#i should have done the boat and the night angler

[sagestitches]

My Dredge earring collection is expanding!

I made the top three earlier this year, and the bottom two I just made today! The top row is the cod/all-seeing cod, barreleye/voideye, and the boat. The bottom row is the congor eel/sprouting eel and the grey mullet/gleaming mullet. I’m aiming to have at least one pair themed around a fish from each area of the game (+the Pale Reach and open ocean)

[goldenponcho]

A Cruise Fit for a King Chapter 5

Hugo tries to find help while his own funeral is being held across the sea.

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Kipo’s shoulders shuddered as she ascended the steps, regal skirt lifted to her ankles, to take her place at the pedestal on which sat Scarlemagne’s grand piano. She cleared her throat shakily as she approached the microphone there.

“Thank you all for being here with my family today,” a soft huff of laughter escaped her at the sight of what must have been nearly every, if NOT, every mute and human in Las Vistas congregated along the polished floors of Scarlemagne’s palace, “Most of you, I know, have terrible memories of the place we stand now. If you hadn’t wanted to be here, none of us would have blamed you in the slightest…and neither would Scarlemagne…”

Kipo’s throat constricted, and she swallowed hard as her eyes moistened, “But you did. You all had it in your hearts to return to awful memories for the sake of forgiveness and compassion that the Oak family couldn’t hope to repay you for in a million years. And I wish so much-” she choked through an involuntary sob, “-that we could express to you how much we appreciate what you’ve done for us…for ALL of us.” She looked to the front row, where her friends and family stood. Mom and dad…Wolf, Mandu, Dave, Benson, Troy…Doag, Dahlia, and Asher.

“Scarlemagne…” her voice cracked, and she bowed her head, several seconds passing in silence before she let the tears flow freely, “HUGO…my FRIEND…my BROTHER…was one of the BRAVEST people I will ever know. I can only imagine the dark places he’s been. The things he had himself convinced he had to do to survive…

“But I was lucky enough to learn who my big brother really is! And that selfless act on that night?! That’s who he truly was inside!” She inhaled sharply and paused to ride out her emotions, “And it saved me…it saved US…”

She watched through bleary eyes as every person also had tears in their eyes, human and mute, and Kipo smiled through her own, “I won’t give up on him. I don’t think he’s gone! But…if he truly is…I want him to be remembered just the way he really was. And that’s why the Newton Wolves have been kind enough to offer a place in front of their observatory for a statue in his honor!” She motioned to Billions, who gave a humbled nod, wiping a tear from his muzzle and stroking the fur of his cured brother next to him.

“Thank you…SO much!” Kipo grimaced, wiping the back of her hand across her eyes, “I know we’re all hurting, but I want this to be a time of celebration of Hugo’s life. I know it’s what he would have wanted,” she looked to her friends again with a sad smile.

“Thank you.”

~*~*~*~

Hugo had been combing the sands through the evening and well into the next morning and hadn’t found anything even as good as the tiny handful of shell he had started with. As the sun rose, he had come to the infuriating conclusion that he was going to have to work for the currency he needed.

So as soon as mutes were up and about, he started asking around. One horseshoe crab heard him out for a short time before quickly explaining that he didn’t need any more help running the arcade he owned on the pier. Another elephant seal couple turned him down at the snow-cone stand. The angler fish at the fishing dock, which puzzled Hugo in particular, was especially snappy and rude, telling him to go inland if he wanted any help at all as a land mammal.

But after rejection after rejection after rejection, it was becoming clear that going inland was his only option, so that’s what he did. He felt the old thrill he had used to in his less virtuous days when he snagged some hotdogs and cans of Explosion Berry soda from the food stand run by three sea cucumbers who had previously sprayed him with sweet relish when he had asked if he could play the old calliope on top of their wagon in exchange for shells.

Hugo wrapped his provisions in his blanket and tied it to the end of a bamboo shoot, adding a couple of red hibiscus blossoms he had found to the knot. As soon as he was set, he was off to a more centralized part of the island.

He thanked his lucky star blanket that his ancestors had been nomads, and thus he was suited to cover a lot of ground in very little time. And though it was still far from a vacation, it was better than being stranded on a car-boat at sea.

