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This is a hard time of year for most Southern trout anglers. Water temperatures are warm all over, and most of our trout shing has slowed way down or is just plain over for a bit.

Here in East Tennessee, we are currently bringing 5- and 6-weight y rods and dri shing topwater poppers for spotted and smallmouth bass on several local rivers. We are catching some nice sh, and we’re also catching very good numbers, all on top.

It’s like hopper shing, just on the warm-water side of things. e bass are happy and should be looking up for the remainder of the summer through October, depending on water ows and weather.

It’s a nice change of pace for a bit, with many sh being in the 15- to 16-inch range and averaging a pound and a half or two, with shots at larger sh on any given dri . Giant pumpkinseed bream will also come up and hammer a popper on occasion.

If you’re getting into the bassy side of things, I recommend 2x leaders, 5- and 6-weight rods and your favorite color poppers. e occasional pop and twitch is just a way to say hello to let them know it’s there and see who comes up.

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Fall Snook

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By Nick Carter

Fall is a ne time to be an angler on the Florida coast. e summer crowds dwindle as the summer heat begins to taper o , and snook season opens Sept. 1 ahead of the mullet run.

Capt. Adam White, of St. Lucie Flats Fishing on Florida’s Treasure Coast, said this time of year o ers good snook and tarpon shing in his area. Whether he’s shing bridges at night or inshore structure during the day, there are a lot of snook to be caught around Fort Pierce and a lot of places to catch them.

“From the beach to the inlet, the bridges at night and the seawalls during the day, there’s a lot

of di erent places to sh for them,” he said. “You’ll only get four or ve bites per spot, and if you don’t get a bite in 10 minutes or so, leave. I don’t let grass grow under my feet.”

Run-and-gun tactics make for fun shing, with spurts of activity between quick boat rides. Capt. White said he can’t guarantee a one- sh-perperson snook limit because the 28- to 32-inch slot is a small window, but he said anglers can expect consistent action from under-slot snook or a shot at a big over-slot sh.

Inshore, White likes light (up to 15-pound)

spinning rigs for pitching live baits to currentswept structure, such as mangrove islands, spoil bars and docks. Snook are strong, and a decent one will take you for a ride on light tackle.

e best shot at a big snook is out in the inlet, where White will anchor up and drop baits to the bottom in hopes of just three or four bites over the course of a trip. e payo might be a snook in the 35- to 38-inch range with an outside shot at a 40-incher. ese sh might weigh 15 to 20-plus pounds.

Live bait is the best bet, and snook will eat whatever is available at the time. Live mullet or croakers are White’s preferred baits, and he doesn’t shy away from using bigger 5- to 8-inch baits, which even small snook will hammer.

Anglers who prefer arti cials will nd good action at night at the bridges. White suggested lipped-plugs like the Bomber Windcheater, which has a good mullet-like pro le in the 4 ½-inch size. Another great lure is the locally made so -plastic umper Shrimp. Rig one on a jig head with enough weight to get it down and work it slowly across the bottom.

As for the annual mullet run, when predators hound millions of mullet pushing south to spawning grounds o south Florida, White said he likes the front end of the migration. O St. Lucie County, the shing is best around the second week of September, when mullet begin trickling into the shery. Once the migration is full-blown, there are so many bait sh in the water that it’s hard to get sh to notice your bait.

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By Nick Carter

Right now, there’s a migration gearing up in the Paci c Northwest. Chinook salmon are staged to push up out of the cold Paci c and into the inlets and coastal rivers of Washington, Oregon and Northern California. Just like they do in the famed Alaskan runs, big king salmon are making a nal return to the spawning grounds where they hatched to begin the next generation before they die.

With his father, Trevor Pelland, has shed these runs on the Hoh and Sol Duk rivers of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula since he was 8 or 9 years old. His dad was doing it before him. It’s an annual event with a time window that runs from August through December, depending on the particular drainage along this long stretch of coastline. e allure is large, hard ghting sh that are delicious seared, grilled or smoked. It’s a shing tradition that existed since long before Europeans arrived on the continent.

Fall runs are famous in places like the Columbia, the rivers that feed Tillamook Bay and others. Chinook push into the main stems and larger tributaries of many coastal rivers and as far up them as the water will allow. Pelland said backtrolling plugs tempts these big sh in the rivers. He’s caught 20-, 30- and 40-pound kings,

which proves it works.

In Oregon, District Fish Biologist Robert Bradley has watched these runs dwindle in recent years. He said the sheries are still worthwhile and draw anglers from all over, but that size and numbers of sh have been falling since at least 2015, due to ocean and environmental conditions. He said the projections for this fall are well below average.

“ e draw is the size of the sh,” he said. “Historically, you could see 60- and 70-pounders, but you could still reasonably expect to catch a 20or 30-pound sh. An average is probably 10 to 15 pounds.”

e states have been hatching and releasing chinook salmon smolt for decades to coincide with the natural progression of sh moving out to sea. Bradley said chinook spend one to ve years growing up in the Paci c o British Columbia and Alaska. e hatchery sh and wild sh return with similar survival rates, but not many of the stocked sh spawn with the wild group. He said most hatchery sh return to the hatchery.

e stocking does give anglers something else to sh for. Hatchery reared chinook have clipped adipose ns and don’t count toward a wild sh limit in most sheries. e seasons and regulations can be confusing and vary widely

from place to place and year to year, but one wild chinook per person, per day is the norm. Check the regulations before you go or hire a guide who knows.

e runs ramp up when fall rains spur the sh to push upriver into the current, Bradley said. In some places, the coho salmon and chinook runs coincide. Make plans now, because runs on most rivers peak in mid-October.

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By Emily Hanzlik

sh to introduce me to shing with light lines in search of line-class records. With bursts of energy and jumps during the ght, landing them takes a bit of skill.

Bow n are similar in appearance to non-native snakeheads; however, they are brown in color. ese sh can also be tinted green or red, depending on their region. Bow n have a long dorsal n that extends more than half the length of their back and a long cylindrical body to burrow in the mud. eir tails are rounded, and just before the tail is a red and black eyespot that serves to confuse predators. An average bow n weighs between 5 and 7 pounds; however, they can grow up to 21 pounds.

Bow n prefer the hottest and muckiest water they can nd. ey thrive in water with dense plant life, which helps them stalk prey and nd hiding spots. e Everglades o er plenty of bow n habitat, and they love swampy backwaters of bayous and canals.

In oxygen-poor, shallow, standing water, bow n can breathe air from the surface. ey have extra blood vessels in their swim bladder, which acts almost like a human lung.

ere are many ways to go about shing for bow n. e most common method is to cast dead bait, like bluegills or sardines, and wait. Usually, no weight is needed since they live where there is little current. Just match the size of your hook to the size of the bait.

I also enjoy throwing lures for bow n, and frogs and swimbaits will grab their attention. Savage Gear makes great bluegill and frog imitations. Fish lures around and on top of vegetation to draw bow n out. O en, you’ll be surprised by other species like bass, gar and cat sh.

Bow n, also known as mud an overlooked native species that freshwater anglers owe it to themselves to take a closer look at. From sight to just leaving out a dead bait, bow game and will always put up a fun, strong Bow n were the seeking out IGFA records at the age of 12, and I have 10 current bow n records in the book. ey were an amazing

My personal favorite method for bow n is sight casting with a y rod. ey prefer slow-sinking white ies that you can drop right on their faces. I like to kayak into extremely shallow areas. Most of the time, they sit in the silt or in the weeds. ey don’t spook easily, so you can mess around with them and convince them to bite.

e IGFA all-tackle world record bow n weighed 21 pounds, 8 ounces. It was caught in South Carolina in 1980.

