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Atlantic Coast of Florida experiences one of the planet’s great migrations each fall. When millions of mullet push south in giant schools toward spawning grounds off the southern end of the state, it presents an exciting prospect for fishing. It’s an event anglers anticipate all year long.
The mullet run doesn’t have an official start or end date. Large schools of mullet—some the size of three football fields—move south as temperatures cool. Tarpon, sharks, kingfish and redfish are just some of the gamefish that move with these pods. Most years the fishing is on fire in October and November.
Here are some tips for anglers to take advantage of the mullet run.
In the backcountry, I like a light- to mediumaction 2000 size spinning set-up to fish 10-pound leaders and 3/0 circle hooks. I prefer Mustad hooks and tie them on with a simple loop knot. I use an FG knot to connect my leader to a braided main line. This creates a true free-line, without the added weight of a swivel.
• ARTIFICIALS: This backcountry lady angler enjoys sight fishing and scouting Mosquito Lagoon and the marshes of the Tomoka Basin along Florida’s central Atlantic Coast. I’ll target bull reds in the inlets, but I spend most days targeting snook, tarpon and slot reds in the backcountry. This style of fishing is perfect for throwing artificials on light tackle.
It’s heartbreaking to see breeder fish floating due to carelessness or lack of knowledge. Hauling a big redfish up vertically onto a bridge or pier, dragging it over the rocks on a jetty or tossing it back from up high severely limits its chance of survival. Get a pier net to fish from a bridge or pier, and do everything in your power to ensure the healthy release of your fish.
Most of the state now has a one-fishper-person daily limit in the 18- to 27inch slot. Some regions have a two-fishper-vessel possession limit and others have a four-fish-per-vessel possession limit. The Indian River Lagoon region is strictly catch-and-release only for redfish. For complete Florida redfish regulations, go
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• TACKLE: I mainly fish inshore, so light tackle is the way for me. However, it’s important to be prepared to switch up depending on the size and species of game fish present.
The rigging is pretty much the same if I need to beef up for larger catches. With a 2500-size setup, I’ll fish 15- to 20-pound leader. I’ll bump that up to 25- to 30-pound test on 3000-size gear for bigger fish.
Handling them with care and releasing them safely is important to the future of our fisheries. The statewide slot limit from 18 and 27 inches is intended to protect the large fish, which are part of the spawning stock.
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This time of year, any artificial that resembles a mullet will do the trick. I like Vudu Mullet Swimbaits, Rapala X-raps, Bomber Lures Mullets,
Free-lining sounds simple, but where you choose to fish and what you’re targeting will play a role in the set-up and rig you should use.
• BAIT: Obviously, mullet is the bait to use this time of the year. Full-grown mullet are great for shark and tarpon fishing. I prefer freelining finger-sized mullet, because pretty much everything eats them.
TARGETING REDFISH During the Mullet Migration
Landing a bull red this time of the year is easy. With the mullet running, simply free-line a mullet or drop one on a weighted rig to land a trophy! Before you experience the drag-pulling run, you should know how to properly handle and release your fish.
To fish with the mullet, I just follow the pods, cast to the outside of the school and open the bail to let the bait swim. When you hit it right, you can hook-up on nearly every cast, with the species changing from one cast to the next. Big gamefish tend to seek out isolated or injured mullet, which is exactly what your bait is.
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This is the time of year that can make even me look good. The large male gags have started staging up on nearshore structures, wrecks and traditional bait-holding bottom. The scamps and large snappers have started a transitional move to their deeper wintering grounds. Water temps will soon draw a line in the water that clearly shows you where to fish.
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After all, that is why the gags are there. They are eating the same baits that you’re catching. They come inshore to a place that holds bait, so all the smaller females have plenty to eat while they are discussing
Once onshore you can take it a step further showing your fellow anglers your catch of the day wearing “slippahs” from Scott Hawaii.
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love spring and summer fishing, but let me say this loud and clear: I live for fall and winter fisheries!
I also like to take pinfish from the marina as a “bird in hand” for bottom fishing. The beauty of putting a live sardine on a jig and sending it to the bottom is that EVERYTHING down there eats them. The beauty of sending a pinfish, grass grunt or sailors choice to the bottom is that everything down there would love to eat them, but can’t. They can’t get their mouths around the bigger baits, but the ones that can are the fish you want to catch. Go enjoy the bounty of the season!
and snappers hold a special place in my heart. Starting right now, they should be going off! It’s time consuming to stop on the way out a jig up bait. However, a 15- or 20-minute bait stop could make the difference between a good day and a great day. When you find bait in numbers, it doesn’t take long to rack up. I like to keep a Sabiki angler on each side of the boat handing me baits to dehook into a bucket in the center of the boat. Once I get 20 or so baits in the bucket, I pour them into the livewell and repeat until there’s enough.
the possibilities of spawning. The same places will hold large seabass, as well. I love to eat grouper, but the way I grouper fish also produces large seabass, which I think are even better than grouper in texture andScampsflavor.