His suspicions were confirmed by plenty of old world signage that this was the main island of what was once the archipelago state of Hawaii. He had educated himself well on old world geography and had some idea of what life had been like here, but he could clearly see that just like Las Vistas, there were significant changes. Many palms which would have previously been as tall as fifty feet grew to three and four times the height, and most branched off into more than one trunk. While there were flora of old world sizes, plenty were large enough to fit even two of him in for a comfortable sit.

But as he encountered mutes along the way, he was met with much the same welcome as the ones on the beach. They quickly made it clear that his help was both unneeded and unwanted, and that he should look for help from mutes closer to his own species. This place was more segregated than what Las Vistas used to be. Some of the mega fauna were even worse than Las Vistas’s fair as well. His encounter with a mega centipede, which had a head with snapping jaws on both ends and a row of sharp, two rows of spindly legs along its sides, one row facing down along the bottom and the other inverted on the top, would be relived in his nightmares to come, he was certain.

At what was probably mile eight or nine of the hike, Hugo’s sleeplessness was really starting to catch up with him, and while the hotdogs helped hunger-wise, Explosion Berry was beginning to become less and less efficient at quenching his thirst. This was when he began seriously seeking water and shelter.

He pressed on for about two more miles, searching high and low for any kind of resources. He managed to find a couple of pineapples growing in the shade of some underbrush, which he took for later use. Soon after that, he caught a strange scent in the air that greatly reminded him of human industry. Or perhaps another mute. He had recalled the Scooter Skunks having produced a similar aroma when motoring by. Either way, it could mean shelter.

Hugo didn’t have to walk far before he caught a bright blue spot through the trees. He sighed in relief, “Water! Finally!”

Forgetting his fatigue, he ran on all fours to the beautifully gleaming lake, only stopping at the top of the slightly elevated hill it sat atop of.

He laughed with shrill delight at the vision of the brightest aquamarine he had ever witnessed in his life, “HELLO, GORGEOUS!” He continued without a thought in the world other than quenching his now raging thirst. Completely forgotten was what now should have been an unbearable smell of rotting eggs as he neared the electric shoreline, which was completely devoid of one bit of the dense plant life he had previously been trudging through.

And by the time he had even noticed his own labored breathing and feeling of lightheadedness, he felt a strong grip on his arm that spun him around just as he blacked out and collapsed. Through the haze, he registered something being forced over his mouth and nose, and when his eyes opened one final time before unconsciousness overtook him, peaking through the hood of a large cloak he caught sight of a red and blue muzzle.

[voyages-extraordinaires]

C:R ~VE~ Chapter 36

I’m surprised when I still feel Nemo in my arms. He usually wakes up before I do, but there he is-- with his head between my breasts and his mouth wide open in a contented snore.

He looks so cute like this, not a care in the world. I wish I could stay here and watch him sleep so deeply, but I don’t want to miss the ocean at dawn. That’s when fish feed, and I hope to see a lot of them there!

But... Nemo’s loving grip is an iron one. I try to shift away, but he pulls me back to him and nuzzles into my skin, mumbling something deliriously.

“Nemo...”

When I try to escape again, he responds by draping one of his legs over my body and clinging to me like some kind of deranged koala.

“Nemo.” My voice is louder this time.

He jolts and furrows his eyebrows, making a sound not unlike an unhappy cat: “Mmmrrpphhh...?”

“I have to go do research,” I say.

His frown deepens in confusion.

“Science. I have to do science.”

“Sciiieeennceeee....” his frown turns into a sleepy grin as he releases me and rolls over.

He sits up like he’s about to get out of bed, but he can barely take his goggles from the nightstand before he slumps back over in a snore.

To fall asleep even at the prospect of science... he must be absolutely exhausted after last night.

I bite my lip to stop myself from laughing as I gently take his goggles and put them back on the table. Then I smooth his hair out and give him a kiss on the cheek.

“I love you, my genius.”

His snore hitches in his throat like he had heard me, but I get out of bed before he can grab me again.

With a grin I quickly get dressed and grab my journal. I take one last look at my sleeping lover before I walk outside.

The sun hasn’t even risen yet and it’s already so humid! A part of me wants to go back and put on my bathing suit, but I know that if I go back inside the cabin... nothing could keep me from Nemo’s arms.

