Find Rocky! WE HAVE A WINNER!
CHRIS RAVELO of Tampa won HIS CHOICE of a Rise fly rod for his winning entry.
Find Rocky! is Florida Fly Fishing Magazine’s new readership contest. It’s simple, it’s fun and we have some great prizes!
This month’s contest runs May 2nd – May 30th, 2012 and the winner gets his or her choice of fly rod from Rise Fishing Company. That’s right, if you win we’ll hook you up with Rise for you to select any one of their fly rods, fresh- or saltwater, whichever one you choose.
Locating Redfish on the Flood Tide
Now you see me…now you don’t! Hunting tailing Redfish in a salt marsh is a sight-fishing game of cat-and-mouse…with 10 lb. mice that pull like mules.
F3M Contributing Editor Ken Morrow
This coming weekend brings the first flood tides of Summer to the coast of Northeast Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina; and the tides will occur during the daylight hours. For anglers with a passion for hunting tailing Redfish in the flooded salt marsh, this is akin to the first home game of baseball season. But here we are right on the heels of two back-to-back tropical storms, with Beryl just clearing out in time for the flood tide fishing after dropping an estimated 1 to 2 feet of rain along the entire coastal watershed.
Atlantic snook and Gulf amberjack close in state waters
The recreational harvest of snook in Atlantic state and federal waters and of greater amberjack in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters closes June 1.
Snook will reopen for harvest in Atlantic federal, state and inland waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River, Sept. 1. Snook remains closed for harvest in Gulf of Mexico state waters including Everglades National Park and Monroe County through Aug. 31. A stock assessment on snook will be presented to the FWC Commission at its June 27-28 meeting in West Palm Beach.
Greater amberjack will reopen for harvest in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters Aug. 1.
State waters in the Atlantic extend from shore to three nautical miles and in the Gulf from shore to nine nautical miles.
Seasonal harvest closures protect Florida’s valuable snook and greater amberjack populations and help sustain and improve the fishery for the future.
Learn more about recreational fishing at MyFWC.com/Fishing by clicking on “Saltwater” and “Recreational Regulations.”
Featured Fly Shop: Flying Fish Outfitters of Casey Key
Flying Fish Outfitters began with a slogan: if fishing is your lifestyle, we are your store. In a matter of two and a half years, the store has become interwoven in the fabric of our community as a friendly, approachable resource. As a retail outlet for fishing & kayak supplies, many which are truly exclusive to our area (such as our fly fishing department items), Flying Fish Outfitters aspires to a much more personal approach toward everyone’s favorite pastime.
820 Albee Road West, Nokomis, FL 34275 www.flyingfishflorida.com
Read more about Flying Fish Outfitters in the July issue of Florida Fly Fishing Magazine!
