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FISH OF A LIFETIME IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA By Tom Schlichter

o one has to tell you a halibut has taken your bait. As you set the hook with all your might, the heavy rod takes on a full bend, tip pumping rapidly as the beast powers down and away in a series of short, explosive bursts. Within minutes, beads of sweat begin to roll down your brow, and soon your back and arms begin to tire. The battle continues for another five to 10 minutes—or longer— and the enormity of the fish at the end of your line becomes apparent. This is the fish of a lifetime. This is why you came to Alaska! What saltwater angler hasn’t fantasized about taking such a trip? Yet there’s more to the beautiful, chilly waters in the far Northwest than outlandish flatfish. Ferocious-looking lingcod, giant, bright orange shortrakers, yelloweyes and other rockfish are also on the menu, as are king, coho and chum salmon, whether jigged or trolled in open water or tempted with the long rod in a river so full of fish you could walk across the dorsal fins. From breaching whales and soaring bald eagles to grizzly bears, sea lions, otters and endless miles of wild, unspoiled vistas, nature abounds in the forty-ninth state. Of course, where to start is a major questions you’ll need to tackle when planning your first Alaska fishing adventure. By and large, Southeast Alaska is the first choice if you are seeking major-league halibut. From the town of Ketchikan northwest up the coast to Chichagof Island, there are fishing lodges to accommodate your needs in such towns as Sitka, Juneau, Elfin Cove and Gustavus, plus places from which the most adventurous can set out on their own. One of the most popular spots is Tanaku Lodge. At the northwest corner of the famed Inside Passage, it’s tucked inside Elfin Cove, about 25 miles west of Glacier Bay National Park. From here you can get a terrific sampling of Alaska’s great coastal fishery, while seeing astounding amounts of wildlife and enjoying your stay in comfort. “The fishing is always great around here,” said Dennis Meier, co-owner of Tanaku Lodge with Jim Benton. “That’s a given, but we pride ourselves on making the entire experience the best it can be. Our skippers and mates are tops in the business, our lodge staff is helpful and courteous, and you’ll find the accommodations here to be first class all the way around. We may be off the beaten track, but that doesn’t mean we compromise on quality.” Tanaku is a full-service lodge with all-wood interior, vaulted ceilings, and wood burning stoves to keep you warm. Bedroom suites feature two full-sized beds and either a shared or private bath. Huge, wrap-around windows and outdoor decks offer fabulous views of the harbor. You don’t even have to bring foul-weather gear, as slicks and boots are provided for each angler. Leave your tackle home, too; the lodge offerings are in excellent shape and a perfect match to fishing you’ll encounter.

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As for the fishing, there are so many possibilities it can make your head spin. Halibut is the perfect first choice, since big ones can be found just a short ride away. Prepare to fish heavy and in water depths of 130 to 150 feet, though. Expect rods and reels suited for tuna and cannonball weights up to 2 pounds with a herring, pink salmon strip or side of pink salmon for bait. Even with all that heavy gear, a big halibut can still kick your butt. If you want to make things even more exciting (read: strenuous) try tempting these beasties with 1-pound jigs. It took me only 10 minutes of jigging in the Inside Passage to set the point to a 90-pound brute that beat the heck out of me before coming aboard. Over the next two days, I managed four more on jigs as we rotated between fishing for halibut, salmon and rockfish, depending on the most favorable tides. What a blast! As previously mentioned, salmon fishing is the other big draw here. While stocks of kings and cohos have slipped somewhat over the past few years, the number of king (Chinook), coho (silver) and pink (humpy) salmon is substantial. Anglers can troll for salmon, jig them, or set up a trip to wade a nearby river and catch them on the fly. Wherever you decide to stay on your Alaskan adventure, it’s wise to clearly state your wishes when booking a trip—especially if you hope to sample river salmon fishing or want to try for additional species like lingcod, shortrakers and various other rockfish. Not all are available from every lodge. While there are occasional off days even in this remarkable fishing wilderness—weather can be a serious issue late in the season—the odds are you’ll experience some of the best fishing of your life.

