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ishing at the beach has been hot. Big jacks are cruising the shorelines chasing bait, and if you follow the birds, that’s where you’ll find them. Be ready to spend 20 minutes trying to get these jacks to shore. Some of them weigh up to 30 pounds. Also chasing bait are large schools of bluefish and mackerel. When you get to the bait, it’s a fish every cast. The beach weed, sargassum, is starting to move into the shallow shoreline, which makes fishing difficult. My favorite beach lure is a 3/8-ounce D.O.A. jig with a 4-inch plastic D.O.A. Paddle Tail, either pearl white or silver sparkle. It works well in sargassum-filled water. The other main lure used on the beach is a silver spoon, usually with single treble hook. For big fish, use a 2-ounce silver Holographic Crocodile Spoon. For light tackle, use a 1-ounce silver or gold Johnson. I use light tackle and line: a 300-grade spinning reel with 10-pound white braid and a 30-pound fluorocarbon leader. Use a loop knot for the lure, and tie the leader to the braid with a double uni knot (look online for tutorials). I’ve landed several jacks around 20-pounds, but I’ve also been broken off by jacks and snook at the braid. Most beach fishers use 20- to 30-pound braid (40-pound leader) and for tarpon 40- to 50-pound braid with 60-pound leader. I’ve been averaging about 15 to 20 fish every morning, with one to six snook. The snook bite is best from 6:30 to 7 a.m. or in the evening around 7:30 p.m. Incoming tide seems to be best, and the fish roam around the trough near the first cut (closest wave). Fish the back of the waves near the shore for snook. Jigs and live bait work better than spoons. Several slot and over-slot sargassum snook have been caught on the beach. In the lagoon and river, they are stacked up around the bridges and around deeper piers. Inshore snook are being caught on threadfin and greenies as well as jigs and root beer color D.O.A. TerrorEyz. The Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River have been slow at times. Fish piers for snook and the bridges for snook and tarpon. According to Jim Harter, the South Fork has been slow, but it will pick up with warmer weather. Reports are given of trout being found in Harbor Branch area, with sporadic catches of trout farther south from Herman’s Bay to Bear Creek. D.O.A. jigs and topwaters are good trout choices. Fortunately, wading and surf-fishing are perfect activities during the coronavirus pandemic. Remember to stay safe. Good luck fishing, and tight lines!!! Contact the Stuart Rod and Reel Club at (336) 414-3440 or visit www.stuartrodandreel.com.

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rapping up what I would consider the most disappointing May I’ve experienced since moving to the Treasure Coast in 1984, June is here and hopefully the calmer summer weather too. No doubt, the majority of us are getting extremely antsy after businesses being closed, possibly being laid off and a good number becoming homeschool teachers overnight for the last two months. As phase one begins, although we all must stay safe. it’s time to get out of the house, live a little and start participating in some outdoor activities. Although this year has been anything but traditional, in looking back at my logs I’m pretty convinced

Fred Church with a nice mahi on fly. PHOTO CREDITS: Capt. Scott Fawcett.

that we should experience an incredible sailfish run this June. A livewell full of pilchards and threadfin herring should yield great summer light tackle fun with sails, mahi, kings, blackfin, little tunny and more. On the calmer summer days, it’s pretty much all spinning gear for us now. Blackfin Rods has a new E-Carbon series that is extremely sensitive (to the point where you feel your bait get scared) casts great, and has the backbone to roll over big sails, mahi and even tarpon. We’ve been using them for about a year and really love them. Slick calm

days should provide endless hours of productive run and gun fishing. A good pair of polarized glasses are imperative every month here in Florida but when you’re scooping the horizon for grass lines all day and you’re looking for fish tailing or cruising subsurface like they do in the hot summer months Costa Del Mar is my choice. That being said, it’s inevitable that we’ll have some rain this summer and the water in the river and along the beach will not be as clear as we want. On those days, the HumminBird Solix side imaging sonar is priceless. Giving me the ability to search as far as 300

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rouper growls and snapper swirls will come alive from the fishing decks of June, as anglers will star in their own “live stream” performances from the offshore theatre, which has long been recognized as one of the best forms of socially distanced entertainment. Bottom fishing strategies will be one of the main acts displayed upon the ocean stage this month, as floating platform actors get themselves in position to be attached to many species of fish, whose highlight will be trophy mutton snapper and bruiser sized grouper.