So I twist my hair back and decide to brave the heat! Besides, seeing the beaches of Argentina at sunrise will surely be worth the sweat.

But there’s already another tourist at the beach. He looks over his shoulder at me with a light smile on his face.

“Ah, so you’re awake.”

I shake my head, unsure of what I’m seeing.

“Count...?” I squint.

Standing before me is the Count of Saint-Germain, who had most certainly been in London a little over a week ago, for that is when we had last spoken via aether transmitter.

“What are you doing in Argentina...?”

“Is it that surprising?” his laugh is gentle. “Maybe I just wanted to watch the perfect sunrise.”

I quietly make my way to the dock and stand next to him, looking out over the water. Every now and then I glance in his direction, trying to figure out how to phrase this question. Instead, I make it a statement.

“It’s highly unlikely that you arrived here by chance.”

“That it is,” the Count gives a smile. “But, chance or not, here I stand.”

I continue to look at him, but it’s clear that he doesn’t plan on explaining himself. I’ve picked too many battles already, and I decide that it would be in my best interest to leave the Count’s mysteries alone.

But, I allow myself one more question: “Are you here to see Cardia?”

“No,” he shakes his head. “I’m here to speak with you, Professor Aronnax.”

“Me?” my eyes widen. “Why me?”

“Perhaps we should take a boat on the water. You’re here to observe the fish, aren’t you?”

“Are you.... inviting me on a fishing trip, Count?” I tilt my head and raise an eyebrow.

The Count looks a little shocked, but then he lets out a delighted chuckle.

“My, it’s been awhile since I’ve done anything so quaint! I think it would be very enjoyable.”

I wasn’t being serious, but I can only stare as he walks over to some of the fishermen. He has none of the trouble speaking their language (money), and he quickly procures a pair of fishing rods and a bucket of ballyhoo for bait.

“Your boat is nearby, right?”

I silently point to where we’ve tied our boat and it isn’t long before the Count has us on the water, rods baited and ready.

It all happened so quickly, I feel like if I blink I’ll be back on the beach, alone and looking over the water. How did I get out here, anyway?

But instead I’m watching this elegant man casting a line in the water.

“This morning is full of surprises...” I murmur.

“Oh? Do I not look like an angler?” The Count smiles as he almost instantly gets a bite and begins bringing it in.

“Well...”

I look at the Count, who’s still dressed like he belongs in Buckingham Palace.

“I guess I just wasn’t expecting it-- woah!” my thoughts are cut off as the Count gives a mighty pull and a Micropogonias undulatus-- Atlantic croaker-- arcs through the air into our boat. It’s probably 20 inches long!

I stare, slack-jawed. “That’s incredible, Count!”

The Count just chuckles. “I’ve had some experience fishing. Did you want to sketch it before I release it?”

“Oh! Of course!”

I quickly grab my journal and begin to sketch the fish wriggling in the Count’s grip.

But I can’t stop myself from asking: “Why did you need to speak with me?”

“Ah, oh dear...” The Count only looks mildly surprised as the fish wiggles out of his grasp and falls into the sea. “It’s a real shame to go to such trouble for something only for it to slip from your grasp. But just like that, it’s gone. That’s why you must always be ready to fight for the things you love.”

I narrow my eyes and push my glasses back up the ridge of my nose.

“With all due respect, my Lord, I am not an English professor. I prefer for metaphors to be kept out of my line of work.”  

“Oh my, no need for such formalities. Please excuse me, then,” the Count laughs lightly. “Allow me to speak plainly, then. I’m afraid I’ve come to tell you that something will be happening soon. Something that will put you in danger.”

“Is it Conseil?” I lean forward in the boat.

The Count shakes his head. “No. I’m certain he could be dispatched by one of your partner’s bombs quite easily.”

I shudder.

“I’m not able to go into much detail, but it turns out that Aleister is involved with something quite dangerous, and that danger is trying to find you.”

“Find me? But why me? ” I ask. “I need more information, Count. What’s stopping you from saying more?”

The Count looks at me, his silence saying more than words ever could.

“Okay...” I nod, pausing to rub my temples. “What, exactly, are you able to tell me then?”