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Block Island in July topped the club’s season-long TriState Leaderboard Spearfishing Tournament. “The striper is sort of our signature inshore species,” Belanger said. “It’s a very skittish fish. A lot of guys say they can hear your heartbeat. You’ve got to be really stealth when you go after a big striper.” Belanger’s description of a typical dive was intriguing. With a 50- to 60-foot bottom littered with Volkswagen-sized boulders, strong currents and visibility averaging 10 feet, it’s a different environment from Caribbean reef dives. The veil of dingy water actually makes hunting stripers easier. On the drop, you fin down through a school of striped bass to the bottom. “You’re in the middle of a giant school of hundreds of fish,” Belanger said. “Then, when you hit the bottom, they always spook… all at once. It’s crazy. It makes this big noise, almost a boom.” The secret to sticking a big bass is bottom time. After about 25 seconds, Belanger said the school begins to reconvene. Then you must spend precious seconds selecting a target from hundreds of circling fish, while minimizing movement and sound that might spook them. The goal is to take the largest fish in the school. You’re allowed only one fish per day with a 28-inch minimum size limit. A 28-inch striped bass weighs 10 to 15 pounds. They get much bigger. The IGFA all-tackle world record weighed 81-pounds, 14-ounces. It was caught from Long Island Sound off Connecticut. The speargun world record weighed 68.4 pounds. Dave Hochman, who guides Block Island Sound, stuck that fish in 2008. Hochman is the guide who put Belanger on the big striper he killed in this year’s tournament. If one fish per day seems scant to travel for, there’s a lot of excellent eating on a big striper. Also, when you get your limit—with speargun or rod and reel—there are other interesting and tasty species like tautog, black sea bass, fluke and others. A word of warning: Area waters can get sharky, with great whites a concern. A good captain will know where shark encounters are least likely. For information, contact Dave Hochman of Spear-it Charters through his website at www.spearfishcharters.com.

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he Rio Pico region of Chubut province, Argentina is known to a select and adventurous few as the best big-trout country in all of Patagonia. Comprised of an immense network of lakes and drainages flowing through the Andes of southwestern Argentina, these waters are spectacular, and they’re as far off the beaten path as it gets. The diversity of the fishery is astounding. The area hosts an almost unbelievable quantity of waters in all shapes and sizes, and the region is known for trout that reach “unusual size” in pristine water with very little fishing pressure. “It was incredible. I was fishing dry flies up a little spring creek for trout as long as my leg,” said Greg Baugus, who visited the remote

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t’s been a long time since I fished South Carolina’s Santee Cooper lakes. Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie are world famous for mondo catfish and crappie, and they are vibrant striped and largemouth bass fisheries, as well. Recently, I attended the South Carolina Outdoor Writer’s Conference, held at Black’s Fish Camp, and had the honor to fish with two iconic Santee Cooper guides: Capt. Leroy Suggs and Capt. Charlie King. Each morning, I was treated to breakfast at Black’s Restaurant while the captains prepped their boats with tackle and a livewell full of blue-

back herring. After a short run down the lake, we would set four to six downline rods with live baits and drift near actively working seagulls. The striper schools would show up on the sonar, and we would typically boat three or four fish before the school would break up or move. This is the way many anglers fish for stripers. It’s very effective. Even though the calendar said October, the air temperature said July, with temps in the mid-90s. The water surface temperature hovered near 85 degrees. By the time the sun cleared the treetops, the fish went deep, and the bite all but stopped. We could see fish on the sonar, but their enthusiasm to eat a herring diminished as the sun got higher. Coincidentally, one of the sponsors of the conference was Live Target Lures, and they had put a few sample baits in each attendees’ goodie bag. My bag had a Live Target Flutter Shad jigging spoon in it. When the live bait bite slowed, I figured it was as good a time as any to try out the spoon. Upon dropping it over the side, I noticed the bait’s erratic, fluttering descent. With 12-pound braid on a light spinning rod, I could feel the spoon’s movement all the way down. The same applied to the jigging retrieve. You could feel the spoon when lifting the rod and when reeling it back to the surface. On the second drop, the spoon went to the bottom, and as I lifted the rod, the line came tight. There was a noticeable thump that peeled drag. After a gallant fight, a slot-sized striper came to the landing net. When the third drop produced another fish, everyone in the boat started jigging as well. My theory is that when active feeding time passed, the stripers were hanging out in cooler, oxygen-rich deep water until they got hungry again. Our spoons were likely drawing reaction strikes as they fluttered past the fish’s noses. Although I couldn’t see what our herring were doing 40 feet below the boat, my guess is they were just sitting there, without the bite-generating action of the spoon. We caught more than 50 fish each day, with the majority being caught on a jigging spoon. I’ve always been a believer in jigging spoons. Now I’ve experienced first-hand that spoons can turn the bite back on.

