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ith cold fronts rolling in and the slow season phasing out, November is a special month off the Keys. Crowds of sailfish begin to move up onto our reef, and a morning spent loading the cooler with yellowtail snapper transitions easily into a trophy fish hunt. Both can be targeted at the same time. Out on the reef, filling the boat with yellowtail takes care of the grocery hunt, and it’s also an opportunity to scoop some fresh ballyhoo. Once the cooler is full, the anchor is pulled and the sailfish hunt begins in the same area. This can lead to epic trips, with dinner and a show, all on a mere half day charter. Sitting on anchor on the reef should give the captain a reasonable assessment for the next steps to take into sailfishing for the remainder of the trip. Often, you will be able to see sailfish breaking the surface around you during the snapper fishing portion of the trip. You may see them either freejumping and putting on a show or pushing up schools of ballyhoo and spraying bait into the air, indicating their presence and appetite. If this obvious display isn’t present right away, there are two viable options to pursue the sailfish.

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The captain may choose to push out to deeper water and bump troll live bait, or deploy the kite, which can be extremely productive. Alternatively, and easily the more exciting option, is to travel along the reef and look for them. As you cruise the reef looking for a sightcasting opportunity, there are a few indicators to be watchful of. First, it is possible to see the sailfish itself, but this is a little more tricky from deck-level. A sailfish in the water will appear very black and can often look like a trash bag. They can also be spotted free-jumping and cruising the tops of the waves. Looking for the fish directly is actually the least productive way to find them without a tower on the boat to scout from. The best way to find them is running and gunning. Cruising slowly while scouring the surface for bait sprays and diving frigates gives them away almost every time. When the frigates start getting down on the water or large schools of bait are spraying into the air, throttle down because it’s game on. Hauling butt over to

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the action and trying to get your bait out there before the fish eats another ballyhoo is one of the most exciting types of fishing there is. Even if you miss your shot, there’s a great chance you will see the fish. Nothing compares to the adrenaline of this type of hunt. With cooler temperatures pushing in, tourism is more focused on fishing charters. Last minute bookings become more difficult. So, if you’re planning a vacation to the Florida Keys, it is recommended to make a charter reservation beforehand. Happy hunting and Happy Thanksgiving from Sweet E’nuf Charters! Capt. Quinlyn Haddon and Sweet E’nuf Charters fish out of Marathon in the Florida Keys. Contact Capt. Haddon at (504) 920-6342 and follow her social accounts @CaptainQuinlyn.

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ove it or hate it, Euro nymphing is a style of fly fishing that is growing in popularity because it is so darn effective for catching numbers of trout. Naysayers might gripe about the technique having more in common with cane-pole fishing than fly fishing, but Euro nymphers are too busy netting fish to care. It is a combination of styles employed by European tournament anglers. At the most basic level, it is a simple way to fish nymphs without an indicator. The angler remains in constant loose contact with the fly and leads the drift with the rod. Bite detection is instant, hook sets are quick, and the angler has complete control over the depth and trajectory of the drift. Grant Hawse guides out of Fish Tales Outfitters in Franklin, N.C. He honed his nymphing skills as a member of the U.S. team at the World Youth Fly Fishing Championships in Spain and Slovenia in 2016 and 2017. Here are his tips for getting into Euro nymphing.

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Hawse said he visualizes a 3D grid in a run. He uses a series of short flick casts to drift his nymph over every inch of that grid vertically and horizontally. Depth is controlled by the angle of the rod, making it possible to present the fly on the nose of every fish in a run. Angles, posture and smooth line retrieve are important. Rapt attention to the slightest tick of a bite leads to lightning-fast hook sets. The technique might seem tedious to traditional fly fishers, but if the goal is to catch lots of fish, Euro nymphing has proven itself superior in most situations.

