the fish, photographed it, and immediately contacted the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP). “Snakeheads have been present in the White River Basin in Arkansas since 2008 and have been steadily expanding their range towards the Mississippi River,” said MDWFP Delta fisheries biologist Nathan Aycock. “The Mississippi River provides these fish with access to connected oxbows like Lake Whittington as well as the Yazoo and Big Black Rivers.” Northern snakeheads are native to China, Russia and Korea. Established populations have been found in Arkansas, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, where their impacts to native fish populations remain unknown. Northern snakeheads are typically found in shallow, backwater areas and can breathe air, which allows them to survive for extended periods of time out of the water. Northern snakeheads appear similar to the Southeast’s native Bowfin, also known as grinnel or mud bass. MDWFP and other state wildlife agencies encourage anyone who thinks they have caught a snakehead to keep the fish, photograph it, and contact wildlife officials.
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n appropriate Florida fish for July, when we celebrate our independence on the fourth, is the flagfish, also called the American flagfish, a small fish that is usually found only in Florida. It takes its name from the male fish’s resemblance to the American flag: a large black or blue dot and red-and-white stripes on its body that resemble a flag. The Latin name (“Jordanella floridae”) honors an important zoologist, C. Basil Jordan, who ran a fish research program for the U.S. Fish Commission and for the Smithsonian Institution in the late 1880s. He was also the U.S. Commissioner for Fish and Fisheries, as well as the author of many publications and scientific reports. The fish, which fish stores sell for aquaria, takes its other common name, “pupfish,” from the seemingly playful mating habits of the male fish, habits that look like puppies at play. The fish were originally found in Florida drainage ponds, as well as the Ochlocknee and St. Johns Rivers. They seem to prefer slow-moving water with a lot of vegetation and are usually found in swamps and marshes. A sharp-eyed observer may see them even in brackish waters, for example in estuaries where river water mixes with
seawater. The small fish, which may grow to only 2 1/2 inches in length, are actually in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fish with the fewest eggs. The fish usually produce only about twenty eggs over a span of several days, although the female fish have been known to lay many more eggs in aquaria, where the fish are very productive at eating algae in the aquaria. In the wild, flagfish feed on crustaceans, insects, plants and worms. The males do their part in taking care of the eggs, which the female has laid over algal-covered rocks. The eggs will adhere to the rocks because of a sticky thread that connects the eggs to the rocks. The male adults will guard the newly laid eggs and fan them with their fins in order to keep them clean and aerated. The life span of the fish is two to three
USA Fields First-Ever Ladies’ Team For Match Fishing World Championships
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atch fishing… chances are it’s a style of competitive fishing you’ve never heard of. While match fishing is hugely popular throughout Europe, its seemingly bizarre tactics leave even experienced American anglers scratching their heads. But don’t confuse something unfamiliar with a sport that’s simple or unsophisticated. To the contrary, a quick search of the Internet will reveal a world of highly evolved angling complexity. Match fishing competitions find participants confined to small areas, or pegs, along a bank, with the goal of catching the heaviest combined weight of fish during a prescribed time period. Equipment and tactics vary depending on the venue and available species. Top competitors catch six fish or more per minute over a three-hour period—all the while managing
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delicate tackle, adjusting presentations and continually metering precise quantities of ground bait into the water to attract fish and keep them feeding. Competitors often employ tiny size 16-20 hooks to target fish less than four-inches long, but must be ready to battle larger fish like carp on the same gear. Six accomplished female anglers will represent the United States at the 24th Annual Ladies’ Match Fishing World Championships in Szolnok, Hungary on Aug. 26 and 27. The first-ever ladies team was assembled by the United States Angling Confederation. The team consists of Barb Carey, Hannah Stonehouse Hudson and Kristen Monroe, all of Wisconsin, Elise De Villiers and Penelope Smit, of Florida, and Shelly Holland, of Minnesota. De Villiers and Smit are veteran match anglers, while Carey, Holland, Hudson and Monroe will be competing for the first time in Hungary. “We don’t expect miracles,” said Team Coach, Attila Agh, a lifelong match angler from Hungary who moved to the United States 17 years ago and has since become a U.S. citizen. “Our competition has been fishing in this way for their entire lives. But I am very encouraged by the spirit our ladies are showing, their angling ability and their competitive nature. They are learning the necessary skills that are new to them and progressing quickly.” Agh warned the competition not to count the Americans out, and the team agrees. De Villiers, who started her match-fishing career in the U.S. nearly 20 years ago, coached and fished on South Africa’s ladies team in the FIPSed World Championships in 2012 and 2013. “I’m very excited that the U.S.A. will have a team competing in Hungary this summer,” she said. “I’m enjoying getting to know these other wonderful ladies and helping to prepare them however I can. I’m extremely proud to be representing Team USA.” In addition to maintaining a rigorous training schedule, the USA Ladies’ Match Fishing Team is raising money to offset significant costs leading up to the competition. Individuals and businesses interested in helping financially are invited to make tax-deductible donations of any amount at www.gofundme.com/team-usa-ladies-match-fishing. Visit www.teamusafishing.org for more information, or join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TeamUSALadiesMatchFishing/.
