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Where was the Jig?E mail to Mike at Water LIFE(Last month) You have a photo of the

Markett team in your paper (Editor: repeat-ed here) it shows the tarpon that wascaught and weighed in The PTTS italso shows the hook inside themouth. What it does not show is thenon break away jig. I think I see thezip tie in the photo but no jigattached to it. At this link (floridasportsman forum) you will find thestatement where the Capt says thejig was still attached. The photoand that statement are in directconflict Were you duped or didsome one remove the jig for thephoto, which would seem unlikely.

Please donʼt use my name D.D

Editor Asks: Why not?

Below is the FloridaSportsman Forum Post by Capt. Markett:

I participated in the PTTS Tarpon Cupand my daughter in law caught the largestfish entered, a 178 pounder. She hookedher fish on a jig and caught the fish on aheavy Crowder LB70 7' boat rod, FinNorMarquesa reel spooled with the PTTSrequired 50# line and start drag set at 12#with a circle hook facing backwards towardthe tail. PTTS entrants and all anglers fish-ing Boca Grande Pass for tarpon arerequired to fish weights or lures not riggedto "break away" in strict accordance with allFlorida angling laws. Anyone can clearlysee that ours didn't break away. Our luresslide up the leader by design, so they donot break away.

Jen's fish was clearly hooked deepinside the mouth, at the corner of the jaw as

designed by Owner, the hook maker.

Water LIFE sent the question to Capt.Markett, The following is his Response:

Mike:When the tarpon gets to our boat, we

usually remove the jig at our first opportuni-

ty so that it is not a weapon should the fishshake wildly. There are times when we don'tretrieve our jigs -- but that's rare. The lawsays we can't rig to break away and wedon't. The attachment is intact and I believewe retrieved that jig at the boat.

Capt. Markett

Water LIFE - Mikes ̓Follow Up:Thanks Dave . I was having lunch with a

friend today and we were talking about yourphoto. He's not a fisherman but he's a prettysavvy mechanical guy. He looked at thephoto on my phone and said it looked likethe cable tie was cut past the zip-end.

How was the jig attached? he wanted toknow. I diagramed how a jig is attached witha cable tie. He then asked if the fishermancut the lead eye of the jig to remove it. I told

him I didn't think so. So how was the jigattached? he wanted to know. I couldn't tellhim, but I told him I'd get the answer. –

Mike

Captain Markettʼs Reply:Mike

How jigs are legally attached in amanner that meets the state require-ment and permits the lure to runabsolutely true -- a key secret ofsuccess in "jig" fishing for tarpon.One of the primary differences in thesuccess rates of different guides ishow they accomplish that. There area variety of jig head and eyeletstyles and different attachment sys-tems seem to accomplish trueaction at the depths they are regu-larly fished. But, your lunchtimefriend is perceptive. The cable tie is run through the eyeof our jigs and we break the eye toremove the jig. The cable tieremains attached to the leader andit is removed after the tarpon is

unhooked. Capt. Markett

We forwarded the answer to DDBelow is DDʼs responseI appreciate Mr. Markett's candor. Whywould he remove the jig to take a photo ofa tournament fish with so much controver-sy about break away gear? Furthermorewhen did he have time to do so on the wayto the scales? Once he reached the scalesit is my understanding that the fish is givento the release team and he would nolonger have possession. I know you can donothing, but I just find his facts a little hardto swallow. D.D.

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The Gold Medal this month, for olympic attention-gettingin the sport of recreational fishing goes to Todd fromEnglewood for his remora on the face event.

“The fish really stuck the landing,” Todd reportedly said.

Olympic Displays in Fishing

Hereʼs a real o lympic winner: Heather Harkavy is nostranger to the record books. At age 17 she has accumulatednearly 100 records. This 32 lb permit will add to that total, if itqualifies for the potential IGFA Female Junior record. Heathergot the permit to eat a live crab, then with olympic precision,15-minutes after she boated the fish, she obtained an accu-rate weight reading for the record application. If approved,Harvkavyʼs fish will beat the existing record by 2-pounds! Thefish was released alive.

By Michael Hel lerWater LIFE editorThe Olympic medal for nievetá in fishing reporting

goes to the Charlotte Sun’s writer who said his papercan be unbiased in writing about fishing tournaments,even those they have a financial interest in.To the editor’s credit he raised some good questions

about tournament fishing, particularly the PTTS tarpontournament however when the Charlotte Sun attemptedto establish a roundtable discussion between the twofactions involved in the tarpon debate, one side balkedciting their distrust for the media, noting the Sun col-lects advertising revenue from the tournament’s owner. That was exactly the point, not that anyone did any-

thing wrong, just that they could have. To have credibility the Charlotte Sun needs to devel-

op a traditional newspaper ethics policy and stick to it.The policy should start with this commonly acceptedtenet: In journalism, even the appearance of improprietyis totally unacceptable. A newspaper doesn’t actuallyhave to do anything wrong, it’s just that for a newspa-per to be trusted by the community, even if it mightjust look like they are doing something wrong – a goodnewspaper doesn’t get involved. The Sun had no busi-ness trying to set up a meeting to solve a problembetween the parties, the Sun needed to report the newsnot try to influence it.Credibility is the name of the game in newspapering

and the Charlotte Sun has still not scored in that event.

Water LIFE BaitshopWhen is high tide? That is the most

asked question I get. I tell them the timeof the high tide here at the top ofCharlotte Harbor. Funny though, theynever ask the height of the tide. In ourarea high tide does not mean you alwayshave a lot of water, it only means that’sall you get for now. Many times ‘highs’ do not have as

much or any more water depth then somelow tides. Yes, fall and winter high tidesare not as high as spring or summerlows. We have an average of 1 foot more

water spring and summer than we do fallor winter. I figure 1.5 or higher is a hightide .9 to 1.5 medium tide, 0.0 to .9 islow and anything below a 0.0 is ...well agood day to hunt for the lure you stuckon the bottom as most of the Harbor isdirt below that anyway.People assume that they should fish

the high tide. Why? I have as many goodlow tide spots which are actually easierfishing than high tide. When the water isvery high the fish scatter or go way backup under the mangroves. On very lowtides they are in the holes. It’s like

shooting fish in a barrel, but they haveto be there.Let’s talk about rain right now. We

have had rain. Keep in mind it does notmatter too much if it rains in PortCharlotte or Punta Gorda it is up-riverthat makes the big difference. Rains fillthe rivers and all that fresh water staineddark with Tannic flows out of the riversinto the Harbor. The Peace, the Myakkaand the Caloosahatchee all empty intoCharlotte Harbor, which is why this areais called brackish water, which simplymeans salt water diluted by rain or riverrunoff, it is still salt water after the rainstops. So when is the best time to fish?Let’s look at it.High tide once the water reaches its

peak, then it starts to go out, pulling thehot fresh dark water from the rivers.Consider that salt is heavier than waterso the only place out there with any saltis right by the bottom where the sandholds the salt. The water from the riversis fresh and hot. It is important toremember that hot water does not holdmuch oxygen. So it is hard for fish tobreath. Much like you in the sun youdon't want to move, much less eat.

