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fishing Capt. Larry Blue |
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02/06/2006 |
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During calmer days a trip out in the gulf could be very
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Fortunately,
you don’t have to venture far to make it so. Recently a few
friends of |
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mine went to a
spot that I told them about to try their luck. Afterwards my
friend, |
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Dave Fetherolf
of Orlando , told me of his fishing experience. Dave took a few
of his |
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employees fishing with him on this particular outing. |
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Dave tried the shallow waters near shore because historically
the grouper |
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move in this
area during this time of the year. In about 30 feet he made his
first stop |
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and was
rewarded with several nice black, or gag grouper. He told me
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were a lot of
fish on the particular pile of rocks that he stopped. Dave and
his friends |
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used only
sardines for bait with a piece of squid attached for the scent
it makes. The |
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extra piece of
bait will also attract smaller fish such as; grunts, triggerfish
and porgies. |
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The activity
from the smaller fish will bring the larger grouper in to
investigate. |
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Dave also told me that there were a lot of smaller red grouper
in the area. He |
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said that he
and his fellow workers were busy all day long; baiting, catching
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releasing and
rebaiting. All in all a good day on the water, at least they
weren’t |
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working! |
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Closer
to shore there are a lot of visitors from out of town, Silver
trout. They |
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come to visit
us during the winter as do many other out-of-towners. But these
visitors |
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we welcome.
Silver trout are a smaller cousin of the resident speckled
trout. Silver |
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trout school up in tight groups just off the beach and often
times are caught inside the |
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passes. This
species of trout is very easy to catch and make a great way to
introduce |
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younger
fisher-boys and girls to the sport. The trout will take almost
any offering, |
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small lures and
small live bait; shrimp, sardines and even cut bait of just
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anything you
have available. But most importantly, they bite and keep on
biting |
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throughout the
day. |
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Sheepshead are providing consistent action at most of the
bridges and best at |
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some of the
oysterbars and inside docks. Shrimp is the easiest bait to find
but a few |
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barnacles on a
hook work well. |
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Good luck and good fishing, Capt.
Larry |
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GO
STEELERS, Superbowl Champions XL |
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Copyright 2007 CLB |
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Capt. Larry Blue is
USCG
licensed full time charter boat operator and guide, |
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departing from The Kingfish Dock,
at “Gators on the Pass”, in
Johns
Pass - |
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Treasure Island . He is a member
of; The Maritime Consortium, The Florida |
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League of Anglers and The
Florida
Outdoors Writers Assn. For charter |
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information call:
727-397-3773
or 727-871-1058
cell OR |
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Capt. Joe:
727-678-2959. |
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