Friday 27 November 2009

Shark tale, marlin tail

A bit of a change of tack fish fans for this week's instalment. While we're scratching around hauling up grouper and reds from the deep, over in the frankly terrifying waters of Australia, this sort of thing is going on.

The black marlin in the film is huge, HUGE!, so how big must the great white have been to bite it in half? This is why I am never, ever, ever, going swimming in Australia.

Enjoy!

Friday 20 November 2009

Windy weather snook seek shelter

Windy weather has affected fishing from the shores and on the water around Anna Maria recently. But the smart fisherman heads to the back waters, finds himself a pier or jetty and goes after snook.

You don't have to venture too far to find them. General advice holds that you can locate snook within the first 100 feet of the canals until the winter weather really kicks in.

As Nick Walter writes in the Anna Maria Islander, 'A typical afternoon water temperature in the bays last weekend was 75-76 degrees — perfect for snook. The days remaining in the open snook season are dwindling, while anglers on the west coast have until Dec. 1 to keep one snook per day, between 28 and 33 inches.'

It's worth bearing that in mind people, don't take more than you are allowed. We want those snook to be here for generations to come...

Tight lines all!