Emily Rose Hanzlik holds 62 IGFA world records in various categories. She hails from West Palm Beach, where she has a part time Bow n Guide Service as well as shing classes for Jr. Anglers. Find her on social media @emilyhanzlikoutdoors.

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By Astrid DeGruchy

The Florida Keys attract anglers from around the world. While there are many species exciting sport sh, a variety of snappers are particularly popular because of their abundance, striking colors, thrilling ghts and delectable taste. Here’s a quick look at some Keys favorites.

1) Yellowtail Snapper: At the top the list is the iconic yellowtail snapper. Renowned for their vibrant yellow tails, these snappers live on reefs and wrecks. Catching one can be exhilarating on lighter tackle, as they are speedy and tenacious ghters. When grilled or fried, their delicate, aky meat is a culinary delight that perfectly embodies the taste of the Keys.

2) Mangrove Snapper: e well-loved mangrove snapper is a prized

catch in the Keys. With cool colorings and a distinctive dark stripe across their eyes, these snappers are known for a willingness to strike various baits. Anglers who venture into the shallower water in pursuit of mangs are rewarded with erce battles and the satisfaction of landing a delectable dinner. ese can be found in the backcountry and o shore areas.

3) Mutton Snapper: Mutton snapper hold a special place in the hearts of anglers. Residing around deeper wrecks and reefs, these snappers are highly sought a er for remarkable size and avorful meat. eir pink-like coloration, coupled with a distinct black spot they use as a false eye, adds to their allure. Anglers o en recount tales of adrenaline-pumping battles while trying to reel in a trophy-sized mutton.

4) Lane Snapper: Lane snapper are lively and energetic. With brilliant reddish hues and striking yellow lines along their bodies, these snappers captivate the eyes as well as the shing rod. Lane snapper are voracious eaters, making them eager participants for anglers. ey might be small, but their sweet and tender meat brings joy to every sh lover’s palate.

5) Cubera Snapper: e cubera snapper aka, “El Diablo,” awaits in deeper waters surrounding the Keys. Occasionally caught in excess of 100 pounds, they are the largest snapper species in this part of the world. Anglers targeting cubera snapper should employ heavy tackle and stout gear to overcome the intense ghts these brutes o er. Landing a trophy-sized cubera is a feat that will test your strength and your gear.

Whether you’re shing for the acrobatic yellowtail, maneuvering through the backcountry for cra y mangrove snapper, or testing your strength and skill against the mighty cubera, the opportunities for unforgettable shing experiences are endless in the Keys.

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Three Florida Bass Fisheries Named Top 10 in the Nation

Each year, Bassmaster Magazine releases its list of the Top-100 bass lakes in the nation. For 2023, Florida landed three lakes in the top-10 of this prestigious list. For anyone who bass shes, it comes as no surprise that the Sunshine State annually ranks as one of the top largemouth states in the entire country.

Bassmaster is the o cial publication of B.A.S.S., which is an enormous tournament organization with branches that hold bass tournaments and tournament series all over the nation. To compile the Top-100 list, editors scour tournament data from the last 12 months and mine data from state wildlife agency programs like Florida’s TrophyCatch.

O.H. Ivie Lake in Texas was named the best bass lake of the year for the second year in a row thanks to an almost unbelievable string of giant bass that have come from this Colorado River impoundment. An incredible 15 bass heavier than 13 pounds came from O.H. Ivie and were registered with the Texas Sharelunker program over the last year. e largest was a 17.03-pound monster.

Texas grows big bass, and so does Florida. Coming in at No. 5 on the list, Fellsmere (Headwaters), Stick Marsh and Kenansville Lake, were grouped into a single shery. Fellsmere led the

way with an awesome 73 largemouths heavier than 8 pounds reported to TrophyCatch over the last year. Fellsmere’s largest was an 11-pound, 8-ounce sh. Stick Marsh, which has been drawn down for habitat enhancements and is kayak only, produced two TrophyCatch sh, including a 9-pound, 6-ounce sh. Kenansville pitched in with seven 8-plus pounders, including a 13-pound, 10-ouncer.

Orange Lake weighed in at No. 8 in the top-10 list. is should come as no surprise if you are a regular Coastal Angler/ e Angler reader. Orange Lake has been in the headlines a lot recently, with four 13-plus-pounders including a giant 14-pound, 1-ounce sh that to-date is the largest Florida bass of the year. Orange Lake produced 50 TrophyCatch sh heavier than 8 pounds over the last 12 months. Seventeen of those were heavier than 10 pounds.

e “Big O” slid into the No. 10 spot of the best bass lakes in the nation. is historic heavyweight has solidly rebounded as one of the country’s best bass sheries. Okeechobee’s Roland Martin Marine Center Series events have produced some astounding sacks for tournament anglers. In June, Coastal Angler/ e Angler reported on a singleday event that produced 20 30-pound ve- sh limits. It took 36.82 to win, and a 29-pound sack

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Adding to the previously announced fall season, Florida anglers will get an additional 17 days to harvest red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico this fall. e additional harvest dates will be every Friday through Sunday in September, Labor Day and anksgiving Day. is is on top of the previously announced season, and brings the 2023 season to a total of 87 days, the longest combined season since the state assumed management of Gulf red snapper.

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e Gulf red snapper season brings anglers from across the country to enjoy this recreational opportunity,” said FWC Executive Director Roger Young. “Being able to extend the season 17 days will allow additional access and opportunities to all who want to experience the Fishing Capital of the World.”

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vessels without a federal reef sh permit that are limited to shing in state waters, will be able to participate in the 2023 Gulf red snapper season. e fall season now includes every Friday–Sunday throughout the months of September, October and November as well as Labor Day and anksgiving Day. See the updated fall season dates below:

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• September 15–17

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• September 29–October 1

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• October 13–15

• October 20–22

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To win a trophy

By Mark Ambert

Some anglers are always in the winner circle. Always contenders. No matter the circumstance – you just know they’re in the game. What does it take to be this breed of angler? Certainly, the desire and no short order of fishing skills. But it goes deeper than that. A passion to win. I recently spent time with my good friend Dr. James Whitney discussing his string of successes in the local wahoo tournaments. Placing first and third two years in a row which is no easy feat for such a competitive category. James has an uncanny ability to focus and immerse himself “in the moment”. We can all learn something from his approach and dedication. Here is his story as the day unfolds.

“My usual friends that I have fished with on their boats for many years could not fish for various reasons, the crew ended up just being myself and good friend Robert Pittman. Robert and I have fished together a lot over the past few years and caught a lot of the target species, in particular wahoo. Always hoping to get the wahoo bite on tournament day.”

“We came with high hopes after catching the winning fish last year. One thing I learned since last year and in preparation of tournament day is, I catch a lot more fish on my own bonita strips. I had been trying to stockpile strips for tournaments this season but could not catch enough bonita and was using all the ones I did catch. Finally, two weeks before the tournament the bonita seemed to show up thick. Ten bonita and hours of work later I had a whole lot of pretty strips. I cherry picked all the best-looking ones for the tournament.”

