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ctober is a special month in the mountains. Autumn colors and cooler weather signal it’s time to head back to trout water. Hunting a trophy brown trout is what fall is all about. These fish can be caught nymphing a big stonefly or drifting an October caddis, but the old adage, “big bait, big fish,” holds true. Streamer fishing is a surefire way to try and target these old brutes. Streamers are flies that imitate forage such as baitfish, crawfish, sculpin, other trout or even mice. While the common way to fish a streamer is to enact action by “stripping” or pulling the fly line, streamers can be dead drifted, jigged or swung. There is no wrong way to fish streamers, but the goal is to make the fly look like the real thing. Equipment: We fish heavier rods, tippets and leaders, as we are targeting larger fish. The flies are more wind resistant or heavily weighted, and the strikes can be more aggressive. Think 5 to 8 weights and 8 to 20-pound fluorocarbon tippet/leader. A misconception of streamer fishing is that it must be done from a boat on a large river. While a boat is nice for covering ground, wading anglers can adapt these tactics to any size body of water. If you have the option to fish from a boat, multiple rods with different rate-of-fall (ROF) sinking fly lines should be in your arsenal to probe different depths: floating, intermediate (falls at one foot per second), and ROF-6 (falls at six inches per second). Fly Selection: Ask anyone what they throw, and you’ll get a different answer. It’s hard to go wrong with Woolly Bugger variations—like Sparkle Minnows or Bow River Buggers—any Kelly Galloup pattern or Clouser minnows to start out. Pick staple colors that allow you to adjust to conditions: white, black, bold (yellow or chartreuse) and flashy. Big fish drop their guard in nasty weather, and these can result in the best days on the water. Tactics: Brown trout ambush their prey, so look for places adjacent to current where fish can sit without expending too much energy. Covering water is paramount to success with a streamer. Likely holding water can produce results immediately, so don’t spend too much time in one spot. You are hunting the largest fish willing to eat the fly, not trying to force inactive fish to feed. Vary your retrieve; sometimes jigging or dead drifting can be better than a strip, or slower or faster retrieves may get a fish to react. Mental fortitude is just as important as the where and how. You can go hours or even days without seeing a fish follow the fly, but the magic of streamer fishing lies in the take of the fly and the caliber of fish. Jacob Milholland fishes with Cohutta Fishing Company in Blue Ridge, Ga. Check them out at www.cohuttafishingco.com or call (706) 946-3044.

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t seems even the most remote waterways are becoming more crowded every year. More boats can lead to some extremely dangerous situations when boaters exhibit a lack of respect for the water, and it’s pretty easy to identify those who should not be allowed to operate a boat. But there are also people who create frustrating situations, particularly while fishing, who might just be unaware of certain etiquette. It is unique to the Southeastern United States to have access to such vastly diverse fisheries within a relatively small area. It is fortunate boat owners can easily travel to a new and different fishery and bring their own vessel with them. However, just as you don’t have to travel far before the fishery changes, the same applies to local fishing etiquette. Some of the unspoken rules will apply no matter where you are, but it is generally a good idea to check in with local knowledge and identify the local vhf channel before launching your boat somewhere new. While nobody owns the water, commercial and charter fishing captains generally operate with respect for each other to make sharing the fishery feasible and pleasant. When pleasure boaters don’t understand or don’t respect local etiquette, it disrupts fishing enough to affect the people who are trying to make a living on the water. As a general rule, try to stay away from other boats as much as possible. If you have to maneuver around or fish near another boat, be respectful of the type of fishing they are doing. If a vessel is anchored, they will generally be fishing off the back of the boat, often running a chum slick, which means you should avoid driving behind them. If a boat is anchored

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nor should you drive next to them to mark their location. If you are offshore hunting for fish that appear under flocks of diving birds, look for a flock that isn’t currently being worked by another fisherman. These birds are moving around over fish that are traveling, and moving in can cause the boat that got to the birds first to be cut off from the school of fish. The ocean is vast and birds are plentiful, look for birds on your own, not just an easy-to-spot boat under birds. Overcrowded fishing areas, that don’t operate under anchor, follow certain traffic patterns. These patterned drifts or trolls should be observed and followed just like any roadway. The Marathon Humps, for example, should be trolled east to west, and west to east. Fishing oil rigs in the northern Gulf of Mexico can be made extremely difficult by poor etiquette, as locations are limited and can be made even more limited due to weather. Places like this rely heavily on unspoken rules of the road, and respect. These areas are primarily fished in two different ways: live bait and chum drifts. Charter boats take the time to catch live bait before making it out there, which can be time consuming and difficult. If there are fish on the surface, and someone nearby starts a chum drift, this pushes the surface fish down deep, where the fish will no longer be eating the hard-earned live bait. This is horrible etiquette that rewards lazy and ignorant fishermen. If you show up to a rig without live bait and see other boats using it, with fish clearly on the surface, you should probably just troll lures until other people start a chum drift. Learn and respect the local etiquette anywhere you get your boat wet. There’s no reason we can’t all catch fish, be safe and have fun doing it.