Then low tide comes, and the tide

starts pushing cooler saltierwater from the Gulf of Mexicoup into the Harbor. It is likeflipping a switch. The bait thathad been hiding near the bottomto be in the salt come back tothe surface, the fish get active,everything starts to happen.So if you are planning a trip

during August look to get out atlow tide, then take advantage ofthe incoming tide. I usually fig-ure the last half of the incomingand the first third of the outgo-ing to be the best fishing. I liketo be there get set up and thenwhen the salt water hits andevery thing starts to happen Iam ready – let the fun begin!It is hard for many people to

realize that fish have about thesame ability to smell as dogs.So now that we have talkedabout the dark hot water, let’slook into the water, all two orthree inches that we can see intoit. How far do you think thefish can see? That is why Istarted with the smell thing, yesfish are hunters / predators. So ifyou cannot see you still useyour nose and ears to find food. Deadbait such as frozen shrimp has a muchmore potent aroma to it. That makes itbetter bait in very dark or dirty water.The live bait is moving and has less ofa scent but the movement in the watermakes vibrations or sounds. If youthink of it that way, to attract predators,the hook makes their movements errat-ic, wounded and good to eat but easierto catch. If you have enough salt in thewater you have lively bait, but withlow salt content in the water the bait islethargic and not a good predator attrac-tor.So I would put my money into dead

stinky baits. The guides who are catch-

ing the most tarpon during the last fewweeks are using mullet cut into largechunks so big the cat fish cannot get itin their mouths and the tarpon can. Yesthat dead stinky bait is going to attractcat fish. Just use big chunks like 1/2 ofa mullet at a time. The cat fish startmoving it around and the tarpon willmove in and take it from them. Cat fishare tarpon food as well. It really doeswork! So incoming tides and dead bait. I

guess I could have said it all in just thatsentence but where’s the fun in that?Good luck out there.Frank can be reached at 625-3888 or at

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InadvertentFish MagnetsBy Michael Hel lerWater LIFE publisherThe city of Punta Gorda spent $15,822 of their own

money and state or federal funding accounted for another$180,591 of the $196,413 cost to build the mooringfield at the east side of the US 41 bridges in PuntaGorda. The city hasn’t made a dime on the investment,not one boat has moored at the mooring field for thelast 11 months. There apparently is no business modelfor this investment either, no marketing plan, no pro-jections. Talk about wasteful government spending. The month the field opened in 2011 there were

allegedly six boats moored, probably 'set-ups' to makethe opening look good, but since then there have beenno boats, not a one, even though the first week's stayat the mooring field is free. Instead, boats continue toanchor on the other side of the bridges, where they havebeen anchoring for yearts. Now the word is out that the Punta Gorda Civic

Association is trying to round up enough boats to fillthe field for a potentially misrepresentational photo thatcould be used to attract unsuspecting boaters here andapparently the city is OK with that.There is still a bone of contention as to exactly why

the mooring field is where it is. Maybe it's part of amaster plan – the city had to locate it near the boatramp, or maybe it's where it is because the group thatruns the marina and restaurant for the city wanted itthere. One thing is for sure, most boaters who transitthe area will tell you, where it is, the mooring field isa menace to navigation. “The biggest problem theyhave is people running into it” a marina employeesaid. But none of that matters, because the city's boon-

doggle may be the fisherman's reward. In the comingyears, maybe two or three years are left before the ballsdisintegrate, we predict there will be more and moreboats at the mooring field. We also predict, none ofthem will be tieing up. Forty two 18-inch plastic balls make up the moor-

ing field. Already, one year after their installation, themooring balls are in a state of decay. The balls aremade of what looks like ABS plastic with cheap pvcfittings, many of which have already broken off.Similar balls are on the internet for under $100. Severalballs are dented from collisions and every day the moor-ings sit lower and lower in the river, gathering critterfilled moss and barnacles. Every inch of the heavymooring ropes that are submerged are covered as welland some growth is now interconnecting in clumps. Each of the 42 balls is anchored to the bottom of

the river with a concrete weight and a heavy line with aplastic eye on the other end for boats to tie up to – andevery mooring ball is in fact its own independentecosystem. If you are a real fisherman the light should be going

on in the fishing part of your brain right about now.Barnacles, moss, critters, growth.... I’m thinking fish-magnet! Think 42 fish-magnets, out in the middle ofthe Peace River. Thank you Punta Gorda!

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By Betty S tauglerWater LIFE / Sea Grant Blue crabs belong to the very large

phylum Arthropoda, which includes bothland and aquatic invertebrates (withoutbackbone). They are in the orderDecapoda, meaning 10 legs, and the fam-ily Portunidae. The blue crab genusCallinectes means beautiful swimmer andthe species name sapidus means savory,so blue crabs are appropriately beautifulsavory swimmers.Blue crabs are thought to live up to

four years. Females spawn from Marchthrough November in Florida. Males andfemales are both sexually mature in theirfirst year, although females at a slightlylarger size (5-7 inches) then males (4inches). Generally male blue crabs arefound in the upper estuary and females inthe saltier areas. Females only come intothe upper estuary to mate. Althoughmales may mate several times, a femaleonly mates once. This happens duringher terminal molt, at maturity whengrowth stops. Although she only matesonce, she will store enough sperm tospawn several times over a one year peri-od. Females carry their eggs under theirabdomen (or apron) which is folded upunder their carapace. After mating thefemales move out to high salinity watersto spawn. The eggs hatch after two weeksand the tiny larvae called zoea are carriedoffshore. The zoea undergoes 7 moltsafter which time it becomes a megalopa(big head). Megalopa vaguely resemblean adult blue crab. It is at this stage thatthe developing blue crab sinks to the seafloor and begins its journey to the estu-ary. After 6-20 days the first molt occursand at this time the blue crab finallyresembles a true crab…although a verytiny one. In Charlotte County, the blue crab

fishery is our largest commercial fishery.Dockside (ex-vessel) value of this fisheryin 2010 was over $565 thousand dollars.Forty Charlotte County commercial fish-ermen and a small handful of Desoto

County fishermen depend upon a healthyblue crab fishery to make a living.In recent years, there has been more

awareness regarding the impact derelicttraps have on marine life, the environ-ment and public safety. To facilitatederelict trap removal, the Florida Fish andWildlife Conservation Commission(FWC) has implemented policies whichallow for Commission approved volun-teer based cleanups. During a gear clo-sure, cleanups typically focus on trapsleft in the water because they have thepotential to become derelict during theopen season (our next gear closure willbe in 2013). During the open seasonthose traps which are visible at low tides,creating visual pollution are targeted.This leaves those traps which no longerhave a buoy and are not visible from thewater surface. These traps are generallylost when boats snag the buoys, resultingin navigation hazards and ghost traps thatmay continue to fish for several years. In May 2012, I acquired side-scan

sonar through a local boating improve-ment grant in order to identify andremove submerged-unbuoyed traps basedon a successful pilot project completed in2011. Because current rules prohibitremoval “tampering” of a legal trap, Ireached out to the commercial fishers inCharlotte and Desoto counties requestingauthorization (via signed consent) torecover their legal trap when foundunbuoyed using the side scan during theopen season. To date 35% of the fisher-men have responded favorably to myrequest. In July, a small crew of volunteers

helped me recover 29 submerged-unbuoyed traps. 41% of the traps recov-ered were in fishable condition. Bycatchincluded 32 blue crabs. Three traps recov-ered were legal and of those two havebeen returned to their owner as a result ofthe signed consent letter. Derelict trapsand trap debris collected were disposed ofat the Charlotte County Landfill wherethe metal trap material is later recycled.If you are a commercial blue crab fish-

ermen who fishes in Charlotte Countyand you would like more informationabout the trap removal authorization pro-gram, please give me a call at 941-764-4346.Be tty StauglerFlorida Sea Grant AgentUniversity of Florida IFAS ExtensionCharlotte County(941) 764-4346