“The bite started off slow for us in the morning, just one bonita and a barracuda until we got our first decent bite. I generally fish two planer baits targeting wahoo and if the weeds are not too bad, I will throw out a flat line way back. On this day the weeds were not too bad, and I dropped back my weedless Islander set up with a strip. On my weedless setup I have a small hook that mostly stays weedless behind the Islander when trolling for dolphin and the weeds are thick. I do lose fish on it because the hook is too small, but it allows us to troll in a lot of weeds. This day we were trolling that set up with a big strip trying for big fish. The first decent bite was a blackfin

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Team Barnacle on the trophy board two years in a row.

September will bring much needed changes to the water conditions in South Florida! Time is of the essence; when you’re planning a fishing trip this month, get out there as early as possible to catch the dawn bite! The surface water temps warm up quickly during the first hour of daybreak, therefore it is important to have lines in the water before the fish swim to deeper water to escape the heat. Within the next few weeks, the mullet run/fall bait migration will take place, which will be a fairly easy bait to cast net in the ICW. In the meantime, look for threadfins and pilchards, as they can be found usually around the mouth of Boynton Beach and Palm Beach Inlets.

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& pulling two planers to get the baits deep. When the conditions are favorable and wahoo are thick, they will attack any lure you are pulling past them. Wahoo fishing gives you an incredible adrenaline rush, especially when you feel the head shakes while reeling in the fish and hand lining them through the transom door.

For the anglers that prefer reef or wreck fishing, this month should also produce a good bottom bite. I would suggest using a ‘sinking line’ which means a 15ft, 60 to 80lb leader on a swivel, and a heavy sinker to hold the bottom. The hook you use depends on the type of bait you prefer to fish the bottom with. When fishing on one of these structures, you will catch big amberjack, assorted snapper including nice sized mutton snapper along with a few grouper or even a wahoo.

Inshore fishing should be on FIRE with the mullet run right around the corner! You can use mullet to fish for snook, tarpon, jacks, and trout. Small finger mullets are also perfect for snook, which are being caught and released throughout the day around the inlets right now as the spawning season comes to an end. Good luck, anglers!

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Good news is the mullet run will start this month and that means some exciting opportunities for big fish. The best time to get in on the action is actually before you hear about it or see reports on social media. Usually by the time you hear about it, those fish are starting to get fat and lazy. My suggestion is, if you don’t want to launch the boat a couple days a week and go searching, make a habit of driving by boat ramps by the inlet to see if you start noticing what we call “prepods”, which are the early arrivals of mullet schools. These tend to be small fish and small schools, but the large predators eat them and seem to be extra excited when they first show up. The rig is simple; use a heavy spinning reel, 5 feet of 60-pound fluoro or mono, and a 4/0 to 8/0 circle hook

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By Christopher Sprague

Hello anglers! This summer has provided some insane fishing, specifically, the wahoo and snapper that have been chewing. This month I also got my first center console! I have been waiting months for my new Key West 239 to come in and it finally arrived! I absolutely love the boat; it runs so nicely with the Yamaha 300 on it. My friend and I loaded it up with gear right away and went bottom fishing. We found a rock that was in around 130 feet of water and dropped some dead sardines down. We weren’t marking much and made the call to head in; then suddenly, as my friend was reeling, he felt something take the bait. It took a little while to get the fish to the boat and then down in the deep I could see a nice pinkish color coming up. We got it to the boat and pulled it over and were met with the sight of a huge mutton! This was the biggest one I have ever caught. It was around 26-27 inches and easily 12 pounds. The first thing I did was Facetime my parents and show them the first fish on the new boat. It was one of the most memorable trips I had and such a nice feeling to come in with some good dinner! The next day was lobster mini season, but unfortunately, I did not have that same luck. We dove at 5 different spots anywhere between 15 to 40 feet and could not find a single lobster. Luckily that morning I had a feeling I should bring the mutton rods in case we maxed out on lobster in the morning and did not want to go in yet. It did not work out that way... this was our last resort to bring home some dinner, and we were successful. We got a nice mutton and had a snapper dinner 2 nights in a row!

Sadly, I am leaving for college, and this will be my last article for the Junior Angler section of this magazine. I have been writing for Coastal Angler Magazine for over 8 years, and I would like to thank everyone who has read and supported me on these articles. I will still write occasionally, and I am looking forward to sharing more stories with you all in the future.

depending on the bait size. Obviously, you’re going to need to know how to throw a cast net to really capitalize or make sure you’re near someone with a cast net who’s willing to throw you a few. The beach or any inlet is a great place to start. If you’re on a boat, I would suggest checking the same places along with bridges and any points that the mullet must push through and are subject to ambush. There is nothing quite like the sights and sounds of the mullet run and I’m honestly getting excited about it just typing this. You never really know what’s going to show up from tarpon to jacks and everything in between.

Freshwater will still be hot at least water temp wise, getting out early or in the evening is best. I would first check deep water, overhanging cover, docks, and trees as the fish you will be targeting are going to stick to the shadows for temperature regulation and ambush points. Peacocks will also use the docks, but they are found out in the open more often and might be more willing to bite even under a higher sun. For clown knifefish, I would suggest fishing as late in the evening and into the night as possible and really try to focus on the full moon as there’s some fantastic opportunities for double digit nights.

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Our local ocean beaches are some of the most densely nested in the world and are hugely important to sea turtles continued survival. With the 2023 nesting season shaping up to be exceptional in the Palm Beaches, I thought I’d provide a quick update.

All-time nesting records were broken in July at north county beaches monitored by Loggerhead Marinelife Center and MacArthur Beach State Park. As of early August, more than 28,000 sea turtle nests have been identified from just north of Jupiter Inlet, to the north end of Singer Island. This is WAY ahead of 2019, which was itself a record breaker.

According to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, the all-time nesting record has also been broken on south county beaches, with 1,325 nests recorded on July 28th. These numbers continue to climb, and nesting records are being broken on some Gulf Coast beaches in Florida, and to the north along Georgia’s and South Carolina beaches as well.

With months yet to go in nesting season - and a little luck from Mother Nature - we may see nesting records not just broken but shattered throughout the Southeast. This is excellent news for turtles and for the people who enjoy having them around!

The best time to see sea turtles along our beaches is late at night or very early in the morning. This is also when turtles are doing their most important work. Adult females are busy laying nests - and all those little baby turtles are busy hatching and then scampering into the ocean.

I always encourage people who want to see turtles in the wild to go with an organized tour group. It’s the best way to ensure you’ll see turtles, and the safest way to see them. You can find tours with a quick search online, including our own at aquaadventuretours.com.

If you decide to go on your own, please leave the flashlights at home. Flashlights cause turtles to abandon nesting efforts and crawl back into the water. It can also discourage turtles floating just off the beach from even trying to come ashore to nest. Flash photography can be even worse so please - just don’t.

Please never disturb a turtle nest or a nesting turtle. And please stay a respectful distance away and avoid walking, crossing, crouching or generally just being anywhere in front of turtles. They can see you, but they can’t tell if your friend or foe. Best to admire them from a distance.

And please - I know they’re super cute - but please don’t touch the little hatchlings - just let them find their way to the ocean. Almost all can do it.

Finally, please don’t disturb fresh turtle tracks. Researchers use those tracks every day to help ID which turtle species have laid which nests - and where - overnight.

Enjoy your time outdoors and I hope you’re able to see some turtles this month!

