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Friday, October 29, 2010
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
A Devil's Tail, Vote Wisely
VOTING WISELY
Vote wisely on November 2, 2010
While walking down the street one day a Corrupted Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrived in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you." "No problem, just let me in," says the Senator. "Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can vote where to spend eternity." "Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator. "I'm sorry, but we have our rules." And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes straight down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne. Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes. At bed time, it is pick and choose time and any delight you might wish for. After a grand ole time in Hell with wares to whatever to choose from, before the Senator knew it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises back to the Pearly Gates and the Senator now has his 24 hours in Heaven, where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven...
As 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving cloud to cloud, playing harps and singing. They were too have a good time, just not as ravishing, nor promising as he had experienced in the “down Below” and, before he realized it, the 24 hours was up and St. Peter returned. "Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity." The Senator reflected for a minute and answered; "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell." So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and down he went, straight to hell...
As the doors of the elevator opened, he stood in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He saw all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash fell from above The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders, handing him to a black bag as the Senator exclaimed "I don't understand," stammering "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil smiles at him and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning, Today, you voted.." Vote wisely on November 2, 2010
The Fishing Reel
THE
Fishing Reel
A fishing reel is a device used for the sport of angling for the deployment and retrieval of fishing line using a spool mounted on an axle. They are most often used in conjunction with a fishing rod. The first illustration of a fishing reel is from Chinese paintings beginning about 1195 A.D.
History of the fishing reel
English literature first reported a "wind", placed within two feet of the lower end of the fishing rod in 1651. This is usually accepted as the first reference to a reel. And the first picture of a fishing reel is mentioned above. Until the 1800, the fishing reel was not much more than a storage place for excess line. The British claim to be the originators for the multiplying reel, but the fishing reels of George Snyder, of Kentucky, have become the most famous 19th century multipliers. Snyder's reels were developed in the 1820's, and are what you think of as an "old fishing reel". From these reels came what we think of today as a fishing reel. With various changes and developments along the way.
Types of fishing reels
1) Fly casting - These fishing reels are traditionally fairly simple in terms of mechanical construction, though this has been changing with developments in technology. A fly reel is normally operated by stripping line off with one hand, while casting the rod with the other hand. Another development in fly reels has been a larger design to increase the speed of retrieve and keep a tight line in the event a hooked fish makes a sudden run towards the angler.
2) Bait casting – These reels in which line is stored on a revolving spool. When a cast is made, line is pulled off of the reel by the weight of the lure. Because the momentum of the forward cast must rotate the spool as well as propel the lure, bait casting designs normally require heavier lures for proper operation than most other types of fishing reels. On most newer reels, spool tension can be adjusted to reduce spool overrun during a cast. The result of spool overrun is the famous "birds nest". And dealing with a "birds nest" is no fun at all.
3) Spinning – Spinning reels were originally designed to allow the use of lures that were too light to be cast by bait casting reels. Because the line didn't have to pull against a rotating spool, much lighter lures could be cast than with a bait-casting reel. Spinning reels do not suffer from backlash, although the line can become trapped underneath itself on the spool or even detach in loose loops of line. Various level-wind mechanisms have been introduced over the years to attempt to solve this problem. Most spin fishermen manually reposition the bail after each cast in order to minimize line twist, which is exactly what I do.
4) Spin cast reels – These fishing reels were developed by the Johnson Reel Company in the early 1950's. Just as with the spinning reel, the line is thrown from a fixed spool, and can therefore be used for throwing light lures and bait. This fishing reel eliminates the large wire bail of the spinning reel in favor of two pickup pins. The spin cast reel is then fitted with a nose cone that encloses and protects the fishing line and spool. Pressing a button on the rear of the fishing reel disengages the line pickup thus allowing the line to fly off of the spool. Upon cranking the handle, the pickup pin immediately re-engages the line and re-spools it onto the reel. Many of you probably used a Zebco reel when you were a kid. This is a spin cast reel.
5) Under spin or Trigger spin – These are spin cast reels that are mounted underneath a standard spinning rod. A lever or trigger is grasped with the forefinger. During the forward cast, this lever is released, and the line flies off the fixed spool. Like spin cast reels, there is no wire bail to hold the line, rather two pickup pins. Basically, these fishing reels are a combination of #3 and #4.
The Skinny on Hook Types;
The Skinny on Hook Types; To Which Do I Use
Many a different hook and design are on the market today so I choose to pick the ones I use the most with my favorite being that of the
Circle Hook,
to which is about all I use today:
And on and on…
O’Shaughnessy
This hook design, more often called a ‘J’ hook, is considered the basic industry standard hook design because it is the hook design in almost every illustration of a hook. It is a classic hook coming in all sizes, and is made in a variety of metals. It is the most widely used hook on the market today. Use this hook for all general-purpose fishing. Just make sure you purchase the right size for the fish you looking to either put in the box or practice CPR (Catch, Photograph & Release).