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he first time I heard the term ‘shallow-water blackout’ my family had already been freediving and spearfishing for 24 years. My 19-year-old son Robert had taken a course and began describing this phenomenon of how a freediver could blackout while breath-hold diving. I waved my hand dismissively. “That happens to people who don’t know what they are doing,” I said. “We’re experienced.” Three months later, I got schooled in just how wrong I was. April 19, 2008 dawned with beautiful calm seas and clear skies—a spearfisherman’s dream. It was Robert’s 20th birthday, and he wanted to celebrate it by diving with his 16-year-old brother, David, and three other friends: Carson, 20; Nicky, 16; and Richard, 15, who were not experienced freedivers. The boys left early in the morning to freedive together, and we planned to join them in the afternoon with friends and family who were coming out with us on our larger boat. After a successful dive of 50 feet, the boys decided to do a deeper dive. They put the anchor out in 92 feet of water, and Robert headed down first with David behind him. At the bottom, they both grabbed some sand before heading back up. Robert was 15 feet from the surface when he looked down at his brother and saw David motionless 30 feet below him. Robert swam down and grabbed his unconscious brother around the chest before heading for the surface. That’s the last thing Robert remembers. Their friends on the boat suddenly noticed my sons’ bodies drifting face down in the current some 30 yards away. Carson dived off the boat and swam out to them with Nicky right behind him. They turned the boys over. My sons’ faces were blue with swollen purple lips and open staring eyes. The color of their eyes had faded. They were not breathing and were bleeding from the mouth. Their three traumatized friends— engulfed in a nightmare—worked together to bring them onboard and start CPR. And then I got the call. “Hello?” “There’s been an accident.” “Which one?” I asked as fear enveloped me. “Both.” I clung to the table. My heart felt like it was going to explode. I took deep breaths trying to ease the pain in my chest, but it didn’t work. I started praying, with Carson’s girlfriend, that my sons would be spared. My husband Walter and I met the helicopter at the hospital. The boys’ arterial blood gases (oxygen levels) were so low—32 and 54 per-
cent—the ER doctor did not believe the report and had it verbally repeated five times. The pulmonologist told us our sons’ lungs presented as drowning victims. Yet, after three days in ICU, Robert and David were sent home to finish healing. It was a miracle. Soon after the accident, concerned freedive experts contacted me and encouraged me to use my story to make a difference. I felt a strong desire to respond, and so two months after the accident, I founded DiveWise to further freedive safety education. Tracking fatality reports is vital in understanding how accidents happen and how we can prevent them. Divers Alert Network (DAN) maintains an online Breath-hold Incident Database, so divers can report fatal and non-fatal blackout events easily and anonymously. This can be accessed at DiveWise.org. Through much effort and single-minded dedication, Terry Maas has given a gift to freedivers everywhere with his ingenious device, the Freediver Recovery Vest (FRV). This unit is designed, through the diver’s preset depth and time setting, to deliver a blackout victim to the surface face up. You can read more about it at oceanicss.com. My sons now wear the FRV when they freedive and spearfish. There are other ways freedivers can mitigate the risk in this sport: 1. Dive with an evenly matched partner and conform to the level of the least capable diver. 2. Weight yourself correctly by being positively buoyant at the surface after a full exhalation. 3. Do not hyperventilate to excess. 4. Dive one up/one down maintaining constant visual contact. 5. When conditions allow, each diver should have a dive flag; if a boat is involved a dive flag should be conspicuously displayed. 6. Maintain close, direct supervision of a freediver for no less than 30 seconds after they surface, even if they have signaled “OK.” 7. Make your minimum surface interval twice the duration of your dive time. 8. Do not take every dive to its limit; maintain a reserve. 9. Review, practice, and discuss how to recognize and handle blackouts and near blackouts. Never before has more effort from more groups created a greater combined potential for saving lives in the sport of freediving and spearfishing. We are hopeful this will correspond to a lower fatality rate. DiveWise isn’t my organization. It’s yours. We are here to serve the freedive community. Please help by donating online at our website DiveWise.org, a 501 c(3) nonprofit organization, or by offering your suggestions on how we can better help the freedive community. We offer a big “thank you” to the organizations and individuals who have given generously these past nine years in support of our work. We couldn’t have done it without you. Julie Richardson lives in Miami, Fla. with her husband and their three sons. She and her family are avid boaters and spearfishers. In 2010, Julie won the National Award from the Coast Guard funded National Water Safety Congress for her work in promoting water safety. To learn more visit DiveWise.org.