Palm Beach In & OffshOre Fishing Forecast with

Cap T. We STON r u SS ell

Welcome to the Coastal Angler’s September fishing forecast for Palm Beach, Singer Island, and Juno Beach, Florida. The kids are back to school and the boat traffic during the weekdays has slowed down dramatically. Try to take advantage of this time...lower noise means better bites. So, take a sick day and catch some fish!

September is a slower month for fishing with the passing of the bonito schools, but the bottom fishing will still be hot. The high bar off Juno Beach will be the spot to go to. This is the reef that runs for miles north to south.  Mutton, yellowtail, porgy, vermilion, and gray snapper will be the fish to chase. Long leaders and light lead will fool these guys to bite. Drop down a sardine to entice them. Good luck!

For you anglers that don’t care about fuel prices, head out to the deep for dolphin. The weed lines out 8 to 12 miles will hold gaffer dollies. Don’t waste your time at the 5-mile weed line, that has been picked over from the guys fishing south. Instead, look for lines out deep as these fish will eat anything dragged by them. If you find something man-made floating, you have scored. I carry a mask and snorkel with fins and a pole spear just for those opportunities that arise. Spearfishing in 1000’ of water is amazing and surreal. Get an early start to the day if heading offshore, mostly due to the afternoon storms. These storms are nothing to mess around with, so give yourself and your crew plenty of time to get back to shore when they threaten the coastline. Please be safe and responsible. Remember, you can’t catch them from the couch!

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September is an exciting time to be on the water. The mullet run migration invades

The Palm Beaches. Bait schools push south and the predator fish follow putting on quite a spectacle.

Snook can be targeted in the inlets, beaches, grass flats, and along seawalls and docks. Top water plugs like a Rapala Skitter Walk is an excellent choice for surface strikes. D.O.A. C.A.L.

4” Jerk Baits and D.O.A. Bait Busters entice snook to strike near surface and sub surface. The mullet schools are great areas to locate snook, with typically mornings and evenings are the best times to fish. Bridges, docks, and channel edges will produce plenty of drag screaming action. These snook may gather in pods at times, with many of the bigger female snook on the outside of these pods. The average size of the snook ranges from 5 to 25 pounds.

Tarpon offer heart pounding action for anglers, with acrobatic leaps on the water’s surface after devouring a live mullet. Many of these tarpon are schooled together and can be

seen rolling on the surface. The average size of tarpon ranges from 10 to 80 pounds. The best bait to use for tarpon is live mullet or pin fish. For artificial enthusiasts, Rapala X-Rap, D.O.A. Bait Busters, and D.O.A. TerrorEyz are all great baits to get the drag screaming. The key to catching tarpon is to stay in front of them, stay quiet, and present the bait in a natural presentation.

The flats and ICW are great areas to target snook, jacks, goliath grouper, drum, and many other species for rod bending action. Structure areas or potholes along grass flats, hold bait schools where predator fish will follow. For those anglers who want steady action, nothing beats a live mullet, just cast one out along drop-offs or structure and hold on tight. Nothing beats seeing a predator fish exploding on a live bait; it puts a smile on everyone’s face.

Well, that is the fishing report for September, hope you all enjoyed. Remember, you can’t catch them from the couch, so get out there and get hooked up. Tight lines!

Calli with her first tarpon. Justin with a tarpon.

Kids from School of Fish Camp wrangling a nurse shark.

KayaK Fishing Forecast

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Inshore

Get ready for the mullet! We should start to see the first waves of our fall mullet run in the later weeks of the month. The beaches will be where to start and as the month goes on, they will start to push in the Intracoastal. Drive the beach until you find a school of bait and launch your kayak. Try throwing an artificial lure that is the shape of mullet, but a brighter color to make it stand out. Snook, tarpon, jacks, and sharks will be the main list of targets.

Offshore

The mullet run provides easy bait to run offshore with. I like to use finger mullet when bottom fishing for mutton snapper and trolling for mahi mahi. Larger mullet in the 10-inch range are great for kingfish and sailfish. When looking to target snapper, try using a leader in the 20-foot

range tied to a Carolina rig or knocker rig depending on your drift. A longer leader is key when targeting bigger mutton snapper. If you’re looking to hit the pelagic fish, fish at 90-200 feet of water using a mullet, goggle eyes, or pilchards.

Freshwater

Keeping with the mullet theme, I also like to use finger mullet for peacock bass. Twentypound leader and a 2/0 circle hook casting in and around structure and weed lines will get you on a few. Clown knifefish will also be on the target list. Try fishing the mid-water column and below by adding a pinch weight to your leader. Finger mullet and shiners will work well.

Sterling with a clown knifefish.

Steve with a nice sailfish.

Dwayne with his first sailfish.

Garrett with a trophy wahoo.

Forecast Lake OkeechObee with

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It Was a Summer of Fun!

As September rolls in, fishing enthusiasts can expect some exciting opportunities on Lake Okeechobee. The lake’s water levels and weather patterns during this month play a crucial role in determining the fishing conditions.

Water levels in Lake Okeechobee during September can vary depending on rainfall and water management practices. In the early part of the month, water levels might still be relatively high due to the summer rains, but as the month progresses, levels may start to drop gradually. This drop is often part of the natural seasonal fluctuation, and it can expose more areas of the lakebed, leading to potentially productive fishing spots.

September is an excellent time for using a variety of artificial lures to target different species in the lake. Topwater lures like poppers and walking baits can be effective early in the morning and late in the evening when the water is cooler. These lures imitate the movement of injured prey on the water’s surface, enticing largemouth bass to strike aggressively. During the day, when the sun is high and temperatures rise, anglers can have success with soft plastic baits such as worms, creature baits, and swimbaits. These lures work well when rigged Texas or Carolina style and can be fished around vegetation, structure, and drop-offs where bass tend to seek shade and cooler water. For targeting other species like crappie, using small jigs or minnow imitations near submerged structures, such as thick cattails near deeper areas or suspended fish on deeper structures, can yield good results. Given the warmer temperatures during September, it’s essential to pay attention to the weather forecast and stay hydrated while out on the water. Early mornings and late afternoons are often the most productive times for fishing during this time of year. Additionally, employing a slow and steady retrieval technique can be advantageous when using soft plastic lures, as it mimics the movement of lethargic prey in warm water.

Always remember to check the local fishing regulations and guidelines before heading out. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission may have specific rules and limits in place to protect the fish populations and their habitats.

In summary, September in Lake Okeechobee offers great fishing opportunities for those willing to adapt their strategies to the changing water levels and temperatures. Utilizing a mix of topwater and soft plastic lures can lead to a successful day on the water, targeting largemouth bass and other prized species in this renowned fishing destination.

We just wrapped up our 4th summer and what a summer it was! Each summer we kick it off with our big week long freshwater camp which includes early morning boat trips, instruction, digital lessons, outdoor games, and special guest presenters. This year we connected with 2x Bassmaster Classic Champion Hank Cherry, Engineer & Scientist Dr. Tracey Fanara a.k.a. Inspector Planet, Captains For Cleanwater, MLF Pro Derik Hudson, digital creator Jacob Truitt of True To It Media, and Zach Miller from Mang. We strive to provide a variety of presenters which collaborate with our camp so the children can see the endless number of opportunities the fishing and outdoors industry has to offer as possible career choices. Campers learned bass fishing techniques, current environmental issues facing our local waterways, ways to get involved and positively impact their communities, and what it takes to be a responsible angler.