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Jake’s Outdoor Adventures By Jake Worthington

s know it is hard to believe, but just think in a few weeks it will be Thanksgiving! As I have said in past articles, this time of year is a great time to visit the OBX and fish from the surf, pier or boat. The OBX offers each angler a unique opportunity to catch a host of different species. For the offshore fishermen, the tuna bite will hopefully be producing good catches if you can get them to the boat past those hungry sharks. Nearshore, fishermen should be able to troll for king mackerel using live bait, ballyhoo, cigar minnows, and spoons. Surf and pier fishermen should be able to get good catches of puppy drum, bluefish, sea mullets, and spot. Hopefully the big red drum will be in full swing off the surf and the piers. Even though this is a catch and release fishery, catching a red drum is still a great fish to catch. I know a lot of us hardcore drum fishermen always joke that we put a lot of time and effort in a fish we have to release. But until you have had the honor of catching one of these prolific fish, I really cannot explain how fun it really is. Speaking of catching, make sure you are here on the OBX and catch the TW’s Thanksgiving Week Sale. TW’s was founded by Terry and Robin Stewart 39 years ago, and this local business has been outfitting local and visiting fishermen since 1980. I am a third-generation customer, and I can remember my first visit to TW’s like it was yesterday. Although the store I first visited has been replaced with the nice new one, you still can expect well stocked and reasonably priced fishing and hunting gear. Every year starting on Thanksgiving Day and ending on Sunday at closing, TW’s has a huge sale on all of their items in the store. Everything is on sale--rods, reels, tackle, coolers, and clothing. This is a great time to grab some Christmas presents for yourself or someone you know. If you don’t know what to buy, TW’s offers a TW’s Gift Certificate that makes a perfect gift or stocking stuffer! Bring your holiday shopping list and support this local business as they have supported our area in the last 39 years. On Saturday of the sale week, the 39th Annual TW’s Oyster Roast and Customer Appreciation Day will be held at the Nags Head store. At this event, you can feast on some good steamed oysters and try some of Robin Stewart’s “Famous Fish Salad.” Make sure you don’t miss this annual event. I am happy to announce that the Outer Banks Anglers Club’s new Artificial Reef is coming closer to being a reality. The last hoop in the regulatory maze is almost complete, and the club is anxiously awaiting the final permit be issued. Then the boats can be sunk offshore to create the new reef. Our club would like to thank Terry and Robin Stewart, the owners of TW’s, for their generous support of the Artificial Reef Project. Hopefully next month I can report that the permits have been issued. COASTALANGLERMAG.COM • THE ANGLERMAG.COM

