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Inshore
Florida Sportsman Member: huntentails he fish were there but very spooky and most times would fail to engage, even though you put the plug where it needed to be. We did manage a nice red and 7 big trout for our efforts with the red a hair under 27 inches, trout of 24 & 23 inches and five more from 18 to 20 inches.
Paddle Craft
Florida Sportsman Member: evergladeskid243 Got on the water around 6:30 and paddled out to some mullet schools that were getting busted on by snook. Hooked and lost a fish on a super spook jr. but then I got one to stick. Landed the barely slot snook got some quick picture with it and the new yak.
Fly Fishing
May is prime for largemouth bass on fly. One of the coolest sights in Florida fly fishing is a largemouth bass blasting a bug. Even cooler is a “toilet flush” when a big one sucks it down.
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Hunting
A Miami man has caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida: 18 feet, 8 inches. The python was a 128-pound female that was not carrying eggs, according to University of Florida scientists who examined the snake. The previous record length for a Burmese python captured in the wild in Florida was 17 feet, 7 inches.
Fresh Water
Chain pickerel, or jack, are the ruin of shiners and fingers, but great fun nonetheless. How often have you heard “Oh, crap! It’s a bass,” from your buddy when his fish jumps in the middle of a dogged battle? That’s right. Not very often. In our Bizzaro world fishermen indeed prefer the safe, predictable largemouth to hooking our freshwater barracuda, pike of the south, the far more spectacular, exciting and yes, somewhat-dangerous pickerel.
Gear & Tackle
Crook & Crook Tackle is having a 2-day tent sale and fishing seminar, May 23-25, featuring Capt. Bouncer Smith!
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