The rest of our summer camps were saltwater fishing camps. We targeted multiple species inshore and nearshore including; snook, tarpon, jack, tripletail, snapper, mahi, bonita, shark, and more! We also spent the last hour of each saltwater camp exploring the shallows of several local islands and mangrove areas. Our specialized curriculum and instruction was a hit during these exploration experiences. We did one specialized trip down to Key Largo and Marathon in mid June where we visited Marine Lab and Two Conchs Charter. What an amazing and educational experience this was. I can’t say enough about all of the staff at Marine Lab as well as Captain Vanessa Kopelakis of Two Conchs.

We also focus on the importance of teamwork, kindness, perseverance, respect, and simply being a good friend. It is more important now than ever to make sure children get outdoors and get connected to our local waterways. We are very thankful to have the following industry leaders support our brand, our mission, and our campers; Heybo, Connley Fishing, Monsterbass, SeaTow Palm Beach, DOA Lures, Rapala, Daiwa, Zebco, Fish Like Hell, and Epic Bait Molds.

If you are interested in one of our camps or have questions, please reach out via our email at schooloffishcharters@gmail.com or our website www. sofcharters.com. We typically run our youth angler camps on days Palm Beach County children are out of school. If you are interested in booking a private charter please reach out for availability with Capt. Craig, Capt. TJ, or Capt. Danny.

Mike Puleio and his boys Dominic and Grayson caught a ton of nice bass including these 2 studs they landed for a double!

ImpACT oF WomEn In RECREATIonAL FISHInG

New Data on Women and Fishing: Women now account for 36 percent of anglers in the U.S. plus how much they may spend.

Following a record increase in participation in 2020, women and anglers in general continue to find enjoyment, companionship, and peace of mind on the water, according to data from the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation’s (RBFF) 2023 Special Report on Fishing. In 2022, 54.5 million Americans ages 6 and over went fishing, an increase of 4 percent over 2021 and just under 2020’s high of 54.7 million.

More women than ever picked up a rod and reel in 2021, according to the RBFF report, stating women now make up 36 percent of all anglers in the United States. This is the highest number on record for female participation in fishing, up from 33 percent in prior years.

Here are the latest statistics and information shared at ICAST 2023

• 19.8 million women went fishing in 2022, a 40 percent increase over the past decade.

• 3.8 million more women went fishing than a decade prior, in 2011.

• The total number of times women went fishing in 2022 was 293 million. That is only the outings accounted for in the study, not including those unaccounted for based on the numbers of additional people women bring into fishing.

• Out of 4.1 million first-time participants, 40 percent in 2022 were women, as were 46 percent of those considering fishing in 2022. This total is up from 3.7 million new participants the prior year.

• 2.7 million more female anglers fished than 5 years prior, and 4.2 million more than in 2011.

• 1.8 million female participants were first-timers.

Economic Impact of Women in Fishing

• A 10 percent increase in female participation would provide an additional $1 billion in revenue for the sportfishing industry. This means each additional female participant is worth nearly $1,000 in annual revenue for the industry.

• Women in the South and Midwest regions both spent around $3.5 billion each (over $7 billion total) on fishing.

• In the Midwest, female anglers each spent an average of $1,106 annually.

• In the South, female anglers spent an annual average of $796 per person.

• 54 percent of households say women plan the family recreational activities.

• 70-80 percent of consumer spending decisions are made by women.

• Florida ranks as the highest for economic activity and job growth from recreational boating, totaling $31.3B, up 53 percent and 109,000 jobs, up 19 percent from 2018.

• Despite the strong female angler representation in the Midwest, saltwater fishing has emerged as a driving force behind the financial stimulus female anglers bring to the industry. In 2021, female saltwater anglers spent more per capita than female freshwater anglers ($3.7 billion versus $6.6 billion, respectively).

• Women spent relatively more on special equipment including vehicles, boats, real estate, and more for saltwater fishing compared to freshwater fishing (35 percent compared to 22 percent, respectively).

Fishing in General

• 18 percent of the American population went fishing, with 14.3 million fishing in saltwater.

• 54.5 million total U.S. anglers, a 4 percent increase in 2022 participation numbers.

The RBFF report concluded that 99 percent of participants surveyed say they plan to continue fishing. This is in part due to organizations such as Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing, which focuses on attracting women to fishing through educational, hands-on programs and online events. In the 27 years it has been active, Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing has introduced thousands of new female anglers to fishing.

As concerns around loneliness and mental health continue to grow, fishing and boating provide an excellent opportunity for connection, as the report indicates. Last year, only 19 percent of anglers typically fished alone, with 8 out of 10 participants choosing to fish in groups of 2 to 5.

Fishing participants ranked spending time in nature, escaping everyday stresses, and spending time with family or friends among the top benefits.

“We know through research that recruiting and retaining female anglers is critical to growing fishing and boating participation overall,” said RBFF President and CEO Dave Chanda. “The bottom line is, increasing female fishing participation is also good for business, and the industry stands to benefit greatly from focusing more on this growing audience.”

Chanda continued, “Even after many have regained a sense of normalcy and returned to old routines, people are still choosing to fish and boat. With a renewed focus on wellness, fishing and boating offer an accessible outlet for those looking to unplug, escape the stresses of everyday life, and spend more time with friends and family.”

2023 LLGF remaining events, with optional or included fishing are:

• Sept. 22-23 Guy Harvey Outpost Bass Seminar & Tournament at Camp Mack, Lake Wales, FL

• Oct. 13-15 Keys Saltwater Weekend Seminar and Fishing, Islamorada, FL

• Nov. 17-19 St. Augustine Surf Fishing Academy

• Virtual meetings with education TBA

For more information about Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing, events and sponsors, visit https://www.ladiesletsgofishing.com/ .

This data was based on the Special Report on Fishing, in partnership with the Outdoor Foundation and conducted by Southwick Associates, available at TakeMeFishing.Org/SpecialReport and NMMA https://www.nmma.org/press/article/24334 .

Female anglers pose a significant revenue opportunity for the fishing industry, according to the report.

Night shing is a great alternative for snook fanatics; target dock lights with a D.O.A. Shrimp, Deceiver Flies, live shrimp, crank baits, and top water plugs.

Sailfish Marina Spiny

Lobsterfest 2023

by ilene Wallace Co-publisher

Fall weather drives tarpon into back bays and canals o ering excellent shing for the silver king. Tarpon are prevalent inside the ICW, mangrove shorelines, docks, and deep passes. Live shrimp dri ed with the tide is the best bait, other baits like mullet, pin sh, and greenies work as well. Arti cial enthusiasts, the deeper passes o er plenty of shots on D.O.A. Bait Busters or D.O.A. C.A.L. 3” Shad in Arkansas glow or alewife with a jig head. Tarpon this time of year range from 10 to 60 pounds.

photos by leonard bryant photography

November o ers great action for big jack crevalle on the ICW water ways. Jacks will pounce on Rapala Skitter Walks or live bait in the vicinity of seawalls, docks, or open water ats. e jacks are schooling sh averaging 5 to 25 pounds. Battling jacks on light tackle or y is something an angler will never forget, come experience the tussle yourself. Well, that is the shing report for the Palm Beach and Jupiter area. I hope you all enjoyed, so get out there and get hooked up. Tight Lines!