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Let’s go fishing! Inshore speckled trout will continue to hold along the troughs and sloughs. Surf casters will toss light jigs and tap the bottom to entice the light biters. I like a double rig which entails a 1/4-ounce meat hog trokar jig and then an 1/8-ounce jig with a z mans soft plastic. The lighter trailing jig seems to get more bites. I mix colors until I find the “daily winner.” Lime, chartreuse, purple, blue, smoke and white are all good colors to try. Drum, stripers, flounder, and blues can also be encountered. Flounder have to be released right now but drum (18”-27”), blues, and rock fish (18” sound side) can go on ice. Inshore we can find drum, albacore, sea bass, and king mackerel. Weather and sea conditions can limit options. However, on a nice day, there is some great fishing out there and boat traffic is very minimal. Offshore yellow fin tuna would be the target species and should be good at that. A scattered hoo, mahi, or king always around as well. Stop by one of our awesome local tackle shops get some info, bait, and tackle. Then go and get out there! Captain Aaron Kelly • www.rocksolidfishing.com• 252-441-6575

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Hurricane Dorian has left the Bahamas in ruins and on a huge scale and large companies and governments are helping out. Dorian then came up the coast and put a lot of people in Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke Island without shelter, food and necessities. Lots of local businesses in the area helped out including Kitty Hawk Kites. The Manager, Jason Hanson calls me and says that the two-day tournament this year will support the Outer Banks Community Foundation disaster relief fund. This is a great way for kayak anglers to help our local community. Fifty of the local areas finest kayak fisherman came to the aid and to see who is the best on the beach. The top prize, a Hobie Outback Kayak! In order to win top prize, you must win the slam division which includes a red drum, speckled trout and flounder. As always, this is a photo, catch and release tournament. The fishing was great and the fish were biting. Everyone I talked to caught fish all day long. The trout were on fire. The flounder on the other hand were scarce, but half the field were able to at least catch one. The puppy drum was schooling and if you threw to them, they were biting. I ended up with third in the drum category and didn’t get my flounder. The winner of the Slam Division and the best of the best went to Cody Lusk. He caught an 18 ½ inch trout, a small 13-inch flounder but toped it off with a 40-inch red drum. We ended the weekend back at Kitty Hawk Kites for dinner and awards. Lots of raffle tickets were also sold. Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you for all the sponsors. It’s such a great thing to do something you enjoy and give back to the community!

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WINTERIZING Winter’s coming; it’s that time of year again. Unfortunately for boaters and anglers that means less boating—and more cold, rain and wind. While there’s not much you can do to prepare yourself, your boat needs to be prepared, especially if you live where freezing occurs. Here in Hampton Roads/OBX, we do get some freezing days and nights. Even if you don’t winterize your boat, you should at least do some maintenance in the downtime, and ensure that your engine and drive don’t freeze and crack when the temps go below freezing. You can pay someone or do it yourself. You can do it yourself with hand tools and an afternoon’s time. You’ll need a place to start and run the engine(s) without incurring complaints about the noise and smoke. A good running water supply is needed, as is adequate ventilation. While winterizing procedures vary somewhat for older vs. newer engines and for outboards vs. inboards, sterndrives and PWC, the basics are similar. Here’s a checklist of the important areas to address: • MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS: Today’s engines (especially four-stroke and direct-injected two stroke outboards) may have special winterizing, flushing and maintenance instructions. Follow them closely. If your engine is still under warranty and you don’t follow manufacturers’ instructions, you could easily void the warranty. • FUEL SUPPLY: The fuel supply should be treated using a product designed for fuel storage treatment, such as Star-Brite’s Star-Tron (http:// www.starbrite.com/category/marine) or Gold Eagle’s Sta-Bil (http://www. goldeagle.com/brands/stabil/). Regarding fuel in the tanks, there are many opinions on this. The ideal situation is to drain as much as possible, and get all the fuel out of the system—including engine fuel lines and carburetors/fuel injectors. This is not always practical. The next best solution is to keep the tanks nearly full to reduce condensation. BUT—be sure to treat the fuel with conditioner as mentioned above. Two notes about fuel conditioners, we’ve learned over the recent past as fuel gets more and more extended with alcohol: - “Over-dose” the fuel with conditioner; for example, if the instructions on the bottle call for one ounce per every ten gallons of fuel, then double or even triple the dosage. We have found that a lot more is much better than not enough. - After putting the conditioner in the tank, be sure to run the engine long enough to get the treated fuel into the carburetors or fuel injection. This can take up to fifteen minutes or so depending on what RPM you run the engine, and how big the engine is. A very small engine that doesn’t drink a lot of fuel will take longer than a big engine. Running the engine at a low idle speed will take a lot longer than running it at higher RPM. Remember that if you’re running the engine in neutral, do not rev it over 1500 RPM.