“Aleister said that your submarine will bring a new dawn to London, and he’s exactly right. Though its danger is not as obvious as the Nautilus’, a craft like that could greatly impact the harbors of the world. Not only that, but with its technology in their hands, I’m certain it would only be a matter of time before greater, more dangerous vessels were built... especially if he collects the architect.”

“Nemo?” I sit up straight, my fingers trembling as though the Count’s words had electrocuted me. “He intends to ‘collect’ Nemo?! You said ‘they’-- who is with Aleister?!”

But the Count just shakes his head.

“It has been determined that the path this threat would set the world on... is not catastrophic enough to allow me to intervene.”

I can’t hide my puzzled expression.

“I’m only telling you this because I want you to protect Cardia and Impey where I cannot,” the Count continues. “I will continue to help however I can, and if you succeed in delivering my friends back to London safely, then in return I guarantee that Nemo will be granted a full pardon.”

My eyes widen. “You... can really do that?”

The Count’s cryptic smile returns. “As I’m sure you’ve begun to guess, I have many useful abilities and connections. Having your beau pardoned would be nothing to me if it meant the safety of my friends.”

I look out at the sun peeking over the horizon, contemplating what I’ve just heard.

“I would protect Barbicane and Cardia even without that promise,” I say. “I’ll protect all of them, no matter what Aleister does.”

“I’m glad to hear that,” the Count’s smile looks... gentler, somehow. “I do truly wish you and that odd fellow the greatest happiness.”

“That means a lot to me, Count,” I say. “And... I don’t know what you’re dealing with, but... thank you for telling me as much as you did.”

“Ah, but I did let go of your lovely specimen. Shall I catch you another one?”

I shake my head.

“I appreciate it, but after your warning...” I look away. “I feel like I need to go back to Nemo. I have to warn everyone.”

“Yes, about that...” The Count’s smile doesn’t change. “Grant me one last favor by not mentioning my visit to your beau. I wouldn’t want him to get any... ideas... about my visit.”

I nod, though I’m not quite sure what he means.

“Ah, it’s like he knew we were discussing him...”

The Count nods towards the beach and I turn around to see Nemo looking around.

“It doesn’t look like he’s seen us yet, if you’d like to...” I turn back to where the Count of Saint-Germain had been seated, but he was no longer there. In his place was a wriggling fish, perhaps the same fish that had fallen into the sea only a few minutes prior.

I feel sick to my stomach when I see it, so I release it with a shudder.

Who is that man, exactly?

I swallow away my curiosity and shake my head-- that is not my story to tell. Instead I take the oars and begin to row back to my story, to the man who finally spots me and waves with a wide smile.

I can’t even make it back to the beach before Nemo begins wading out in the water towards me.

“Ah, wait--!” I try to wave Nemo back. “If you wait just a minute, I’ll hit shore and--!”

But Nemo’s already by the boat, up to his waist in the water, hugging me tightly.

“Oh, Nemo...” I thread my fingers through his hair and hold him close to me-- hoping-- hoping if I keep him close enough, Aleister won’t be able to take him from me. “Nemo, if you had just waited...”

“I couuuuuuuuuuldn’t,” he says with a giggle. “I reeeaaaliiized this morning...”

I close my eyes as he gently pets my hair.

“I just haaaate sleeping without you next to meeee....”

“You big baby!” I laugh and pull away, cupping his jaw in my hand. “I guess I’ll just always have to stay with you, won’t I?”

His grin widens. “Guess sooooo--!”

He reaches into the boat and helps me swing my legs over the side.

Ignoring any protest I might have attempted, he picks me up so I’m looking down at him from above. With a sheepish smile I drape my arms around his neck and wrap my legs around his torso, closing any gap that might have existed between our bodies.

The morning sun glints beautifully off of his goggles as I lean down and kiss him.

“I wish I could kiss you with my whole body,” I murmur against his lips. “I wish...”

I pause when I feel his body tremble.

“A-Aahhh...” he stammers. “I caaaaan’t---!”

His body gives out and both of us crash into the water with a spectacular splash.

After a few seconds of figuring out which way is ‘up’, both of us manage to break the surface of the water, gurgling and choking.

“Y-You all right?” I pat Nemo’s back as he coughs.