net. The best way to catch them from a boat is to have someone drive the boat while you stand on the bow with your cast net ready. Drive towards the bait at a quick idle speed, approaching with the bait slightly to the left or right of the boat’s bow. Throw your cast net as soon as the bait is in reach and reverse the boat. Snook season has ended with big females starting to show up at the St. Lucie Inlet to spawn throughout July. These big females will cruise the beaches and lay on the bottom near the jetties. The smaller male snook 18-to-23 inches will be found all around the inlet and beaches for with a fly rod or light tackle spin rod. My favorites lures for them are bucktail Giles Jigs, YoZuri Crystal Minnows, and D.O.A. C.A.L. Jigs.

pounds, back in the St. Lucie River to catch on pilchards or 5-to-7-inch mullet. These tarpon are also possible to fish for with artificials such as D.O.A. TerrorEyz and Hogy Pro Tails. During the summer, the bridges offer some great opportunities for anglers without boats to catch snapper, sheepshead, and croakers using shrimp Ashley and Christine caught some snook on jig heads or weighted pitching baitfish with Capt. Giles. rigs. Small hooks are very PHOTO CREDIT: Capt. Giles Murphy. important for hooking The big females can be caught with these fish and circle hooks will save live diving baits such as pilchards or your hooks from getting swallowed. My favorite bridge for this is the threadfins. Tarpon are showing up down Roosevelt Bridge walkway called at Pecks Lake Reef, the inlet, and Flagler Park. There’s countless fish Crossroads. For them, we also use under the abutments and the bridge live threadfins or 10 inch mullet. will keep you in the shade while There’s also juvenile tarpon, 10-to-40 fishing.

The open grouper season will be in full swing during the days of June and entice fishing crews to focus their efforts towards successfully steering large representatives of the species up through the water column and onto fish box ice. Grouper live in a wide and varied range of depths and as a result, many members of this fishy family can be caught in just about any depth zone. However, the preferred go to depth range, east of the St. Lucie Inlet, will be from 100 to 150 feet of water. At these depths, fishing around or over top of structure is one of the key components for success. Naturally occurring ledges, reef outcroppings, and artificial sites can all be found in this zone and essentially compose what is known locally, as the “8 Mile Reef ”. Temperature breaks throughout the water column and the velocity of the current will be two of the main variables that directly influence offshore fishing this month, especially bottom fishing. Shots

of cooler water (comparatively speaking) and extreme horizontal surface flows can shut down certain fishing strategies and ultimately, give fish a case of “lock jaw”, meaning they just refuse to bite. Anglers will have to plug these variables into their fishing equations and adjust accordingly. In general, current is good, with moderate to strong currents being beneficial for successful bottom fishing, especially when targeting mutton snapper. Medium to large mutton snapper will lay stake along our local reef lines in depths of 65 to 100 feet, anticipating a spawning period (which begins and runs through August) and can be caught in good numbers across a long distance of our local reef system. Jumbo muttons of 15 to 25 pounds are not Muttonfancy for angler Joe Gorcos an uncommon catch and have the with another sturdy mutton snapper potential to dominate the fishing caught aboard the Safari 1. fancy of many an offshore angler. PHOTO CREDIT: Safari 1. June`s summer sun will light the way to the saltwater playing field of offshore recreation, relaxation, and raise the curtain for the theatre and collection of salty groceries.

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ith calm and inviting summertime seas, county schools closed, and bait schools running thick, June is the perfect time to take your favorite junior angler out for a deep-sea adventure. Beaches and coves will be thick with pilchards and mullet, which are tasty treats for both grouper and snapper. Use a cast net or a sabiki rig to fill up the livewell, then head to your favorite reef and send a “livey” down deep and hold on tight. Not only will you have the chance to convey years of fishing wisdom, but also the chance to

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calmer of the year so far and water temperatures will be in the 90s some days. June is always one of my favorite months to enjoy the fishing in the area. Redfish, trout, snook and tarpon

catch the grumpiest of groupers and biggest snappers along with the bragging rights of a lifetime. Our records forecast gracious yields of big gray, mangrove, and mutton snappers. Try day or night fishing around ledges in 70 to 80 feet of water using light to medium tackle and be prepared to tug against snappers weighing into the double digits. Grouper season is wide open, and these grumpy reef-bullies are just looking for a good fight. No better way to shut their big mouths than dropping in on them with a tasty live bait and a circle-hook. These bruisers easily weigh into the double-digits, so be sure to beef up your arsenal with higher test line and a reel that holds enough line if the fish decides to take a run. Before you go, don’t forget to pack your sunshine defenses and keep an eye out for June’s notorious afternoon thunderstorms, which

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ABOVE, LEFT: We love our mini-anglers and their not-so-mini-catches. Nice job Fisher! ABOVE, RIGHT: Jump aboard in June to catch a trophy mutton. PHOTO CREDIT:Lady Chris Charters.