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s I mentioned in the previous article, we now had a new mission for the Garvey. We not only had a seafood harvesting craft, but also a ski boat. We looked strange as we towed the skier up and down the bay with the boat somewhat sideways. After several ski trips in this configuration, Pop got the idea that if we strung a line between the transom’s eye bolts that this would keep the ski line more centered. Granted the boat, itself, continued to be bow high at about 30 degrees, but at least we were more in alignment. I was not as enamored with water skiing, as I was with fishing and surfing. Somewhere in this timeframe, I adopted a dog. Her name was Bubba and she had been abused. She was a custom dog, mostly sheltie, we think. When we first met, she was covered in fleas and ticks with only clumps of hair. Her owner had left her with his roommate while he moved to Richmond for a job. When he returned, about a month later, Bubba had been left in the backyard with little water and food. A neighbor came over and said that they had tried to keep her fed and watered. When the roommate came home, John decked him. When the Police arrived, John showed him the condition of his dog. The Officer told the roommate that if it had been his dog, he would have shot him and refused to take a report. John called and asked if I could take her and I said yes. So began Bubba’s rehab and my first rescue. She was very weak, at first, but soon started to get stronger. I would lift her up on the sofa with me and she would get into my lap, as I studied. Eventually, she would jump up and lie on my chest with her head under my chin, while I watched TV. Over the years and several rescues, I believe that dogs that have been abused form a stronger bond than usual with their new parents. John told me that Bubba had a special talent. Turned out that Bubba loved to drink beer. She would put her paw on the can, when it was on its side. She would then roll the can just enough to lick up the beer from the can. This was an amazing trick. John said that this was a highlight of parties. After a while, Bubba would get drunk and stagger off to sleep it off. I didn’t view this a good thing but viewed it as an indication of how smart she was. What John evidently didn’t know was that Bubba, not only liked to ride in the car, but also in a boat. Pop and I decided to go fishing and brought Bubba along. As we started moving, she would stand watch with her paws on the gunnel and legs firmly on the deck. Turns out that Bubba was not only a beer drinker, she was a sea dog and loved the Garvey as much as we did. She would bark at the fish as they came aboard. I never knew if she was congratulating us on our latest catch or just welcoming the wet things so that she could sniff them. She never actually did anything other than sniff but seemed to take

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ake Picachos, Mexico might not warrant the title of the world’s best trophy lake, but it might just be the world’s most fun bass fishery. Picachos is the newest of northwest Mexico’s storied bass fisheries. The dam for this 14,000-acre reservoir on the Presidio River was completed in 2009. It was opened to anglers in 2013. A decade since its formation, the lake is pumping out almost unbelievable numbers of 3- to 5-pound fish. According to Angler’s Inn International, it’s not unusual for a pair of skilled anglers to catch 200 to 300 fish a day. According to Ron Speed Jr.’s daily reports, Picachos regularly produces 150-fish days with big fish each day topping out at 6 to 8 pounds. That’s incredible action for solid fish. The lake record is 12-pounds, 14-ounces, and the bar is expected to rise as the fishery matures. An ample forage base of tilapia, plenty of heavy cover, clean water and catch-and-release regulations point to a bright future. Mornings and evenings generally see an outstanding topwater bite, which is a ton of fun for conventional anglers with walking baits and poppers as well as for fly-rodders throwing bass bugs. Spinnerbaits, lizards, stickbaits, Flukes and shallow-running crankbaits also provide action that leads to bleeding bass thumb. Lake Picachos is about 30 miles inland from the Pacific Coast resort town Mazatlán. Fishing is great year-round, with a peak from February into June. For information, go to www.anglersinn.com or www.ronspeedadventures.com.

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