Saturday, May 26 Outing: Snook on Turtle Beach, Siesta Key
The Gulf temperature is over 80, so there should be plenty of snook to cast to. A 7-9 weight outfit with floating or slow sinking line will get the job done. Long leaders (12 ft or more) with a short bite tippet of 30lb flouro and a small white fly are a good place to [...]
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Stop the Snook Harvest
Although many of us believe snook haven’t recovered from the deep freeze of several winters ago, the southwest Florida snook harvest will reopen this September–unless you help. Please take a second to read this petition asking the Florida Wildlife Commission to keep the snook season closed until September of 2013, so the fish can more [...]
Read MoreTake Marlin Off the Menu
MCFF member Ron Whitely passed this message along to us from IGFA president Rob Kramer. The bipartisan Billfish Conservation Act of 2011, which seeks close U.S. commercial markets to Pacific billfish, preventing their sale and importation, is currently being held up in Congress. By weighing in with a phone call, letter, email, or face-to-face conversation with [...]
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Saturday, May 26 Outing: Snook on Turtle Beach, Siesta Key
The Gulf temperature is over 80, so there should be plenty of snook to cast to. A 7-9 weight outfit with floating or slow sinking line will get the job done. Long leaders (12 ft or more) with a short bite tippet of 30lb flouro and a small white fly are a good place to [...]
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Capt. Rick Grassett’s Forecast for June 2012
Tarpon fishing should be strong this month as the migration hits full stride. Also look for false albacore, tripletail and cobia while tarpon fishing in the coastal gulf. You should find reds and trout in shallow water and trout, blues, Spanish mackerel, pompano and more on deep grass flats. Look for catch and release snook [...]
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Capt. Rick Grassett’s Fishing Report for 5/7-5/13, 2012
Anglers fishing the coastal gulf and Tampa Bay with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, jumped a pair of tarpon on flies and had numerous shots at tarpon during the past week. We also caught and released several bonnethead sharks and a large [...]
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May 2012
I hope everyone got to see the tarpon forum with Captains Rick Grassett, Tony Petrella and John Hand last month. Perhaps you gained some insight—I know I did. I think we could have added an hour to the discussion without anyone getting bored. Hopefully you also stopped by to see Capt. Pete Greenan tying a [...]
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