SHOW DESCRIPTION

If you’ve read at least one fishing magazine or watched a single fishing TV show, you’ve probably heard the phrase “match the hatch”. Fish with bait similar in size to what the fish are feeding on. And if you’ve read at least two fishing magazines and watched three TV shows, you’ve probably heard the phrase “elephants eat peanuts”. Well, we’re going to talk about both, elephants and peanuts in this show of Florida Sportsman TV.

Often what happens, as you grow tired of casting, and not hooking up, to explosions of fish busting the surface, you’re fishing with a lure that’s too big and doesn’t resemble the action or look of what the fish are eating. At that point it’s time to get the bag of peanuts out and match the hatch.

Head out with Blair Wickstrom and Eric Bachnik as they get small in Tampa Bay, in search of tarpon and redfish. And then we switch coasts and fire up the 750 h.p center console to blast off for dolphin and wahoo offshore.

SEGMENT 1

Target Species: Dolphin
Sponsor: Carolina Lunker Sauce
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Host/Editor: Rick Ryals
Guide: Denny Young, Richard Iwanicki, David Tennyson
Lodging: The Devil’s Elbow, www.devilselbowfishingresort.com

TACKLE BOX
Sponsor: Berkley
Rod: Shakespeare Tidewater 20-50lb.
Reel: Penn International TRQ
Line: Stren Super Braid 20lb.
Bait: Berkley 7 Strand Dolphin Feathers and Ballyhoo

BOAT SPECS
Sponsor: Mercury
Boat: 34’ Yellowfin
Engines: Triple Mercury Verado 275hp

SEGMENT 2

Target Species: Tarpon, Redfish, Snook, Trout
Sponsor: Old Bayside
Location: Ruskin, FL
Host/Editor: Blair Wickstrom
Guide: Eric Bachnik
Lodging: The Inn at Little Harbor, staylittleharbor.com

TACKLE BOX
Sponsor: All Star Rods
Rod: All Star 7’ medium-fast
Reel: Pflueger Medalist 12lb
Line: Stren Super Braid 14lb
Bait: MirrOlure MirrOdine

BOAT SPECS
Sponsor: Mercury
Boat: Coastal Bay 1910
Engine: Mercury OptiMax 200hp

SEGMENT 3
Sponsor: Bennett trim Tabs
Conservation Front Sponsor: Berkley

2007 FSTV SPONSORS

MERCURY MARINE - www.mercurymarine.com

PFLUEGER FISHING TACKLE - www.pfluegerfishing.com

BERKLEY - www.berkley-fishing.com

CRAIG CAT - www.craigcat.com

ALL STAR GRAPHITE RODS - www.allstarrods.com

Old BaySide - www.oldbayside.com

MirrOlure - www.mirrolure.com

Bagley Bait Company - www.bagleybait.com

Hook & Tackle Outfitters - www.hookandtackle.com

Rapala - www.rapala.com

Carolina Lunker Sauce - www.lunkersauce.com

Flambeau Outdoors - www.flambeauoutdoors.com

Bennett Trim Tabs - www.bennetttrimtabs.com