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8/30/2007 |
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Snook are in First Place
on the
September Fishing Wish List. Many |
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anglers consider snook to be the best that Florida
inshore fishing has to offer. |
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Who could deny that? When hooked,
a snook will do anything and everything to |
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shake free and avoid capture.
They will often jump, roll, and slash their heads at |
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the surface trying to get free
when they feel the hook. They certainly make good |
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use of the waters’ resistance and
their broad tail to make the fight go to their |
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advantage. But it’s the line
searing run that demand snook earn top honors from |
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anglers. They are just hard to
slow down when that tail gets going. |
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Be
careful when angling for snook, as many anglers try to put the
brakes |
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on
this fish too soon and others too late. Check your drag before
you make that |
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first
cast, a tight or sticking drag could only mean a broken line
when the strike |
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comes.
On the other hand, a loose drag will mean that the snook have an |
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advantage and a chance to run for cover to possibly cut you off.
One thing |
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worth
repeating about snook, according to a study done many years ago,
“It |
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takes
one hundred man-hours to catch one.” Snook
season officially opened on |
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September 1st. They must be over 27 inches and less
than 34 inches to possess, |
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a
limit of one fish per person; a Snook Stamp is required and must
be attached |
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to
your Florida Fishing License. Be sure to check on other fishing
regulations |
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before
you go fishing at:
www.myfwc.com
or call your local FWC office. |
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Grouper fishing
is slowly picking up with some fish located in 65 to 80 |
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feet of water. If we don’t have
any problems this month with hurricanes we |
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should see the grouper move even
closer to shore and fishing to greatly improve. |
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The hurricanes and tropical
storms do cool off the Gulf water slightly; but the |
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turbulence they create will make
the bottom cloudy and turn off the fish, or make |
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them move to deeper cleaner
water. |
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Mackerel and
shark fishing is still going strong.
The mackerel are now |
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farther offshore than earlier
this summer. Start looking for the bird activity as |
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soon as you leave the beach. The
birds will be diving for baitfish and the |
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mackerel will move closer to get
their fill of the sardines. Sharks have been |
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following the mackerel schools.
Catch a few mackerel and then place them out |
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as bait for the sharks. |
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Later this month;
The Bill Currie Ladies Fall
Fishing Tournament, |
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Captains Meeting September 27th
at Gators on the Pass, Treasure Island .
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Fishing will be on Saturday,
September 29th. This tournament is for LADY |
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anglers ONLY. The girls might
allow you fellows to tag along to bait their hooks, |
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tie knots, steer the boat, anchor
the boat, take the fish off their hooks, serve |
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them drinks, and make the
sandwiches, so forth and so forth. But No Fishing for |
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you boys! Aren’t you are
privileged enough to watch how the girls do it? |
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Tournament weigh-in to be held at
Gators. For info call; Bill Currie Ford
in |
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Tampa :
813-872-5555, or Idania Martin:
813-357-6708.
Even if you don’t |
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fish, come join the party at
Gators and help support this worthy cause. |
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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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