He eventually nods and gives me a weak smile. He looks so pathetic that I can’t help but laugh, though it soon turns into a sputtering cough of my own.

Cardia and Barbicane are staring at us as we slosh towards the beach, dragging the boat behind us.

“Getting started early, huh?” Barbicane says as he helps us get the boat onto the sand. “Were you trying to catch us breakfast, Polly-chan?”

“No, I was just...” I look back out at the sea, thinking about the Count again. “I have some information from London. I need to talk to the three of you about something very important.”

[the-master-cylinder]

SUMMARY Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo, California catch what appears to be a monster. The young son of one of the anglers falls into the water and something unseen drags him under the surface. Another angler prepares a flare gun but he slips and accidentally fires it into the deck, which is soaked with gasoline dropped earlier by the boy. The vessel bursts into flames and explodes; everybody aboard is killed. Jim Hill (McClure) and his wife Carol witness the explosion. Later, Jim and Carol’s dog goes missing and the pair finds its dismembered corpse on the nearby beach.

The following day, teenagers Jerry Potter (Meegan King) and Peggy Larson (Lynn Schiller) go for a swim at the beach. Jerry is abruptly pulled under the water. Peggy believes it is a prank until she discovers his mutilated corpse. Peggy screams and tries to reach the beach but a monstrous figure drags her across the sand. The humanoid creature tears off her bikini and rapes her.

That night, two more teenagers are camping on the same beach. Billy (David Strassman) is about to have sex with his girlfriend, Becky (Lisa Glaser) when another humanoid monster claws its way inside, kills him and chases Becky onto the beach. She outruns her assailant but then runs into the arms of yet another monster, which throws her to the sand and rapes her. More attacks follow; not all of them successful, but few witnesses survive to tell the public about the incidents; only Peggy is found alive, though severely traumatized. Jim’s brother is also attacked, prompting Jim to take a personal interest in the matter.

A company called Canco has announced plans to build a huge cannery near Noyo. The murderous, sex-hungry mutations are apparently the result of Canco’s experiments with a growth hormone they had earlier administered to salmon. The salmon escaped from Canco’s laboratory into the ocean during a storm and were eaten by large fish that then mutated into the brutal, depraved humanoids that have begun to terrorize the village.

By the time Jim and Canco scientist Dr. Susan Drake (Turkel) have deduced what is occurring, the village’s annual festival has begun. At the festival, many humanoids appear, murdering the men and raping every woman they can grab. Jim devises a plan to stop the humanoids by pumping gasoline into the bay and setting it on fire, cutting off the humanoids’ way of retreat. Meanwhile, Carol is attacked at home by two of the creatures, but manages to kill them before Jim arrives.

The morning after the festival, normality seems to have returned to the village. Jim asks the sheriff about Dr. Drake. The sheriff mumbles that she went back to the lab, where she is coaching a pregnant Peggy, who has survived her sexual assault. Peggy is about to give birth when her monstrous offspring bursts from her womb, with Peggy screaming at the screeching baby.

PRODUCTION The 1980 release from Roger Corman’s New World Pictures has become infamous (and popular) for its mutant/beach bunny interaction and its shocking climactic variation on Alien’s chestburster. And amazingly enough, the notorious feature was directed by a woman! Although she has done many movies, Barbara Peeters knows what her legacy is. “I’m the mother of the Humanoids from the Deep,” she laughs. “No matter what I do, that damn movie haunts my ass!”

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The Iowa-born Peeters is a founding mother of the modern B-movie. While women were denied directing gigs at major studios, the dynamic Peeters was helming drive-in fare with feminist messages. Before Humanoids from the Deep, she did the girlbiker flick Bury Me an Angel (1972) and the sex comedies Summer School Teachers (1975). “It didn’t matter if it was a prison, biker or horror flick, because I would always manage to get my thinking in somewhere, even if it was just a comment,” she recalls. “When I did Humanoids, though, I was not a horror fan. I literally did it because I needed a job. As a kid, I thought Creature from the Black Lagoon was the scariest movie ever made. I looked at it before I started, and used whatever worked!”

Peeters recalls that she came onto Humanoids late; all of Corman’s boys turned it down, even Joe Dante and Roger finally offered it to me. Of course, I took it. After all, how many girl directors got offered a movie in those days?” She also faced a personal crisis: “I had been diagnosed with cancer, so it was important I show the industry I could still work.