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he St. Lawrence is a majestic river that combines a world-famous historic seaway with breathtaking scenery. Countless islands speckle the St. Lawrence, coining the area’s moniker as the 1000 Islands Region. The area’s beauty must be witnessed first-hand to be truly appreciated. Most important for anglers, this deep-water channel that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean creates countless fishing opportunities. The 1000 Islands Region of Upstate New York offers world-class fishing for huge and plentiful northern pike and tasty walleye, and for as long as anyone can remember it’s been the musky capital of North America. But it’s the St. Lawrence’s bass fishing that will take center stage this summer, with the Bassmaster Elite Series coming to the 1000 Islands Region for the third time in five years. This fishery has always offered tremendous bass fishing, with countless shoals and sunken ships that create textbook structure for smallmouth bass, and myriad bays and weedy backwaters that offer phenomenal largemouth opportunities. A full day of bent rods on 2- and 3-pound smallmouth has always been the norm. In the last decade, an invasive baitfish species, the goby, has populated this and other Great Lakes. Their spread has been like steroids for the smallmouth population. The goby’s desired habitat aligns perfectly with the smallie’s dinner table. Evidence of this is the pot-bellied New York record 8-lb., 4-oz. smallmouth landed last August. This trophy smallmouth fishing has lured the highest level of tournament bass fishing to small, yet quaint Waddington, N.Y. from July 20-23. Bassmaster recently polled its professionals and found that the St. Lawrence ranks among their favorite destinations. Five fish bags over 20 pounds are expected. The Angler Magazine field expert and Bassmaster Justin Walts predicts about 75 percent of the professionals will target smallmouths. In smallmouth waters, pros often ensure a five-fish bag of 2- to 3-pound smallies before seeking out bigger largemouth. On the St. Lawrence, the dynamic changes because of the possibility of scoring huge smallmouth. Walts, who fishes the St. Lawrence often, favors drop-shotting deeper shoals in 25 to 50 feet of water with watermelon, shad or perch colored V-tailed shad or casting crankbaits and swimbaits on shoals 25 feet or shallower. Flipping weeds or tossing frogs in back bays is the ticket to score largemouth. Spectator participation is also a factor for the Elite Series return to Waddington. In 2015, the town hosted over 30,000 fishing fans, breaking an Elite Series record. Waddington hosts a four-day event to entertain and feed visitors, with music and fireworks provided by local sponsors. Waddington is easily reached via a picturesque drive from Syracuse, or via airports in Massena, Ogdensburg, or Watertown, N.Y. Visit www.waddingtonpartyinthepark.com for more details. For more on fishing St. Lawrence County, visit www.fishcap.com to receive a free St. Lawrence County Anglers Guide and information on other tremendous fisheries, specifically Black Lake which is loaded with bass, crappie and pike. 20
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club members are there because they are sociable and willing to help others. They remember starting out and are often willing to take you out and give advice. Just remember to return the favor by being a good buddy; help pay for the gas, bring snacks and water to share, and help clean the boat. That will hopefully get you invited back. Learning from others who already do it is probably the most valuable step you can take. If you are lucky, you will share many great experiences, have a new AJ Hally and Sheri Daye with dinner. set of lifelong friends, and maybe even find a mentor or two.
