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Fish Tales
Inshore fishing still hot despite the heat
By CAPT. TYSON WALLERSTEIN
Article published on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006 |
Despite the data on the calendar, the typical slowdown that we tend to see this time of year hasn’t really happened. So knock on wood and choose your target species wisely and you’ll get into some fantastic action on a mixed bag of rod bending fun.
Spanish mackerel remain thick in the area and targeting them can be easy. Whether you’re fishing from a boat or a pier, silver spoons rigged with a trolling sinker allow you to cover a ton of water in a short amount of time.
If you’re on a boat, try anchoring up at one of the many rock piles along the beach or around any of the channel markers inside Tampa Bay.
Chumming with live bait will fire the macks up. Be sure to put out a chum block to entice any other predators in the area, i.e. cobia, which have been showing up consistently lately.
It would also be a good idea to keep on the lookout when you’re running from spot to spot; plenty of tripletail were taken last week by opportunistic anglers. Any type of buoy, float or channel marker will attract tripletail. Pitch a small corked greenback near the buoy and the tripletail will find it.
Snook fishing will be good this week. Expect to see a lot of fish make their way out to the beaches after the full moon spawn. Targeting beach snook can be difficult or easy, depending on the school you find. Your best bet is to live chum the fish into a frenzy. Try not to throw your chum directly into the school, but rather off to the side so that you don’t spook them.
Upper slot redfish are schooling up well right now. Finding them can sometimes be easy. Just look for the big copper ball or areas of nervous water. Getting them to stay in one area and not spook, however is not so easy.
Your best bet is to go to the push pole so that you can scout the area thoroughly. And using the pole, when you do spot the fish, you’ll find there is a much smaller chance that you’ll spook them versus your using a trolling motor, which will often send the fish running. Small corked pinfish are the bait of choice for these fish.
Until next week – GET BENT!
Tyson Wallerstein can be reached at capt.tyson@hotmail.com. If you have a fish picture you would like to see published in the newspaper, send it with your name and where it was caught, to: “Fish Tales,” Tampa Bay Newspapers, 9911 Seminole Blvd., Seminole, FL 33772, or e-mail it to editorial@TBNweekly.com.
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Article published on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006
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