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“It was a rough shoot,” she continues. “I believe that’s why the guys turned it down! No sleep, shooting all night on water. I worked in a wetsuit, which is funny because I can’t swim. We put the camera on a barge, got our wide shots. When it was time to shoot close-ups, the tide came in! It was a constant battle with the elements; the water was so choppy, we gave $5 to the first person to throw up. We found the location in June: Fort Bragg. When we went back to shoot, it was Thanksgiving, so the girls froze! I walked into ocean blowholes to find caves for our monsters.”

“I remember freezing,” says Turkel. “If you look at the boat scenes, I’m wearing a swimsuit while Doug’s in a sweater. I loved doing the monster autopsy, because I got to wear a nice warm lab coat!”

Actress/model Turkel had previously appeared in films like 1977’s thriller The Cassandra Crossing and the 1979 sci-fi actioner Ravagers (1979), while McClure was a ’50s cowboy star who had starred in ’70s cheese such as At the Earth’s Core, The Land That Time Forgot and Warlords of Atlantis. He once claimed Humanoids had a different title when he agreed to star in it.

“That’s true,” Turkel says. “When I got the script, it was called Beneath the Darkness, an interesting horror-thriller like Alien. Imagine how I felt when they changed it! Friends teased me when TV ads announced ‘Humanoids from the Deep, starring Ann Turkel!’”

As for veteran actor Morrow, “I loved him,” Peeters says. “I admired him in The Blackboard Jungle. His daughter visited during the shoot and hung out on set. Nice family; he died two years later. But we knew from the shoot that Vic was the clumsiest man on two feet. He never did his own stunts; Vic couldn’t walk and chew gum—he was the first one to tell you that. He really struggled in our fight scenes, and Doug McClure got Vic through those. Doug was a stuntman who could do anything; we choreographed our parking-lot brawl around him. We kept Vic in back, although he got to kick a guy in the stomach—he liked that!”

McClure, however, “was a funny drunk,” Peeters fondly recalls. “We had to ration his booze through the day. I had a PA keep an eye on him. We had to let him have a beer every couple of hours, because he was an alcoholic, and Vic was right there with him! Vic got cranky on booze and Doug got cranky sober, so we had to monitor them and make sure one got enough and neither got too much.”

Turkel “was nice,” Peeters says. “We probably should have done a nude scene with Ann-she was gorgeous! She was a Ford model in New York before she became an actress and married Richard Harris. She looked great in a swimsuit, too.” And the actress soldiered on through Humanoids even as she was going through an upsetting drama in real life. “Richard told Ann he was divorcing her right in the middle of filming. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated that,” Peeters says sarcastically. “God bless her; Annie fell apart for 24 hours and then pulled herself together and did it. We were very tight; she’s a sweet girl.”

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“That was difficult,” Turkel admits, “but I wasn’t gonna let it affect my performance with all Barbara was going through, I wanted to help her as much as I could.”

The mutant fishmen show a complete lack of political correctness throughout Humanoids. Besides reckless sexual behavior, they also bump off children and dogs! “I didn’t mind killing the kid, murdering men and raping women, but I couldn’t bear to see dogs dead,” Peeters says cheerfully. “I left the set when the dogs were lying on the dock. They weren’t really dead, of course, but as a dog lover, I couldn’t bear to see them like that.”

SPECIAL EFFECTS The Humanoids are impressive brutes, equal parts Alien and ’50s critters like The Gill Man. With their exposed brains, mouths full of serrated teeth and nubby tails, they’re truly disturbing, resembling H.P. Lovecraft’s Deep Ones and sharing their lust for human women.

“On set, we called them ‘Noids,’” Peeters reveals. “When I read the script, I got to the part where it said, ‘Thousands and thousands of Humanoids emerge from the ocean…’ I asked Roger, ‘How are you planning on doing that?’ and he said ‘That’s your job!’ I believe we had two full bodied Humanoids, and the others were parts. I would hide how few we had with a flash of an arm, with one really close-up and another running way in the background. Sometimes I used mirrors! For the finale, I had Humanoids on a merry-go-round with mirrors, so I had the same one run back and forth in front of it. That meant you would see him in the foreground, but also see his reflection and think you were seeing two. We used pieces to create a third and another half in frame choking someone, so you got the sense that there was an army of Humanoids. It was a mathematical problem; I felt like Jesus with the loaves and fishes.