You raise the flags of the fish just caught to show you weren’t skunked.
Ahhhh, yeah! This is the time of plenty. Now is the time of year to have a community-sized fish stew to clear out all the vacuum-sealed stuff in the freezer. You’ve got to make some room for freezer-stuffing grouper, snapper and seabass.
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Starting this month, the larger gags will be so close in that it’ll shock you. Don’t run too far, or you’ll run over some of the biggest fish of the year. Go wherever you jig up your cigar minnows and sardines, and the gags will be right there. When you get a few baits in the well, it’s a good idea to have at least one person put a bait right back down.
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Bank of Despair: e opposite of honeyhole, this is an area known for not producing sh. “Man, I wasted three hours over there pounding away on the bank of despair.”
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• Damn Carp: A sh caught by an angler that is any species other than the intended target. “I thought it was a big largemouth, but it’s just a damn carp.”
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Dreaded Frustrations: e downward spiral of being so ustered by your poor angling performance that you seemingly can’t do anything correctly. “I was slaying them until I hung my lure on the bottom. en I broke my rod tip trying to get it loose and the dreaded frustrations set in. I couldn’t do anything right the rest of the day.”
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Dink: Synonymous with peckerhead, a dink is a very small sh. “Look at this dink. It’s smaller than the plug it ate.”
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Yahoo: Refers to anyone on the water other than the anglers in the group using the term. “We went to our honeyhole, but there were a bunch of yahoos already in it.”
Reef Donkey: Derogatory term for greater amberjack. “We were dri ing baits for kings, but all we caught were reef donkeys.”
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nglers have their own languages. We make up words or phrases to describe situations we frequently encounter on the water. Some of these phrases are quite amusing, and some are too colorful to be used in print. Like regional dialects, they vary from location to location and even from boat to boat. Without further ado, here are some of our favorite angler idioms.
• Bait Chucker: Always derogatory term used by y shers to describe any other type of angler. “I think that bait chucker was jealous of my tweed cap.”
Pellet Pig: Derogatory term for sh that reach large size because of a feeding program. “ at yahoo thought he caught a trophy, but those pellet pigs are trained to eat hooks.”
presumably to stick in the mud on the bottom of the ocean. “Keep hauling sail sh in the boat for photos, and you’re going to keep throwing back mud darts. ”
• Bucket Sitter: Sometimes derogatory term for someone who shes bait from the shore. “Look at those bucket sitters over there sitting on their buckets and drowning worms.”
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track a topwater lure and overtake the o ering a er several failed attempts.
Anglers imparting the appropriate snap of the rod tip can mimic distressed bait sh on the surface, but it’s important to choose a lure with proper action for the conditions. When the Banana River becomes moderately choppy, loud topwater lures draw in predators. On calm days, it is better to sh a quieter walking lure.
“We can sight during all hours of the day and in all weather conditions, but since red sh are focused on feeding early and late in the day this is when you will encounter the most cooperative topwater bite. With overcast conditions the topwater shing can stay strong throughout the day,” said Le.
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Since these reds aren’t tailing, spotting them means you’re looking for wakes. Mature red sh push wider wakes at a steady pace in a straight line. Mullet make those darting V-shaped wakes.
Le shes topwaters with a size 4000 Stradic CI4+ with a 7’6” G. Loomis GCX Inshore spinning rod with medium power and extra fast action. is set-up casts heavy topwater lures well and o ers excellent control for walking the dog.
Once a red sh is spotted, it’s important to be patient and accurate. Nothing will spook a red sh faster than an improperly placed bait falling from the sky.
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“ is at right here was so lush, the grass was thick as could be. But with water quality issues fueling massive seagrass die-o s, miles of underwater vegetation have been reduced to barren sand ats. ere are still giant red sh, though they’ve changed behavior and where they would once tail and search out the sea oor, they now just cruise around looking for bait sh,” re ected Le.
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With a blunt snout and downturned mouth, red sh are designed for rooting. ey aren’t wellequipped for attacking prey on the surface, but they certainly display thrilling surface strikes as they
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Give it an honest try. I’m sure you’ll be convinced that distance lures are superior to lighter models of similar dimensions in many situations.
Typically, a long-distance model weighs 30 to 100 percent more than a oating one of similar dimensions. If a oating lure weighs 2 ounces, a similar sized distance-dedicated lure will weigh 3 to 4 ounces. at’s really a big deal, especially in wind.
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Water conditions are another factor worth consideration. Big waves, whitewater and strong currents limit your control. ese conditions are also o en the best conditions for sh to bite. When you cast, engage the reel before the lure hits the water and reel up slack. is gives you a straighter line for better control of the lure, better swimming action and more direct contact with the lure. When you can feel the lure, you can feel the bite and ultimately increase your hook-setting ratio.
Again, we all love to sh topwater, but distance-dedicated lures are in many cases the better option. In windy conditions with breaking waves and ripping currents, I de nitely prefer a 3-ounce plug or a 4-ounce darter over a topwater, which weighs half as much.
