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tretching 500 miles across the northern side of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest in the Atlantic Ocean. This 6-mile-deep feature is part of what makes the Virgin Islands one of the world’s best sportfishing destinations. Here, where the Atlantic Ocean borders the clear waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Virgin Islands rise as the peaks of an enormous underwater mountain chain. The islands offer some of the best diving, snorkeling and most beautiful beaches anywhere, but it is off these islands that serious anglers come to play. Beneath the surface, the topography is spectacular. About 20 miles north of St. Thomas, the travel hub of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the North Drop falls precipitously to depths of more than 28,000 feet into the Puerto Rico Trench. Cool Atlantic currents are stirred off Virgin Gorda, and sea life abounds. The big pelagic species congregate to feed on an abundance of baitfish drawn by the drop. A similar situation occurs off the South Drop, just 8 miles south of St. Thomas, and the smaller drops around St. Croix. Short boat rides put anglers on abundant baitfish and the bigger fish that feed on them. Marlin can be caught year-round, but spring to fall is peak time for blue marlin, which show up in numbers and feed aggressively around the full moons. The bite is legendary. The IGFA Women’s alltackle world record, a 1,073-pound blue marlin, was caught off the Virgin Islands, along with 24 other world records over the years. The granders—1,000-pound-plus marlin—show up on occasion, but the Virgin Islands also offer numbers. During the USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament, 207 blue marlin were released over four days of fishing. Marlin average about 350 pounds out of St. Thomas, and 500-pounders are caught regularly. But blues aren’t the only game in town. The location of these islands 6

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almost seems strategic. Sailfish, white marlin, tuna, wahoo, dolphin… the most sought after gamefish for sport and the table frequent these drops in good numbers to feed. Working the drop by trolling rigs across the depth contours produces consistently good action year-round. The sailfish bite peaks October through March. Yellowfin tuna are present late summer through winter, and blackfin and skipjack tuna provide

action year-round. Wahoo are also a year-round target, and dolphin fishing peaks in fall. The fishing is world class, and the Virgin Islands are also easy to get to. A short plane ride from the continental U.S. puts anglers in the middle of the action. And with lodging that ranges from quaint to luxurious, there are options for anyone who wants to live out their offshore fantasy. To learn more about the Puerto Rico Trench, go to

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he numbers don’t lie. Guatemala’s Pacific coast is the most productive sailfish destination in the world. Days of double-digit releases would be considered spectacular anywhere. Off Guatemala, it’s just an average day. Annual release rates show a dozen sailfish per boat, per day. And that’s just a year-round average. It is not unusual during peak seasons for boats to raise more than 50 or 60 sails a day, sometimes a lot more. In March of 2006, Capt. Ron Hamlin, and the anglers on the Captain Hook, released 124 sailfish in a single day less than 15 miles off Guatemala. The legendary former skipper out of Casa Vieja Lodge in Puerto San Jose still holds the record. For conventional anglers, it’s pretty much a sure thing. For fly anglers, it’s the best odds you’ll find. The concentrations of sailfish in this small slice of the Pacific are astounding. But it’s not just sails. Natural factors such as dramatically shifting currents, temperature barriers and high oxygen levels close to the surface combine to hold baitfish year-round. The eddy formations that swirl off the Guatemalan coast are crowded with life, including the big pelagics and the fish they feed on. There are more Pacific sailfish than can be found anywhere, but there are also marlin, wahoo, slammer Dorado and yellowfin tuna. Casa Vieja Lodge says blue marlin in the 200- to 400-pound range are thickest April through July, with black marlin up to 400 pounds showing up December through March and smaller striped marlin November through January. On average, every Casa Vieja boat encounters marlin every three days while targeting sailfish. During peak billfish seasons of December through March and then again from May through July, grand slams are an everyday possibility. Boats fish anywhere from 2 to 50 miles out in an area renowned for flat seas. The most consistently productive area is a canyon known as “The Pocket.” Only about 40 nautical miles wide, The Pocket drops to depths of 3,500 to 4,000 feet. Those constantly shifting currents deflect off the walls of the pocket stirring up nutrient rich waters that attract bait and big gamefish. Casa Vieja takes the fishing very seriously. Guided by some of the world’s top-tagging and award winning captains, their fleet of classically maintained 35’ Contenders and 40’ Sportfishers consistently produces world-class results. They are inheritors of history. A majority of the