“Those monsters were invented by Rob Bottin, who we called “Robin’ back then,” the director recalls of the artist who would soon break out with his landmark work on The Howling and The Thing. “Robin was still a young boy

very serious about his monsters! Everything with him was dramatic and passionate. He broke down crying one day, I don’t remember why, but I thought, “Oh my God!’ It reminded me how young he was. Rob had a great team of guys, talented and hard-working. [Stuntman] Diamond Farnsworth was my ‘Noid who took the most abuse; he was terrific. I loved my ‘Noids.”

“I actually played a Humanoid,” Bottin laughs. “Several of my guys did also. I had the crew come to my place in El Monte, rather than go all the way down to Corman’s studio in Venice about 40 miles away, so we could do an effect in my garage. I thought I was smart, but I didn’t realize that while I was showing them the gag in my garage, Roger had them move my furniture onto the front lawn to shoot a scene in my living room!” As for working in the Pacific in a bulky Humanoid suit, “I kept telling the crew to be on the lookout for a hapless drowning whale-it would have to be me!”

Fellow Humanoid Steve Johnson, who also went on to an illustrious FX career, remembers that being an undersea mutant was no picnic. “Those suits were impossible to get into and out of,” he says. “Once you put on that costume, you were in it for the night. As a Humanoid, you had a tail made up of a series of hinges, so you could not sit down because that tail was incredibly uncomfortable. They also had extended arms, made by Chris Walas. We covered them with hemp fiber as seaweed, to hide the foam and joints, because nothing was finished! We were shooting all night, and making stuff up as we shot.

“Barbara Peeters thought I was the best Humanoid when it came to taking hits,” Johnson proudly continues. “Any time a Humanoid was shot, that was usually me all squibbed up. I raped one of the girls and doubled a male victim after he was mauled, because he didn’t want to wear all the prosthetics when his face is ripped off.” “Steve was great—a hardworking Humanoid, bless his heart,” Peeters adds.

“I had two great joys making the film,” Johnson says. “In one, a Humanoid gets a crowbar in the brain. Since I made the head, I said I would do it, because everyone else was afraid to; we had one head, so it had to be one take. I was nervous, but I knew where and how hard to hit it.

“Then I saw the funniest thing I have seen in my entire career: Bottin, in full Humanoid suit, with those ridiculously long arm extensions. Once you were suited up, you couldn’t even stand without help! With his tail on, he couldn’t sit, and he had those extensions he couldn’t take off, so he could not do anything with his hands—and they wouldn’t get to the shot. That always happens on movie sets, but he had been suited up for three hours as we filmed on a dock.

“Finally, Rob just blew up-screaming and yelling at the entire production team while wearing this Humanoid suit!” Johnson laughs. “He was gesturing with these big arms, wearing the monster head-it was the funniest thing I have ever seen.”

Also part of the Humanoids monster crew was Kenny Myers, “I was a makeup artist for Rob, but I did a bit of everything, including taking care of the guys in the suits,” he recalls. “I think my name is misspelled in the credits! I helped sew together the original Humanoid suit, which took eight hours, and we actually sewed the guy into the outfit, because the pieces hadn’t been assembled yet. Shawn McEnroe and I sewed all these rubber pieces on by hand.

“Rob, Steve and their crew had just finished Tanya’s Island, and were completely burned out,” Myers continues. “The guys were walking zombies, so Rob brought me in for fresh blood. We never got a Humanoids script, so we never knew what was coming at us until the day before. Things like the dead dog on the beach? We literally threw clay onto a board and sculpted it! We used foam and hair to make that dog; almost everything was done in a day.”

How did Humanoids from the Deep come about?

Roger Corman: Much like with Piranha, someone had brought me the screenplay for Humanoids- I can’t remember who—and I had it rewritten and we made it simply because I liked the story. It was unusual, actually, that both pictures came from outside sources, because more often than not, all the ideas for our films came from me.

