AIRTIMES THIS WEEK

Sun Sports Network
Thursday, 7/31, 6:00pm
Friday, 8/1, 11:30am
Sunday, 8/3, 7:30pm

The Sportsman Channel
Wednesday, 7/30, 12:30pm
Friday, 8/1, 9:00pm
Sunday, 8/3, 6:00am

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Didn’t you momma always tell you to do well in school? Well little did you know she wasn’t talking about high school, she was talking about fishing! In this episode of Florida Sportsman, we examine schools of fish. Schools of baitfish find security in numbers and will often pack themselves into “balls of bait” when threatened by predators. This behavior plays right into the game plan of gamefish and makes dinner time quite a feast. How to fish around bait schools is looked at with editor Terry Gibson as he searches for trout under schools of mullet in the Mosquito Lagoon. Plus Jim Langone takes his family out into the Atlantic and knows that if he can find bait schools being shredded by Spanish mackerel or bonita, everyone on the boat will have a good time.

On the Conservation Front: Karl Wickstrom talks about his favorite grass: spartina and how this simple grass is crucial to healthy estuaries.

SEGMENT #1

Target Species: Redfish, Trout
Sponsor: Flying Fisherman Sunglasses
Location: Mosquito Lagoon
Host/Editor: Terry Gibson
Guide: Brandon Barlow www.amercianmarinesports.com
Lodging: None

TACKLE BOX
Sponsor: Pflueger
Rod: All Star 6.5’ Med. Fast
Reel: Pflueger Medalist 8lb

BOAT SPEC
Sponsor: Mercury
Boat: 18’ Sterling
Engine: Mercury 115hp Four Stroke

SEGMENT #2

Target Species: Spanish Mackeral, Bonita
Sponsor: Sea Sucker
Location: Fort Pierce, FL
Host/Editor: Jim Langone
Guide: None
Lodging: None

TACKLE BOX
Sponsor: Berkley
Rod: All Star 6’5” fast
Reel: Pflueger Medalist 14lb
Line: Berkley Fireline 14lb
Bait: Live Sardine

BOAT SPEC
Sponsor: Mercury
Boat: Canyon Bay 2165
Engine: Mercury 175hp OptiMax XS

SEGMENT #3
Sponsor: Alumarine
Conservation Minute: Mercury