This hook design, more often called a ‘J’ hook, is considered the basic industry standard hook design because it is the hook design in almost every illustration of a hook. It is a classic hook coming in all sizes, and is made in a variety of metals. It is the most widely used hook on the market today. Use this hook for all general-purpose fishing. Just make sure you purchase the right size for the fish you looking to either put in the box or practice CPR (Catch, Photograph & Release).
When fishing with live bait, it is desirable to have short shank hook. First, a short shank allows the live bait to swim more naturally, and second, the shorter shank means the hook is more difficult for feeding fish to detect. Long shank hooks with live bait draw fewer strikes when presented on a mono or fluorocarbon leader; though on a wire king rig shank size only prohibits your baits movement not strikes.
Live Bait
These hooks are made from thin wire and range in size from a number 10 to a 4/0. They are very applicable for fish with soft mouths, like that of the Weakfish or for fishing with light tackle. Many Aberdeen hooks are bent to fit jig molds. Using light line means softer hook sets when using these hooks as the point and barb penetrate quickly. Generally designated as a freshwater hook, the Aberdeen is suitable for saltwater too but must be rinsed of salt, lubricated with a repellent such as Corrosion Block or they have a tendency to rust out in your box or bucket.
These hooks are made from thin wire and range in size from a number 10 to a 4/0. They are very applicable for fish with soft mouths, like that of the Weakfish or for fishing with light tackle. Many Aberdeen hooks are bent to fit jig molds. Using light line means softer hook sets when using these hooks as the point and barb penetrate quickly. Generally designated as a freshwater hook, the Aberdeen is suitable for saltwater too but must be rinsed of salt, lubricated with a repellent such as Corrosion Block or they have a tendency to rust out in your box or bucket.
Circle Hooks
The commercial industry has used a form of circle hooks on their catch boats. Using this type of hook attached to a long pole, commercial anglers would hooked it up with the fish, slinging them backwards in a quick release and return the pole for more from their encircled nets. It was easier in the early years of commercial Tuna harvesting to employ anglers to pole the fish rather than hoisting the nets because the nets were not strong enough to hold the weight suspended. Circle hooks, named for the unusual circle like bend, actually curves into the hook shank. If the bait is swallowed, the hook will come right back up the throat hooking the fish in its jaw line or mouth. As the fish turns away and runs, the hook turns toward the mouth of the fish. When the line pulls the shank of the hook out of the mouth, the hook naturally turns back toward the angler, and the fish hooks it up right in the corner of the mouth as the angler is slowly retrieving his line back onto the spool of his reel. Today these hooks are becoming more popular, where size limits mean releasing undersized fish; circle hooks offer a very high survival rate on released fish. The rule is – do not set the hook. It is so hard fro anglers to remember that rule. Setting the hook means pulling the hook and bait right out of the mouth of the fish. Let the fish turn, run, and simply start reeling. The hook sets itself with a slight lifting of the rod at a right angle to the run.
THE CIRCLE HOOK RULING;
JOINT AMENDMENT 27/14
The New Law States As Follows:
The law states you cannot use any hook except circle hooks when fishing for reef fish. The law states at least one de-hooking device is required and must be used to remove hooks embedded in gulf reef fish to leave minimum damage. The law states that at least one venting device is required and must be use to deflate the swim bladders of gulf reef fish to release the fish with minimum damage. NMFS is delaying until June 1 the effectiveness of these requirements to provide additional time for manufacturers and retail outlets to prepare for the demand. This also will provide more time for anglers to comply with these new gear requirements, though Joint Amendment 27/14 became effective Feb. 28, 2008.
No, 2010, all vessels (boats), to include Kayaks and canoes 16 feet or longer must have on-board a De-hooker, circle hooks for use in catching pelagic and a venting tool for relieving air trapped in the bladder from deep rising fish on a quick retrieve. It must be on board or you risk a hefty fine.
Hook Composition
Hooks are all made from various metals. Saltwater hooks were generally made from corrosion and rust resistant metal but since a number of anglers had the foresight to worry about our oceans futures, tinned hooks are now available for those of us that are esuriently anglers. Freshwater hooks can be made from wire.
Hooks are all made from various metals. Saltwater hooks were generally made from corrosion and rust resistant metal but since a number of anglers had the foresight to worry about our oceans futures, tinned hooks are now available for those of us that are esuriently anglers. Freshwater hooks can be made from wire.
Hook Parts
There are five basic parts to a hook: the point, gap. shank, eye, and barb with all of these parts working together in its design; different hook designs are made for different fishing applications. Knowing the sizing and what species you are angling for can help make your selection an easier task. The type of hook you select does make a difference, and hook selection depends on the fish being sought.