ummer is here! What better time to learn to spearfish? Many people have gotten into it because they were already “divers” and wanted to try another activity while underwater—as happened to me. A few fishermen, who weren’t yet divers, have asked me where to begin if they wanted to learn. My first piece of advice to anyone is to be sure you are comfortable underwater, whether scuba diving or freediving. One must be so comfortable underwater that it becomes second nature. If scuba diving, achieving proper buoyancy should happen without even thinking about it. If freediving, it’s best to have many dives under your belt before picking up a speargun. Fortunately, there are many dive agencies and dive shops that offer scuba certification and freediving instruction. Beyond that, I recommend at least one year’s worth of experience diving under different conditions before attempting to spearfish. It is a very good sign if you are so calm and collected in the water that fish which are normally “spooky” will let you swim near them instead of running from your presence (such as mutton snappers and black groupers). This is the sign of an experienced diver and will help you to properly hunt fish. When ready to begin, it’s important to have the right equipment— and I’m not just talking about a speargun. Get advice from a reputable dive shop that specializes in spearfishing. They will guide you toward the right wetsuit, mask, knife, gloves and speargun. Dive shops are familiar with local conditions and will give good advice. If you have a spearfishing club in the area, by all means, join! Many
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Here are a few more tips: 1. Always remember that safety comes first. Don’t do anything that is risky or beyond your comfort zone. 2. Learn what size and species to target in order to maintain quality and selectivity. Keep it honorable and ethical. Consider setting even higher standards than the law allows. 3. Spend more time observing in the beginning. Watch the more experienced hunters; you can learn a lot just by watching them. 4. Consider starting with a polespear instead of a speargun in order to refine your stalking skills, as this requires that you get closer. This is especially good for young divers. 5. Enjoy the experience, keep it fun and consider being a mentor to someone else as you improve. Sheri is a world-record holder, host of Speargun Hunter and producer of “The Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo” in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Follow “Sheri Daye” and “The Blue Wild” on Facebook and Instagram.
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t’s summertime, and shallow-water fishing for reds is kicking off this month. It will last through mid October on the Atlantic Coast, and to mid February along the Gulf Coast. Before you “see” your first tailing redfish, you really feel like everyone is just making this up. You see nothing during an eight hour shallow-water expedition, and others come back speaking of tails “… like a used car lot, flags everywhere,” as Capt. Chuck Uzzle of Orange, Texas would say.
But why aren’t you seeing this? There are several factors involved in seeing tailing redfish, redfish swimming in shallow water; they are not easy to see. If you are fishing shallow seagrass, marsh or even flooded spartina marsh in areas where redfish roam and you’re doing it during a season when shrimp are abundant in those areas, then there are tailing redfish there. Let’s take a look at what you should be looking for with your eyes. Both Capt. Steve Soule of Galveston, Texas and Chuck McKinney of Portland, Texas say you should be looking for the horizontal line of the redfish’s back. Everything in the marsh and on seagrass flats tends to be either vertical or irregular shaped. Grass is vertical, potholes are irregular, even oyster reef edges are irregular. See a redfish cruising the flats, and the first thing you will notice is the horizontal line of it’s back. A good pair of Costa 580g lenses is what you want for this. The only difference between a cruiser and a tailer is that the tailer is probably nose down into the mud and a little bit of his tail is sticking out of the water. You’ll probably only see a little dark triangle at the end of the horizontal line of the redfish’s back. You typically won’t see the big blue tail and black dot rising out of the water waving at you like a little red flag back and forth. So begin to look for the horizontal line, the small triangle, and the glow of coppery orange. This should help you to see what’s been in front of you all along. Let’s talk about something else here that’s also a problem for most people. These environments are very grassy, and throwing an open-throated jig head during summer low tides is asking for trouble. Might as well go ahead and throw the lunch salad on a hook, because that’s all that fish is going to see. You have to throw something weedless that you can cast accurately, no matter the wind, something that can get the fish’s attention with action or accuracy, and sinks naturally so they can’t pass up such an easy meal. The troutsupport.com lure solves many of the frustrations sight casters have to put up with. Both reds and speckled trout love it. It casts far and accurately, walks the dog, wobbles like a big slow spoon, but is buoyant enough to sink slowly right in the fish’s face. Tobin created TroutSupport.com to help anglers develop their abilities by learning what to look for on the water.