If the wind is full force into your face, this adds drag on the lure and line during a cast. A high-density lure cuts through wind more e ciently than a oating lure. Everyone loves shing topwaters, but in windy conditions they are not the best choice. A denser lure always casts farther than a oating lure.
On a beach, with the lure on the sand, allow a banner of 50 to 70 percent of the rod’s length. is shorter banner limits the size of the belly in the line when you cast. e larger the line belly is, the more casting energy is taken from the lure’s ight, resulting in reduced distance.
When you’re casting into the wind, you should also adjust the way you cast. In long-casting lingo, I use the term “banner” to refer to the section of line between the rod tip and the lure. You should limit the banner when you’re shing in wind. Instead of using an overhand cast, try a sidearm cast, which limits the lure’s exposure to the wind.
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A long banner also reduces your control of the lure once it hits the water. A line belly in the water pulls your lure sideways on retrieve. You also won’t be in direct contact with the lure. is a ects the lure’s action, and you might also miss bites.
the past few months, we’ve discussed almost everything concerning long-distance lures. We’ve touched on elements an angler can control such as lure choice and the proper rod, reel and line con guration. Now I want to discuss the uncontrollable elements of weather and water conditions. ey play a big role in how far you are able to cast and how e ectively you can sh a lure.
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Blacktip sharks can be found year-round in the Atlantic from Virginia through Florida. ey have been known to migrate up to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. ough they do prefer more tropical temperatures, a little cold won’t deter them from their mission. Blacktips are de nitely not picky when it comes to hunting grounds. ey can be found in bays, estuaries, coral reefs and mouths of rivers.
spring to travel up the coast to Georgia and the Carolinas to mate in summer. Blacktips participate in internal fertilization, meaning that each female is separately impregnated, which will then result in 4 to 11 pups every two years.
Emily Rose Hanzlik holds 51 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.
ese sharks are viviparous, meaning the pups develop inside the female’s body, unlike other sharks that lay egg sacks. Most pups will be le in shallow nurseries due to the high amount of prey and few predators, which increases their chances of survival.Fishing for blacktip sharks is fairly easy; however, there are days when they can be nicky. Paying attention to speci cs can increase your number of bites. On clear-water days, sharks tend to stay just on the backside of the last sandbar. On milky water days, they can literally be at your feet as they patrol up and down the rst drop.eyde nitely will eat dead bait, but will hit live and fresh-dead bait without hesitation.
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On slow days when the bite is dead and you’re catching nothing but cat sh, swim one out or cut into chunks. If there are any blacktips around, they will eat it. A lot of anglers use huge hooks and long wire leaders, which will require you to get a shore-based shark shing permit to legally sh for sharks in Florida.
Normally, blacktips leave Florida in the
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e most productive way to catch blacktips is to use a 6- to 8-inch chunk of whatever fresh sh you have. Toss it out without a weight. If you are
uring the mullet run on Florida’s east coast, plenty of blacktip sharks cruise past our beaches with huge schools of bait. Even if you plan to sh for blacktips outside of mullet-run season, you are still in luck. Finding a blacktip shark de nitely isn’t an issue due to a large and growing population of these big sharks.
I personally use a 5/0 extra strong circle hook with 2 feet of wire leader attached to 5 feet of 80-lb. test. e largest IGFA recorded blacktip shark weighed in at 270 pounds, 9 ounces. It was caught out of Malindi Bay, Kenya in 1984.
Before blacktips begin migrating for the mating season, they will actually be in gendersegregated schools that come together only for mating. Blacktips tend to be separated due to the male’s highly aggressive drive towards the females, which could result in serious injury.
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shing in strong current, simply walk down the beach as the bait dri s. On days when they are hanging out too far for casting, swim a live bait out. Blue runners, jack crevalle and palometa work well for this.
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Exotic Species in Your Backyard:
Perhaps a lesser-known draw to the Sunshine State are the exotic species that have taken hold here. ese are the non-native, sometimes invasive species that would otherwise require expensive travel for anglers to target. ey are here, so we might as well sh for them.
By Rex Hannon
waters o Key West to the many famous bass shermen that made Lake Okeechobee a destination for anglers from around the world, Florida has a rich angling history and amazing shing for everyone.
is species is very fast growing for the rst few months, and then they settle in and grow to the 5-pound class by three to ve years of age. e Florida state record was caught by Pamela Henry, of Stuart, from of a dock on the St. Lucie River in 2011. e 9-pound, 6-ounce beast is also recognized by the IGFA as the all-tackle world record.
e Blue Tilapia is considered invasive to the United States. It was introduced to Florida in the 1960s by stocking and experimental studies by both private and state entities. Tilapia are here to stay and can be found in a wide variety of locations, from lakes and ponds scattered around the state to many freshwater and brackish rivers and streams. For anglers, canals found in almost every neighborhood can be shing paradise.