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WHEN TEMPS COOL DOWN, THE GROUPER BITE HEATS UP

’m going to date myself here, but what is about to happen will come as no surprise to me. This is time of year I live for. You see, I’ve been watching this beautiful cycle happen with grouper for almost four decades now. As soon as the mullet run slows, and the vast schools of cigar minnows (cigs) and sardines drift inshore, so do the larger (male) gag grouper. This generally occurs around the middle of October. The scamp bite will be hard and fast during this same time in deeper water. I started my grouper fishing career with heavy electric and hydraulic commercial reels and eventually switched over to Elec-Tra-Mates and Precision Auto Reels, but now I’ve gone full circle to lighter (heavyduty) level-wind reels with braided line and ultra stealth terminal tackle to stay ahead of the mental evolution of grouper and large snapper. You see, back in the day when there were so many grouper, it was a competitive atmosphere on the bottom. The first bait to the bottom used to catch the biggest red snapper or gag, even using monofilament leader, but

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now it’s just not that way. I haven’t cleaned hundreds of grouper… I’ve cleaned thousands of them before selling them, and I’m always curious about what they were eating. One common denominator in gags and red grouper, but not as many scamp grouper, are the small red crabs that are obviously plentiful on live bottom.

This is what prompted me to experiment with crab jigs. I made my first batch of Crab Decoy Jigs over a decade ago and quickly realized they out-fish any other bottom rig I’ve ever used. I tie them in with red braided line and a short piece of fluorocarbon leader tied in a loop knot. Then I sweeten the pot with a live bait. Bait selection is important. Live cigs and

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look at the results from the eight-month-long Key West Fishing Tournament is a pretty good glimpse at what’s been going on in one of the world’s best fishing destinations over the last year. The 2021 tournament drew 312 participating anglers who entered 753 releases and 262 weighed catches. A South Dakota woman was named the women’s master angler after scoring multiple divisional wins and tournament records in the long-running challenge. Katelynn Wells, of Miller, S.D., took top honors for overall releases with 59, including six dolphin, as well as tallying 14 division-leading catches including a 28-pound amberjack, a 12-pound barracuda on plug and a 17-pound red snapper on 30-pound-test line that set a divisional record. She also scored three “heaviest fish” wins and two fish that set tournament weight records: a 2.8-pound ladyfish on plug and a 4.8-pound seatrout on 12-pound line. Wells fished on Off the Rock with Capt. Brad Nowicki and on Live Action Sportfishing with Capt. Ryan Carter, both of Key West. The men’s master angler was Rob Ripka, of Pulaski, New York. His achievements included catching two division-leading fish on 12-pound line: a 12-pound bonito and a 4-pound yellowtail snapper—as well as a divisionleading 31.6-pound kingfish. Fishing on Bait Stealer with Capt. Dale Bittner, of Key West, he also set a “heaviest fish” record for catching a 6-pound yellowtail on 30-pound line. Ten-year-old Julia Bernstein, of Miami, fishing in the peewee division, eclipsed her competitors to earn the peewee master angler award for achievements including a remarkable 104 releases. Her catches included a 23.8-pound Jack Crevalle on 30-pound line that earned a tournament weight record, a 24.8-pound barracuda on 20-pound line that earned divisional “heaviest fish” honors, four other “heaviest fish” winners and three division leaders. The young Bernstein fished with Bittner on Bait