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atching gator trout heavier than 5 or 6 pounds has more in common with hunting than it does with setting up on a drop and catching schoolie trout hand over fist. Add to that the challenge of hunting them with a fly, and success becomes that much sweeter. Capt. Gus Brugger knows that sweet feeling well. He’s a regular contributor the Treasure Coast edition of Coastal Angler Magazine who has been hounding inshore species with a fly rod for nearly 40 years. He was a full-time inshore guide on Florida’s storied Indian River Lagoon for 23 years and has a lot to share when it comes to catching monster trout on the fly. “It’s got to be all about stealth if you want to get a big seatrout on the fly,” he said. “Whether from a kayak, a boat, or just accessing areas from the bank, I always feel like you’re a lot better off wading.” The primary benefit of wading is stealth, and it also forces you to work areas thoroughly. Outsized trout are notoriously skittish and spook from hull slap, shadows and even fly line on the water. With your feet in the sand, you’re less obtrusive, and while you might not be able to cover water like you would from a boat, you can be meticulous. “Grid out pieces of open water, set up with the wind off your shoulder— so you’re not knocking yourself in the head,” Brugger said. “Cast, take two steps to the side, and then cast again. Wind helps, and a little chop on the water helps keep them from spooking.” Carefully picking apart potholes, ditches and depressions on a flat is the go-to tactic for most of the year, but cooler winter water temps bring exciting opportunities for fly anglers. Winter may be the best time to target giant trout. “In winter, gators act more like snook than trout,” Brugger said. Big trout push into the backwaters in search of deeper holes with more comfortable

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eginning Jan. 1, the way Florida manages its snook fisheries will change dramatically. At its October meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved new management regions and regulations for snook in state waters. These regulations will establish nine new snook management regions and establish open seasons as well as bag and slot limits for each region. This will allow FWC staff to monitor snook fisheries in each region independently and annually to adjust regulations regionally, similar to the way redfish are managed. “Through innovative management strategies like this, which allow us to be agile in our response to concerns, we are ensuring that Florida’s future generations of anglers will have access to this iconic fishery,” said FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto. Here’s a breakdown of the regions and regulations for next year: Panhandle, Big Bend, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay Open Season: March – April, September – November Bag limit: one fish Slot limit: 28-33 inches Charlotte Harbor, Southwest Open Season: March – April, October – November Bag Limit: one fish Slot Limit: 28-33 inches Southeast, Indian River Lagoon, Northeast Open Season: February – May, September – Dec. 14 Bag Limit: one fish Slot Limit: 28-32 inches For more information, including the October 2023 Commission meeting presentation, visit MyFWC.com/Commission.

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November 1 – Central Florida Shad and Crappie Derby begins! Visit https://coastalanglermag. com/orlando/shad-crappie-derby/ for complete information. Lake fishing in November yields big black crappie. Deep river bends don’t frequently produce big fish until after the second cold front. In Lake Harney, you’ll find folks drifting minnows under a bobber on windy days and limits will happen – same for Lake Monroe and Jessup. During the full and new moon phases the lily pads near deep water will be the place to find slab sized fish. For the folks trolling, speed is important. Longline speeds in the 1.0 to 2.0 mph range do well with 1/16th to 1/8th oz. jigs, a little slower for spider rigging .5 to 1.2 2

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mph. Jig colors and depth is also a big factor. Set your baits at different depths and change colors until you find what the fish prefer. Heavier jig heads and slower speeds will allow the baits to run deeper. Crappie like to hug the bottom and bite upwards – notice they have up-sloping head and mouth. Crappie jigs that work great in the Derby: Roadrunner lures, Mister Crappie, 2” curly tails in all colors, mylar jigs, and ice jigs. Colors: Pink, green, chartreuse, red/white, black, blue/white, yellow, orange, purple, and combinations thereof. Good luck it only takes one fish to win! In December we will look for the return of hickory shad, American shad, and blue back herring for their 4-year life cycle returning to the waters they were born. Derby shad – they love small spoons and shad darts. Although the shad are not supposed to eat during their spawning run, they bite!

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The first of this season’s cold front has already passed. Here in Central Florida, the month of November is typically the start of fall weather and cooler temps during the days and nights. The fish are starting to school up and feed on bait near mouths of creeks, canals and both ends of all the rivers. The cooler weather, shorter days and water temps have motivated the fish to start the transition to staging areas and shallows seeking out locations for spawning. The cooler water temps will not only turn on the topwater bite for bass it will also trigger the crappie into their spawning mode also. Schooling bass are biting lipless Rattle Trap baits around the eel grass in both Lake Harris and Lake Eustis, also reports on both Zoom Speed Worms and 10” old monster worms in dark colors along the deeper edges of the Kissimmee grass and the deeper water between the offshore eel grass. The bigger fish