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Tilapia… blue tilapia, to be exact, are one of more than a hundred species of cichlid native to the Middle East and Africa that are all called tilapia. is is similar to the way U.S. anglers refer to multiple species of sun sh as bream.
e blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) is the most popular of the tilapia and the species most commonly found here in Florida. It is also a very important species in the sh-farming world due to its fast growth, salinity tolerance and the fact that it can be stocked densely. Tilapia have a long history. Farming of Nile tilapia goes back to ancient Egypt, and its importance is noted by the ancients using the sh as a symbol of rebirth.
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I’m sure everyone reading this can target blue tilapia within a short distance of home. ey are great ghters that stand toe-to-toe with any species of similar size.
Tilapia can be nicky eaters, which poses a puzzle for anglers. eir diet consists mainly of green algae, diatoms and small invertebrates. I have witnessed other anglers catching this species on corn, dog food, hot dogs and bread balls. I have caught good numbers and some very large examples with a y rod. I caught most of these sh on Clouser Minnows and other similar small bait sh patterns.
ere is no minimum size or bag limit for tilapia. e FWC encourages anglers to catch and eat them like any other invasive species. e white akey meat is mild, and wild-caught tilapia are superior to the farm-raised tilapia sold in grocery stores.
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There are plenty of redfish and snook hanging around the grass flats and mangrove shorelines. You can also expect schooling reds to keep moving around the Bay. It’s also the time of year when some of the biggest reds show up. You never know if you’re going to a catch one in the slot or one of the giants over 30 inches.
You can also expect some good-sized mangrove snapper at the bridges, rock piles and artificial reefs with some topping out around three pounds. Cobia should pop up as usual around markers and buoys. Mackerel, blue fish, jacks and ladyfish will be feeding on bait schools everywhere.
Fishing artificial lures is close to my heart. There is something magical about tricking a fish into striking something that looks like natural food or is completely alien looking.
BY: CAPT. WOODY GORE
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shirt to catch spotted sea trout. I’ve come to the conclusion that, if it has action or looks wounded, something’s going to try to eat it. Try your hand at something man-made on your next fishing trip, and you’ll be surprised at how many fish you’ll catch and how much fun you’ll have doing it.
With Fall here, we may get some cooler weath er. Finally, the water should cool down and the fish should get a lit tle more excited about being fish. As we con tinue into the Fall, the bite should keep get ting stronger. You can expect good catches using live bait and arti ficial lures all over the Tampa Bay area.
If you’re interested in some exciting early morning action, tie on a Mir rOLure16MR MirrOmullet surface walker or Top Dog Jr. and walk the dog across a calm morning grass flat. The anticipation of the next explosive snook strike or the water-pushing swirl of a stalking redfish will electrify even the most seasoned angler. A topwater strike on your favorite lure is so exhilarating it’ll almost stop your heart.
Over the years, I’ve used everything imaginable to catch fish--live baits, artificial lures and even plastic straws. I’ve even used a strip of old white tee
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Duringholes. these cold fronts, look for the trout bite to get better in depths from 4 to 6 feet of water. Top-water and soft plastics are my choice of baits when it comes to fishing for trout.
BY: CAPT. JOHN RIVERS
Over in St. Joseph Sound, the redfish bite and trout bite has been very good. Snook are staging up in the passes and near a few of the bridges.
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usually, is the start of our cold fronts and I’m excited, be cause it will definitely fire up the trout and other species. October nights are cool with temperatures around the middle 50’s which will drop the water temps. It will take a day or two for the fish to adjust but, once they do, the bite will fire off forRedfishsure! are showing up in the middle of Tampa Bay near Pic nic Island and up in Old Tampa Bay. I’ve also done very well with Mangrove Snapper in a few of my honey
The snook bite in October is usually very good due to cooler water temps, which makes for a fun day in the water. After you’ve had some fun with the snookies, now it’s time to play with the reds on the flats which, in October, we call the pumpkin patch.
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Redfish fishing patterns have changed over the past years, because the
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Changes Are on the Way
For cobia fishing, I prefer neap tides and the slower the better. This makes them come up around the surface more to feed, and they are easier to catch. I use medium spinning tackle, 40-pound braided line, a 3-inch float (Four Horsemen) with 40-pound leader about 5-feet long tied to a 3/0 circle hook. My top choices for live baits are pinfish or large thread fin sardines. Artificial baits like imitation crabs or long eels work great. You should always have one rod ready to go, in case the cobia shows up close to the boat. Buoy hopping is con sidered one of the best meth ods for cobia fishing in October. Simply put, get there first, as early as you can, and go from one buoy to another. It takes time and money for gas, but well worth the trip when you can end up with a nice one for dinner. New rules are now in effect for size and total allowed on a boat per day. Go to myfwc.com for more information.
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October has a lot to offer, depending on the weather. Normally, water tempera tures should start a grad ual drop, as the month comes to an end. Some years, water temperatures drop quickly due to some early cool fronts (not cold fronts). Two things are normal for this month: cobia make their last showing around buoys; and range markers make them easier to catch. Redfish get pumped up and start getting ready for the winter weather.