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Baitfish of all sizes are always on the lookout for an easy meal. Just like the predators that hunt them, baitfish prefer to feed with the lowest possible expenditure of energy. Suspension feeders, such as many members of the herring family, look for big blows to stir up detritus, plankton and other small organisms and organic matter that they can eat. The wind also creates surface currents, which push plankton and other miniscule prey items. Any significant wind has the potential to concentrate, stir up, or otherwise move the food baitfish feed on. The wind also has the power to enhance or diminish tidal action. A wind moving in the same direction as a tidal current will accelerate the water’s movement, overpowering and transporting both baitfish and their prey. A wind-against-current scenario may form a natural corral that concentrates and traps baitfish in a temporary location. In bays and other inshore waterways, a strong offshore wind can combine with a low tide to render certain areas uninhabitable to baitfish due shallowness. A strong onshore wind, in conjunction with a high tide, can pile up water in areas that before were dry, allowing baitfish to enter feeding grounds that were previously inaccessible.

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It’s important to know where there is deep, stable water for baitfish to take shelter in when the temperature suddenly rises or drops. Also look for “dead ends” in the areas you fish, such as coves and points of land, which act as barriers that trap and hold bait when the wind is howling. If you find baitfish, odds are good that the gamefish are nearby. John Saporito is a lifelong fisherman and student of the seas. Visit him online at guerillaangling.com.

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n the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 11, three anglers fishing out of Cape Canaveral, Fla., idled the “High Maintenance” into Sunrise Marina towing a swordfish that’s being called a Port Canaveral record. The broadbill bottomed out a set of 500-pound scales after being dead for more than 16 hours, so it’s safe to say it outweighed the unofficial and long-standing port record of 365 pounds. One of the anglers, Steven Sharpe, estimated its weight to be 550 pounds, based on measurements. Records aside, it was a huge fish. Sharpe, his long-time fishing buddy, Jeff Thummel, and George Birkhead, who was on his first swordfish trip, were drifting in 1,500-foot depths about 40 miles out of Port Canaveral. On their first set, they had bite that came unbuttoned. They re-baited with a whole ladyfish and dropped it down to about 1,400 feet. The big fish came tight at about 10:30 a.m. and then rocketed toward the surface. Sharpe said they had no idea of the size of the fish through most of a 5 ½-hour fight.

Their Lindgren-Pitman S2-1200 electric reel and Handler custom rod battled the fish as it surfaced and dove numerous times and dragged the boat 25 miles from where the fish was initially hooked. “About every hour, he’d show,” Sharpe said. “We didn’t realize how big he was until we got him to the boat. “We harpooned it, hauled it in and gaffed it. When we gaffed it, all hell broke loose.” The big fish beat itself against the boat until it finally expired and the crew got a tail rope on it at about 4 p.m. Only then was there a moment for celebration and cigars. They pulled a tape on the fish and got a short length of 101 inches from the fork of the tail to the tip of the lower jaw. Then the hard work began. “There were three people on board, and we couldn’t get that fish in the boat,” Sharpe said. “We tried everything and ended up having to idle it all the way home. We didn’t get to port until about 1 a.m.” They had to wait until 8 a.m. Saturday morning to get the fish up on scales.

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all is upon us and what an exciting time it is for Space Coast surf fishing anglers. The annual fall mullet run will be ignited into another dimension with the baitfish pouring down our coastline. Mix this annual occurrence with a change in the weather and water temps, and look for a dynamic fishery over this fall period. Many days can turn into an all out feeding frenzy with shark and fish species hurling through the air leaving the water’s surface boiling with action. Surf fishing anglers simply need to grab a spinning rod rigged with 20-40lb braided line accompanied by a swim bait, diving plug, or top water action and walk the shores casting and retrieving in the various pockets of concentrated baitfish. This opportunistic approach ensures no stone goes unturned. Matching the hatch of the size of baitfish also brings another level of success, so always be keen to adjusting lure size. Look for snook to reign supreme during the mullet run, however tarpon and sharks will be hammering the migrating baitfish pods and the multiple fish species that coincide with this natural event. With bluefish and crevalle jacks becoming so concentrated on these bait pods, the shark and tarpon lie beneath, pouncing the entirety of the water column to capitalize. Generally, the larger tarpon and sharks will be just outside the surf caster’s range, but this mullet run phenomenon provides just the opportunity one needs to bring them into the first and second trough, making them accessible. Not to be outdone by the headliner species, the whiting, pompano, crevalle jack and bluefish make for a perfect family-fun fishing trip. Highly active and engaging for all ages, this time of year makes rod bending seem like a breeze. Fish ranging in all sizes will abound with this flood of food charging down the waters edge. Look for sand fleas, fresh shrimp and clams rigged on a pompano rig tipped with Fishbites to keep the volume coming.