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OVID-19 has changed our lives so far this year. As things continue to open around the Treasure Coast, follow the guidelines and have fun this month. June brings about hot summer days. It is a time to get out early or late in the day and avoid the afternoon heat. Winds will be the

fish. Trout will be feeding on the grass flats both early and late in the day. The D.O.A. Deadly Combo is a great way to search out the sea trout on the flats. Top water lures are the best choices for trout with switching to D.O.A. Paddle Tails once the sun rises high. Snook will be active around deeper water like bridges, inlets and sea walls. Live bait or D.O.A. TerrorEyz are great ways to fish for snook. Don’t forget that the season is closed, so handle the fish carefully and get them released quickly. Night fishing will also be one of the best times to snook fish. Look for tarpon along the beaches, inlets and channels. Live and cut bait or D.O.A. TerrorEyz are some of the popular choices for tarpon. As always, remember, fishing is not just another hobby...it’s an ADVENTURE! Good fishing and be safe.

fish and rips. Once any of these are found, make a pass or two by to see if any mahi are lurking, are under or around. If nothing hits your spread, Capt. Danny toss some chunk bait or some live baits as close to the debris as you can Markowski without getting tangled. LottaBull Fishing Charters Kingfish will also be arriving. (772) 370-8329 Fishing for kings, use a fast tip rod lottabull4@bellsouth.net to keep steady pressure on the fish. A lottabullfishingcharters.com reel with fast line retrieval is the way to go for getting all the slack line back une is a great time to target mahi. in fast if your fish is swimming back Troll ballyhoo and lures from towards the boat. Many of these fish 80 foot on out, look for floating debris, weeds, birds, schools of bait SEE SLC OFFSHORE.....................PAGE 9

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he inshore fishing should be red hot this month with plenty of big gator trout action and they will be feeding on live baits like a pigfish, pinfish or pilchards. Try fishing at places like Round Island and the Mooring Flats to the north and to the south try Bear Point and Indian River Drive at the Midway Road area. There should be a good number of redfish around the docks and mangroves. Try using a ¼-ounce jig head for the docks and a popping cork around the mangroves, both with a live shrimp. Remember that snook season closes on June 1 and will reopen on September 1. So, practice C.P.R. - Catch, Picture and Release, and please handle the fish with care. Look for a good snapper bite along the channel edges both to the north and south in the river around the full moon. Small live bait fish or a small live shrimp will work the best. Out on the jetty, the flounder

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bite will be picking up on the beach side. Use a live shrimp on a ⅛-ounce or a ¼-ounce Troll-Rite jig head and remember to fish the jig slowly for the best results. Along the beaches look for pompano, whiting and croakers. They will be feeding on sand fleas, shrimp or clams. The beaches are back open so take what you bring—don’t leave your trash on the beach.

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the list in the Sebastian River in early summer is tarpon. There are tarpon throughout the Sebastian River, but the larger fish seem to frequent the entire north fork and the lower south fork after June 1st. MirrOLure Catch 2000 Jr. plugs, D.O.A. Shrimp, D.O.A. TerrorEyz, Yo-Zuri 3D minnows and flies are all good artificials for both snook and tarpon. Small to medium sized mullet are the best choice for live bait.

SEBASTIAN INLET – With snook season closed and many of the inlet regulars heading offshore, this is a great time to fish Sebastian Inlet. The tips of the jetties have always been the best spots this time of year, the north jetty on the outgoing tide, and the south on the incoming. Live bait

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morning provides the best shot at shallow water trout and reds. Find the bait to find the fish is still a good general rule. Top-water plugs are the best bet, with D.O.A. jerkbaits, live mullet and pigfish being good choices as well. Look for rolling tarpon and cruising bull sharks in some of the open basins of the lagoon this month. Try floating a live ladyfish on stout gear with wire leader for the bull sharks and cast MirrOlures, flies, D.O.A Bait-Busters and live mullet at rolling tarpon. Typically, snook of all sizes will be laid up tight to cover getting out of the sun during the day. If you can take the heat, catch and release snook fishing around docks can be a great mid-day option.

