Florida’s Free Fishing out in Three Years

Florida’s Free Fishing out in Three Years

Saltwater angling to require Federal Fishing License

Posted Dec 24, 2008

Public Policy

Federal registration would be good for one year, and would allow anglers to fish anywhere in U.S. waters.

The first year will be free, but thereafter, a fee of about $15 to $25 per year is planned, NOAA said.

As currently drafted, the requirement will affect “anyone who fishes in federal waters (3 to 200 miles from shore), as well as anyone who fishes anywhere for **‘Anadromous or Catadromous’ species,” the DEM said in a report about progress by the R.I. Marine Recreational Fishing License / Registry Study Group. Anglers 15 or younger would not be required to register, nor would people who fish only from licensed party or charter boats.

Looking for Numbers in Florida?

Anybody can purchase a LORAN or GPS unit but without your Basic Numbers where you going to go? You can spend hours in front of Google looking up hot spots to fish or for pennies on the dollar and a whole lot quicker you could spend $9.99 for a twenty-five page download for most all the public numbers needed to dive or catch fish around the inshore to offshore Florida waters.

BASIC NUMBERS;
An Anglers Bible to Neptune’s Secrets

You have your secrete spots and numbers and then there are those “Public Spots” or numbers that everybody knows, if they get them from a friend or spend the time to do some research. No Need! They are all here in a convenient 25-page, e book format waiting for you to print up and laminate for your vessels usage.

Bass Pro Shops Twenty Dollar Give-away...

Bass Pro Shops has an exciting offer just in time for you last minute gift shoppers! Purchase $100 worth of gifts from selected categories and receive a free $20 Bass Pro eGift Card! Offer lasts until December 24! Here are the categories this offer applies to:
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• Men’s Clothing
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Look Ma I Am Shark Bait!

Here's a look at the "ultimate shark diving experience":
If you are going to use a cage, make sure it is up to date!

A 2 ton, 15 foot Great White barrels into my cage and breaks through the bars... Patrick Walsh videographer.


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Hooks to Hats; Tackle that works!

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‘Inshore Florida-Offshore Anywhere’

HOOKS TO HATS

Since moving here to Florida in 1992 and operating a Guide Service from Snook Haven on the Myakka at Venice, Florida, I opened a partnership with area professional sportsmen, writers, tackle shop owners and the Florida Wildlife Commission. Through websites, Blogs and affiliates of Inshore Florida- Offshore Anywhere we have evolved as a leading resource for brackish water and saltwater anglers seeking the best tackle for their fishing experiences anywhere. Articles to Tackle, ReelnFish Products and more; "Respecting the environment is everybody's game, if you plan on playing in the future!"
Gary A. Anderson

Shell Drops Plus Plastic Yield Lunker Trout

Wait for the passing of a good front, as we get every week this time of year. Move out into the ICW and look for shell drops to either side of creeks entering the area or grass flats approach. If wading, just work, the ledges against the rocks and under the bridges and you will find fish too. The key is finding the shell drops from eight to twelve feet deep. Like cordwood the fish generally stack in these areas for forage as well a shelter from rouge currents and boaters or such. If you do not get a fish after six or eight casts then move to a new area. As I said once, you find them, it is on and it is some of the easiest fishing I do all year. I use a quarter ounce jig head with white 4-inch curl tail plastic bait; Luv lures are my favorite. All you have to do is bounce it off the bottom very slow. Once you get the first few fish and figure out how to work it, you will catch a Trout almost every cast as well, any stacked snook within them. They will pick up the baits on the drop and you will feel an ever so slight twitch to your line. Reel in your slack quickly and set back that rod tip high to the sky with “Fish On!”

A Knot for Sharks & More...

The Double Uni-knot or the Goliath Griper
The Double Uni-knot or the Goliath Griper great for big game to sharks too when angling with four to six-hundred pound test leaders. This clip demonstrates how to tie an extra strong heavy-duty knot for such fishing. The knot is a double variation of the Uni knot.



Pack of bull sharks attack, rip apart a stingray, and then turn on the trolling motor and attempt to rip it off the boat. Bull Sharks are the most unpredictable meanest natured sharks in the world…BULL ATTACK!

STRAWS: A Must Need in Your Tacklebox

Fishing With Straws? Get Ready to Catch Some Spanish Mackerel
McDonald's is the place and it's not for the burgers! I've got a Mac attack on my mind and I need some straws. The next time you go there, order a couple of extra shakes and keep the straws; you're going to need them to satisfy your Big Mac attack. Brussels to Florida, straws catch fish, are free and come in a wide range of colours, sizes and thickness matching your lure to your prey; the possibilities are endless....
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AND FOR SOME MORE IN BLOGS'N THINGS, check out the new Venice Pier Anglers Forum Blog from out on the boards of the pier at Sharky's in Venice, Florida; home and vacation spot for sharks worldwide from Tigers to Bulls, Welcome to Venice Beach.