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Category Archives: Fishing

The Florida Keys, Please! For Real Fishermen, a Trip To America’s Caribbean Islands Is a Must!

Jennifer picked a winner of a dish too! Shrimp rice and Louisiana sausage. Looks so good I can eat again with someone else's stomach!
Eating fresh seafood’s in the Keys is dangerous! Why? After swooning to tastes that you just don’t find in a frozen thawed seafood place and fried to make it somewhat palatable, the fresh dishes in many Keys restaurants, rule!!! Its hard to go back to the garbage you had gotten used to on the mainland!

 

AmericanPressTravelNews.com-June 9th, Key Largo, FL.-Correspondent Brian E.on a “tear” to find his snapper dinner! When I go fishing, I look for fish that I can broil or saute fresh and sweet au natural! When my parents come down from further north in Florida, to visit, I make sure they can get a snook filet or a fine snapper baked up for them! I was raised in the Keys, and now I find myself going back to where I had the best time of anyone’s life; the Keys! 

For snapper or any predator, live or fresh shrimp, pilchards and the best, baby mullet are best baits! My success in catching, not just fishing is in direct correlation to being able to match the hatch, so to speak! Jigs, and other artificial’s such as spoons in active bait fish colors like lures from Al’s Goldfish, work great too, and often I just cannot get the baits I want, so I do rely on these artificial’s that really mimic the real thing, so I don’t go home empty handed for dinner! So much fishy waters, so many species to target, so many sunsets to relax in. Diane and I can’t wait to once again spend full-time in the Keys again!

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A VIP Keys fishing buddy!
Even President Bush remembers using Al’s Goldfish Lures. He was a fan of Gaddabout Gaddis and watched the Flying Fisherman TV programs as so many dyed- in -the- wool anglers did too!

 

Will Florida Keys Reefs Become Off-Limits to even Catch and Release Fishing?

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American Press Travel News-passing on a belated News Release from CCAF
Florida Reefs closed to ALL fishing!

Even catch and release!

This could be our new reality if the Our Florida Reefs initiative is implemented as proposed. Tomorrow is your last chance to let your voice be heard!

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO STOP THIS!!!

Please help us keep the reefs open by attending their final meeting on June 2nd in Coconut Creek. Yes, they did schedule it on a work day to make it harder for you to participate! Do not let them keep you from expressing your opinion.

When: June 2nd 10:45-12 PM

Where: Fern Forest Nature Center,
201 Lyons Road South, Coconut Creek, FL.
Coastal Conservation Association Florida will once again be there stating our opposition to the adverse proposals made by OFR, as well as showing our support for the positive proposals. This is the last opportunity for the public to voice their opinions! WILL YOU BE THERE?
If there is no way for you to attend in person at a minimum please submit your comments online here.
Even if this is not in your backyard all anglers must stand together to stop arbitrary area closures! Please attend the meeting tomorrow or submit your comments online today!

Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing South Florida – Ladies Rule! 

American Press Travel News-Ladies Lets Go Fishing as usual threw a fishing party and they all came, they learned and had some great catches and releases.

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Novice Anglers Catch 40 lb. Grouper, Release 300 lb. Hammerhead After Taking South FL “Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!” University April 29 – May 1
Participants came from around the state to learn fishing skills at the “Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!” South Florida University April 29 – May 1 in Dania Beach, FL. Known as the “No-Yelling School of Fishing,” the event offered a networking party on Friday, classes and hands-on skills Saturday and optional charter fishing on Sunday.
Activities launched Friday evening with a networking party and appetizer contest, won by Gerry Hammond for Shrimp Dip.
            On Saturday, presenters included Capt. Lee Lavery/Fishing Basics, Bouncer Smith/Offshore Fishing and Capt. Brian Leibowitz/Inshore Fishing.
            In the afternoon were one-on-one stations to practice de-hooking, spin casting, net casting, releasing, knot tying, reel maintenance, gaffing grapefruits, ballyhoo rigging and Magic Tilt trailer backing.
            From charter boats on Sunday, participants caught a 40 lb. black grouper, released a 300 lb. hammerhead shark, caught two mahi mahi, 5 king mackerel and released other fish.

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Southwick Associates Offers Unique Insight into Participation, Purchases and Perceptions of Today’s Outdoorswoman
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 AmericanPressTravelNews, News Release from Southwick Associates-Fernandina Beach, FL. – As overall numbers of hunters and anglers have remained relatively steady in recent years, one thing is certain; within that group of adventure-seeking outdoor enthusiasts, the number of women participants continues to climb. Today, women make up more than one-quarter of all anglers (nearly 27 percent), while just over one in 10 hunters (11 percent) are women. As a result of their growing numbers, women hunters and anglers are increasingly a force outdoor businesses are attempting to reach. To help those companies and organizations seeking to understand the modern sportswoman, Southwick Associates has created their annual “Women in the Outdoors in 2015” which is available for free on their website.

Key statistics and findings in the updated report include:
  • Forty-four percent of female anglers who fished freshwater fished for largemouth or spotted bass.
  • Seventy-two percent of female freshwater anglers used artificial lures, the most by far. Second was live bait, used by 59 percent of female anglers.
  • Fifty-six percent of female anglers who fish saltwater do so for any fish that bites.
  • Ninety-six percent of female anglers fish with rod and reel, more than those who fly fish, ice fish, bow fish, noodle or fish with a cane pole combined.
  • Just as with male hunters, the whitetail deer is the most sought after North American game animal by women (60 percent).
  • A higher percentage of men (76 percent) than women (59 percent) shoot rifles, but a larger percentage of women (47 percent) use shotguns than men (43 percent).
  • A larger percentage of women (28 percent) also enjoy archery than men (23 percent).
  • Ammunition was the most purchased hunting/shooting equipment in 2015 by both women (82 percent) and men (83 percent).
“Women are a huge part of the outdoor market and even influence spending decisions by others in their households. Smart companies need to reach out to the female segment,” says Rob Southwick, president of Southwick Associates, which designs and conducts the surveys at HunterSurvey.com, ShooterSurvey.com and AnglerSurvey.com. “Our annual ‘Women in the Outdoors’ report offers a lot of insight on this consumer segment not found anywhere else.”
In addition to women’s levels of participation and purchase habits, the report also sheds insight into the type of media females turn to for information -particularly information that influences their purchase decisions. Much of the data organized in the report is pulled from a year’s worth of survey results on Southwick Associate’s HunterSurvey.com, ShooterSurvey.com and AnglerSurvey.com, as well as the Southwick Associates Media Monitor (SAMM), a quarterly survey since 2010, to measure use of outdoor media -namely magazine, television and internet (social media) in the fishing, hunting and shooting communities.