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Avoiding Hurricanes And live well within 30 minutes. Large bait pods were gathered included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s Hall of
Buying Fish Descenders Just just south of the inlet. Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands of acres
of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The Keyes
We began fishing in about 50 feet of water near Fort
Another Adventure To Fishing Pierce. The word was that people were catching kingfish Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or by
and permit. Guess somebody forgot to tell the fish. email: jimweix@jimweix.com
By Jim Weix We were looking for another spot to fish, when we
I’m often too busy to fish spotted Bob Pelosi’s boat. Bob is another local fishing
during the week, but with icon and an expert on catching kingfish. Call it cheating,
Hurricane Isaias predicted but we began live bait fishing in the same area.
to ruin the weekend, I Our first customer was a shark but Erika then caught a
jumped at the chance for nice kingfish. Things were looking good as I then hooked
a last-minute mid-week a bigger kingfish. Unfortunately, that got off near the boat.
fishing trip. I joined Erika Despite the short time, we had a pretty good day.
Long aboard John Burke’s On another subject, fish descenders are now required
vessel Mental Ward. if you are bottom fishing for or possessing snapper,
Both Burke and Long are sea bass, or grouper. The descender allows anglers to
icons in the local fishing return fish to a deeper depth and reduce the post-release
world. I first met them when mortality of fish brought up quickly to the surface. You
I moved to Florida in 2001. I knew little about saltwater are also required to use non-stainless-steel hooks. These
fishing, so I joined the Martin County Anglers’ Club, hooks degrade faster than stainless-steel hooks and give
which Burke founded and Erika was active in. the fish a better chance of survival. Unfortunately, I
Due to my wife’s work schedule and my morning dog found that finding fish descenders in retail stores was
duties we got a late start, leaving the dock at 9 a.m. To like finding toilet paper a few months ago. If you google
make things more complicated, we could only fish until “fish descenders” you will find many to choose from,
noon. Although it might be more work than it is worth, ranging in price from $12 to $80.
we figured it was better than nothing. Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
Fortunately, live bait was abundant and we had a full conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. Jim is Erika Long got the skunk out of the box with this kingfish.
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