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PORT CANAVERAL OFFSHORE FORECAST F

or those of you that have been waiting to catch something other than kings and tarpon or, I should say, take some fish home for dinner, wait no longer as the fall run is upon us. This is a great time of year to target the fish that migrated north in the springtime and are now migrating back home (if, in fact, that’s what’s going on). Mahi, wahoo, blackfin tuna and sails will start to show up. We’ve already started seeing many phins hit the fish boards. Nothing huge, but a few decent ones for sure. The kingfish bite will start to heat up again as well, although November is historically the time of year that the larger schools come in. The fall run is generally not as great as the spring run, but it’s still decent fishing. It seems like many fish are being caught shallow, and on slow-trolled live bunker while king fishing. Now is the time to start rigging your ballyhoo and concentrating on the temperature breaks and weed lines again. Start out in 100 foot or so, then go deeper. Don’t pass fish to find fish. Be sure to put out some naked ballyhoo for the sails. And don’t forget the shotgun rig—wire rigged and sent way out there. Continue to use live bunker working the regular reefs. Don’t pass up the wrecks. Chances are, if there’s piles of bait on it, then something’s there. I had a slow day last week and decided to go try a wreck. The water was boiling with small sardines. My first pass through, I was doubled up with a fat king and bonita, then it was a bonita fire fight. Was a lot of fun!

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ctober is usually the best month of the year for fishing inside and just outside of the Port. The fall mullet run will be in full swing, and predators like snook, bluefish, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, flounder, tarpon, and redfish are feeding on these baitfish with a vengeance. The surf zones along the beaches north and south of the Port, as well as the jetties at the east end of the Port’s basins are going to have a lot of action this month. Live fingerling mullet are obviously one of the best things to use for these predators. Rig these on a sliding sinker or knocker rig, or just put them on a simple ½ ounce HookUp style jig head. Rapala lures like the new Twichin’ Mullet, or the always productive X-Rap (size 10 or 12) are virtually fool proof when fishing these areas at this time of the year. I prefer the mullet, black and silver or green and silver finishes, when targeting most. Fish these lures along the areas of the beach or near the jetties Snook are just one of the where mullet are congregating. If you many predators that will be don’t see any baitfish in the water, keep blasting mullet pods along moving until you do. You want to fish in the nearshore waters outside the pods of mullet because the predators of Port Canaveral this month. won’t be far away. King mackerel will also come close to shore at this time of the year to feed on the mullet. Slow trolling a live full-sized mullet on a wire stinger rig in the 15 to 40-foot depths will usually get you hooked up to a smoker king on most days. Tarpon, big crevalle jacks, and plenty of sharks are possible catches as well. This time of the year is when you can witness some incredible sights from fish skyrocketing through the mullet pods, so let’s get out there and catch your next memory!

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spooled with 15 pound braid and a 20 pound fluorocarbon leader. Lure color depends on the color of the water and cloud coverage. I have a hard time beating a white bait, but if it is a cloudy day, I’ll put on a darker color. Pictured are Aidan Beech (left) with an over slot Indian River redfish caught on a D.O.A. C.A.L. shad tail, and Luke Rayburn with a nice Mosquito Lagoon speckled sea trout caught on a Rapala Skitterwalk in white. Both anglers had a stellar day with me while fishing with these lures. Give these lures a try, and send me pictures of your catch! Tight lines,