is the best way to go during the day, with croakers, pigfish, and shrimp the best bait choices. With fishing SEBASTIAN pressure low and snook and redfish AREA OFFSHORE numbers at some of the highest levels ever this may be the summer to try some artificial lures. Jigs, swimbaits, Capt. Randy Lang D.O.A. Shrimp, topwater and deep Sebastian Gypsy diving plugs and spoons have caught Fishing Charters the occasional snook or red during Email: gypsycharters@gmail.com daylight hours for me over the years. www.sebastianfishingcharter.com Get creative, try new techniques, maybe you will discover the next hot thing. I would still concentrate my h June! What a great offshore efforts at dawn and dusk and around fishing month. It’s a month tide changes. where Mother Ocean opens her arms and welcomes us to her playground. Dolphin fishing will get top billing for good reason. The number of dolphins increase, and they are accessible much closer to shore. Smaller boats can get out there on a flat morning and get into some solid action. Often, big schools of smaller fish show up in June. This time of year, I’ll change my trolling spread up a bit to include more “naked” ballyhoo and less chuggers. The fish can see better under these conditions so make them look nice and realistic. Don’t be totally obsessed with weed lines. If you see a flush of bait, put out the spread for a bit. This technique lends itself well to hooking up sailfish

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f you are a panfish angler that likes to catch bluegill or shellcracker, then spring and summer are your prime times for catching. We have been catching as many as you want each day we go. Panfish can be caught most days, but the full moon

periods are when they can be found in large schools near their spawning areas. Gathering together in large numbers in a specific area makes catching them easier. Pan fishing is great for beginning anglers who may want to learn some angling basics and enjoy some fast action. As table fare, bluegill, or shellcracker, often call red ears, freshly filleted and fried are fantastic. The water temperature in the Lake is near 80 degrees, which means that the bass are feeding daily. The north end of the lake has many different areas that are holding large fish schools. The outside vegetation lines around Buckhead Ridge and Grassy Island are holding large numbers of small fish. If you can find a mixture of native vegetation, odds are it will be holding bass. Topwater baits, flukes, lipless crankbaits, swimbaits, and flipping or pitching type plastics are all drawing strikes. Many anglers are fishing the outside edges of the lake, others are delving behind the first line of grass, finding openings where fish are holding, too. We have found a mother lode of panfish while we were bass fishing in these extreme skinny water areas. We mark the spot on our GPS and return later or share the info with others so they may go in and catch them. The average catch rates for shiner fishing trips have been impressive; 20 to 40 fish can be caught in a morning when they are biting.

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SLC OFFSHORE.................. FROM PAGE 7 if available. Put it halfway down can be foul hooked, so keep light drag with steady pressure (no jerking). Look for kings in the depths of 15 foot off the beach out to 80 foot. Troll a drone spoon or ballyhoo 40 to 50 foot behind your boat, but I would suggest having one below the surface in midwater depth with a downrigger or a planer. Look for the bait schools and then slow troll a live threadfin, pilchard or a big blue runner with a live bait hook through the nose and a treble hook near the tail using wire to attached the nose hook to the treble hook (also known as “stingers”) since kingfish like to strike short. These baits can be caught in our local waters. Always use wire leader as these fish have razor sharp teeth and will cut through mono like butter. Kingfish can also be found in deeper waters around structure or hard bottom. Troll live baits and keep watch at your depth finder for bait pods on the bottom. Kingfish will usually be near these bait pods and structure. Cover the water column with live bait. Use a downrigger

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Always try to fish around the bait schools looking for birds. Sometimes only one bird will give you a good indication on where the fish are. Also try to remember which way the tide is moving on the beach because that will give you up better chance if you can walk into the tide because the fish will be sitting nose into the tide which makes for a better presentation when you are stalking them. Also keep in mind your shadows in the afternoon. Don’t forget your sunscreen and make sure you’re drinking plenty of water. Once you hook into one of these giants on the beach there will be no time for drinking water and putting sunscreen on!

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une marks the start of summertime and the beginning of the BEST time all year for diving on the Treasure Coast. Water temperatures are up, seas are down, and clean water should be easy to find. Everyone loves being offshore when visibility is 80 feet, water temps are 80 degrees and boat wakes are the only waves to be found, making June the best time to experience what Florida diving has to offer. Unfortunately, June also marks the beginning of the rainy season in south Florida and the potential for strong afternoon thunderstorms should be taken into consideration. Captains should review how to handle white-out conditions with divers should they surface in a rainstorm. Basic signaling devices such as safety sausages and whistles