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• Leader: Soft Steel stretchable fluorocarbon 40-pound test
I switch from my regular 1/0 to a 2/0 or even a 3/0 kahle circle hook and 40-pound fluorocarbon leader about 3-feet long. Depending on the depth of water, I add a number 3 or 4 split shot, or even a 3/8-ounce egg sinker rigged Texas style to keep the bait on the bottom. I have an advantage using my 2 to 10-foot Power Poles. My method is to drop the anchor just past the dock and back my boat between the two docks and then drop my Power Poles, keeping the boat anchored parallel to the docks. This way, I can fish clients from either side of the boat depending on the tide movement.
First, I bait my clients up and cast their baits about midway under the dock. Then I start tossing some small pieces of cut bait, every few minutes, to create my own feeding station. Or, you can make your life easy and use
Tackle for cobia:
• Line: Fins Windtamer braided 40-pound test
• Leader: Soft Steel stretchable Fluorocarbon 40-pound test
• Line: Fins Windtamer braided 20-pound test
• Okuma Cedros 7-foot rod with an Okuma Azores 6000H reel
• Hook : Trident 3/0 Kahle circle
Speckled trout fishing for the big ones is just starting this month and, as the weather cools, the trout seem to get bigger. Look for the big ones around the edges of channels, drop offs and in the flats that tend to be at least 4 to 6 feet in depth. Gandy bridge has always been a great spot for me as the fronts move in, so don’t overlook this great eating and fun to catch fish. Trout are excellent to fish for with artificial baits. Use light tackle to make the adventure even better.
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redfish have shifted from the flats to the docks. Most captains haven’t quite fig ured out why this has happened, so we can only guess. We have noticed more ac tion around the docks and struc tures than on the flats. So, what is my secret to catching the big redfish? I use cut dead bait on the bottom. My years of experience have told me that they love cut pinfish, threadfin sardines and ladyfish. Remember that you want a nice chunk, but not too big because you want them to be able to take it on the first bite.
a Lee Fisher Chum Ring, which makes chum from any bait you have on board; or, use pre-made chum and put it inside of it. Patience is the key word here, so don’t be in a hurry. Sit and wait, and the big ones will come. And, yes, there is a chance you could catch a few catfish. It’s worth it, if you can land a few big reds.
• Hook : Trident 3/0 circle
• Okuma SRT Inshore Elite 7 to 6-foot MH rod with Azores 4000H reel
Tackle for redfish:
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The Captains’ Party will be held at the beautiful Madeira Beach Recreation Complex, 200 Rex Place Madeira Beach, FL. 33708. The festival kicks off around 5:00 pm, and there will be plenty to keep the whole family busy. Reg istration will be held for all anglers. There will be loads of food from local restaurants and food trucks, plus vendors selling everything from artwork to fishing tackle. There is a new boat showcase, a giant raffle, silent auctions and,
The big day! Lines are in the water at 6:00am, and you must be checked into the weigh-in line by 5:00pm. You can weigh a fish in six different divisions: Over all, Single Engine, Traveling Angler, Ladies, Youth and even a Spanish Mack erel division. There are, also, three TWT’s (tournament within a tournament): Standard, High Roller and The Smoker. There will be 63 total places paid out, with the winning fish sometimes fetching over $100,00.00 (if you’re all in). All three days are open to the public. Even if you are not fishing, this is definitely an event to see!
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The magical Florida Middle Grounds is truly a place like no other in our state. It is lo cated between 80 and 100 miles NW of Clearwater/ St Petersburg and 90 to 110 miles south of the Panhan dle, “The Grounds” draw sporting enthusiasts from all over. The Middle Grounds are a reef system built up by centuries of calcified sand, limestone and fossilized worm snails that attract a multitude of fish and other marine life. The area resembles parallel mountain ranges separated by about four miles of desert. Wild pinnacle formations rising 20 to 40 feet from the sea floor dot this desert like little oases. The structure is unmatched at a depth that’s easy to fish, as well as, scuba or free dive
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Trips out to this playground should not be taken lightly. You’re, on average, over 80 miles from shore and even the slightest issue always seems to compound when you’re that far. We double and triple up on safety gear and communication devices such as EPIRBS and satellite phones. Running with other boats is always smart, especially for smaller or single engine boats. O2 bottles, 8 or10-foot SMB’s and binoculars are a must on the diving side. The majority of sites we hit are cliffs with vertical drops of up to 40 feet. You may spear a fish at 100 feet and then have to drop to 140 to land him. Adrenalin and the possibility of landing that trophy fish take over and what was your safe dive plan now has you floating aimlessly like a piece of sargassum weed for 30 minutes. If your topside crew is not paying good attention, you could come up a long way from your boat, very possibly out of site. With some extra planning and the weather on your side, the effort will most certainly be worth it to experience my favorite coordinates in the Gulf of Mexico.