Blue Crab – Biology,Fishery & Management

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By Capt. Ron BlagoWater LIFE Senior StaffI just love watching the re-runs of the

Fish and Wildlife Commission meetingson the Florida Channel. They have drama,suspense and comedy all rolled into oneepisode; just like a good soap opera. Thelatest meeting took place June 27-28 atPalm Beach Gardens. The big headlinewas that the Florida black bear was takenoff the threatened species list. I find thisto be really ironic, especially if you com-pare the Florida black bear to the Floridamanatee.Back in the early 90's the estimated

bear population was about 1000 and envi-ronmental groups tried to have the blackbear put on the State Endangered Specieslist, but state regulators ruled that a popu-lation of 1,000 was too many to qualifyfor endangered so they put the bear on thethreatened list. They also closed the hunt-ing of bears in 1994. The manatee at thesame time, had an estimated populationof over 2,000 was put on the EndangeredSpecies list because it was thought to be“ on the verge of extinction”. Today thepopulation of black bears in Florida isbetween 2,500 and 3,000; while the pop-ulation of manatees is over 5,000. Thebear has been taken off the threatened listand the manatee is still on the endangeredlist. That just doesn't seem logical to me.What is really confusing to me is that

according to thestate, 90% ofall black beardeaths are theresult of colli-sions withautomobiles;but as one ofthe commis-sioners saidwhen he votedto delist theblack bear - ‘Iknow that a lotof bears arekilled by cars but as long as the popula-tion is increasing, that's not a big prob-lem.’ Let's compare that with manateeswhere 25% of annual manatee deaths arecaused by watercraft. I guess that's a bigproblem because the state keeps trying toget the counties to adopt ManateeProtection Plans that include more regula-tions on boaters. Where is the logic inthat thinking?The other headline out of the FWC

meeting is that they decided to closesnook fishing for another year, but onlyin Gulf waters. Since there are not thatmany snook north of Tampa you mightas well say snook fishing is closed inSouthwest Florida only. After a severecold snap, the FWC closed snook fishingon January 6, 2010. Not too long afterthat, they re-opened snook fishing on the

Atlantic sidebut kept it closed on the Gulf side. Atthe recent FWC meeting, staff presentedan updated stock assessment report onsnook that showed that “snook popula-tions are improving on the Atlantic andare not in biological jeopardy in theGulf”.If the snook in the Gulf are not in bio-

logical jeopardy, then why do they wantto close fishing for another year? Here is the logic behind the decision.

One of the main components for deter-mining fish population is to review catchdata. Since there is no commercial fishingfor snook all that data must come fromrecreational fishermen. On the Atlanticside they can ask and see what recreationalfishermen are catching and use that date to

determine population estimates. But onthe Gulf side there is no catch databecause snook fishing has been closed fortwo years so they will only say that thesnook population is no worse than it wastwo years ago. Because of that uncertaintyof the growth of the snook population,the FWC has voted to keep snook fishingclosed for another year. The earliest theseason could be opened on the Gulf sideis now September 1, 2013. Here is a suggestion; Why don't we takeall the FWC researchers and staff on theAtlantic side and transfer them to theGulf side and do the same for the FWCresearchers and staff on the Gulf side.Then let’s see if we get the same popula-tion results. That would be an approach Iwould call Bio-LOGICAL. -Capt.RonB@juno.com

Where is the LOGIC in Biological Data?

The lowly Florida black bear is nolonger protected but the cash value of the

manatee still warrants protection for it.

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By Capt. Bi l ly BartonWater LIFE / Charlotte Harbor

Well guys summertime is here and infull effect. Things are just a little on thesteamy side out there lemme tell ya! Thebeach umbrella on my flats boat has beencoming in pretty darn handy lately! Thefirst week or so of July was just hot andstagnant. With no cloud cover and nowind blowing I think the fish were hottoo and the Harbor was like a sauna! OK enough with talk about the weath-

er. The first thing I wanna do is clear upa little/BIG boo boo on my end from lastmonth. In my defense I was (Editor notes:bla, bla, bla, no excuses!) and if you readmy snapper story last month then you

probably read you could keep 10 man-grove snapper per person in near shorewaters. Well, you can keep 10 mangrovesnapper per person, but only in interna-tional waters. Inshore you can keep 5which is part of the 10 snapper inshoreaggregate limit. It is confusing and limitsinshore fisherman with what they canbring home to the dinner table. In myopinion, as an everyday fisherman, thereare plenty of snapper in the legal sizerange and in abundance. If people couldkeep a few more maybe there would be alittle less pressure on some of the other

species that need a break. Heck I'm just aperson with an opinion! Everybody's gotone! Well I hope I cleared that up, and Ihope nobody got a ticket! I’ll start proof-reading better.

Enough on my mistakes guys, thefishing has been pretty darn good consid-ering the weather we have workingagainst us. We've had a ton of rain lately.Normal for this time of year, however aninflux of fresh water and black Harborwater are never what I like to see!! The more rain, the darker the water is

going to be in our Harbor. The darker thewater, the more heat it's going to absorbfrom the sun. To improve your successthis time of year, fish slower movingbaits, or baits that aren't moving at all.

The fish want an easy meal. Another thing that I will consistently

do this time of year is I like to get an ear-lier start. Fish earlier in the day, or rightbefore dusk. It's cooking out there in theafternoon! We like to eat in comfort andso do the fish!

Also with all the rain and winds con-sistently out of the south and west, thisis the time of year that we will see someextremely high tides. Heck, our low tideslately have still been like a +1.0. That'spretty high for a low! What does thismean to me? I'm fishing up against thebushes, period! Snook, redfish, snapper,jacks, and flounder are all fish that havebeen coming from up against the bushesfor me in the last month.