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our Rip Roller is tearing up the water as you retrieve it in short quick jerks. Suddenly the water explodes from the vicious strike of a peacock bass. In your excitement and shock, you instinctively jerk your rod up before the peacock has had a chance to get the hook firmly in his mouth, and 6 inches of lure and three massive treble hooks come flying past your head. Your first encounter with the huge peacock bass of Brazil’s Amazon will be one you never forget. Fishing for this massive, hard-fighting predator can be best described to anglers as hooking into a 20-pound smallmouth bass that is having a bad day. To top off this fishing adventure, you are fishing over 1,000 miles from the ocean in the heart of the world’s largest rain forest on black water rivers that are home to more than 2,500 species of fish and the world’s greatest diversity of flora and fauna. Anglers will catch four or five different species of peacock bass, ranging from the popoca and butterfly species weighing an average of 3 to 5 pounds to the massive paca or arzu, the current world record of which is a 29-pounder caught by Andrea Zaccherini in 2010. Anglers can also catch aerobatic arowana, several species of catfish weighing upwards of 200 pounds, wolf fish and myriad other species. Peacocks will readily hit topwater baits on waters that aren’t heavily pressured, the most famous being the big propeller driven Woodchopper and its clones, as well as the more subtle Spook type baits. As with most species of fish, subsurface jerkbaits and jigs will produce bigger numbers of fish caught than topwater lures. Fly fishermen have discovered this game

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hey call Islamorada the Sportfishing Capital of the World. This slim string of six small islands about halfway down the Florida Keys separates the Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, and just offshore in the Atlantic, warm blue currents of the Gulf Stream deliver a steady flow of baitfish and the big migrating pelagic species that feed on them. The Continental Shelf is a highway for swordfish that move through in depths of 1,400 to 1,900 feet with a consistency that may be unmatched anywhere in the world. It is possible to target these deepwater giants any month of the year off Islamorada, and even during the day. But it is sportfishing only for hardcore anglers. Swordfish are elusive anywhere, the most difficult of the billfish to catch, and fights lasting several hours are the reward for tempting a bite from 150- to 400-pound or larger fish deep in the abyss. If catching a swordfish is one of the boxes that remains to be checked off on your bucket list, you’d be hard pressed to find a better place to do it. A little closer in, where the Gulf Stream swings over broken bottom and the offshore humps Islamorada has become famous for, it creates rips where disoriented baitfish become easy prey for dolphin, wahoo, sailfish, kingfish and tuna. In the summer months, flocks of birds are a dead giveaway for dolphinfish pushing frenzied bait to the surface. When that’s not going on, fish can be found trolling feather or jet head lures and plugs. A bite while trolling means it’s time to slow down and cast baits to catch other fish drawn to the same area. Sometimes this is met with spectacular results, especially for mahi, which tend to gather in numbers. Some of the most spectacular action on the humps comes from blackfin tuna. It can show up in spurts any time of year, but fall typically brings a push of 10-pound-plus tuna that can be incited into surface-feeding frenzies. Chumming up blackfins with pilchards is a very visual experience that allows even anglers armed with fly rods to hook up with multiple hard-fighting fish.

