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8/20/2007 |
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With height of hurricane season just
starting and the usual summer storms that |
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frequent the area, we will keep a
close eye on the weather. We have been very |
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fortunate for the past couple of
years that there have not been any significant storms |
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to hit our coast. There is
however some benefit from the storms that skip across the |
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Gulf of Mexico , in that the
water in the Gulf can lose a lot of oxygen during the long
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calm days of a hot summer. The
turbulence of the wind and rain will move the sea |
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around and give new life back to
the Gulf. |
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Fishing can slow down
during summer as the water does lose oxygen and the |
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fish are somewhat sluggish. They
still have to eat to survive; and the pelagic fish are |
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most active during the early
morning hours when the surface water is cooler. We are |
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making the best of those
conditions fishing for Spanish mackerel just as the sun |
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comes up. My son, Joe has been
catching some respectable sized mackerel at the |
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offshore reef about 10 to 12
miles offshore. The near-shore mackerel we are finding |
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are somewhat smaller. Bill
Demanski from Silly-Willy Lures came out with a new |
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color spoon that has been working
great on them. Check at your local tackle shop to |
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see. |
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The mackerel have been
providing a couple kinds of action. Certainly we |
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enjoy catching them, but they
make a great bait for other species, as well. The sharks |
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love them and the Goliath Grouper
can’t seem to pass them up either. (Goliath |
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grouper, also known as Jewfish,
named so many years ago.) Recently the name was |
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changed from Jewfish to Goliath. |
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If you’d like to try your luck on one
of the largest grouper of the species, |
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whatever you want to call him,
you better come prepared. It takes stout gear and a |
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strong conviction on the part of
the angler. I know of a couple of Tampa Bay |
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Buccaneers football players that
thought they would just go drag one of these |
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groupers out from off the
bottom.. not so easy they found out quickly. (Their names |
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will remain a closely guarded
secret.) They both took turns and struggled with the |
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Jewfish and couldn’t budge it
more than a few feet off the bottom before the 80 |
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pound test line broke sending the
muscular football star on his backside. A second |
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trip out with heavier gear did
the trick and the men kept their he-man status intact. |
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Blackfin tuna can be found offshore
where the shrimp boats are found. The |
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tuna follow the shrimpers to
steal a free meal when the workers cull their catch. There
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can be found some very large
sharks following the boats too. I wouldn’t want to be in |
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that line of work and misstep, it
could be a frightening experience. The Blackfin and |
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sharks will be almost easy to
catch if you are there at the right time. |
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Good luck and good fishing, Capt.
Larry |
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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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