Sailfish Marina Spiny Lobsterfest is one of my favorites and definitely the most delicious event of the year! I, among many, eagerly awaited the return of Spiny Lobsterfest after a 3-year hiatus. If you missed it, you must put it on your calendar for next year and buy your tickets online in advance.

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The event took place on the beautiful Tiki Lawn adjacent to the restaurant. Besides the gorgeous location, what brought us all there? The lobster! Event goers dined on grilled lobster tails, lobster cocktail, lobster rolls, lobster pot pie, lobster ravioli, lobster fried rice, lobster mac and cheese, and more. Everything was cooked perfectly and so delicious. Sailfish Marina’s excellent staff kept everyone hydrated on a very hot day with adult snow cones, Malibu Rum specials, and of course plenty of nonalcoholic beverages.

Adults enjoyed participating in the silent auctions, raffles, and shopping the many local vendors there for the event, while listening to the live DJ and The Andrew Morris Band. The kids were kept busy and had a blast enjoying snow cones, water slides, and a blow-up ax throwing attraction all supplied by Jupiter Bounce. Big Dog Ranch Rescue was there with some adorable dogs looking for their “furever” homes. This year’s Spiny Lobsterfest beneficiary was the West Palm Beach Fishing Club.

Pets look forward to Spiny Lobsterfest too. Many attended to enter the Sailfish Marina’s signature “Best Lobster” Pet Costume Contest. This year’s winners were Riesling, dressed as a diver & Hennessy, dressed as a lobster. They took home the grand prize gift basket donated from Woof Gang Bakery NPB, and their humans were awarded with dinner for two at Sailfish Marina.

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Philip and Kristi Gurule from Colorado were vacationing down in South Florida. At the top of their to-do list was an adventure to Flamingo, Everglades National Park. We started the day by setting out on Florida Bay where the couple encountered manatees, multiple sharks, and lots of fish to be caught. Philip and Kristi fished artificial baits, casting with spinning rods as the bite was nonstop action, bringing in snook, redfish and plenty of smiles. People try catching snook all their lives and never seem to accomplish this, although these two seemed to make it look easy. What an incredible trip with Florida Flats Fishing Adventures and this awesome duo.

Charles with a tarpon.

Tom with a big jack.

The big game fishing off Fort Lauderdale is going off. Offshore, schools of mahi-mahi are formed up and are being found offshore. Most of them are schoolie sized or slightly bigger, but we are finding them stacked up into small schools made up of 10-15 fish. Trolling offshore and covering a lot of ground and keeping a lookout for weedlines, floating debris, or diving birds is the best way to find dolphin. There are usually some nice weedlines formed about 10-12 miles offshore this time of year. Tuna and wahoo are also being caught offshore and there may even be a rare blue marlin around if you get really lucky. In closer, on the reefs, the kingfish and bonitos are still biting pretty good. A few big blackfin tuna are being caught slow trolling live baits, along with some really big kingfish. The bigger kingfish bite well this time of year and dominate the reefs. September is the beginning of sailfish season, and a few sailfish are already showing up. Within a month, when the wind picks up, almost all our fishing trips will be going after sailfish. Sailfish are spectacular game fish that spend more time when on the line out of the water, than in it. They put on an incredible aerial display that is exhilarating to see.

Wreck fishing deserves an honorable mention this season too. The big amberjacks of the spring have moved along, leaving a lot less competition for food on the wrecks. There are still a few amberjacks around, but the massive schools of them are gone. Groupers are beginning to move in and make their homes again around these shipwrecks. Black groupers, gag groupers, and the biggest ones, Warsaw groupers, are biting pretty good around the deeper shipwrecks. Big mutton snappers, cobia, and the rare cubera snapper are also being caught around these wrecks. Just pull up over the top of a wreck, drop down a live bait, and wait for the bite. It’s really simple and can yield some very cool fish this season. There’s a lot biting out there these days no matter what you fish. I’m looking forward to a great September fishing season. Tight

everyone!

Fishing Forecast with Freshwater

Cap T. J O h NNy S Tabile

Let’s face it, this summer was absolutely brutal. The fishing was great if you could bare the heat, but it was a trying time for most anglers and guides, myself included. Getting into September is the first taste of the weather cooling off, and hopefully, no more 113° heat advisory notices. Fall is a magical time in South Florida where the weather can be great, and the fishing is just flat-out incredible. The water levels in the Everglades will start to drop, and the fish will move into more confined canals instead of out on the flats. Since last year’s cold front that killed off a lot of peacock bass and exotic species, this year should be significantly better, and there should be plenty of fish around. The Everglades is an amazing resource and bounces back quickly from total devastation.

Moving to the city, The Lake Ida chain will gain some normalcy as we enter the fall season with more consistent temperatures and less rain.

Broke my personal best with this

Peacocks will be heavily feeding in an effort to prepare for the pre-spawn.  A lot of time in the fall will consist of excellent fly fishing and artificial days. My top lure recommendations for fall peacock fishing are as follows – in the morning, I primarily throw topwater the Yo-Zuri 4” Hydro Pencil, late morning to afternoon subsurface twitch baits, and jerkbaits. My favorite is the Shimano Zumverno. I also love throwing the JYG Pro Crappie Jig; it features a 2x strong hook which is a necessity for peacock fishing.

Hopefully, these tips and tricks help you catch more fish! Remember, you can’t catch them from the couch so get out there and make memories.

Tight lines!

A rare catch for

Captain Johnny “Exotic” Stabile with a good-sized peacock on BFS (bait finesse system).

10lb. 4oz. snakehead.

Captain Johnny, a Mozambique tilapia also caught on BFS gear.

on this flat line. A decent tuna around 10-pounds that ended up spitting right at the boat. I assumed it was the small hook that came loose. We went ahead and sent out the same rig because it was going to take a minute to change the rig out.”

“Next bite was a good one on a planer rod with a good run and lots of head shake. We were hoping it was our target species. With a boat running directly behind us, and with lots of waving and whistling they turn away within yards of running over our fish. That fish eventually made it to the gaff and into the boat. That was our twenty-one-pound wahoo that got us third place, lots of smiles and high fives later!”

“Next bite was a solid one on the flat line again on the same rig with the small hook. I never changed it out. About 20 minutes later and lots of work dodging the planer lines we had a kingfish, over thirty pounds. The king was less than a half-pound off the leaderboard and we got him on that same little hook and with sixty-pound monofilament leader. The little hook ended up doing much of the work!”

“Our last bite was a good one. The fish hit in typical wahoo fashion with a screaming first run, and lots of head shake. I’ve been tricked by barracuda, generally only for a few seconds before they give up, and by a few other fish including a forty-pound jack in 240 feet of water just two weeks earlier, but generally the wahoo bite is very clear from my experience. After about a two-minute run, full of violent head shakes, keeping the boat at trolling speed, with 13-pounds of drag on the reel, the fish turned briefly. As he turned, he had two big head shakes and threw the hook. That fish pulled like an amped up version of the big wahoo I have caught in the past. There were several big wahoo caught that day and I think this was one of them that got away, only a fish story now.”

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About Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing

The Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing Foundation (LLGF) is a national charitable 501C3 organization dedicated to attracting women and families to fishing and encouraging conservation and responsible angling. In addition to providing educational events with hands-on practice and an opportunity to go fishing, LLGF promotes networking among women anglers and emphasizes mentorships. Founded in 1997 by Betty Bauman, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, LLGF has over 9,000 graduates and is the largest organization in the world whose objective is to introduce women and families to fishing. Both Bauman and the University series - dubbed “The No-Yelling School of Fishing” - are known nationally in the fishing and marine industries. The organization has earned rave reviews from media including Inside Edition, The Early Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS, Good Morning America, Outdoor Life Network, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Southern Living and more.