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should be considered standard equipment. Consider reviewing an ‘emergency recall’ procedure to get divers back to the surface in the event of approaching storms. Revving the engine three times or banging metalto-metal are common ways to gain divers attention to come up safely. Night dives are popular this time of year too. Pecks Lake, just south of the St. Lucie Inlet in Stuart, or the shallow reefs just off the beach north of Fort Pierce Inlet make for excellent twilight and night dives

since access is easy and boat rides are short. When water is clear captains can easily monitor divers on the bottom 20 feet below. Avid night divers know lobster are nocturnal and although spiny lobster season is closed this time year, many divers are surprised to find out other species of lobster are still fare game. Spotted lobster (aka Spanish lobster), slipper lobster and shovel-nose lobster are unregulated and therefore have no closed season or bag limit on the east coast of Florida. Take note that all

species of egg bearing female lobster are still protected from harvest. Spotted lobsters are significantly smaller than traditional spiny lobster and are frequently found hanging up-side down under rock ledges and cracks. A net is the best tool to capture them. Shovel nose and slipper lobster are easy to grab by hand and are commonly found is pairs. Divers are wise to look closely for more if one is found in a particular spot. Enjoy your June diving adventures!

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he last two months I spent an unusual amount of time behind my vise tying flies. Instead of tying the patterns I need for the upcoming charters, I tied a lot of different flies just playing around and enjoying myself. I even tied some trout, grayling and Atlantic salmon flies from my days when I was working as a guide in Europe. Most of my flies for “work” are very simple and fast to tie without being emotionally attached to them. They evolved over the years into real deadly fish catching patterns. What makes a fly deadly? Is it the size, color or the specific material? In my opinion it can be all of it or nothing, but I want to share one common mistake in fly tying which I believe makes a difference. It is the amount of material we use! A good friend from Sweden who I consider one of the finest fly tiers alive told me once while talking about teaching fly tying, “Tell them to use half of the amount

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ensory perception in the sea is much different than it is on land. Although senses like vision, hearing and smell all function beneath the water’s surface, the transition between mediums influences how organs receive stimulus input. Still, just like on land, sensory systems are all tools in the arsenal of predatory creatures that live underwater. A gamefish may use any and all of these systems at a given time to achieve its purpose, but different species rely more heavily on certain senses than they do on others. Many species rely on a less familiar but equally formidable system designed to capitalize on the peculiar nature of water itself. The extremely high density and correspondingly

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July 18-21, Key West

Anglers fly fish on the flats in a challenge that honors the late angling pioneer Del Brown, who caught and released more than 500 Photo courtesy of Del Brown Permit Tournament permit off the Keys. Professionals and guides are allowed to compete as well. For information, visit delbrownpermittournament.com or email lorenrea@icloud.com.

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July 22-25, Key West

Anglers ply the waters once fished by novelist Ernest Hemingway, vying for $50,000 in guaranteed cash prizes. Held in conjunction with Key Westâ€™s annual Hemingway Days festival, the event awards $25,000 to the first-place team. Teams can enter one fun fish (dolphin, tuna, wahoo or released sailfish) per day to add to their point total. For information, visit keywestmarlin.com.

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he popping cork has a long history of catching saltwater fish when paired with live bait. Shrimp has to be the most popular bait to rig behind a cork. It might come as a surprise to some that tossing a soft plastic or spoon under a cork can be just as productive. And under certain conditions, they can even give you an edge. The popping cork has evolved since I started throwing them as a kid, and design innovations have definitely made them a better tool for catching trout and reds. But the concept is still the same. The cork makes noise and commotion to attract fish to your bait. Some have concave tops to create a slurping sound similar to a trout feeding on the surface, while others emit rattling or clicking sounds of varying degrees to attract the attention of fish. Some have also added springs to increase sound by generating force more than just the weight of the lure to slam the cork back in place. Cork construction has also changed from inline devices to self-contained units on which the cork generates a louder click sliding on a steel wire. Of all the changes, I feel the most beneficial innovation is weight placement and design to increase ease and distance of casting. Popping corks are effective paired with soft plastics under several conditions. If someone new to lure fishing has not perfected presentation, a cork can be a great option. When fishing soft plastics under a cork, they can be rigged several ways depending on conditions, water depth, current and aggressiveness of the fish. Using jigheads of varying weights is probably the most common tweak. A weedless weighted hook is a great option if you are fishing over structure, especially while drifting over grass flats and in areas of floating grass. I also like to fish them on an unweighted or a very lightly weighted weedless hook. When light weighted, I like the weight placed at the back of the hook for a more natural sink presentation. I prefer this light weedless hook in two specific scenarios. In very clear water where fish can see the lure, I feel a natural fall is going to get more strikes. Also, in totally opposite conditions of very dirty water, I feel the slower sink allows fish to find the lure before it falls to the bottom of its reach and no longer has any action. Nearly 15 years ago, I spent most of my fishing days in Baffin Bay in South Texas. At that time, Baffin Bay was inundated with brown tide and lure fishing had become very difficult. Not wanting to use live bait, I used a rattling cork on a wire with soft plastics dangling beneath. Most of my buddies gave me a hard time for tossing a cork, but I was the one catching the fish! Capt. Michael Okruhlik is the inventor of Knockin Tail Lures, Controlled Descent Lures, and the owner of www.MyCoastOutdoors.com.