Itʼs What Guides Do

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The snook and red fishing hasjust been amazing. We've beenputting a lot of quality fish in theboat. When the sun is shining, themangrove bushes provide shade forthese fish. Also these bushes are agreat place for the fish to hide andseek refuge from dolphins andospreys and such. On top of theseeking refuge and the shade,there's plenty of food for them toeat there as well. Yeah, if I was afish I'd be up against the bushes! I didn't mention it yet but we've

actually pulled some pretty largetrout off of the bushes lately too.This is a little out of the norm,typically trout are a fish you'll findout on the open grass flat, butheck, they just must be hot too!Some advice: If you are targetingtrout you want to fish the deepsand holes in the Harbor, there areplenty of them around right now.Well guys I hope everybody's

out there slaying em! I'm gonnare-read this article now and makesure I didn't give you any morebad information, then I'm gonnago get the boat ready for someaction tomorrow! Y'all take care, fish hard, and

don't forget to bring a kid withyou, it'll be the best thing youever did! Capt. Billy Barton operates

Scales N Tai ls Charters. Hecan be reached at 979-6140 or atbartonw24@yahoo.com

Weedlines Holding Fish Within Reach

S taff ReportCaptain Bob DeKeulenaere

was one of many boaters whowere able to take advantage ofa string of calm wind days torun 15 miles offshore to theweedlines in the GulfPushed up from the south-

west by the wind and then leftin the calm that followed theoffshore weedlines have beenteeming with little fish, whichof course has attracted biggerfish and fishermen.Capt Bob said he had been

catching smaller mahi-dolphinbefore this helathy cobia tooka shot at a free swimmingbait.

The whale shark, left,was under the weedline. If you look careful-ly at the bottom right ofthe photo above, and ifthe printer didnʼt screwup, you can see thewhale shark just belowthe surface

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By Michael Hel lerWater LIFE publisherMy neighbors across the canal don’t

see me outside on crutches, they only seeme in the pool so I wonder what theythink, watching me religiously take myafternoon swims while my wife loads thetruck with magazines to make deliverys. I ruptured my Achilles tendon on June

1, so by the time you read this it will betwo months, halfway if I am lucky, untilI can drive a car again – never mind beingable to swing my boat off the davits andinto the canal. Scuba diving? - That willbe next summer. Recovery is all aboutslowly re-learning to flex my foot.So far during my recuperation I’ve

effectively been under house arrest. Theonly way I go anywhere is with someoneelse. I am captive. On the brighter side,the ugly scar you saw on the back of myleg last month has healed nicely, the hardcast is gone, and my right foot is nowwearing a high tech German boot.Through all this my wife Ellen has

had to pick up a lot of my slack, both onthe job and around the house. I joke withher about being Cathy Bates in the movieMisery who tortured her bed riddenpatient, or Nurse Ratchett from One FlewOver the Cuckoo’s Nest, but in reality I’dhave a very hard time without her. Allthis has brought home to me how diffi-cult an imobilizing condition really is...day after day. It’s been a humbling experi-ence for me too – having to slow downand wait. I’m not good at waiting.After the real nurse at my doctor’s

office took the very real 40 or so stitches

out of my leg I asked the doc aboutswimming. He said I could go in thepool, but I would have to be very carefulnot to stretch my newly-sewn--togethertendon. ‘That’s why I put you in a boot’he said. But the boot he gave me washeavy and hard with a hot black foamliner. I hated the boot as soon as they putit on me.I showed the doctor a picture of a dif-

ferent style boot, one I found on the inter-net. It was made in Germany. The numberone boot in Germany the company’s web-site proclaimed – I’ve always been a suck-er for German engineering.Instead of being a flat soled, metal

framed boot, the Germans came up with atechno-plasticsoft-soledboot, linedwith terrycloth and vacu-um moldablesupport. My doctor

had not seen itbefore. Myinsurancewouldn’t coverit, but Ibought it anyway and the boot arrivedfour days later, in time for me to wear itto my next doctor’ s visit. The first swimalone was worth the money and I’m hope-ing the low impact weightlessness ofstarting to walk again in the pool willhelp me start walking again on land a lit-tle bit sooner. I told Ellen that they rehabilitate race

horses with swimming therapy so whynot me? My wife’s response was that itwould have been easier just to shoot me,like they do to a lame racehorse, she said.There was the mean old nurse again! At home there is only so much Ellen

can do, so we have been very fortunate tohave friends who pitched in when needed.When Tropical Storm what-was-her-

name? blew through I watched from thewindow as our dock began to come apart.Part of it is low to the water and built tocome apart, but when it comes apartsomeone has to be there to round up thepieces. And in the midst of the rain, CaptBart Marx happened to call. ‘How are youguys doing?’ He said in his usually calmand cheerful voice. ‘Do you need anyhelp? ‘ ...and so Bart came over in the rain and

wrestled the biggest section of the dockup out of the canal and put it on the

lawn. Then he secured the rest. Thankyou again, Bart!On top of everything else, in three

days we had our teenage niece coming tostay for a week. So the day after thestorm passed Chuck Hepp, owner ofChuck’s Custom Carpentry in PortCharlotte - (Shameless, but I promised I’ddo that) and who is also a fishing friendfrom Franks’, came over and put our dockback together while I watched ... hanginghelplessly on crutches that were loaned tome by Darrel from Franks. Again, Thanksagain to you all!Life, however, is getting easier little

by little. I’ve had friends come over andtake me out to lunch, I’ve been to Publix– big whoop? I waited in the car and itwas still a nice day out – it doesn’t takemuch! I’ve also now had my first boatride and I might even go fishing (for a lit-tle while), one day soon.

Achilles Recuperation: Das Boot

A swimmable orthopedic boot has allowed hydrotherapy to be part of my frog-like routine

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By Capt. Chuck EichnerWater LIFE Punta Gorda FishingSuccessful fishing is a combination of

experience, preparedness, observation andinterpretation of the aquatic environment.Every day is different and a fine line oftendivides those that can and cannot utilizemodern technology and basic intuition.FISH FINDER This time of year

our waters are teeming with life. If youthrow a cast net anywhere in the Harborin depths from 1 foot to 20 you willcome up with some type of living crea-ture. Jelly fish, sea nettles, sand dollarsand other sea creatures I can’t even identi-fy show up with the normal fish andcrustaceans you would expect. Often Ihear anglers comment on their depth find-ers showing lots of fish however theydon’t get any bites. The first thing Ithink of when I hear this, is their sensi-tivity setting is set too high. Mostanglers leave their sensitivity in auto-mode which is really not useful in ourshallow waterways. In 10-20 feet ofwater in auto-mode you will see whatappears to be tons of fish and blobs asthe transducer transmits and receives sig-nals. A proper sensitivity setting willresult in a predominantly clear screenwith precise definition of the bottom andarch-like shapes for fish. Noise clutteron higher auto-mode settings are reflectedoff the bottom and onto the screen whichmakes you think the water column is fullof fish. Only experience with manipulat-ing your sensitivity adjustment will tell

you when it is just right. I never use thefish icon feature that turns suspendedobjects into a small or large fish symbol.You can only tell what you have byexamining the shape of the signal. Fishoften appear as arches or partial archesand bait fish appear as a big cloud.TIDES The basic elements of our