“The Grounds” have become very accessible for not only commercial and charter, but recreational boaters as well. The lure of giant grouper, snapper and pretty much every other reef fish we target out here make it well worth the price of fuel. Another attraction to fishing there is the ability to have a very productive day leaving the dock without many or even any waypoints. Once you get in the area, just zig zag around staring at your bottom machine and anchor up wher ever you see a nice show. You can also “cheat” and purchase the CMOR chip for your MFD.The amazing detail their chip provides shows every break, peak and outcropping, and will allow any boater to run and find outstanding spots to fish.
Spear fishermen are drawn here with the hopes of that elusive 20+ pound giant hogfish. Hook and liners make the run for the diversity of second-to-none bottom fishing with a consistent shot at blue water fish. You’ll see wahoo, mahi, plenty of tuna and sails. Heck, even a few stories of marlin aren’t far-fetched. Rec reational divers will find, in my opinion, the most amazing diving anywhere in the state. There is more untouched terrain than the Keys, and underwater forma tions that make the Tortuga’s jealous. The bottom is loaded with a variety of stony corals, gorgonians and huge sea fans. Loads of tropical fish have been brought up from the Caribbean by the Loop current joining species that live all the way to the Carolinas. You have as diverse a destination as you could have ever imagined.
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ter during the heat of the summer and usually hang out in 10 to15 feet of water. They are being caught right now in 4 to 6 feet of water with all types of artificial lures. You can’t go wrong with a 1/8-ounce jig head and a white fluke.
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is here, which means the inshore bite is hot! The weather is beginning to be a bit more comfort able for us fishermen and the fish. In our area, the big snook have started to make their way a bit closer to the islands, bays and the mouth of creeks. The water temperature is gradually cooling and this really trig gers a feeding frenzy for our inshore species. I still like throwing live green backs for snook through October, because one good cold front and our green backs will disappear. Moving water is key for catching snook out here. There are quite a few fishermen who have been catching nice size triple tail
Sea trout are finally starting to show up in our shallow waters. With such shallow water around Bayport, the sea trout always move out to deeper wa
in the channels and bays along the crab buoys with live shrimp.
In my opinion, the biggest topic along the Nature Coast right now would have to be the redfish bite. Redfish spawn between August and Novem ber. As the spawning months go along, these big redfish get hungry and the bigger ones are a bit easier to get to eat. These redfish are chewing anything you throw at them right now. They seem to be in their normal spots, along the rocky points and islands and hanging in the tidal creeks around good grass. I still like throwing cut mullet for the reds right now, or free line a live pinfish and give him a haircut. What I mean by give him a haircut is, trim his tail fin and top fins down with some scissors. This makes it harder for the bait to hide and they put off a lot more vibration in the water, which drives the redfish crazy. As always, hope everyone has some time to get out and catch some good ones, Tight lines.
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I have found a wonderful new tuna. I had noticed over the years that tuna’s flavor in a can had changed. It wasn’t what it used to be when I was a child. I love tuna! I decided for this month’s recipe I would do my version of a tuna melt.
Blend the tuna and mayonnaise in my Cuisinart. Add salt and pepper. Remove from the container and place evenly on pita bread. Turn oven on to 450 degrees Put cheddar cheese on top and place in oven. I keep an eye on it because oven temperatures vary but it’s usually around 7 minutes--give or take a few. Set your timer for 5 minutes and go from there. When the cheese is melted, remove from oven and enjoy. I like to eat mine with dill pickles.
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— Captain Wes Tallyn was raised in Florida and is a photographer,outdoorsman,birder,fisherman,avid and environmental scientist.
of the most recognizable birds of prey found throughout Florida is the Osprey. They are typically seen in areas thought the country where a major water body is nearby. The Osprey’s diet consists almost entirely of fish, and they dive from sometimes great height to snatch fish and other prey at or near the water’s surface.
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Like the Bald Eagle, Osprey numbers have rebounded signifi cantly across the state of Florida after their population was severe ly decimated by a chemical called DDT. DDT was used as a pesticide and it leeched into our water ways. The chemical would accumulate in the adult birds and cause the egg shells to be too thin after being laid to develop properly and, often, adults would crack the eggs while incubating.
Osprey make nests in tree tops and manmade structures like cell phone towers in the Spring and will nest early in the Summer here in Florida. While not in use, the nests will sometimes be taken by other birds like Bald Eagles and Great-horned owls. Exotic Parakeets and European House Sparrows will also add sticks to the bottom of the Osprey nest to build their own nest-within-a-nest.
Osprey have issues in the Fall through Spring with Bald Eagles bullying them out of their catch. The Eagles wait for the Osprey to catch a fish, letting them do all of the hard work, then swoop in to steal the spoils. Both Bald Eagles and Osprey have white heads, but the best way to tell the difference is by the color of the feathers on the chest. Adult Bald Eagles will have black feathers on the chest while the juveniles have black or marbled black and white feathers on the chest. An Osprey’s chest feathers are almost completely white. The Osprey is here year-round, so see if you can find one next time you’re on the water!