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ust like their saltwater brethren, “landlocked” striped bass in reservoirs across the country are highly mobile. Even restricted by dams, they retain the instinct to migrate, and this tendency leads to some of the most exciting fishing that exists. When stripers run up rivers and creeks each spring and summer, anglers are likely to encounter very large fish in small waters. The fish come in waves, with an initial spring spawning run followed by a larger influx when summer heat pushes fish in search of thermal refuge. Garner Reid, of Georgia’s Cohutta Fishing Company, has made it his life’s work to target big river-run stripers with a fly rod. Sure, he could catch them sinking cut bait, but it’s more fun to dance streamers around blowdowns in anticipation that a 20-plus-pounder might be waiting in ambush. The furious fights can be compared to those of big redfish, only they occur in a river, where current and cover work against the angler. “If a big striper decides he’s going to wrap your line around a snag, there’s no way you’re going to stop it,” said Reid. “You’ve got to be a little lucky.” Reid’s homewaters are Georgia’s Chattahoochee and Etowah rivers, but striped bass run in every system where they are present.

The Caney Fork, the Hiwassee, the Cumberland, the Saluda, the list of Southeastern rivers with good striper runs is long. Reid has fished a lot of them and said the similarities are a reminder that striped bass are by nature a saltwater species. “The amount of flow coming down the river dictates where you find fish,” he said. “Dam releases are like tides. High water is a large incoming tide. Just like in saltwater, the fish are pushing up as high as they can get.” Striped bass become ambush predators in these “mountain tides.” In high water, they post up in creek mouths and on big blowdowns. When flows are low, they retreat to the depths in oxygen-rich holes below shoals. Their sensitivity to sunlight means they’re most likely to prowl in low light.

Reid said fish in ambush mode are more active. The fishing is faster, and floating or intermediate lines with un-weighted streamers can be worked relatively shallow. When stripers retreat to the depths, it’s sometimes necessary to break out sinking line and weighted streamers for a slow presentation fish can’t resist. With this need for versatility, Reid carries an arsenal of 8- to 10-weight rods rigged with floating, intermediate and full sinking lines. Fly selection is determined by available forage. Popular streamers like Clousers, Deceivers and Half & Halfs fit the bill in sizes and colors to match natural baitfish. On a particular river, that might be a 2-inch threadfin shad or it might be a 9-inch rainbow trout. Reid said bigger fish, which can weigh 20, 30, even 40 pounds, prefer larger baits. Even with a 10-weight fly rod, it’ll take some luck to get a fish like that to the boat. Check out Cohutta Fishing Company at www.cohuttafishingco.com. Follow Garner Reid on Instagram and Facebook.

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t’s that time of year when warming water temperatures in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico have sent king mackerel on their annual migrations. The action is pretty much year-round down in South Florida and the Keys, but their northward progression makes them more and more prevalent now through early fall in Atlantic waters up through the Carolinas and as far west as Texas in the Gulf. Kings prefer a water temperatures from about 68 to 73 degrees, which is extremely specific for any species. This magic temperature window is why they’re moving, and it’s how anglers find them. While anglers in central Florida see the front end of the migration in early spring, kingfishing gets better in north Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina through the summertime. The same is true in the Gulf. Summer is when they start showing up thicker in the northern regions of the Gulf. No matter where on the migration route your fishery is, kingfish will be looking for the same things when they get there. They prowl the open ocean around offshore structure and green plankton-rich waters in the thermal range where they are comfortable. They can be found on ledges, reefs, oil rigs and wrecks because that’s where the baitfish are. In summer, when baitfish move closer to shore, the kings come with them. Spotting kingfish slashing through schools of bait is one of the most exciting spectacles in sport fishing. At speeds in excess of 30 mph, they crash through teeming wads of baitfish, sometimes sending showers of threadfin into the air. Finding feeding kings is a matter of identifying preferable temperature breaks and structure using charts before heading offshore. Once there, electronics become important to scout for underwater activity. If you’re lucky, diving birds will give away bait and surface-feeding kings. Trolling is generally the most effective method to target kings, and although they will hit lures, good live bait is preferred by most tournament guys who are specifically targeting big smoker kings. Blue runners, pogies (menhaden), pilchards, threadfin herring, any bait with some silver flash is good. Switching them out and keeping them lively is important. And when the fishing is slow, it doesn’t hurt to break out a sabiki rig to catch whatever bait is on-site. Idle speed is about right for pulling live baits. It’s important to stagger depth and distance from the boat to cover a wide swath of water. Bumping the boat into neutral and just drifting when the sonar shows good bottom or good bait can also lead to a hook-up. If you’re moving slow enough, a good chum slick might be in order to draw them in.

