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Ponce Inlet New Smyrna Beach Fishing Report By: Capt Bruno

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The last 2 months haven’t been the easiest fishing. Cold Fronts have been on and off weekly making the fish very lethargic and slow to eat. Sheephead and Black Drum have been pretty thick and eating well. Using Shrimp, Fiddler Crabs, and Sand Fleas as the baits of choose to target these species.

As we ease towards Spring. The water will warm up and the fish will start migrating as our season really kicks off.

Starting off with Cobia for Nearshore and mahi for Offshore. Spring is my favorite time of year for fishing.

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Insert: 14 year old Daniel Antonov who lives and breathes fishing caught and released this 9.5 pound beauty on Lake Panasofkee using live bait. Photo from Bass N Gal Guide Service.

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The Halifax Sport Fishing Club’s March 17th seminar will feature Roy Mattson owner and operator of Roy’s Surf Fishing Guide Service. Roy has over 40 years of surf fishing experience. He will be discussing the different tactic to surf fishing such as location, tides, rigs, bait, and types of fish.

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Approximately 8am on Wednesday, February 9, Spangler hooked a new North Carolina state record spotted seatrout the biggest of the species landed on hook and line in 61 years. A few hours after officially weighing the monster inshore specimen, Spangler and his friend Josh Hamby returned to the water for a few more casts.

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A phosphate miner and veteran inshore saltwater angler from Merritt, North Carolina, Spangler hooked the 12-pound 8-ounce seatrout on a 4-inch Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ and 1/8-ounce HeadlockZ HD jighead. The recordbreaking trout, which measured 33-1/2-inches with an 18-inch girth, bested the previous, six-decade-old state record caught at Wrightsville Beach by four ounces.

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“A few minutes into the fight, we saw a broad silvery flash, which further fooled us into thinking striper,” Spangler said.

“This time of year, we’re mostly targeting seatrout, which bunch up in big numbers in these creeks during the winter. We often catch redfish and stripers, too, but striper season is closed.”

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“It was really bulldogging, doing big powerful head shakes. But, other than one big surface boil, mostly it stayed down and never gave us a good look. Just kept pulling the whole time maybe 5 or 6 minutes before I saw what it was. When I finally realized it was a monster trout, I got pretty excited and ordered Josh to grab the net. Man, I was so pumped and that was before we even had a clue the fish was a potential record breaker. I’d never seen a trout like that before. Just an absolute giant.”

As the anglers marveled at the enormous trout in the net, curiosity compelled them to weigh the fish on Spangler’s old digital scale. “The readout showed 12.52 pounds,” noted Spangler. “But we weren’t sure that cheap old scale was giving an accurate weight. Josh looked up the current state record on his phone and I knew by his expression that we might have a special trout on board.”

They decided to quickly load the boat and drive to Neuse River Bait & Tackle in nearby Grantsboro. “We weighed the fish on a certified scale there, which also read exactly 12.52 pounds. Then, we had to wait almost three hours for a state biologist to arrive and certify its official size (12.50 pounds.) We had every intention of releasing the fish and did everything we could to keep it alive in aerated, saltwater bait tanks, but unfortunately, it just didn’t survive.”

Spangler, who builds his own tackle, caught the monster trout on a custommade 6-foot 6-inch medium action spinning rod. “I’d just finished building that rod a week before catching the fish.

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At the end of his line was one of Spangler’s favorite inshore saltwater baits. “I’ll often tie on a single Jerk ShadZ at the start of a trip and catch fish with it all day long,” he said. “Four or five outings later, I’ve still got the same bait on the hook. That’s how tough these ElaZtech® baits are. And I sort of believe they get better as fish put little tears and rips in the material. Cont on pg 12

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Heck, I’ll even pull a little section of the plastic up from the head and thread it over the jighead eye, which holds the bait into place, even after it’s gotten pretty torn up. No way you can do that with other plastics.”

For added attraction, Spangler occasionally re-applies Pro-Cure scent to his Jerk ShadZ. “These baits are prescented with Pro-Cure. It soaks right into the material like a sponge. But once it wears off after an hour or so, I’ll add a few more drops. Sticks to the bait like glue.”