estuary are tide, weather and fish patterns,all of which have seasonal characteristicsand vary each day on the water. Inshorespecies like redfish, snook and tarponchange locations based on the daily tidephase so within a specific tide phase theywill stage at certain locations to feed.Many spots are only good for an hour ortwo, so knowing what the tide will bereally matters. Within Charlotte Harborthe tide is different at different locations.The Punta Gorda tide station generallyshows the tidal stage near the mouth ofthe Peace River. You can expect the peakof the high tide at Burnt Store Bar orCape Haze Point to be quite a bit earlier.Catching the turn of the tide is oftenimportant and some fish will leave theflats at the turn- an hour late and youhave missed the bite even if you have thespot. You can easily find nearly a 2 hourtide difference within the harbor especial-ly the closer you get to Boca Grande.Often it is hard to tell if the tide is

moving, but an easy way to get a read ontidal movement is to pass near a pilingand view the push of water. The tidalvelocity will create a wake on the pilingwith the down-current side being the

open part of the V-wake. Simpleenough, but the tides don’t always coop-erate and an early incoming or outgoingtide might very well change where youfish.BAIT Most days on my boat start

with bait catching. Catching bait is verytricky and can take from 20 minutes to 2hours. Vision into the water this time ofyear is difficult at best. When on yourbow be sure to look right and left as onedirection will remove glare and allow bet-ter sub-surface visibility. Cupping yourhands on either side of your hat will

remove peripheral light intrusion and sig-nificantly increase your ability to seeinto the depths. I generally look for aflash of bait in the dark water. One flashand it might be my imagination, twoflashes and I set the anchor. ANCHOR Important with bait catch-

ing is to anchor the bow and the sternbecause as you chum, the boat willswing and with it the chum. I don’tknow about you, but I want to throw thenet as few times as possible. Anothertip is to drift the grass beds where youthink bait will be and listen for the sub-tle flipping sound. Listening can helpyou locate bait when you cannot see it.All too often the anchor line gets caughtin the anchor fluke and while untangleingit you drift away from the spot. Mostanglers grab the anchor by the shaft whenputting it away. When pulling theanchor out, the flukes often catch on theline and hold the anchor. Put the anchoraway by grabbing the fluke end puttingthe shaft in first so there are no flukesto grab the line!Top anglers use their knowledge and

tools to help them locate fish. With thehelp of modern technology you wouldn’tthink the fish stand a chance, but I stillfind them as challenging as ever, whichmakes it that much more rewarding whenthe drag is singing!Capt. Chuck Eichner operates Action

Flats Backcountry Charters and can bereached at 941-628-8040 or atwww.backcountry-charters.com

ʻFindings ̓for Success

Sensitivity adjustment is critical

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Provided to Water LIFE BY: Dave Ho fer RE/MAX Harbor Realty(941) 575-3777 dhofer@remax.netwww.harborparadise.com

Recent area news i tems:1. I've been working on writing theplot for a new novel - but I think itmight be too far fetched. But, it isbased on a true story, the names will bechanged to protect the guilty:At the peak of a crazy land boom, aspeculator puts down $1.8 mil of a $6million purchase price for 150 plotted

lots in a remote area of SouthwestFlorida (picture above) thinking thatthey are serviced by county water andsewer. When he cooks up a deal to sella lot to a builder, he finds out that theynot only do not have water and sewerbut the DEP won't permit septic fieldsthere, so they're unbuild able. Thecounty makes no effort to extend theutility services that the appraiser hasrepresented were already available. Hesues and wins a $10.1 mil judgment

against the county. The bank hadalready foreclosed and won a $6.3 miljudgment against him. But the bankfailed and its trustee, FDIC, didn't pur-sue the deed. So the speculator collects$10.1 from local taxpayers and pays$6.3 to FDIC netting $3.8 mil ANDkeeps the land free and clear- not a badoutcome for a $1.8 mil ill-timed specu-lation!Don't know if this would be a tragedyor a comedy... 2. The controversy continues as theCharlotte County CRA approved a $9million budget for the first phase of the

Parkside redevelopment effort. TEAMPort Charlotte and the CRA are stillclinging to the hope that $30 millionthrown at this blighted neighborhoodwill be repaid through increased realestate valuations. This phase 1 moneywill be spent to widen Midway Blvdfrom Elkam to Kings Highway and toconvert 2/3 of Lake Betty Park intomore water retention. In light of thedevastating court decisions, decliningrevenues and budget gaps, maybe thisproject should be deferred.

3. Charlotte County suspendedimpact fees on new constructionthrough 2013. In an effort to stimulateconstruction, they will turn away fundsfrom developers for parks, schools, pub-lic safety, etc. but will continue to col-lect for street improvements. Not surethat there is a way to measure this, butlogic would tell me that not one newbuilding start would occur becauseimpact fees were being waived... sowhy do it? 4. Cocoplum Shopping Center on 41between Sumter and Salford will hostchain stores; Ross, TJ Maxx, Bealls andnewly relocated Publix. Bealls willclose their outlet stores in North Portand Murdock.5. The Shoppes at Price Crossing(Price and Toledo Blade) sold for $14.2mil. The 78,000 sf center had carried anappraised value of just $6.3 mil. Lookslike Sarasota County's appraiser shouldjoin the Charlotte County office for alittle brush-up on valuation techniques.6. Charlotte County will be using

reserves to make up the $6.4 mil budgetdeficit. The Sheriff's office is balkingat the idea of making any cuts to hisshare of the budget. Tax values in thecounty have fallen 5% this year vs.only 0.3% for Sarasota County whichhave benefitted from new commercialconstruction.7. Despite the yawning deficits, CRAsquandering and losing lawsuits,Charlotte County is exploring a $30mil outlay to widen Gasparilla Road. 8. As a result of losing 3.8% in tax-able property valuations and the expec-tation of decline in other fees, PuntaGorda is proposing to raise its millagerate by 18%.In other news: June foreclosure fil-ings in Charlotte and Sarasota countieswere 570 vs 440 in 2011. Charlotte'sbed tax (a bellwether for tourist demand)is up 13% year to date vs. 2011.Nationally, existing home prices rose1.3% in April - the first increase in 7months. Lot and house inventoriescontinued to decline and median pricesfirmed slightly.

Real Estate News

The lots were unbuildable because the DEP would not approve septic permitsdue to the proxcimity to the Cape Haze and Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve

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By Capt. Bart MarxWater LIFE FishingAugust, one of the hottest months of

the year. This means you need to haveplenty of water in the boat and some shadeto keep everyone cool. Our Action Craftflats boat has a bimini top, yes a biminion a flats boat. This time of year it is niceto open it up and have some place to hidefrom the sun. Then when it is time tomove to the next spot you create a breezeand it comes in handy for those afternoonrain storms too. Some people have T-tops or what I call

a redneck T-top.... a big umbrella in a rodholder – that works too! Just so you cankeep cool this time of year. When I haveyounger anglers on the boat I don't wantthem to get sun burned or over heated andhave a bad experience. Seems this summer it has been the

guys that have been bringing the boys outon the boat to do some fishing. Father andson teams, mostly. I had the pleasure totake my son Jordan and his two sons Tielarand Logan, my grandsons. They use myboat as a jungle gym in the garage whenthey come over to spend the day withGrandma and Grandpa - so they know theboat very well. The trip we went on started at Port

Charlotte Beach about 10 a.m. on aMonday morning. We traveled down theHarbor and chummed up some white baitand pin fish that we used later to trade upfor some bigger fish. We fished near PirateHarbor for a few minutes and there were nobites so I decided to run across the Harborto the West Wall and do some fishing overthere. We got there and found the spot thatwe wanted to fish and had some good bitestoo. We started to use the trolling motor toease along the mangroves so we could castour live baits up into the pockets and underthe bushes. We had a few reds that were tooshort and released them in good shape. Wehad one in the well that Jordan caught andit was time to let the boys reel some in.