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couple state record fish arrowed by bowfishermen this spring raise the question: Is there a size threshold where baitfish become gamefish? A striped mullet from Arkansas and a gizzard shad from Missouri were both recently recognized as alternative-method state records. The mullet measured nearly 25 inches in length and weighed 5-pounds, 6-ounces. It was arrowed from an oxbow lake off the Arkansas River a few miles upstream of its confluence with the Mississippi River. The gizzard shad weighed 3 pounds, 9 ounces. It was caught from a private pond in southeastern Missouri. Both fish are species considered to be bait by most anglers, yet both are certainly big enough to put a bend in a rod. Another question some might ask is what in the world a mullet was doing up the Arkansas River some 500 river miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Although they spawn in saltwater, striped mullet migrate into freshwater. According to Jeff Quinn, a biologist with Arkansas Game & Fish, they’ve even been known to navigate through the dams high into the Arkansas and Ouachita rivers.

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lucky angler reeled in an unusual catch on Virginia’s Buggs Island Lake. On Easter Sunday, David Rathburn couldn’t believe the golden fish at the end of his line. Rathburn had already caught 15 crappie that afternoon fishing a Kalin grub on a 1/8-ounce jig head. “I have been fishing Buggs Island Lake for 50 years, and I always target crappie in the spring,” said Rathburn. He said that day the fish were holding PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID RATHBURN off bridge abutments and were suspended midway in the water column in about 15 feet of water. Soon he came tight to another fish off the abutment. The water was fairly clear, and when the fish got to within 3 feet of the surface he saw the colors. With a gold flash, the most unusual crappie he had ever seen was on the surface in front of him. “What in the world is that?” Rathburn recalled thinking. “I was shocked because I didn’t think it could possibly be a crappie.” Rathburn had caught the fish of a lifetime, a golden crappie. Dan Michaelson, a Virginia fisheries biologist, was surprised about Rathburn’s catch. The fish’s color is the result of a rare genetic mutation. “While this unique golden color isn’t unheard of in crappie, it certainly isn’t common. Consider also that as a fish matures they do everything in their power to avoid being eaten,” said Michaelson. “Often cryptic coloration or camouflage is a fish’s first line of defense against a predator and being a bright, gold color doesn’t lend itself well to a long life.”

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apt. Mickey Brelsford says his Rebel free-fall unit is the perfect fishing tool, providing him a “good, solid anchoring position.” In the past, using a windlass yielded poor retrieval results and left no room for customization, like adding special attachments or splicing rope and chain. “I don’t know how many times I’ve been on boats where [the line is] hanging up, snarling, getting knotted up in the windlass or shredding line,” Brelsford said. A retired policeman, Capt. Brelsford enjoys time fishing near the coast of St. James City, Fla. on his 37-foot “Nostalgic Lady,” a 1981 Hatteras Sportfish that carries 300 feet of 5/8 rope and 20 feet of heavy-duty chain. After adding a pulpit to his vessel, Capt. Brelsford used to pull up all his rope by hand, wasting time and energy on multiple retrieval and deployment attempts as he tried to find the perfect “boat position.” “The easiest way I can explain boat position is if you’re at the baseball game, you’re either playing—which is fishing— or you’re watching the game, which means you’re not,” Brelsford said. Brelsford decided he’d rather be in the

game than on the sidelines, so installing the Rebel EZ-5 became a no-brainer after researching product information and helpful documents on the company website, then calling the drum anchor winch manufacturer’s technical support team for additional pointers. Unlike E-Z Anchor Puller Mfg. Co’s two direct drive series (the Hero and Patriot series), the Rebel drum anchor winch has a clutch and friction plate design that allows the drum to free-spool when the clutch plate is disengaged. To get that “good, solid anchoring position,” press and hold the “raise/power up” side of the button for about five seconds. This will cause the clutch plate to once again rotate, but this time clamping down on the drum and holding the boat at anchor. “Once I deploy my anchor and it goes