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Choosing Colors
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“M
atch the hatch” is an old adage fishermen have used for ages. It comes from freshwater fly fishing, in which anglers seek to match, with an artificial fly, the insect life hatching off the water to fool feeding trout. The same concept applies across the fishing world. Offshore, this can mean taking the time to examine the stomach contents of the first fish you catch to see what it was feeding on. Cut that fish open and check the length and size of the current forage as well as its color. Then use that information to choose your lures accordingly. I get to talk to anglers worldwide on a daily basis. I ask them all, “What colors are most prevalent?” What I’ve learned from them goes into our Ballyhood trolling lures, and the best color combinations change from location to location. On the West Coast, where anchovies, sardines, mackerel and squid
are the most prolific forage species, the most popular trolling lure colors are used in our Mexican flag, which is green/yellow/red/white. Black/ purple is another color scheme proven to produce in a trolling spread. Squid turn purple, and that could be a reason it is such a successful color. Zuchini is also a very popular color used on the West Coast. It’s a green/ orange/yellow lure. Now, taking a look at the northeast—in the Atlantic off New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey—they catch more tuna than most places in the world. Their top must-use colors are solid green, green/yellow and black/purple. In Florida, the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands, the No. 1 color is light blue. Colors known as Bally Blue and Flying Fish Blue are quite productive. I’ll assume you caught the baitfish reference in those color names. Pink/white and black/red also see a lot of time in the water, but anglers in these southern waters very rarely use anything green. Their water is very clear, which I think has something to do with it. In the Northeast, as on the West Coast of the U.S., the water is fairly dark. When you start to get farther south in the Pacific around Cabo San Lucas and down to Cancun, the colors used tend to lean toward the same choices as those used in Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. The southern Pacific has the same type of clear water as they enjoy off south Florida. I can tell you the most overlooked color on the southern West Coast is pink or pink/white, at the same time pink/white is the No. 1 color for albacore off Oregon and Washington. Another guideline to color choices is to use dark colors on dark days and bright colors on bright days. Now some of this information has to do with matching the hatch, some of it is based on water clarity, but all off it is gathered from onthe-water experience and reflects what produces fish the best. Color is an absolutely critical factor in choosing which lures to include in a spread. For information on Ballyhood Top Gun Lures see www.ballyhood. com or call 714-545-0196.
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ishing is about being in the right place, at the right time, with the right gear. One bit of gear nearly every angler uses yet may take for granted are sunglasses. But when it comes to fishing sunglasses, what separates a good pair from a great pair? First, fishing sunglasses should always be polarized. Polarization eliminates glare reflecting off of the water, to better show what’s happening under the surface. Not all polarization is equal. Some polarized sunglasses block only 20 to 30 percent of glare. Maui Jim Sunglasses feature patented PolarizedPlus2 technology, eliminating 99.9 percent of glare using high-efficiency, proprietary polarizing film. Maui Jim’s lens materials also stand out. Their SuperThin Glass is 20 percent lighter than standard glass and is saltwater resistant so they won’t peel after too much time at sea. Add it all up, and Maui Jim Sunglasses offer anglers unmatched color, clarity and detail. It’s also important to have the correct lens color to match conditions. Days with varying conditions, from overcast to sunny, are best suited for more versatile lens colors, such as Maui Jim’s HCL Bronze, Maui HT or MauiRose. For days when the sun is on blast, a darker lens color like Maui Jim’s Neutral Grey is your best bet. Another obvious reason any angler should wear quality sunglasses is eye protection. Maui Jim’s block 100 percent of harmful UV rays from the eyes and surrounding areas, and are the only premium sunglasses to have the Skin Cancer Foundation’s Seal of Recommendation. Finally, because accidents happen, a stout warranty never hurts. Maui Jim’s two-year warranty and unparalleled customer service can ease fears of the occasional mishap. So, before your next fishing adventure, be sure to pack a quality pair of sunglasses like Maui Jims. The difference will be crystal clear!
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