Confident in certain, favorite bait colors, Spangler caught his record trout on Z-Man’s special Dark N Stormy hue, a pattern concocted by Z-Man pro Captain C.A. Richardson. “It’s sort of an electric purple color with silver flake that just lights up and comes alive in the water,” Spangler observes. “I’ve caught a lot of fish on that pattern on the Jerk ShadZ, as well as the 3-inch MinnowZ™ and larger DieZel MinnowZ™.”

To effectively deliver the Jerk ShadZ, Spangler used a 3/0 1/8-ounce Z-Man HeadlockZ HD™ jighead. “I like that particular jighead because its keeper pins the bait to the hook and holds it in place better than anything I’ve tried. I’m also a big fan of Eye Strike Trout Eye™ jigs, which have these great big fish-attracting eyes.”

No sooner had a North Carolina state fisheries biologist certified the trout as the new state record, Spangler and his buddy decided to return to the water for a few more casts— further cementing his status as a legit, hardcore angler. “I work 12 hour shifts and put in a lot of overtime,” says Spangler. “I’m lucky, my wife and two kids let me fish 2 or 3 times a week.”

Todd Spangler hoists his 12-pound 8-ounce state record seatrout.(PhotobyToddSpangler)

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That same day, Spangler and his buddy caught five more trout and a couple legalsized red drum. “We capped the outing with nice big 5-pound trout, which we immediately released. Perfect end to a day we’ll never forget.”

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Discovering Home with Haley & Jeremy Scott Founders of Ponce Inlet Fishing Charter Network Nestled in the heart of Port Orange, Ponce Inlet Fishing Charter Network was founded by locals Haley & Jeremy Scott in 2021.

With a vision of what the Fishing Charter business could look like in the Social Age, they custom built the Facebook group (Ponce Inlet Fishing Charter Network) and media company behind it (Fish Witch Media) to encompass all that is charter fishing in the Ponce Inlet area.

Jeremy, a third generation Port Orange fisherman & seasoned mate (most notably Critter Fleet’s final first mate), spent his entire life fishing in the waters surrounding Ponce Inlet. Growing up here he spent his days shrimping in the river with his Grandfather Michael Scott, floundering at night with his Father Albert Scott, and fishing the flat bridge, Inlet & Riverside with his many friends. His dream has always been to Captain his own boat, starting with the bow-rigged flounder boat he custom built from a shell back in 2019. One day he hopes to be one of the charter boats featured in the group they have built together.

Although Haley did not grow up here, she was born here & returned 10 years ago to discover her true home and reconnect with family. Her father, Robert (Bobby K) Kiecksee, was a skilled boat mechanic and restaurant manager (The Oyster Pub). He spent his life putting down roots here, enjoying the outdoors, fishing, and surfing in Ponce Inlet. Returning home Haley found a deep love for the ocean as it offers her a closer connection to her father, who passed away in 2019.

For years Haley managed & maintained her own news website, and has always had an interest in covering local events.

She has her mother Katrina to thank for that, as she grew up watching her do promotional work for local events. Katrina (Rock-Pit Tina) was also one of the first Music Video Jockeys in NJ for Hit Records TV, before the birth of MTV. Given the pairs long family history in the area, they plan on staying & raising their family in Port Orange. They have four children; an eldest daughter named Julia, their oldest son Tristan, and identical twin boys River & Dexter.

Through their passion and hard work they hope to inspire the same love for fishing & boating in their children, and in the future generations to come.

Both Haley & Jeremy invite you to check out what they have spent the last year building, and to help them expand the idea to a larger audience base locally. Tailor fitting the idea to the many Captains & fishing enthusiasts in the area, they hope to help everyone stay better connected in the new age of fishing by bringing all necessary information to one convenient location. www.FishWitchMedia.com FacebookGroup:PonceInletFishingCharter k Networ

A Community Driven group devoted to Fishing Charters based out of Ponce Inlet. With over 40 subscribed Charters & Captains, they offer an inside look at what the areas fishing has to offer. Keep up to date on daily catches, take a tour aboard a vessel before you set sail, browse trip shares & special offers! They work directly with our Charters to increase their social media marketing skills, as well as help them build relationships with the other Captains & Crew in the Inlet. Professional services include: Photography & Editing, Videography Trip Coverage, Social Media Marketing & Advertising.