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are feeding and fattening up for the first of this season’s spawn. It usually starts with the New or Full Moon stage in December. November is one of the best months of the year for freshwater fishing in Central Florida. If we get a good cold snap before the moon phases the fish will be on the move. Look for the staging areas close to deep water that is close to a flat. Deeper water out in front of canals, mouths of the rivers and Haynes Creek on both ends and shallow boat docks that have deeper water closeby are places to target. The recent Saturday BASS Open event took over 20 pounds a day to win. This proves that the fish have started chewing. Anglers are already catching some nice black crappies all throughout the chain. Minnows are being sold by the dozens as our annual showbirds are arriving daily. When the moon phases get close the males will be moving shallower. Look for them near the lilly pads and edges of the grass. Find a sign-up location near you and get registered for the 15th Annual Central Florida Shad and Crappie Derby beginning on November 1st - FREE to enter with over $5000 in prizes for the winning anglers. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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By the time you are reading this our 15th Annual Central Florida Shad and Crappie Derby will have already begun! We had a decent turn-out for our early registration meeting on October 26th hosted at Celery City Craft, in Sanford. Our hard-core group of anglers that want to be ready to fish on November 1st already have their new token and will start up-loading their catch trying to get a leg up on the other anglers. Usually, the biggest crappie is caught in the month of November from Sanford’s Lake Monroe. To our knowledge this “Free to Enter” photo/catch/release Derby is the longest running event of its kind in our Central Florida Area. In the last three seasons over 1200 anglers have registered to fish with us each year. You can fish as much as you want, upload as many fish catches as you can until the last day in February at midnight. We have both youth (15 and under) and adult divisions. One good thing this year is that our current defending youth champ was a youth division winner last season and yes, his crappie beat all the adult entries last season. Brandon is now 16 and is required by the state to buy a fishing license and is now an adult division competitor. He has already won the youth division several times, it helps that his grandfather, Rick Hacker won the adult division crappie and shad last year and is on the water almost every day until our event is over. With over 25 locations for you to register in Orange, Lake, Seminole and Osceola Counties, there is sure to be one close to where you live or fish. Our presenting sponsor is Academy Sports and Outdoors. They have 5 locations in our 4 counties and are all sign-up locations. The newest location to be added this season is in St. Cloud at Dumont’s Bait and Tackle located just west of Narcoossee Rd., south of US 1-92 behind the Culvers Fast food restaurant at 1001Exchange Pl. Unit 105, St. Cloud, FL 34769. Stop in and see the owner, Clayton. He has been open since early spring and has all you will need for a productive day on the water. They carry live bait including worms, crickets, minnows, and shiners. He also has a nice inventory of gear, soft and hard plastic baits, and lots of bigswim baits to help catch that monster bass of a lifetime. Clayton would love to know that you read about his new store in our magazine, he said he will give a special discount if you mention Coastal Angler Magazine Orlando. With 8 monthly prizes for longest shad or crappie each month and 4 Grand Champion prizes, 2 for youth and 2 for adult divisions with a total of over $5000 in prizes are up for grabs. Find a place close to you to register and start catching! It only takes 1 fish to win! 4

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Hello fellow anglers, families, and friends. October was good for the Seminole Junior Anglers as we fished well in our second tournament of the season at the Harris Chain of Lakes, Leesburg. Many would consider this our “home” lake. Yes, we do consider this one of our home lakes. Living in Seminole County we get the benefit of a central location with many lakes and a few tournament lakes close by. We did have some needed success on Harris as our performance in Palatka on the St. Johns was not what we had hoped for. This was the first tournament with all our teams entered to fish, and all the teams caught fish! Our best finish was by Patrick Bartolotta and Brady Biles, finishing 10th Sunday with 14.83 lbs. Patrick and Brady had a great finish considering they had one small fish at 1:00pm with a 3:45pm weigh in. Nathan Bennett and Carter Burdette finished 27th on Sunday with 11.29lbs. Ben Bracket and James Crews finished 14th with 13.64lbs on Saturday. Our youngest team made up of Hayden Wolf and Landyn Myers did great Sunday with a full bag of five bass at 8.5lbs coming in 54th out of 135 boats. Tournament bass fishing can be such a mental game. These young men can practice pre-fishing for hours before a tournament with no guarantee the fish will be where they were the day before and if they will bite the same bait presented the same way. To power through the day and stay mentally competitive for hours with hundreds of casts, it takes an athlete. I am very proud of our club, and we are excited for our next tournament in Bainbridge Georgia on Lake Seminole November 4th and 5th. We could not do this without our sponsors. Our title sponsors; Avid Sportswear, Mudhole Custom Tackle, Accurate Fence, Grove Scientific and Engineering Co, Mulinax Ford, Dave’s Hot Chicken, and Oakley. Thanks to all our sponsors and thank you for reading. We hope to see you on the water! Troy Bennett

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fishing open water hydrilla, throw Rattle Traps, Yozuri 3d minnows or Rapala X Raps. If your lure snags in the vegetation make sure to rip it out and shake the rod tip to clear the lure during the retrieve – many times the fish strike when the lure is full of grass screaming out of the vegetation. My personal favorite is live wild shiners fished under a float for trophy lunker black bass. Shallow sandy areas and hydrilla are your best bets.