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As the tuna move toward the reefs with the late fall and winter baitfish migrations, the bigger fish begin to show up, and kite fishing becomes one of the preferred methods for teasing up fish 20 pounds and larger. The other fish that shows up to take advantage of baitfish from November through the winter is sailfish. There’s a reason why Islamorada is home to so many sailfish tournaments during the winter months. It can seem like everyone drops everything they’re doing for a chance to fly release flags. In fall and winter, sails move in to gorge on abundant ballyhoo around the reefs. This can present opportunities to anglers less than 5 miles from the docks off the islands of Islamorada. The 130- to 200-foot depths produce the most consistent bite where strong currents and changes in water color to a deep royal blue give away the edges and rips where sailfish hunt. Trolling or kite fishing the reefs can produce numerous fish in the 60-pound range when the bite is on. But on sunny days when the weather cooperates, it is possible to sight fish for sailfish inside the reefs in water as shallow as 20 or 30 feet. Even smaller boats can get in on this action. From the tower, crewmembers seek out the fish. When the alarm goes out, chum and baits are deployed. There’s really no technique more exciting. Anglers in the know await those bluebird skies on winter days when seeking out sailfish becomes as much hunting as it is fishing. And if all the offshore action isn’t enough to convince any angler to start making plans right now, fall also brings some of the biggest bonefish of the year to the Islamorada flats. Time it right, and you can be fishing the flats in the morning and trolling the bluewater in the afternoon. What more could you ask for?

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DESTIN REPORT By: Peter Wright Jr. Just because the Destin Fishing Rodeo has wound up doesn’t mean that fishing is over, in a lot of ways it’s actually getting better. Fall brings out the best of fishing in our area. In November, most of the tourist have gone back home and the locals can get out and go fishing without the worries of jet ski’s running right over that school of fish they just found. November is much like October fishing wise. You have cool temps but the water is still warm and there’s still a lot of bait in the area that hold lots of fish. All of the inshore, nearshore, and offshore bites will continue to be good, so don’t put your rods up yet. November is one of the best months out of the year for inshore fishing. Both trout and redfish will continue to be good and get better, but most of all, it’s flounder time. Every fall we have a flounder spawning migration where the flounder leave our bays and estuaries and head to the gulf. Most of the time the heaviest part of the migration is after the moon in October but sometimes it will be November, which I believe is when the biggest migration will happen this year. You’ll have fish trickling out before then but the heaviest will be around the November moon. When this happens you can really concentrate on the fish and catch a nice mess for the dinner table. Once the fish start heading into the gulf they’ll stack up on all the nearshore wrecks, usually within 3-4 miles from the main passes. You can also try them on their way out around the bridges and jetties in and around the passes. The best bait and tackle for the fish are a 1/0 circle hook, 20lb 18” leader, and a slip lead. The lead size depends on where you are fishing. The more current and deeper you’re fishing the more lead you’ll need. Use 2 EMERALD COAST

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bull minnows if you can find them or finger mullet. Little cigar minnows can be effective too. This is one of the best runs of fish we have all year, so get ready!! The redfish and trout bite will continue to be good this month as well. We still have large schools of mullet around this time of year and this is always a great way to find fish. If you find big schools of mullet, you’ll find trout and redfish. Cast soft plastics in and around the schools. We also should continue to have bait schools of blood minnows and greenies this month which will keep the redfish, trout, bluefish, and skipjacks happy. If you can find the birds diving in the bay you’ll find the bait and no matter what, keep working plastic baits, hard and soft, and you’ll get some bites. The nearshore bite will be good this month too, mostly because you can include the flounder in this segment. Other than the flounder, snapper, and grouper bite will be pretty good. Most guys fishing the inshore wrecks for flounder almost always end up with a nice catch of black snapper, mingos, a few triggers, and even a few groupers. There’s still plenty of bait piled up on all these wrecks so the fish aren’t going anywhere. As usual you’ll have to dig through the red snappers to catch any of these fish, but that’s a fun problem. You can use the same type tackle for the bottom fish as you would for flounder. If you start getting broken off you can go up a few sizes on your leader material. Most of the time the flounder really don’t mind it too much and you’ll catch more fish of other species.

you have a day off from work. You’ll want to take advantage of the pretty days. Bottom fishing will continue to be good for grouper, amberjack, triggerfish, snapper, etc. Bait should be relatively easy to find this month, but if it starts to get cold, you can always move into the harbors and bayous and find your bait. It’s worth it to buy a pinfish trap and have it ready for when the bait on the beach starts to scatter. You can also use other types of fish when your bottom fishing that most people think aren’t worth anything. Start keeping your white snapper, mingos, mullet, bluefish, skipjacks, lizard fish, squirrel fish, etc. You’ll get a lot of bites using these types of baits and sometimes bigger fish too. The offshore trolling bite will start to slow down this month but will still be pretty good. There’s always a few tunas and bonito stacked up on the edge which will keep the wahoo around. The yellowfin tuna bite has been real good and should continue to get better off of the mouth of the Mississippi around the offshore rigs. November, especially the early part, can be really good for billfish too. White marlin are still around and a few blues, we’ve caught them all the way out to Thanksgiving. Fall fishing on the Emerald Coast will continue to be good, so don’t miss out!! For more info on fishing or to get setup with the tackle to go catch fish, feel free to call or stop by the shop, 850-837-2262. www.theshipschandler.com