They were busy withthere Zebco 202's cast-ing pin fish over andover. It was time to putthem on a spinning reelthat could handle the redsthat we were catching. It was not to long and

shazam!We had two redson - and the boys eachhad one of the rods. Itwas there first time withspinning rods and theyboth had keeper fish on.Then they got tangledand one line got cut off, in a way that wasa good thing, it was much easier to coachone young angler than two at one time.The fish that made it in the boat was a 20inch red that Tielar reeled in-nice. After that Chinese fire drill we got set-

tled down and it was Logan's turn. And itwas not long he had a fish to reel in, it wasa fun time for the grandsons. This was ourlimit in reds and we fished a little whilelonger and then moved toward the dock andcleaned three reds that we have photos of. On another trip with a father and son

duo we ran the boat all the way to JugCreek to catch greenbacks. After that runwe ran back across the Indian Grounds and

fished at Two Pines where we caught sev-eral snook, snapper and a red fish that wentin the well to return to the dock. When thebite slowed there we moved closer to BurntStore Marina and caught more snapper andtrout. As the day went on we caught somemore fish but not for the ride home. Joecaught several fish but those reds justavoided his hook. His son Jo-Jo was catch-ing snook like crazy and by the time westarted back to the dock he had caught anIn-shore Slam, snook, red, and trout. Itwas a good trip for father and sonteam.They had one nice red and a few snap-per to take home for a meal or two.Pictures with dad and son and Jo-Jo withhis snook, the trout was too short and we

released it with no picture. These were some memories that they

will all talk about for years. It is what Ireally enjoy, taking those young guys andgetting them started in there anglingadventures, teaching them how to cast andhow to fight those fish, coaching them inthe heat of the battle. If you or some one you know would

like to start some of those young anglersoff on a good note give us a call, we arekid friendly and have the patients to handleall the questions that come from those lit-tle guys.

If you would like to set up a trip with Capt.Bart Marx and Alpha & Omega Charters Call 941-979-6517 and we will get youhooked up. Singing drags and tight linesmake me smile! cap bart@alphaomegacharters.com

THEY HAD IT MADE IN THE SHADE

Grouper AgeRed Grouper21" = 5 years old27.5" = 10 years30.5" = 12 years31.5" = 15 years34.5" = 20-30 years old

Gag GrouperMaximum years: about 31 Max weight: 80.5 poundsNormal adult @ 50-inches isabout 21-22 years old

14" = 1 year old31" = 6 years old40" = 10 years old

Wind KnotsSome reels produce an oscillation and

sometimes there is a vibration of the rod, allthat can help create wind knots with braidedline. The big contributor is the different ten-sioning of the line as it gets wound onto thespool.

Always closing the baile manually helpssmooth things out, but some designs, like theolder deep spool reels are just problematicwith braided line. As far as we can see,Captain Angel Torres was the first person topin down the problem.

Captain Angel traced the problem back tothe amount of slack in the baile. The test is: When you hold the reel and handletightly in place with the baile closed, does the baile have any free play to rotate?If it does, when you wind on line, stop and start again, the line tension goingonto the spool will be different, and when you cast it back out the slack and tightwinding apparently makes wind knots happen. Anglers throwing artificials see itmore because they are always casting

This gag came aboard Glen Ballingerʼs boat Outcast last month

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By David Al lenWater LIFE Kayaking

Our kayak club paddles in somevery interesting locations throughoutSouthwest Florida, but one of the bestis Snook Haven, located west of NorthPort on River Road, but actually partof Venice.

Snook Haven has gone throughmany transformations since it wasestablished as a fishing camp in thelate 1920's. Then, in 1931, an RKOfilm crew selected the site for the film-ing of "Prestige". When the moviewas shown in theaters across the coun-try, the scenes of the "Wild and ScenicRiver" area inspired northerners to pur-chase the site for various business ven-tures, some legitimate, some not.Then in 2006, Sarasota County

Commissioners purchased the propertyas part of a program to ensure the landalong Florida's only "Wild and ScenicRiver" remained free of commercialdevelopment. It's been difficult to finda manager for the property who canmake a go of the venture. Currently,the restaurant has been closed by thecounty due to non-payment of rent.So bring a snack for your paddle.From the kayakers standpoint,

Snook Haven has evolved into a greatkayak launch onto a quiet, shady riverwith abundant wildlife and interestingside trips into Curry Creek and beyond.

On a recent Sunday morning, thePort Charlotte Kayakers made the shorttrek to Snook Haven for a paddle. Thesite hadn't changed much since our lastvisit; same funky alligator signs andreferences to the "Killer Turtles", samerutted, dirt road leading to the water.So what else is new?After launching the kayaks, we pad-

dled north, upstream, but there wasonly moderate current. North ofSnook Haven the Myakka winds gen-tly through some of the most beautifulcountryside in the county.Surprisingly, we didn't see the usualflights of birds overhead or fish jump-ing along-side the kayaks. On thepositive side we didn't see any alliga-tors either, although many alligatorsare usually seen farther north inMyakka State Park.About 45 minutes of paddling north

of Snook Haven, Curry Creek branchesoff to the left. Curry Creek is aninteresting paddle in its own right,snaking almost straight west to

Venice, just north of the historic trainstation. The creek is narrow, shady,with almost no current, and usuallylots of birds to keep us company. Wehave done this paddle both ways; fromthe train station it's about 7 miles tothe Myakka, and of course, about 7miles back.

We paddled back south with the cur-rent giving us a little boost and arrivedat the launch site well before the after-noon rains. When the river level isdown, there is a bank of about 3 feetto haul the kayaks up to the loadingarea, but there are several shallowpoints along the bank that help makeit easier.All in all, Snook Haven is always a

pleasant, shady paddle for all kayakers.The Port Charlotte Kayakers meet each

Wednesday evening at 5:00p.m. at PortCharlotte Beach Park . All are welcome tocome and learn about kayak ing. Formore information contact Dave Allen at 941-235-2588 or Dlaa@comcast.net.

KAYAKINGKAYAKINGSNOOK HAVENSNOOK HAVEN

Sailing FanaticRob Crane was born into sailing. He began

sailing in the Optimist Class and by 1998 hewas the Optimist North American Champion.Now he is part of the intensely competitive full-rig Laser World Sailing Championship. In 2011,Crane put on a spectacular performance at theISAF Sailing World Championships, which qual-ified him for the 2012 U.S. Olympic SailingTeam.Rob, like a lot of kids, first got involved in

sailing through his parents.