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Catch a Florida Memory in the prime of springtime Springtime means tight lines for many anglers. With winter in the rearview, more and more people are chasing saltwater excursions that involve fishing. From surf fishing to offshore expeditions, there are opportunities for everyone to catch a Florida memory! You don’t even need a boat to access exciting on-the-water adventures. With an abundance of options to choose from, we are going to dive into some easy and unique ways that you can make your own Florida memory this year.

Fishing from Shore: Fishing from shore is the act of fishing from land or mindfully wading into the water to catch fish with a rod and reel. This option is appealing as all Florida residents can get a shoreline license at little to no cost.

This licensure allows anglers to fish from land or from structures attached to land, so long as the angler is not trespassing on private property. Learn more at MyFWC. com/License, and discover how and where to fish by visiting MyFWC.com/Fishing and clicking “Learn to Fish.”

While sandy beaches are most common, anglers may also opt to fish from rock jetties and fishing piers as well. Rock jetties provide structure that many species of fish are attracted to. On the other hand, fishing from piers often allows the angler to access deeper waters and possibly catch a wider range of species. Fish frequently caught from shore include: kingfish (whiting), saltwater catfish, seatrout, Florida pompano, black drum, flounder and redfish. It is important to have the correct rig set up for this type of fishing. A few recommended setups including the bottom-surf rig and fishfinder rig can be found MyFWC.com/FishingLines in the fishing rigs section. When using these rigs, live and frozen baits including shrimp and baitfish are great options.

Use circle hooks when fishing with natural baits to reduce the chance of gut hooking a fish. If a fish is gut hooked and you need to release it, cut the line as close to the hook as possible. Using non-stainless-steel hooks will allow hooks left in the fish to deteriorate faster. Additionally, you should crimp the barb down on your hooks to allow for faster and easier hook removal. For more information on how to crimp the barb of your hook watch this short video from MyFWC.com/Saltwater Fishing or visit MyFWC. com/FishHandling. If you’re interested in targeting sharks while fishing from shore, be sure that you get your Shore Based Shark Fishing permit before your fishing adventure begins!

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Flipping Tips Brian Coleman, FLW Pro Flipping is intended for pinpoint presentation to visible, thick cover between 10 and 25 feet away. I use a heavy-action Vexan, I prefer a 7'4" H to 7'10" XH rod. Use 40- to 85-pound braided line, such as SpiderWire, for bait casting rods; downsize your line on spinning reels for smaller baits (like finesse baits) or during cold fronts. Let out about 7 feet of line.

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LocatingFloridabassbyJayYelas, 2002 Bassmaster Classic Champion, 2007 FLW Angler of the Year Because many Florida lakes have little or no bottom contour changes, the key to finding fish here often lies in interpreting weedlines and bottom composition. I look for places where the hydrilla thins out into patchy, scattered clumps. I stay away from the thick hydrilla beds. Bass prefer hydrilla that is not too thick. If you know how to interpret a good sonar unit, you will be able to find areas of the bottom that are harder than others. Some of these hard bottom spots are shell beds.

Bass always prefer a hard bottom. Hard bottom areas adjacent to the outside edge of hydrilla are very good.

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During the heat of the day, find deeper structure and switch to Texas- or Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Fish em’ sloooow, and hang on.

In early spring, I shift focus to bass and panfish fishing, mostly in the Everglades.

I love to flyfish with popping bugs, and throw surface lures on plug gear. By April, shellcrackers and bluegills are on the bed, and when they’re not you find them along canal banks or the outside of vegetation lines in open lakes. Water levels are typically lower, so fish are concentrated. Best of all, water temps are warm enough throughout the state for bass to blast anything that resembles food. In April and May, especially on cloudy days, water temps remain just cool enough that fish will sometimes feed on top all day long. The morning and evening bites last all summer.

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MESSER’S EAST-WEST BAIT & TACKLE 386-328-4035 Jimmy tells us they are catching nice specks on Rodman, Crescent Lake and Dead Lake. Bass are being caught using shiners in Rodman.

GEORGETOWN MARINA & LODGE 386-467-2002 Nolan tells us a they are catching some big specks out of Crescent Lake using minnows. Bass are being caught and released using wild shiners, plastic worms, topwater baits, Rat-LTraps, flukes and spinnerbaits.