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ctober is a great time to fish the lagoon as well as the beaches. Depending on the cold fronts, we can expect consistent action in the Indian River Lagoon and on the nearshore beaches from Melbourne to Sebastian Inlet. The mullet run is typically the first few weeks of the month and as long as the weather holds up and it isn’t too rough, the beaches are the place to be. Consistent action will be on tarpon, snook, sharks, crevalle jack and kingfish that are following the schools of bait looking for that easy meal. Fish the snook and jacks by fishing the trough running parallel to the shore along the beach. Fishing for tarpon and sharks, the best bet is to use live bait and fish the outer edges of the bait pods. The Rapala XRap Long Cast in size 14 will be an excellent hard bait to use when targeting the bait pods. I also like to use Hogy Eeels and D.O.A. Baitbusters during the mullet run along the beaches. Anglers looking for flounder inshore should have plenty of opportunity to catch Look for consistent redfish some 2-to-6-pound fish in the action in the Inlet in October. lagoon and near the inlets. I like to fish the mangrove shorelines with D.O.A. C.A.L. jigs or 4” jerkbaits rigged on VMC ¼ ounce jigheads. Fish them slow along the shorelines and pitch them under the mangrove roots. Docks and spoil islands will also hold some good flounder. Rapala’s XRap Twitchin’ Minnow is a good hard bait to target the flounder around docks and spoil islands as well. Live bait anglers will have the best success with finger mullet, however live pilchards and shrimp will work as well. The mullet in the creeks from Melbourne down to Sebastian will keep the gamefish in there through the month as long as we don’t get too much rain. Fish the docks and oyster bars that are loaded with bait using topwater baits early, then switching to subsurface baits later in the day. Snook will be plentiful and tarpon will be in the deeper channels of the creeks. Live finger mullet is a great bait or give the D.O.A. Terror Eyez a shot along the shoreline drop-offs.

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ello, my name is Patricia Hart and I would like to welcome you to my first issue as the new owner of the Coastal Angler Magazine Volusia Edition. I’m very excited to begin this adventure with you the readers, writers and advertisers. Together we can share our passion for fishing and all the amazing marine activities our beautiful community has to offer. As a fifth generation native Floridian, fishing and boating have always been a part of life for me and my family. My father was an avid angler and taught me from childhood to love life on the water. Now I share this lifestyle with my husband Bill. We have spent countless hours fishing, diving and just cruising around both inshore and offshore waters. We have lots of fishing stories to tell and most of them are actually true. To my readers I would like to say this… as the new owner of the Coastal Angler Magazine Volusia Edition, I intend to bring you the best of the best…The best information that can give you a fantastic fishing and boating experience…The best opportunity to learn new techniques that will enhance your success as an angler… The best local businesses ready to provide you with products and services designed to make your days on the water (you guessed it) the best! Speaking of the best, the true heroes of this magazine are the writers. These Captains and guides take time each month to share their expertise. This valuable information and insight can truly make a difference in the successful fishing experience we all hope to enjoy. I plan to host events and special occasions to give you the opportunity to meet them in person.

You don’t have to wait for a special occasion to meet these fine folks, our advertisers. This magazine has a unique group of advertisers. Each one has some type of product or service that will make any angler’s day great. Most are right here in our community and ready to take care of any need an angler could have. Maybe it’s bait, maybe it’s fishing gear, maybe a new boat, maybe a new truck to haul that new boat. Maybe it’s as simple as a great dock and dine meal that can be enjoyed while boating on the beautiful Intracoastal River. Anything that can bring a smile to local anglers will be featured by our advertisers. So pick up your free copy of Coastal Angler Magazine Volusia Edition every month. There are lots of distribution points in various locations throughout the county. Watch as this magazine grows to become not only the best fishing magazine in our community, but also an active member of our community and a valuable resource for our community. I hope you enjoy the magazine and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible. Be sure to see my digital version online CoastalAnglerMag.com/daytona as well as my Facebook page at Facebook.com/CoastalAngler. Volusia and my YouTube Channel, Coastal Angler TV.

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oastal Angler Magazine Volusia Edition welcome’s back Captain Evan Sanders as a monthly writer. Many of you will remember Capt. Evan’s articles from the past and share our excitement to have him writing for the magazine again. Capt. Evan is the owner of “Sol Fishing”, a clothing brand and local fishing charter. He also serves the community of NSB as one of the PE Coaches at New Smyrna Beach Middle School. Capt. Evan also donates multiple charters every month to local youth to teach them about the world of fishing and what the amazing waters of New Smyrna Beach have to offer. This month Capt. Evan & Sol Fishing is proudly recognizing New Smyrna Beach Middle School youth angler Josh B. for his hard work on the water! Pictured is a stud bull redfish that Josh landed in the backwaters while fishing from his flats boat. After a long fight that took

Josh up and down the river, the redfish measured a impressive 44 inches in length! Josh eats, sleeps, and breaths anything and everything to do with saltwater fishing. Most would say that saltwater runs through his veins. When Josh is not studying for classes, he spends his free time fishing the backwaters near his home for redfish, snook and trout. Josh is one of the many students who have gotten the opportunity to team up with Capt. Evan Sanders. In Next month’s issue, Capt. Evan will be showcasing the new Shark Tagging Program through NOAA and how local youth anglers react to catching these monsters in the Shark Bite Capital of the World. Sounds amazing! Welcome Back Capt. Evan! You can contact Capt. Evan Sanders at 407-529-5896 or see his website at Solfishing.com

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INSHORE ADVENTURES WITH SKYE

Fall Mullet Run

hooking up and landing nearly every cast. I find that casting in the middle of the school is less successful because predators will often wait to pick off any fish that swims away from the school. It is that simple!