There are five basic parts to a hook: the point, gap. shank, eye, and barb with all of these parts working together in its design; different hook designs are made for different fishing applications. Knowing the sizing and what species you are angling for can help make your selection an easier task. The type of hook you select does make a difference, and hook selection depends on the fish being sought.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Article 21 NO FISHING!
- Social and economic dimensions: developing countries; poverty; consumption patterns; population; health; human settlements; integrating environment and development.
- Conservation and management of resources: atmosphere; land; forests; deserts; mountains; agriculture; biodiversity; biotechnology; oceans; fresh water; toxic chemicals; hazardous, radioactive and solid waste and sewage.
- Strengthening the role of major groups: women; children and youth; indigenous peoples; non-governmental organizations; local authorities; workers; business and industry; farmers; scientists and technologists.
- Means of implementation: finance; technology transfer; science; education; capacity-building; international institutions; legal measures; information.
Section (4) pertains to the Law of the Sea Treaty. Section (1) addresses your rights in the munitions and firearms rights and the rest is a manifesto of pure unadulterated Bull, as far as I am concerned. It might as well have been written by Karl Marx as it tells me what, when, where and how I can live under a sovereign state and what the rules of government shall be under United Nation rule until the year 2040. The CLEAR act has to be stopped in the Senate before we lose it all! Call your Representative and voice that you do not want this. You are not a Communist, a Socialist or any other entity trying to break up the unity of our country called America.
The world follows our lead, we do not follow the U.N. or any other sovereignty, State, Country or World Order!
Article 21: George Orwell and his book of the future, did he have a looking glass into what just might be? This Executive Order assigns the National Ocean Council responsibility for implementation of the National Policy, ensuring execution of both the policy and the Administration’s objectives. Ultimately, it gives overall control of all other councils to the National Ocean Council. Specifically, this order divides the United States into nine separate regions, initially affecting 30 states. The president will be the ultimate decision authority if a consensus can’t be reached (per Section 5 (b)). Kind of like a God and that is scary! The reason only thirty states are affected are because they neglected to ever secure their rights within their on Constitutional law, an Amendment and thus must follow the law of the land. Unlike the twenty other states to whom are protected or are in the process of protecting themselves from the Federal government and the United Nations from taking my rights away. Eighteen States have a Calling for a Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing the right to hunt, fish, and trap. Two have Statutes within their laws pertaining to such making twenty states that may wish to be pertinacious in any ruling by a foreign sovereignty such as the United Nations. The remaining thirty states would have to comply. Sounds like a Civil War only this time it is for our rights to bear arms with additional rights to hunt, fish, and trap, that is, unless the other thirty also passed rulings to comply with their own State rulings and then it would just be a revolution; the Federal Government VS the United States of America!
Fishing Rights to Gun ownership are rights to fight for but so to is the right to be Free and by taking away just a small piece of that freedom is wrong, so you have the time to stop this Bill from being signed into a law now or you might have to live with. The clock is ticking and if not rewound soon it just may stop ticking forever and ever!
CONTACT YOUR REP TODAY!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Ladies, Sharks, Macks and More; Venice/El Jobean Area Report
Ladies, Sharks, Macks and More; Venice/El Jobean Area Report 22 October 2010, 16.41 Captain Gary Anderson Reports - Guides
As we approached the entrance to the pier at Sharky's, Edwin ask why we hadn't brought our trolley rigs? I replied that I wanted to try out a prototype plug, Carolina style in King fishing this afternoon
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Cats to Rats...Bay to Beach Report in a Glance
Hardhead Cat
Little Rat
XLT Pro Topwater Bass lure, lured this trout who thought he was a bass.
All schoolies today, looks like chicken for dinner tonight!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Like to play Tag, well your it!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
CLAW DADDIES to BLUE COATS
Now that's putting the cart before the horse,
WE HAVE TO CATCH THE CRABS FIRST!
CLAW DADDIES to BLUE COATS
Blue Crab Season Oct. 05 to Sept. 24
Crabs, Crabs everywhere and now Oh what do I do?
Stone Crab Season Arrives
Oct. 15 to May 15
Well, it’s that time of year again with the open season; lasts from Oct. 15 to May 15 here in Florida, of those big orange and black pincers stuffed with sweet, succulent white meat to begin reappearing on menus and in marketplaces everywhere, known as Stone Crab Claws. Besides being tasty, claws are a guilt-free way to enjoy Florida seafood for these lucky little crustaceans doesn’t normally die when their claws are taken off. After the crabs are pulled up from traps, crabbers harvest the legal claws (which must be at least 23/4 inches long) and throw the oval-shaped crab back into the water, where they are free to reproduce and grow new claws. Stone crabs may regenerate new pincers three of four times during their lives. Although it is legal to take both claws if they meet the required length, I don't recommend the practice as it greatly reduces the crab's chances for survival; think about it, how does it eat or defend itself with no claws but we are getting ahead of ourselves. You have but three choices to enjoy these wonderful treats of nature. Visit your favorite haunt and order a steaming plate full, purchase them already cooked at the neighborhood grocery store/fish monger or catch them yourselves. At prices varying from $9.95 to $15.00 a pound, I’ll elect a night on the pier fishing for them. READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Angling the Inshore of the Inshore
From:
The Mentoring Angler
Angling the Inshore of the Inshore
Brackish Florida Waters.