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The SeTup

Planer set ups are Shimano TLD 50s on Star rods, not bent butt because they make it more difficult to see the bite fishing the planer. Planer size varies with current and desired running depth.

We use 80-pound braid to a long mono leader on the planers. Hook size is a 7/0 Mustad J-hook.

Flat line we use an Accurate Valiant 600 on a Crowder rod with 30-pound mono main line to six feet of 60-pound mono leader.

Planer lines are fished with the planer in-line with a bridle so we can remove the planer at the rod tip and continue fighting the fish rather than hand line the fish.

Got all bites around 200’ running 6-7 knots when factoring in the current, running the larger planer close to the boat, then a smaller planer out a bit further, both with really long leaders, and a flat line way back.

“Of course, you always want to win but my goal of the day was to have something decent enough to weigh in, an excuse to enjoy the great tournament set up with my beautiful wife Dana at Sailfish Marina, the event was great and seeing and 88-pound wahoo up close was pretty cool as well. Congratulations to those guys on a giant fish, and special thanks to Bill Wummer and company for putting on a first-class event.”

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All the ingredients of a successful day including two fish that placed.

Zane with a goliath catch in Chokoloskee.

Jackson and a nice grouper he caught and released in North Palm Beach.

Ross Mishler landed this nice kingfish.

Murat and Kenan with a family of lane snappers caught in the Jupiter Inlet.

Dennise Beal caught this peacock bass from his backyard lake in Pembroke Pines.

Dave Lawrence was fishing at Lake Ida in Delray and reeled in this beautiful clown knifefish.

Summer’s End CAN BE

THE BEST!

With summer tourism starting to slow down, this month can be one of the better times to visit the Florida Keys. As demand for accommodations drop, so do prices around the Keys. Wait times are less, and charters have more availability for last-minute travelers.

Provided that the hurricanes are playing nice, September o ers a nice opportunity to hit the end of mahi season, or to enjoy a reef that’s less crowded than normal.

All the snapper shes are red up this time of year, but the most notable are the mangrove snapper. Mangrove snapper are spawning and there are epic catching days to be had before and a er the full moon. Knocker rigs or jig heads will snipe them o the bottom with just about any bait. Small live pin sh and ballyhoo are very e ective. When using dead ballyhoo, the whole bait can be dropped, or cut in half. Break the beak o and hook through the head side, or cut the tail o ever so slightly, and hook them through that cut, making sure the hook loops around the spine.

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Sword shing is another great option right now. ere are still mahi to be found on your way to and from the swordgrounds, but not so many that you feel obligated to stop on every cluster of red-up diving birds. Fishing for sword sh can be a large undertaking for time, tackle and fuel, with a high skunk-out risk rate involved, so it’s always nice to have the chance at some other species along the way. Unlike in the middle of summer, when the ocean is alive with feasting mahi, you can actually make it out there without stopping every mile along the way.

Snowy grouper is closed, but deep dropping o shore is still a viable way to ll the cooler with rosies, tile sh, yellowedge grouper and barrel sh.

As we transition into the autumn shing season, many factors are at play for predicting our shery this month. Call a local captain to nd out the latest report, and come visit the Keys during the cheapest travel month of the year!

Capt. Quinlyn Haddon shes with Sweet E’Nuf Charters out of Marathon, Florida Keys. Contact her at (504) 920-6342, check out her website Quinlynhaddon.com and her social @captainquinlyn.

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A10-pound, 10-ounce seatrout caught in Ponte Vedra was recently certi ed as a new IGFA men’s 20-lb. tippet class world record.

e gator trout was caught on the Dr. Jay Wright on March 23.

Wright was shing with guide Matt Chipper eld of Chip’s Coastal Charters when the big girl ate a bait sh pattern. e sh was documented and weighed on IGFA certi ed scales to ll the world record category, which was previously vacant.

In an Instagram post, Chipper eld said he and Wright had been pursuing the record sh for ve years and gave the measurements for the huge ycaught trout. It was 30 inches long with a 17-inch girth. A er documenting, the big breeder female was carefully released.

“Catching a speckled trout of this size is special on any tackle. But doing this on y… it’s HARD,” wrote Chipper eld. “It requires discipline, patience and skill. Guiding “ e Doc” to this sh is a moment that I will cherish for the rest of my life.”

Wright is no stranger to the record books. He holds several IGFA y tackle world records for seatrout. Along with this most recent 20-pound tippet record, he also holds the 12- and 2-pound tippet class world records for seatrout. His 2-pound tippet record was a 9-pound trout caught from Mosquito Lagoon in 2018. His 12-pound tippet record weighed 11 pounds, 8 ounces and was caught o Fort Pierce in 2007.

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September is a new beginning of sorts when it comes to saltwater shing on the Gulf Coast. First, it is somewhat cooler, although some of our visiting northern neighbors might not agree. Many anglers nd themselves torn between other passions and obligations, some of which include school in session, weekend sporting events, dove and deer hunting, and the list goes on. ese activities thin the herd of boats on the water and opens the bays back up for those of us who focus all of our free time on the water.

is is de nitely noticeable at the boat ramp the rst weekend a er Labor Day, and I can’t wait!

Less boat tra c means shing the mouths of bayou drains is wide open. I avoid these areas for safety reasons when there’s heavy boat tra c. I just don’t like boats driving over my lines or waking me, which is what happens if you sh in a boat lane during peak season. I like drains in back lakes this time of the year, because they hold “the big three”: trout, red sh and ounder.

I will speci cally target ounder in these areas in September and early October. Since the spring migration, these tasty morsels have been working their way as far back in the marsh as they could get. With autumn around the corner, they start to congregate in these drains. Outside of the fall run, many anglers do not target these ground huggers. With the pressure light,

the ounder bite can be lights out for those who know where and how to target them. part is you might not see another boat all day!

An outgoing tide is optimal to stake out one of these drains. e tide carries bait out of the deeper bayou and adjacent marsh grass and sends it on a deadly path with hungry ounder fattening up for their winter spawn. When the bite is on, it is not uncommon to see ounder breaking free of the water’s surface chasing a meal. e time I witnessed this years ago, it took me awhile to gure out what was jumping. I will never forget that day!

Paddletail so plastics are my go-to in this situation. I like bright colors such as white lightning, chartreuse with glitter, or pearl with a chartreuse tail in a 4-inch or 3.25-inch bait. Keep the lure twitching along the bottom. Quick jerks with the rod tip pointing down activates the tail vibration and kicks up clouds of mud, which really grabs their attention. A so plastic with a tail rattle adds an extra attractant.

Get a jump start on your ounder x before the rst cold front and the long lines of anglers targeting them during the fall run.

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Fish know fall is coming because of the reduction of daylight minutes in a day. e shorter days make a lot of species start a whole new pattern of activities. For example, the grouper complex will start the process of moving into traditional spawning areas. at migration mirrors the cigar minnows, sardines and squid. I’ve always said this and will say it again: Find the bait, nd the sh!

e cigs and sardines form large schools that attract a number of predators including kings and sail sh on the surface, and the big snappers and grouper will be on them as well. e shortened daylight hours become obvious during the middle of this month, when it triggers the “feed” to fatten up for winter and the spawn. Go to the traditional areas you’ve found bait in the past, and that’s a great place to start shing.