“My Dad was a sail maker for many years.My Mom’s father built Lightnings for a living.Due to this family history it was almost a giventhat I would sail. I first started sailing when Iwas five or six, but did not sail competitivelyuntil I was seven or eight,” he said“My Dad has been the most influential person

due to his extensive sailing knowledge and partic-ipation in my sailing career. It would mean theworld to me to win an Olympic medal.. It is hardto quantify exactly what it would mean, but Iwould be elated. It would be the culmination ofyears of hard work,” Rob said.

Myakka River photo Gene Mathes

The next new ya is

BellyakItʼs not a surf board, itʼs not a kayak, but a mix

of the two called a “Bellyak.” The new water vesselis the brainchild of Adam Masters, a 32-year-oldentrepreneur from North Carolina who crafted thedesign to supply new adventure for himself.

His invention was born when the space he wastrying to pass was too narrow to paddle so he cov-ered his kayakʼs cockpit with a rain skirt and ducttape, then laid down on his stomach, hugged theboat tight and launched forward with his hands.Using the Bellyak is like swimming and paddlingwith a kayak under your belly.

With Capt. Jim O'BrienWater LIFE Englewood

HEY- ALL are you beat'n the heat,man I mean to tell ya it's hot. Thankgoodness for the big bimini top I put onmy boat, it goes from the back of the t-top to the back of the boat. Phew, I feelcooler already. Ha!THIS MONTH I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HEALTHYRECIPE FOR SALMON BURGERS

YOU WILL NEED - 1lb cannedsalmon or fresh2 cups of chopped onions2 cups of chopped green peppers3 table spoons of cooking oil4 cups of mashed potatoes1 egg beaten1 teaspoon of dry mustard2 teaspoons of worcestershire sauce1/4 teaspoon of pepper1/2 teaspoon of salt10 hamburger buns ( split an toast ‘em )IS YOUR MOUTH WATERING

YET ? MINE IS.Drain and flake the salmon, then put

it off to the side for now. Cook theonions an the green peppers in the oilfor about 10 min. or until tender, stir inpotatoes, salmon, egg an seasoning. Stirthese together and refrigerate. After themixture is cold form the mixture into 10burgers place burgers on a well oiledgrill and cook for 5 min. or until brownon one side. Turn the burger and cookuntil brown on the other side. Put eachsalmon burger into each toasted bun andtop with a tomato slice onion rings andsliced sweet pickle ( if you like sweetpickles ) makes 10 salmon burgers. NowOl' Capt. here is a drool'n man you haveto try this one it’s yummy for the

tummy.LAST MONTH I had some guys I

know that ran out in the gulf 65 milesand they got some BIG- UNS. Blackgrouper called carbo's because when theyget to 35-40 lbs. they lose the rectanglemarkings on there sides and go to blackwith a creamy belly. Well a friend ofmine got one over 80lbs.and had someothers that weighed 20-30 lbs. Leo tolda friend of mine he had one on thatpulled his 30 foot boat sideways andthen broke the line. That my friends isusing a stout rod and a 6/0 Penn reel.Leo said he got some nice size Americanred snapper. Nice going Leo. There wasanother group went out about 60 milesand they got some big black grouper inthe 20-40 lbs. range. And then I talkedwith a gal that has a 34 ft. Yellow Finwith triple 275's, she went about 80miles out and she got into some BIG-UNS.RIGHT NOW Ol' Capt. here has got

himself a crew together to run out 60 to70 miles. I'll let you know in the Sept.article what we caught. LET’S GET INTO WHAT AN

WHERE THE FISH ARE NOWSHARKS -black tip an spinners are

on some of the inshore reefs and alsocruising off the beaches. Mako sharks arebeing caught out 50 to 60 miles, nicefresh bonito is a good bait.MANGROVE SNAPPER - some are

being caught around the rocks in themiddle of Boca Grande Pass and theinshore reefs, the BIG- UNS are still in70 to 100 ft. of water. The big femalesare really full of eggs right now and theyshould be coming in closer in a fewweeks to spawn. Right now hang brownjigs with shrimp or squid is a good bait.AMERICAN RED SNAPPER - is

still closed. RED AN GAG GROUPER - are

chewing on everything right now 25 to30 miles out. Live pin fish squirrel fish,

grunts are all good baits, vertical jiggingis working too.BLACK GROUPER AN BIG

SCAMP - BIG- UNS are hitting largepin fish, grunts, an whole squid. Gottago deep for the big boys 60 to 70 milesout.By the way visit my new web site

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A Team of NOAA-SupportedScientists is predict-ing that this year'sGulf of Mexico hypox-ic zone could rangeto as much as 6,213square miles. Thehypoxic zone, thatforms each springand summer off thecoast of Louisianaand Texas, threatensvaluable commercialand recreational Gulffisheries.

NOAA PredictsAbove-AverageSeason forCommercial Harvestof Brown Shrimp inWestern Gulf ofMexico. The harvest

of brown shrimp in the western Gulf ofMexico is expected to be 59.2 millionpounds, which is above the historical 50-year average of 56.5 million pounds. Theprediction covers state and federalwaters off Louisiana and federal watersoff Texas.

Ban on Bait thenTotal FisheryClosure According tothe AlaskaDepartment of Fishand Game (DFG), theKenai River in southcentral Alaska has notseennearlyenoughsalmonreturn-ing tospawn-ing

sites to allow sportfishing.The DFG closed the fish-ery when the run of kingsalmon fell below 17,800fish, the minimum project-ed numbers needed for ahealthy supply of the nextgeneration of salmon.The Kenai River, whichmany consider to beAlaskaʼs premier salmonriver, counted kingsalmon by in-river sonar.To avoid complete clo-sure, the Department firsttried a number of meas-ures including a never-before ban on bait wasissued and catch-and-release fishing wasrequired, but officials said that was notenough so a total ban on fishing wentinto effect July 19.

Scientists believe changing oceancurrents, have contributed to low salmonruns in the Pacific Northwest althoughother salmon species in Alaska are OK.

Fishin ̓ For Bones For nearly 50years four cities have been at the bottomof a reservoir near Huntington County,

Indiana. But during the 2012drought, one of those fourcities has been exposedand people have been find-ing items from half a centuryago, left before the areawas flooded. Foundations ofhouses, roads and thebuilding blocks of an old

schoolhouse arenowexposed.Itʼs not agood placefor boaterssincemany old

house foundations, roads and other partsof the underwater city are now close tothe surface. Some unmarked graveshave been discovered often by anglersfishing along the shore who discoveredthe bones.

Artificial Jellyfish Scientists have madean artificial jellyfish out of rat heart mus-cles and rubbery silicon. When given anelectric shock, it swims just like the realthing. Future versions should be able tofeed by themselves which will allow sci-entists to extend their lifetime. Thebreakthrough is a big step toward thedevelopment of an artificial human heartwith living cells. It also opens a windowto a future where humans could loosenthe constraints of evolution.