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BASS WORLD LODGE 386-467-2267 bass are biting and they are catching crappie on minnows. Mark and Blondie have had several really good days using spinnerbaits. Jim and Sherry are still catching catfish and Lafon & Shirley are catching specks.

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MARION-CITRUS COUNTY

By: Capt Lynda Hawkins

Marion County Bassmasters fished Panasofkee on Feb 12th 2022! 27 boats came out! Thank you to Tracy's Point for being such an awesome Host!!!

Congratulations to Steve and Darrin on the win and big fish!!!

Here's your top 5!

1st Steve Hedrick and Darrin Hill 14.98lbs 2nd Doug and Kim Wilemon 14.43lbs 3rd Parker and Cooper Hughes 12.98lbs 4th Kevin Murrell & Jason Haynes 12.94lbs 5th Dan Gentry 12.56lbs Visit marioncountybassmasters. ! com Next stop is Apopka in March!!!

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LAKE COUNTY BASS N GAL GUIDE SERVICE @ 352267-0062 It’s that time of year again, the crappie are biting and are being caught out of the lily pads and grass on minnow or jigs tipped with minnows. Several nice limits are reported. Norbert & Pam caught 25 the other day and Henry and Louise caught 20. We are catching a few bass on the Harris chain using topwater, swimming worms and crank baits. A slow falling sinking weightless worm or a chrome blue or green Rat-L-Trap reeled in as slowly as possible, are both working quite well.

Remember bedding fish are the future of our fishing so release any that look like they could be bedding. For the fishing trip you’ve dreamed of give me a call.

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Bill at BROOKER BAIT & TACKLE @352-460-0695 said specks are biting good on jigs and minnows in the whole chain. He and Natalie went yesterday caught 41 nice specks while fishing up in the grass. Bass are on the beds.Terry Free caught an 11.17 pounder doing the Big Bass Tournament. frozen salt water bait.

Heidi of LAKESIDE BAIT & TACKLE @ 352-742-3336 tells us they are catching specks out of Lake Dora, Beauclair and Carlton, using minnows in the grass and the lily pads. Bass are about 60% on the beds and are being caught and released in the whole chain, with several nice ones being weighed in.

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Capt Todd from Capt Smokey’s Charter Fishing in Sebastian reports now is the time for the cobia bite it has been good along with some nice mahi on the troll. Bottom fishing has been producing some nice amberjacks, lane snappers and mangrove snapper along with a bunch of red snapper that are caught and released.

Capt. Smokey’s boats can hold up to 6 passengers and offers full & half day charters fishing inshore or offshore.

The boats are docked at Capt Hirams Resort located off Indian River Dr. in Sebastian.

Capt. Todd has made a career out of fishing up and down the East Coast from Maine to Key West and now has settled down in Sebastian for it’s fantastic fishing.

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DEER HUNTING SEASON August 1st-January 1st 3 DAYS HUNTS $1,295.00 5 DAY HUNTS $1,995.00 Meals & Lodging Included with all pricing!

We have the longest deer season in the US August 15th-January 1st, with weapon of choice for the entire season. The velvet hunts last through Labor Day weekend and the rut is throughout the months of October and November. We hunt seven days a week and allow two bucks per day, only with one small (under 12" wide) per hunter, per season.

We have open areas where first timers can take a buck, Long Managed Trophy Areas where bucks must be a minimum of 15" outside spread. Then we have our special Big Trophy Area, where the bucks have been on strict management for only mature bucks for the past 13 seasons, the bucks there have to be 16" outside spread of 110 Boone and Crockett Score. That area will be for very serious Trophy Hunters only.

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Turkey Season opens on March 20th each year and runs through May 5th.

We have 5,500 of prime turkey woods with a mixture of river bottoms, pine ridges and lots of food plots planted with chuffas, the turkey’s favorite. Our seasoned guides are very familiar with our properties and are very personable and experienced. While on your turkey hunt , if you would like to sit for a wild hog in the afternoon, you are allowed to take one hog during the three day hunt for no extra charge. We have lots of them and some really big ones.

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We can hunt hogs year round and some of our most productive hunts this past year took place in May, June and July. We have plenty of land now with hogs to be able to hunt large groups, up to 10. We can even accommodate bow groups that large. Hogs are very smart animals, don’t come thinking they are just dumb farm animals. This is a fun hunt for all who just do not want to quit hunting after their deer season closes.

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