Wes has a focus on conservation and education in the community and is the owner of Snook Jam Outdoors. You can find him on Instagram @ snookjam or call 727-410-5853.
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Izquierdo’s sh weighed 15.38 kilograms, which is 33 pounds, 14.5 ounces and some change. On the same trip, Robert Navarro boated another star-studded grouper that weighed 15.51 kilograms, or 34 pounds, 3 ounces and some change. Both sh will be recorded as all-tackle world records in the books.
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Both sh were caught slow-pitch jigging with JYG Pro jigs.
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Star-studded grouper are a species that inhabits the eastern Paci c Ocean from Southern California down to e previous all-tackle world record was a 31-pounder caught by Chris Wheaton out of Loreto, Mexico.
oastal Angler Magazine contributor Ryan Izquierdo was on a really hot bite on April 28 while shing out of San Carlos in Sonora, Mexico. e boat he was on landed not one, but two IGFA all-tackle world records for star-studded grouper. With just a fraction of a kilogram separating the weights of the two sh, IGFA recently named them both a tie for the all-tackle world record.
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ed sh have black spots. Some of them have several black spots. is red sh caught on the Texas Gulf Coast had so many black spots that it doesn’t even look like a red sh.
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e angler, Ryan Hernandez, caught his “leopard” red sh while shing with Capt. Danny Alvarez in the Upper Laguna Madre near Corpus Christi, Texas on Aug. 27. Hernandez said the sh had more than 300 spots per Leopardside. red sh are rare, but they do show up from time to time. Fisheries biologists believe this rare color pattern is caused by both parents having a recessive pigmentation trait. e wild coloration leaves the o spring particularly susceptible to predation early in its life. Not only is it rare for a leopard red sh to be hatched, it’s rare for them to reach catchable size.According to SaltWater Sportsman, Hernandez kept his leopard red sh to have it mounted. It’ll make a heck of a conversation piece.
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Here’s my disclaimer: I invented Knockin Tail Lures. e paddletail I use for snook is the Knockin Tail Lure in the Halloween is lure, like the Rat-L-Trap, has a built-in rattle. Trust me,
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hen it comes to snook shing with lures, I typically see the same color patterns and lure styles displayed in the jaws of caught sh as the angler proudly presents their catch to the camera. I’d like to share some new colors and lures that I have found to be very e ective when targeting solid-lined trophies.Let’s start with what you might already know. Feather jigs are popular among those who pursue line-siders. Some may tip their jig with a grub of some sort, while others take the simple approach of feathers, lead and a sharp hook. More o en than not, when I see these jigs pinned in the jaws of magni cent sh, the colors are typically white, red, chartreuse or a combination of all three. I don’t typically throw a feather jig, but when I do I prefer to tip it with a paddletail to give it extra vibration. Find one with a rattling tail, and you just increased your odds of hooking up!
Capt. Michael Okruhlik is the inventor of Knockin’ Tail Lures, Controlled Descent Lures and the owner of www.MyCoastOutdoors.com.
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I hope this new look at snook shing helps you catch your next e theme here is sound attracts sh. So, tie on some noisy lures and get hooked up!
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My other tip involves a color I haven’t seen pictured with many, if any, snook other than those anglers in my circle. e color is in the orange family with gold glitter and a chartreuse tail. is little gem has produced numerous snook over the years. I sh this color in a 5-inch paddletail lure, typically on a heavier jighead. I like a heavy head because I burn these swimbaits through the water.
Now for methods you may not have tried while targeting snook. Let’s visit our friends in the freshwater aisle and pull out an old favorite: the Rat-L-Trap! Pick up a few of these in chrome and blue, buy some stout saltwater-grade treble hooks, stainless steel split rings, and you’re set. ese noisy, rattling hard baits drive big snook crazy. I sh these on a fast and steady retrieve. e simplicity, in itself, is enticing. Among the advantages are the castability of these lures, their bullet-proof construction, and best of all there is not much skill required in this tactic. Simply cast and reel at a fast pace and hold on tight. When a hungry, or mad snook nails a Trap as you burn it through salty water, they will try their best to take the lure and the rod from your hands. ere is nothing like a 40-inch snook hammering a fast-moving Rat-L-Trap!
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Trapping is the most e cient method of collecting the legal limit. Each harvester is allowed ve traps. ey may be baited and placed in the water as early as Oct. 5, but traps may not be pulled and claws may not be harvested until the Oct. 15 season opener.
Whether diving or trapping, it is illegal to harvest claws from eggbearing females. It is permitted to take both claws if they are of legal length, but most people choose to take just one so the crab is le with something to feed and defend itself with.
