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Longboat Key News
Friday, June 9, 2006
OnTheHook
Captain ‘Zach’ Zacharias
had. Fishing remains at peak
with large catches of savage king mackerel, boisterous
bonito, powerful black tip
and lemon sharks, numerous Spanish mackerel and
tackle busting cobia. Throw
in a few nice bottom species
like grouper and triggerfish
and you have a non-stop fish
catching marathon that puts
a smile on your face and
sweat on the poor captain’s
brow. Simultaneous multiple
hook ups with multiple species have been the rule all
week long. We’ve even had
some critters hooked on
multiple lines like the hark
that struck three baits while
we were locked into combat
with the monster barracuda
whose been wolfing down Chuck Bittinger, left, John McCarthy and Ken Boggs of Bradenton recently caught a sailfish 12
15-pound bonito.
miles out in 50 feet of water using a live blue runner and 20-pound test while aboard Show Me
Wolfmouth Charters the Fish Charters.
I’ve been catching mostly Spanish mackerel, lemon
shark, bonito and bluefish, along with a little kingfish. It is
getting a little late in the season for them, but we are still
catching them in the Gulf of Mexico.
In the bay and
inshore waters, we’ve
been catching catchand-release
snook,
because they’re out of
season. We’ve caught
red fish up to 30 inches and speckled trout
to 24 inches using
shiners for bait.
We’ve had a few tarpon hook ups. There’s
a lot of tarpon showing up in the area, and
we’ve caught a few of
them.
DEE JAY II
Captain Wayne Genthner
The near shore Gulf of Mexico fishing action for
my half-day and six-hour range outings off Longboat
Key continues to exceed every expectation I ever
Captain T.J. Stewart
Tide Tables for the Week of June 9 — 15
Date
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
High
1:14 a.m.
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Low
4:41 a.m.
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High
10:28 a.m.
11:01 a.m.
11:38 a.m.
12:21 p.m.
1:08 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:57 p.m.
Low
7:18 p.m.
8:02 p.m.
8:47 p.m.
9:34 p.m.
10:22 p.m.
11:11 p.m.
11:59 p.m.
Water Temperature: 82 degrees
We’ve been doing a lot of tarpon fishing, some
out near the Skyway and out near the beach. Last
week, we hooked a tarpon weighing in around
165 pounds. It was a monster fish.
Castaway Charters
Captain Stacy Capps
I’ve been doing only tarpon fishing. It’s been
hot. I have not been fishing for anything else.
On the hook, I‘ve been using blue crabs and dark
flies, but they’re eating about anything. There are
all up and down the beaches from the north tip
of Longboat Key to Charlotte Harbour. I’ve been
catching mine around Twin Rock and Rocky Point.
Tight Lines Sportfishing
Captain Larry McGuire
It’s been going really good. We’re catching gag grouper,
red grouper, black grouper, scamp grouper, mangrove snapper, yellowtail snapper and red snapper fishing out to 50
miles and 140 feet.
Fishing closer in at about 20 miles, we’re catching lots
of black tip sharks, lemon sharks and reef sharks. There
have also been lots of snapper, triggerfish, permit, little
tunas and even barracudas. We’re using a variety of live
baits, such as Spanish sardines, pass crabs and shrimp.
Show Me The Fish Charters
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