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VENICE OFFSHORE REPORT By: Captain Brett Ryan

The fall has been spectacular down here in Venice. We have been catching boat loads of triple digit size yellowfin tuna. This time of year I seem to put the largest yellowfin with us last week in my boat. And you should know that the season for these monsters isn't over yet. As fall will soon turn to winter we will start to focus on the phenomenal monster wahoo bite. The river has been low so we should see the speckle trout bite turn on in the passes here shortly. This has been another stellar year for tuna. Hopefully it will continue through January. I have been doing these 30 second video reports on my Facebook page.

Check them out. Remember to switch to heavier duty hooks on all of your diving baits. I use Owner 3/0 and 4/0 treble hooks on a variety of Bomber CD 30 and Rapala Xrap diving baits. The plus size Wahoo will destroy hooks that most baits come with. If you come down to Venice with your own vessel please be careful in and around the Mississippi River. The cold northern waters that flow southward combined with our warm days causes a lot of fog. River traffic is monitored on VHF channel 67. Good luck and stay safe out there. Capt. Brett Ryan Venice, La 504-231-1842 www.captainbrettryan.com

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SANDESTIN REPORT By: Captain Sid Little One species here on the Gulf coast that will still be very close by to target throughout the winter is the gulf flounder. As the temps drop, flounder will move out of the bays and bayous and make their migration to the Gulf to spawn in water typically less than 80 feet and as shallow as 10 feet. During the beginning of the flounders’ migration, they push through in great numbers around the passes leading to the Gulf. Flounder can be caught in and around all pieces of structure including dock and bridge pilings, sea walls, jetties and sandy points before they make it out to the Gulf waters. Once they have reached Gulf waters, they settle in around natural and artificial structures in masses to spawn. They stay throughout the winter till they return back to the bays and bayous when the water warms up again in spring. As far as rigging for flounder fishing, your typical trout or redfish tackle will work fine. I tie a Carolina rig, and the size lead you want to use all depends on the depth of water or how strong the current is where you are fishing. Use a 1- to 3-ounce sliding egg sinker above the barrel swivel on the main line to allow the fish to take the bait without feeling the weight. The Penn Slammer 360 loaded with 20or 30-pound or braid on a Penn Guide Series spinning rod

in the 8- to 17-pound class works great. You can always go lighter on the tackle, but remember flounder won’t be the only fish biting. Grouper and Redfish are also common catches while flounder fishing and the braid will help you get them away from the structure and win a few on the light tackle. An array of baits will work to entice flounder to bite. Bull Minnows (killifish) and live shrimp from your local tackle shop will work if you’re not willing to go and catch your own bait. If you are, throw a cast net for finger mullet, small pinfish, and spot minnows. The same natural and artificial structures you will be fishing in the Gulf usually hold small cigar minnows and herring, which can be caught with a No. 4 sabiki rig and send those fresh baits back down. Once your bait reaches the bottom, you want to lift or drag it a foot or two every 30 seconds or so. When you feel the flounder grab your bait, give the fish some slack to allow it to get the whole bait in its mouth. Then reel down to set that circle hook into the corner of the flounder’s mouth.