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Our lodging was in Soldotna, near the mouth of the Kenai River on Cook Inlet. That’s where we fished the Kenai River for red (sockeye) salmon. The famous king salmon season closed before we arrived this year, or we would have been fishing for them. We “flossed” for reds, which is a technique used in rivers to catch salmon that are more interested in their spawning run than they are in feeding. Basically, you use a weighted leader. As pods of fish swim upstream, the line threads an open mouth and you snag the fish when the hook pulls tight. This was combat-style fishing. We stood a rod’s length from other anglers, and it was mayhem when someone hooked up.
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Twice, we traveled northeast by van to Hope, Alaska, where we fished for pinks in Resurrection Creek. They were so thick that we stayed busy catching and releasing them after we all caught our limits. On our second trip to Resurrection, we went in search of silvers but they had not arrived yet, so we caught pinks
If you ever get the chance to fish the Kenai Peninsula, you will love it. Get a group of friends, do some research and go. Fish with a guide or on your own. There are so many options and so many fish that it’s hard not to have an amazing adventure.
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We also ventured south from Soldotna to the Kasilof River and caught salmon and trout. We crossed the peninsula to Seward and fished the Resurrection River for silvers, pinks and dog (chum) salmon. The river was full of fish, so we fished until it was too dark to see the bears and called it a day at midnight.
Last, but not least, we fished Skilak Lake, which feeds the Kenai River from the center of the peninsula. This was my favorite place to fish. It is as beautiful as it is full of fish. We stayed 18 days in Alaska and spent our 17th on Skilak, where we slayed the fish. We landed and released more than 100 reds, silvers and trout that day! It was a great note to end our trip.
By Gary Turner
Second only to the Kenai’s fishing is the scenery. There is a majestic feel to this area. The views are beautiful, there is amazing wildlife and tons of stuff to see. We saw it all as we drove all over the place chasing fish.
laska’s Kenai Peninsula is a world-renowned fishery, known for all of its salmon runs, of which the Kenai River king salmon run is the most famous. The saltwater fishing out of Homer, Deep Creek and Seward are also amazing. I’ve been to Alaska fishing several times, and this year I fished the fresh and the salt with five friends who were all on their first trip. Here’s a quick look at what we did in freshwater. I’ll write about our saltwater adventures in the future.
We also fished from a boat on the Kenai River, where anchored to deploy small Kwikfish. These lures settle into the current near the bottom and vibrate. Fish swimming upstream see them and attack. Unlike the red salmon, which aren’t interested in eating, the pink (humpback) and silver (coho) salmon jumped all over this setup.
Gary Turner is a long-time contributor to The Angler Magazine. Contact him at gary@purgeright.com.
The timing is different on every piece of water, but October is thought to be the peak of pre-spawn behavior for most streams and rivers. Since big browns are more aggressive than they are at any other time of year, anglers who target them should fish aggressively.
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“If I have that fish that’s two feet or larger, I’m feeling really confident having that fish on 20-pound as opposed to having it on 2x,” he said.
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On a big tailwater, McCrickard gears up with 250-grain sinking line and runs a short 3-foot leader of 0x tippet. If the water is dingy, he’ll fish 3 feet of straight 20-pound monofilament.
Nick Carter is author of “Flyfisher’s Guide to North Carolina & Georgia.” It is available on Amazon or by contacting the author at nsc8957@gmail.com.
On large or small water, pre-spawn browns will hit bigger flies than you’d think they would. This could be a 2- to 3-inch-long Woolly Bugger on a mountain stream or a 6-inch-long articulated pattern on a big river. Either way, it’s a game of covering water persistently and presenting the fly to as many fish as possible.
“A productive day is relative. When you’re throwing a 10-foot 7-weight and a 250-grain full sinking line with 3 feet of 20-lb. monofilament, you’re not really going for numbers anymore,” said McCrickard. “You’re looking for one, maybe two fish. You kind of have to go out there with the mentality of, ‘I might get skunked today, but I might catch my best fish of the year… or the best fish I’ve caught in the last five years.’”
Across the East, brown trout spawn in a window that runs from midSeptember into December. Males and females of the species leave their summer lies to strike out upstream in search of spawning habitat. They are on the move and more visible to anglers than at any other time of year.
While the females become preoccupied with cutting nests, called redds, on shallow gravel bars in moving water, the males put on bright colors to
advertise their suitability as mates. The big boys spar with each other for the opportunity to fertilize eggs. They become ornery, and are cocked to lash out at anything that catches their eye.
ust and jealousy make males of many species do stupid things they wouldn’t normally do. This is true for humans and whitetail deer, and it’s also true for brown trout, which grow aggressive this time of year as they gear up for the spawn.
Alex McCrickard has a go-big or go-home attitude when it comes to fall browns. He’s a former fly fishing guide and the current aquatic education coordinator for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. As the days grow shorter, McCrickard breaks out his heavy 6- and 7-weight rods to sling big streamers.Onsmaller streams, he’ll fish floating line with a 9-foot leader that tapers down to no lighter than 2x tippet. The long leader allows a weighted streamer to get down in the water column, and 2x has a breaking strength of about 10 pounds. It’s more than enough to handle the 14- to 20-inchers you might encounter in a creek or stream.
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