Another thing I’ve said in the past is: don’t go to a Chinese restaurant and order a pizza, meaning don’t drop baits that are foreign to sh that are working a school of cigs and sardines. Always have a couple boxes of frozen cigs and/ or sardines just in case you can’t nd the

bait. At least you’ll have bait that “matches the hatch” of what they normally eat.

I try to stay on the sabiki catching baits while everyone else on the boat is shing with grass grunts, sailors choice, cigs/sardines, etc. If you get on a big knot of cigs or sardines, it might be helpful to have two people on the sabiki lling the livewell. e best bait of all is whatever is there. Just put it right back down.

is is also the time of year to nd squid inshore, mixed in with cigs and sardines. If you have a live squid for bait, its life expectancy is under 10 seconds once it touches the bottom on a jig. It’s an instant bite, just like several other baits mentioned above.

e only problem I have with the live or frozen minnows is everything on the bottom will give them a whack, and you wind up catching a lot more snapper and smaller bass than if you use a larger live bait. We almost always have live pin sh from the marina that eliminate most of the trash bites. If you have a larger pin sh, grass grunt or sailor’s choice on the jig, nothing but larger bass, grouper, jacks and big snapper can put it in their mouth. I like to speci cally target grouper by putting the larger live baits down on the jig that eliminate the undesirable bites. Of course, this is a very attractive bait to the sharks, also. Every now and then you have to pay the “tax man” in a grey suit, but that’s just the chance I take. Check out some of the rigging and shing videos on the website or on youtube to see what I’m talking about.

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Alaska’s new state record shortraker rock sh was caught in late July. On uncerti ed scales at a remote shing lodge, it weighed 48 pounds, which would have crushed the existing IGFA world record by about 4 pounds. e angler, charter guide Keith DeGra , however, chose to preserve the meat by bleeding the sh instead of waiting to get an o cial weight on certi ed scales.

Days later, when DeGra nally got a certi ed weight in front of an Alaska Game and Fish representative, the sh weighed 42.4 pounds, which was good enough to set a new Alaska state record.

“It feels like the biggest accomplishment of my shing career,” DeGra said. “ is species takes time and dedication to drop down to such huge depths, and I spent a whole lot of hours and reeled miles of line trying to break this record, and it nally came to fruition.”

DeGra caught the sh from Prince William Sound on July 28 with his ancée and some friends from a rented boat. DeGra was shing 1,000 feet deep with a conventional (non-electric) Avet 2-speed 30/2 reel, a custombuilt Adventurous Custom rod built by Derwood Roberts, 3-pounds of weight, 80-pound braid and a circle hook baited with salmon and herring. e previous Alaska state record shortraker rock sh weighed 39.1 pounds. It was caught by Henry Liebman in 2013. e IGFA all tackle world record weighed 44.1 pounds. It was caught in 2017 by Angelo Sciubba at Cross Sound, Alaska, but it’s not recognized in the Alaska Game and Fish list. For more information, see www.adfg.alaska.gov.

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In one of his weekly columns, David Rainer, with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources explained these uncommon events: e event starts with an incoming tide with very warm, still water, followed by organic load that creates a situation that depletes the oxygen in the water. O en, jubilees follow an a ernoon rain shower and an easterly or northeasterly wind. e Mobile Bay National Estuary Program explains that phytoplankton also contributes to this phenomenon by consuming oxygen near the surface of the water. When the easterly breeze starts blowing, this creates a water current that causes the oxygen-poor water to migrate toward the shore. is has a corralling e ect, herding the bottom-dwelling species into the shallows. ere those species become so lethargic that people can just pick them up. ese events usually lasts two to three hours.

Because they are short lived and rare, jubilees are a source of excitement for some Mobile Bay families who send word out to friends and loved ones to drop what they’re doing and go collect some seafood. However, Rainer warned in his column that a jubilee is not a free-for-all. Normal size and creel limits remain in e ect during the phenomenon. Alabama Marine Resources Division Director Scott Bannon said most species survive to swim or scuttle away when dissolved oxygen levels return to more normal levels.

or most folks, a jubilee is an anniversary celebration, or maybe it’s a ambe dessert made with cherries. For people in the know on the Eastern Shore of Alabama’s Mobile Bay, a jubilee is a natural phenomenon that leads to ridiculously easy seafood. When weather, water and tidal conditions occasionally align just

In case you were wondering whether Mobile Bay’s jubilees are the result of climate change or pollution, know that they have a very long history going back to a time when bells would ring to sound the jubilee because locals were dependent on seafood to feed their families.

“Nowadays, it’s more of an interesting phenomenon that occurs in only two places in the world, Mobile Bay and Tokyo Bay in Japan,” Bannon said.

August and September are the best months to encounter an Alabama jubilee, but it’s not the kind of thing you can predict. You just have to be there and hope to encounter it… or have friends in the know on social media.

For more information, see Rainer’s detailed article on jubilees at www.outdooralabama.com.

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If you aren’t familiar with it, a Carolina rig is when you put a bullet weight and then a bead on your line and then tie a swivel to the end. To the swivel, I use about a 2-foot section of leader and then a worm hook to put a bait on. is rig gets deep, and the leader with a weightless bait provides a more subtle presentation than a traditional Texas rig.

Obviously, you want to drag this rig around some sort of cover that bass are attracted to. I use it everywhere from Southern largemouth in deep grass to deep smallmouth on rock up north. With the weight clicking against the bead and the free action of the bait, this old-school rig still dominates a lot of tournaments to this day.

ere are two presentations I go for when choosing a so plastic to Carolina rig. I like either a bait sh or a craw sh. If the available forage is bait sh, I use a uke-style bait in a natural bait sh color. If the bass are eating craw sh, I like a Zoom Speed Craw or a Strike King Menace grub in green pumpkin or some type of brown or orange color. ese two baits have a lot of action and small bodies to keep the bait streamlined while dragging. My go-to hook is a 4/0 Hayabusa WRM956 wide gap.

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eptember is supposed to be the beginning of fall, but the reality— at least in the South—is the month is just a continuation of summer. Bass can be pretty tricky, but there are ways to target sh in cooler, deeper water. Dragging a Carolina rig is one of my favorites.You can play around with the size of the weight and the diameter of your leader line. In shallower 5- to 10-foot depths, a lighter weight can help your bait look more natural. I’d suggest ¼ to ½ ounce in that depth range. If you’re shing deeper water in 15 to 30 feet, shing a heavier ¾ to 1 ounce weight gets you down more quickly and allows you to cover bottom more e ectively.

I like the leader between my swivel and hook to be lighter than my main line because it’s less visible to the sh and allows better bait action. If I’m shing 15-pound mainline, I’ll use a 10- to 12-pound leader.

Carolina Rig Gear:

When using this rig, making long casts to cover water is a must, and being able to hook a sh at the end of a long cast is critical. For these reasons, I use a pretty long rod. My go to is a 13 Fishing 7’6” MH Omen Black Casting rod.

You’ll also need to pick line up fast with the reel to remove slack on the take. I use a 13 Fishing Concept A 8:3:1 reel, which eats up line quickly. Spool this reel with 15-pound Seaguar uorocarbon, and grab a small spool of 10- or 12-pound line for leaders.

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