About Mullet

During the fall mullet run, mullet is the bait to use during this time of the year. Full grown mullet are great for shark and tarpon fishing. I prefer to use finger-sized mullet, free lined, which lands me just about anything. When targeting bull reds, large Snook and tarpon, I up my liter to 80lb+. But for the most part this Lagoon Mermaid enjoys sight fishing and scouting Mosquito Lagoon and the Tomoka Basin and although I can target large Tarpon, bull reds and Snook, I will be free-lining finger sized mullet, enjoying the art of angling artificials and sticking to light tackle. Occasionally targeting what the mullet run has to offer, so what are you waiting for, get out there and fish!

he smell of autumn, the change of colors, leaves falling at your feet, a cool breeze in the air. Yes it is that time of the year that all us anglers wait for, the mullet run! Every fall in Florida as the temperatures begin to cool fishing is on fire. The fall temps trigger the natural instincts in mullet to head south along the Atlantic coast. These migrating mullet will stay in large schools that are irresistible to large predators that’s including most game fish.

Mullet are a silver/gray fish. They are a ray finned fish found worldwide in a coastal temperature and tropical waters. There are 80 species of mullet, can you believe that?! They can be found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters around the world. The massive amounts of mullet that are found in the surf and intercoastal water ways during the fall mullet run send fish into a frenzy. Masses of inshore fish such as Snook, Tarpon, Redfish and Seatrout. Hooking up to fish is nearly nonstop!

How to fish the Mullet run

This is really a no brainer and just about anyone could land fish during the mullet run. As for myself, I follow the schools of mullet casting on the outsides of the schools

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ctober is one of my favorite months of the year. The weather is starting to cool off and the fishing will certainly heat up. There will be a ton of bait in the water especially in the beginning of the month which means the fish will be feeding. October is prime time for both big bull reds as well as my favorite target snook !! For reds I will be focused on the inlet. These fish will be schooled up and the best way to find them is on your side scan or your down scan on your finder. Once you find a group of fish, stage up current from them depending the tide (I prefer outgoing), anchor up or lock yourself in with your trolling motor. Early in the month mullet will be my go to bait but I will also use cut mullet, 1/2 blue crab, cut blue fish, and big pin fish. I typically do best on the bottom with a 3-5 oz weight and about 2-3 ft of fluorocarbon leader. My next target for the month will be snook. I do fairly well at the inlet with a similar approach to the reds. I will be looking for fish and then either drifting over them or using a large pinch weight and drifting the bait through the school of fish.

My favorite way to catch snook however is fishing the dock and causeway lights at night. I like free lining jumbo shrimp, pinfish, and mullet through the lights ,when you hear a pop you know you have one and its a strike you will never forget. Get outside and enjoy the good weather and the hot fishing this month and as always if you see us on the water say hello!

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he off-season fishing has been stupendous, if not unbelievable, through mid summer. The Pompano run continues -not a minor run, a major, for one reason only, in my opinion: Infestation. That’s what I’ll call it. It’s nothing else but millions of sand fleas have hit all Wilbur’s beaches after a year of drought. I know, getting this hyped up about sand fleas must make you wonder about my mental state (I do also). My friend Tommy borrowed my sand flea rake three days ago. He turned into a backhoe! We now have enough fleas for the near future. Sand fleas are battered, deep-fried, and eaten in Thailand. I’d rather have a fish sandwich at Millie’s. The neighborhood is full of smoke. Not from forest fires but from all the barbie smokers! Now that’s pretty happy. The beach is rejuvenated. The coquina shells are thick, so fish are coming in to feed. Right now I’m in a light drizzle on the beach, with three poles out, three pompano in the bucket and three friends fishing. What could be better? As Stick Figure, my favorite reggae band, says: “Take me home to the ocean.” I got the vibe, and me and these fish are heading to the smoker. Marco Friedman Surf Fishing Guide | 386-212-4838

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