“The design of the heart that we havetoday is by no means the best physicallypossible design,” Dabiri said. “It is theone that evolution stumbled onto overthe course of millions of years.” Itʼs pos-sible an artificial heart, for example,could be engineered to steer clear ofheart disease, the leading cause ofdeath in the U.S.

The large Pacific barreleye fish or spook fish – complete withtransparent head was first caught on film in 2009 by scientistsusing remotely operated vehicles. Barreleyes inhabit the depthsjust below the limit of light penetration and point their tubulareyes upwards to scan the waters above in search of food.

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Charlotte Harbor: Frank at Fishin' FranksPort Charlotte: 625-3888Redfish: Hog Island, the mouth of

the Myakka, Tippecanoe Bay, TroutCreek, the whole northern end of the har-bor is loaded with redfish. When youlook for reds now, you need to use cutbait, fresh is better than frozen cut baitbut frozen shrimp is working better thanlive right now too.The reason is simple: the water is dark

and hot, the fish are lethargic - they arelazy and they don’t have to work as hardfor dead bait. The other part is cut bait ismore stinky, in the dark water the reds arehunting by smell.A couple of guys have been chopping

and dicing small pieces of cut bait forchum and leaving a big chunk in the mid-dle with the hook in it. All that stinkychum will call the kitty’s (catfish) butdoing it up close against the trees it canbe worth the risk. Just be sure you havea catfish gripper handy anyway.The redfish trick with cut bait has

been good on the east side, through theisland Keys and around the shallow grass.If you want something fun to do, just

inside the sandbar on the east side of theharbor, use a poppin cork and live white-bait or a thread fin in 3-4 feet of wateraround Cormorant Key. There has been anice bunch of small tarpon cruisingthrough there, 30 to 40 pound fish, work-ing that side of the bar and the guys fish-ing them have been coming in and rave-ing about what fun it is right now. Thosefish should be around a week or two. The big tarpon have been in the mid-

dle of the Harbor . You may have to cast50- or 60 times to get one, but you willget one. Fish a root beer DOA or a root

beer colored swimming mullet.We couldn’t give those swim-ming mullet lures away for awhile. I had them on the wall for3 years, I did several price reduc-tions, and finally some one wentout and caught a tarpon with oneand told somebody who toldsomebody else and now they arethe hottest thing. It just goes toshow it doesn’t mater if a lurelooks good or bad until someonetries it.Out through the Pass there are

Spanish mackerel along thebeaches and an odd school ofpompano here and there. Red and gaggrouper are on the near shore reefs, andmahi-dolphin are kicking butt in theGulf. We have had some unblievableweed lines. Look in the weeds along thebeach and see all the species of littlefish in them, those weeds are teemingwith life and that’s why the fish arehanging by them. We had a tigershark report 12 miles out, tons ofcuda, and king mackerel are stilldoing well. We’ve had lots of reports on fresh-

water bass along Hillsboro all the wayinto town. Continued on facing page

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Lemon Bay:Jim at Fishermens Edge,Englewood:697-7595It’s quiet around here, seems like a lot of

Englewood went to the Keys to party and golobstering.There is still a little bit of tarpon around.

Most of them are in the Harbor, the fish are notstaying in the Pass very long. There are tarponout on the beach, but you may jump one andwait four hours for the next one. Most guides Italk to are saying tarpon are scattered. Up in theHarbor they are using Bait Busters but it’ssquirrel fish in Pass and live threadies on beach.There are also a variety of Storm swim baits,the D.O.A. swimming mullet, in colors thesame as the Bait Buster colors: black/silver,greenback, and pearl. The ones that look themost real are what the guys are asking for.Most guys cast a high viz line with clear

leader. Any color line seems tobe OK, some guys like red,some guys like white. PowerPro had blue line for a while.It’s all marketing.There are still sharks

around mostly offshore, youdon’t hear about that many inthe Pass. Sharks are scatteredup in the Harbor, guys tan-gling with medium to biggersharks all over. There werereports of 6 to 8 footers at theBoxcars, just swimmingaround the boat.For back country light tack-

le there are still a lot of red-fish around, you just have tofind them on the stage of thetide you are fishing. The wateris really hot, around 86-degrees. The back country iseven hotter. Guys are doing

well with small pinfish for bait right nowbecause useable greenbacks are so small.Some guys are still taking shrimp outwith them when they go for reds. Liveshrimp are fine size, I still get plenty of hand-picks.There are a lot of snook around, big ones at

the ICW docks and the phosphate dock on theoutgoing tide, many of those fish are wayabove the slot. There are snook by all the pass-es, in Ski Alley and along the beach. The shoreline on the south side of Boca Pass seems to begood. On the southern side of any of the passesthere is usually an eddy where everything getsswept out and that’s where the fish have beenholding.Offshore, most guys are targeting gags , red

grouper and snapper. Anywhere from 7, 8 or10 miles out is better. There are also some nicefish in the Pass, but you have to drift a livebait in there and you always run into troublegetting tangled up. The tarpon fishermen saidthey were being overrun by the gags in the pass

when they dropped squirrel fish down.The only other thing is, there have been

some dolphin offshore, most of them smallerones. We have been seeing dolphin around theweedline 17-18 miles out, quite a few guyshave been going out there, a lot of smallerboats could get to them. There are still somebigger king mackerel in the deeper areas,two from yesterday at the Boxcars. It’s not justa fluke, I am still hearing about kings a lot.

The BIG-4 The BIG-4 Fish to expect in Fish to expect in AugustAugust

TARPON Along the beachand up in the Harbor

REDFISH Concentrated atthe top of the Harbor

GAG GROUPER on thenearshore reefs

MACKEREL Spanish aroundthe passes, kings offshore

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Kevin wanser and his 10 year old son Dylan went fish-ing and the boy showed ʻem how to catch the big ones.Dylan caught an 18'' trout and a 24'' black drum. Both werecaught on a 4000 Penn Slammer reel and matching Pennrod, They were using live shrimp for bait. it was Friday the13th, but there was nothing bad abput Dylanʼs luck.

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Sebile was fishing withlocal guide Jeff Brookswhen he pulled a large-mouth bass from LakeOkeechobee on one of hislures. The catch measuredout to 61 cm and wasreleased alive, qualifyinghim for the potential newIGFA All-Tackle LengthRecord. The existingrecord stands at 59 cm.

BOWFIN An underrated fresh water

fish They fight good, pull hardand are crazy looking. Bowfinare doing real good in most of

the ponds around Lake Bettyand other area ponds. Moreand more guys are targeting

them using the same luresthey would use for bass.

Bowfin. Amia calva. Beaverfish. Blackfish. Choupic.Choupique. Cottonfish. Cypress trout. Dogfish. Grindle.Grinnel. Grinner. Lawyer. Mudfish. Poisson-castor. Scaled ling.Shoepick. Shoepik. Shoepike. Shupik. Speckled Cat.

The bowfin has been around more than 150,000,000 years, asurvivor from the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic Era.

There has been some talk about high mercury content inbowfin but the Bowfin anglerʼs club claims bowfin can make afine meal. As a general rule, bowfin (like most fish) is bestwhen very fresh, hot from the pan and eaten in moderation.

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