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VENICE INSHORE REPORT By: Captain Owen Langridge

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November-The “Best” Month Out of all the 12 months of the year, November is my favorite. We have Thanksgiving and I get to see family and friends I haven’t seen all year. Then there’s the start of both duck and deer season. These are two of my most favorite past times. But most of all we have fishing. Down here in Venice the fishing is great in November. It’s hard to cram everything I want to do inside her 30 short days. Let’s start behind Buras. The trout have migrated and are getting into their winter pattern. They like to go down into their deep holes at night when the temperature drops and then come out onto the shallow flats when the sun warms the water. I’ll be waiting with an imitation shrimp under a noisy cork. My 2 favorite colors are pink and glow. If either is tipped with chartreuse on the tail it won’t hurt. If the plastic doesn’t help get a bend in your rod then hang on a real live shrimp. They are a pain and they cost, but they catch fish. Reds will be plentiful along the grass points. Spinners and spoons

PERDIDO KEY FISHING REPORT The long awaited cooler temperatures have arrived and with it comes the best inshore fishing of the year. From locals to snowbirds many have come to know the next several months around Perdido Key, Florida to be the best Redfish destination on the Gulf Coast. With the Bull Redfish coming in to spawn you can find acres of 35”-50” fish exploding on the service along the beaches as well as in the back bays. Other areas you could find some drag screaming action would be Pensacola Pass and Perdido Pass as well as any shallow flats adjacent to deep water. For most anglers these beautiful fish are a catch of a lifetime. With a wide variety of baits and tackle being used at different times under different conditions be sure to stop in your local tackle store to find out what is working the best just prior to your trip. With deepwater bays, bait filled bayous and clean clear rivers surrounding Perdido Key the Fall/Winter Trout fishing is another option if you like catching instead of fishing. As the water temperatures drop the Trout start moving North and get more and more concentrated along the way. Some fish will spend the winter in the bait filled muddy bayous while others will make their way all the way up to the rivers. For the angler that likes light tackle or is an avid Bass fisherman these heavy concentrations of fish can be an absolute dream come true. These fish are targeted with a wide variety of baits as well so whether you enjoy fishing with live bait or artificial the local tackle shops can help you by providing the right

are a great choice in November. But don’t forget market bait. I’ll hang mine on a 2 ought kale hook and dangle it under a cork. If Mr. Red sees or smells it he will eat it! Downriver will be different. The reds and the trout will be in the River system. I usually look for reds along the rocks in the River and around cuts and points in the passes. A spinner along the rocks can be a lot of fun. I like a #4 Colorado blade with a ¼ ounce jig and an LSU cacahoe. This rig doesn’t cost a lot, is easy to cast, and is deadly on red fish. If you feel the fish are down deeper then trade the ¼ for a 3/8’s. This should get you down where the big ones are hiding. Trout will be in the main River. They will be hiding on the “humps” with their noses into the River current. Make sure you get down to them. A 3/8 or a ½ ounce jig head may be needed. I usually use 2 3/8’s in tandem, with LSU cacahoes. I, also, use braded line when River fishing. The lack of stretch you get with braid helps you feel the bite. Yes, November has it all. After I fill myself up on turkey and kiss all my relatives, I’m going out to fill my box with lots of Venice fishes! November is my favorite month.

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bait and answer any questions on how to rig for a specific depth or current. The last of the three major inshore species I’ll report on this month is Ol’ Flatty better known as the Flounder. We are seeing really good numbers caught around the passes, inshore wrecks and deep pockets surrounded by shallower water. Over the next couple of months the near shore wrecks in 50’-70’ of water will also produce large Flounder in good numbers. Number one live bait of choice for Flounder on my charters is still the Bull Minnow and I use a variety of artificial baits on a ¼ oz jig heads to harvest them as well. Until next month this is Capt. Bill wishing you Tight lines & Screaming drags. Capt. Bill Willis ¨You only live once but if you do it right once is enough.”