When the wind whips up I love the brackish waters from Snook Haven to the canals of Ft. Myers and down through the vast stretches of the Glades and across Alligator Alley for that is where one can find an abundance of super fish! Yaking the brackish waters of our canals, streams and rivers will pit you up against some hefty critters on the rod, fly and gators in your eye. Caution should be taken when angling these waters in late winter to early spring for gators are on the prowl for a mate. They can be extremely aggressive and that yak you’re in only is of a different color, get my drift? Stay away or make noise when approaching basking reptiles. Otherwise, happy hunting for the first fishes on our list The Tiger Fish and a Super Fish it is too.“FISH ON!”
Capt. Gary Anderson
The Mentoring Angler
“Education is Freedom as Freedom is being educated in
Knowing the Rules. Educate yourself and those around you
In becoming a Responsible Stewart with the world around you, while
Joining us in practicing Positive Mentoring through Fishing with
The Online Fisherman dot com.”… Gary A. Anderson the Mentoring Angler
And Don’t Forget the
Where you too can get that big one!
"CRACKER FOOD", is that like Florida?
The Florida Cracker Trail
Back in the day, Florida residents were known as Crackers. Mexicans were known as vaquero, in Texas they were cowboys and in Florida they were Crackers and they got this name because of their unique style in herding cattle. Cowboys used the rope or lassos. In Florida, it was a Bull Whip, and when it snaps it makes a Crack. Thus Crackers was attached to their names and what a Cracker prepared at the chuck wagon became known as Cracker Food rather than just grub, like the cowboys called it. The chuck wagon followed the cattle or horse drive on a regular basis. One of the routes started at a rendezvous point in Charlotte County, were cattle or horses were loaded onto barges and escorted out in the bay for waiting ships to transport them to Bradenton where they could continue there journey on the Florida Cracker Trail.
The Florida Cracker Trail runs from just east of Bradenton, and ends in Fort Pierce, a total distance of approximately 120 miles.Now days, if your from Florida, not a transplant from say New York or Texas, you are a true Florida Cracker and now we know a bit of your history. Now getting back to the chow, grub, food or "Cracker Food", catch you up a mess of crabs and do up some killer crab cakes and while your waiting for those cakes to cook, read up on how to keep your Mackerel fishy free, another tasty treat to eat on the Florida Cracker Food Trail. This Cracker Food is presented by Captain Scott Moore, being almost a true Cracker since age six and that is close enough for me.
"FISH ON!"
The Mentoring Angler
Gary Anderson
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
The Kings Highway
By Captain Gary A. Anderson
Trolleys posted on the end of the pier at Sharky's, are an indication of the onslaught to come in weeks, if not days ahead, of the annual Fall migration of Scomberomorous cavalla, the Kingfish or better known as King Mackerel. This biannual migration of the Kings occurs first in the springtime and then again in the fall before water temperatures become too cold for their comfort. Trolley rigs account for most of the Kings caught from on the boards of the pier. Stretching out more than seven hundred feet from the shoreline is the Venice City Pier, also known as “Sharky's on the Pier.” The pier is an excellent place to catch mackerels, sharks, Reds, Trout, Snook, Tarpon and just about anything that swims in the Gulf of Mexico. The reason so many fish are found near the pier and large sharks, to fourteen feet, along with monster King Mackerels up to fifty plus pounds is that the pier falls just short of a geological feature on the bottom, which causes a metalimnion to occur. A metalimnion represent a rapid decrease in temperature with depth; also called a thermo cline. Sharks performed a regular duel migration, spending the day below the thermo cline and rising towards the surface at night, as this is an adjustment to their internal body temperatures with the top of the water column being warmer than the bottom. This thermo cline acts as an air conditioner does to us; hence many sharks too are caught off the pier to which it is named. This small to medium drop-off or subtle cliff, follows the coastline for miles from offshore in to a point by the pier and extending itself northward to the reaches of Tampa Bay. As little as a two foot difference in depth to six feet or more turns this thermo cline into a flowing current or highway to which fish follow. During the spring and now that it is Fall, the biggest of the mackerels, the kingfish, will start their southern migration back to the tropics following the kings highway, as anglers wait in anticipation of catching a trolled King, over the subsurface terrain! READ MORE ON HOW TO CATCH THESE FISH ALONG THE KINGS HIGHWAY...
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