into a free-fall, it’s straight down to the bottom as quick as it can go,” Brelsford said. “And then, once I set the anchor I can free-line out as much anchor rode as I need: that’s what I call boat position.” As an added bonus, the Rebel drum anchor winch is compatible with an E-Z Anchor Puller wireless long-range remote, which controls your drum anchor winch from anywhere on the boat. The wireless remotes are available for the Hero and Patriot series, as well. Capt. Brelsford purchased his on the company website, ezanchorpuller.com. “This [unit] here—don’t worry about it—it just rolls right on and keeps on rollin’. That’s what it is: E-Z!” Brelsford concluded.

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apt. Tim Barefoot is having trouble concentrating. In the middle of May, he was on rockfish so thick he had to ice his arms in the evenings. Reports from across the Mid-Atlantic indicate huge spawning runs of striped bass up coastal rivers that ramped up in the middle Photo Credit: Tim Barefoot of March. This is very good news considering all the doom and gloom we’ve been hearing about Atlantic striped bass populations lately. Barefoot has first-hand information from the James, Rappahannock, Occoquan and Potomac rivers. “They have all been chock full of fish and bait this year,” he said. “And it’s the nicest class of fish we’ve seen in several years.” The action is incredible for fish in the 3- to 12-pound range, and Barefoot is seeing the occasional 15- to 20-pounder. But he was almost as excited about the baitfish as the stripers. “One of the most encouraging things was to see the way the herring showed up,” he said. “The herring are so thick they brought the loons with them from the ocean. And when the herring are here like that, everything’s feeding and everything’s healthy.” Typically the rockfish will stick around in the rivers until mid-June or later. Until then, Barefoot said there’s no need for live bait. He’s been wearing them out on a Super Fluke rigged on a Barefoot Jumping Jig with the barb mashed down for easy releases. For more information, contact Capt. Tim Barefoot through his website at barefootcatsandtackle.com.

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ure, 90 percent of a trout’s diet might come from below the surface, but there’s nothing that satisfies like solving the puzzle during a hatch and catching fish on a dry fly. No discussion of hatches is complete without mention of Penns Creek, Pennsylvania. This venerable stream is one of the best dry fly fisheries in the

country, boasting what may be the most famous green drake hatch in the East. From Coburn downstream to Glen Iron, Pennsylvania, there are roughly 20 miles of “Class A Wild Trout Stream,” and much of it is accessible only on foot through central Pennsylvania’s Bald Eagle State Forest. Penns Creek supports an incredible amount of insect life. Guide George Costa, with TCO Outdoors, said things pick up in April when blue-winged olives, Hendricksons and grannoms appear and lead into a riot of bug activity in May. “Sulphurs, March browns, caddis, blue quill, olives, pretty much everything under the sun is hatching,” said Costa. “It can be massive, and all at once.” These insects are a precursor to the main event, which is 10 days in early June when big meaty green drake mayflies conduct their courtship. The hatches move progressively upstream with warming water temperatures, and big size 8 to 10 patterns match the adult stage of this mayfly. Of course, all the other bugs will be on the water at the same time, so it’s wise for anglers to keep options open. Costa said the best pattern during a drake hatch is a size 16 sulphur. Penns Creek brown trout seem to prefer the flavor of the smaller pale yellow sulphur mayflies. Every fish in the river takes part in the annual smorgasbord. Brown trout are the dominant species, a few rainbows show up, and native brook trout enter the flow from tributaries. At Penns Creek, there’s a chance to catch tiger trout, which are a brown trout/brook trout crossbreed. Fish size is good, too. Costa said they average 13 to 16 inches, and there’s potential to encounter fish 20 inches and longer. Adventurous anglers who want to target large fish with dry flies should pack a headlamp. In the final stage of the green drake lifecycle, they molt into big white coffin flies. They lay their eggs and then die en masse, falling to the river in an event known as a spinner fall. Most of the action takes place after dark. The angler listens for fish slurping spinners off the surface and then casts a big size 6 or 8 pattern to the unseen target. The largest fish in the river feed during the spinner fall. For maps, GPS coordinates and tactics for the Southeast’s best trout waters, get a copy of Nick Carter’s book “Flyfisher’s Guide to North Carolina & Georgia.” It’s available on Amazon, and autographed copies are available by emailing the author at nsc8957@gmail.com.

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