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a fishing town, and each year I’m pleasantly surprised to find that all the local hotels, tackle shops and restaurants still eagerly accommodate anglers like us. There are plenty of fishing piers, boat launches and public parks providing easy access to the water. Kayaking around areas like Little Jim Island and Bear Point, we’re always able to find a fish or two to catch. Seventeen miles (give or take a few miles) off the coast, the warm currents from the nearby Gulfstream provide plenty of bluewater action each winter when the “Sailfish Capital of the World,” just south of St. Lucie County, experiences huge migrations of Atlantic sailfish through its world famous “Sailfish Alley.” All Around Alluring Yesterday, Ed and I found several private inshore and offshore fishing charters in the area that cater to anyone’s budget and schedule. We ended up booking an offshore charter—aboard The Last Mango—and had a blast winching up grouper, snapper and amberjack from the patchwork of reefs and wrecks along the ocean floor. That evening, we recounted fish tales over wine and dinner at Cobb’s Landing overlooking the Fort Pierce City Marina. The open-air, tiki-style restaurant cleaned, prepared and served our very own catch in a variety of delectable entrees. After a short stroll to the Sailfish Brewery for craft beers, it was back to our rooms to rest up for the following day. This morning, Ed and I were eager to get to the lagoon to cast our lines. After putting on my waders, I quietly stepped into the calm serene water just after sunrise. As the ocean slowly drank the river, it reaffirmed to me why wade fishing during a falling tide is the real treasure of the area. Even without a boat or kayak, I can still immerse myself within one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, where dolphins, manatees and birds of every color abound. It’s one of few places where the next cast could be another world record, or result in catching a species I’ve never seen before. And best of all, it’s knowing as soon as the sun illuminates the warm blue water, a few of life’s worries will wash away with the tide. Get hooked on Fort Pierce in St. Lucie!

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TUART, FLA— It’s a well-known fact that as one’s leg and near state record status, or small Stuart and Martin County are often referred to tarpon snook with a tarpon-like eye and mouth, but in fishing circles as “The Sailfish Capital of the snook like body, or the fat snook, which looks like a World.” What is lesser known, but just as true, is humpback fish, can all be caught within 3 miles from that this area of Florida’s Treasure Coast could also where a sailfish can be caught. be called “Snook City” or “Kingfish Kountry” for the What’s beautiful is that snook can be caught on same reasons the sailfish has become a community a wide variety of live or dead baits like mullet and icon. shrimp, artificial lures and flies, and can be caught Sailfish Capital of the World was a hard-earned from boats, on foot, from bridges, docks, wade and appropriate moniker first penned in an outdoors fishing, on the beach, near spillways and pretty much column in 1938 by a journalist who worked for the anywhere water can be accessed. Miami Herald. As for kingfish, anglers can find a personal The writer had been a guest of Ernie Lyons, best swimming less than a mile off Martin County longtime editor of the Stuart News, along with beaches during these months. The Southern Kingfish several other outdoor columnists from other areas Association, the nation’s largest saltwater tournament of the country during a week in January 1938. Lyons, trail, has made plans to fish its 2016 and 2017 a savvy and colorful columnist, knew Stuart’s true National Championship tournament in these waters gifts to the world lay in its subtropical location and for that very reason. King mackerel up to 60 pounds proximity to world-class sportfishing. Working with are possible, and numerous kings between 30 and 40 local tourism officials and the charter fishing fleet, pounds will be caught by tournament fishing teams. Lyons and Stuart lucked out when a particularly Winners will take home boat-motor-trailer packages strong run of migrating sailfish passed offshore of the worth tens of thousands of dollars. St. Lucie Inlet. That week, an estimated 1,000 sailfish Large lively live baits are the best way to land a were caught, and most were released, during what was trophy tournament-winning kingfish, but if it’s fun described as an unprecedented confluence of fish and fishing, these sporty predators will eagerly take dead skilled anglers. Typically, in this region, trolled dead baits like ribbonfish, live blue runners or bluefish, or baits are used to catch them in 80 to 160 feet of water even lures. only a few miles off the shore. All three of these remarkable catches are available But the rivers and inshore waters of the area and eager to feed this time of year. Regardless of one’s have also always been full of memory-making fish desired type of fishing, there are plenty of options to of a lifetime. The snook fishing in Stuart has always be enjoyed in the Sailfish Capital of the World. been exceptional. The waters of the St. Lucie River, Ed Killer is an outdoors columnist with Treasure although sometimes beleaguered by Lake Okeechobee Coast Newspapers and the USA Today Network. discharges, are still home to five subspecies of snook. For More Fishing in Martin County, go to Nowhere else in the world can this claim be made. Common snook as long

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