November means Hurricane season is over, and the ducks are showing up in masses. The bass are getting ready to go into pre-spawning mode. The water levels are up for the winter. Crappie season starts now. Grab Crappie will still be in deeper your fishing poles and let’s go! water until the first of the year. Fish open water edges of hydrilMale bass are schooling up feed- la patches. East lake Toho is a ing on bait making their way into good bet for big crappie. Jigs shallow water to compete for tipped with a minnow are the spawning areas. The big females norm; put as many rods out as will not be far behind, feeding on you can manage. Blue gills are anything they can find. When the scattered all over, use red wigwater temperatures drop in the glers fished on the bottom. low 70s and as the cold fronts approach, the fish will keep go- Call to check out duck hunting ing in shallower as the water and fishing charter dates. Capt. cools off. The first spawn will Randy DuMars can be reached take place in less than 12 inches at 407-908-8498 of water - usually in December around the first full or new moon. Ok, the bait of choice in October on the Kissimmee Chain will be Zoom Vibe worms and flukes. If

like the 12” Gambler Texas-rigged are the lures to have tied on. Also have a rattle trap and a chatter-bait ready to cover water and find active biting fish. Once you find clean water and get a few bites slow down and work the area thoroughly. November brings cooler temperatures and windy days to the Big O. With the first cold front passing in late October the water temps have dropped, and the fish are starting their transition to move to the shallows fattening up for the first spawn. Both bass and crappie will spawn around the Full and New moon phases from November through early spring. It is not uncommon for bass to spawn all the way through May. Bass love eating a big live shiner this time of year. Try one slow trolled behind the boat under a cork with about 15” line while you are up front casting at cover. The top water bite will get better as water temps continue to fall, try a whopper-popper, a spook type bait or pencil popper. The strike you get from these baits will be exciting. The smaller male bass will become very aggressive this time of year and will gladly eat most offerings. Flukes, Senko style soft plastics, Zoom Speed Worms, and big plastic worms

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Crappie can be caught in the Kissimmee River and in shallow cover on the lake near the same areas as the bass. Use a jig tipped with a live minnow for best results. Areas to find fish: Monkey Box and North side of Dupree Bar; Dyess Ditch and point of Horse Island and Worm Cove; some areas in and around Indian Prairie and Tin House; then some spotty places on Kings Bar and Grassy. Over on the East side can be Hendry Creek and J & S canal areas working from the middle part inwards. Lures: white colored frogs and swim jigs; Senkos; top-water; flipping/pitching creature-style lures. To book your next fun and productive day fishing Lake Okeechobee call me at 863-22-7263 and log onto my website to check out the latest customer pictures, pricing, hotel accommodations (discounts offered to Capt. Angie’s customers), purchase fishing license, etc.

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SOLUNAR TIME!

’ve studied the solunar fishing timetables since I was a child. In the early years, these were the black, white, or striped fish images on my grandparents’ calendars and have evolved into more advanced illustrations depicting the moon phase, tide, time of day, and their effects. Some tables provide a simple one- to four-star rating of predicted fishing success. One day I was a believer, and the next I was a skeptic. I’ve played this tug of war over the years, and as I have become a more seasoned angler, I lean more toward the validity of these calculations in predicting the aggressiveness of fish and their desire to feed. Removing luck, which never hurts, it still boils down to angler skill, knowledge of the area and techniques for targeting desired species. However, over the years I have noticed better bites correlating with solunar feed times. I try not to move from one location to another during peak solunar feeding times. I’ll put myself in what I perceive to be the best spot in a general area during that time and hold tight. I save the running and exploring for non-bite windows, which make up a majority of the day. Each solunar feed cycle has a peak that is typically two hours or less, and there are usually two per day. On a recent trip with my two boys, we missed the first bite of the day due to other responsibilities. We launched the boat around 9 a.m., and the next bite was not until 1:30 p.m. We wanted to try some

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