Humanoids is full of sex, nudity and sexual violence. Having a woman Barbara Peeters, direct it was unusual. Did you hire a woman because the subject matter was potentially volatile?

Roger Corman: No, I brought Barbara on board because she was a good director.

Did you tangle with the ratings board at all with this film?

Roger Corman: On Humanoids, we stayed within the boundaries of the R rating, and had no problem getting it. If I remember correctly, we had to cut very little, if any. thing. When I talked to Barbara about the movie PIRANHA initially, I told her that the premise was very simple: the Humanoids rape the women and they kill the men. And she said, “OK, got it,’ and that’s what she did!

Being a Humanoid victim was not easy, according to actor Greg Travis, who plays KFISH DJ Mike Michaels at the film’s end. “It was my first movie I was 19, and a Humanoid rips my chest off,” says Travis. “I’m with my girl sidekick, Miss Salmon (Linda Shayne), as the monsters attack. I’m caught between a Humanoid and Miss Salmon, so he kills me. They put a prosthetic across my chest, so when he claws me, my chest falls off, blood squirts and I spasm.

“The monsters were creepy, though they were never quite as scary up close as they are on film because of lighting,” Travis notes. “Linda was uptight because she had to get topless. I was gonna do a hand move pretending to touch her chest like a dial, but she got bent out of shape and wouldn’t do it. I did get to put a K-FISH sticker on a girl’s butt, though.”

The actor recalls that a good deal of improv went into the experience: “There was a DJ in the script, but I ad-libbed most of my dialogue. As I was a stand-up comic, they liked what I did. My roommate David Strassman was also in it, with his dummy, Chuck Wood. He’s the ventriloquist with the girl. He plays Vegas now. We always laugh about being killed by Humanoids from the Deep!

“We did pickup shots all night in Malibu,” he continues. “I bought a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken on my way down. The crew laughed at me: “You don’t need that; we have craft services bringing a big dinner!’ But their truck couldn’t find the location, so my chicken was all they had.

They loved me, man. Especially Rob Bottin, he and I ate KFC all night.” In the midst of the mayhem, Peeters includes a disturbing moment where a Humanoid pulls a little girl away for mating purposes. “I liked that because it was unsettling,” she says. “There’s another shot of people screaming and running around a crying baby. I got that from Sam Peckinpah, who said, ‘You don’t realize you’re in danger until you see children in danger.'”

Her favorite scene, however, “is when McClure’s wife, played by Cindy Weintraub, is home alone with their baby. You see a shadow on the wall as Humanoids attack. You can never get a baby to cry on cue, but he started screaming on his own. I thought that sequence was scary, as the monster hand comes through the door. You go ‘Oh shit!’ as Cindy grabs the knife. That low angle of the hand really worked. We also did a cool close-up across the room-you see the fire and a slow pan across the Fisher Stereo to Cindy. We included that shot because Fisher said if I did it, I could have the unit. I always loved freebies!”

In Humanoids’ crowd-pleasing climax, Dr. Drake discovers that Humanoid rape victim Peggy (Lynn Theel) is pregnant. She suddenly realizes this isn’t a normal pregnancy (first clue: Peggy got pregnant in a day!), and the poor girl’s stomach explodes as she gives birth to a baby creature. “We shot the monster birth at a community hospital in Fort Bragg,” Peeters recalls.

“Rob made it all happen; it was an elaborate scene he pulled off. One guy pumped blood while another Kenny—was under the table pushing the baby through; it was hilarious. Annie saying, ‘Push, dear, push!’ to get the little Humanoid out was like a Saturday Night Live sketch.”

“Oh, that was so funny,” Turkel adds. “Here I am, a scientist, and all I do to help is say, ‘Push, Peggy, push!’ It was a very messy scene, too.”

“That monster baby is one of my all-time favorites,” Myers says. “I was under the table, Lynn was pregnant on it and this is where it got insane. I had this pregnant appliance on her, and I was between her legs with a pump, making her belly jump. Lynn started giggling-Kenny? You’re tickling my thighs!’ My head bobbed up between her legs, the most obscene-looking thing you’ve ever seen. Nobody could stop laughing during this dramatic scene! Lynn had the hotel room across from us effects guys, and was a doll. A Playboy Playmate, nicest girl you’d ever meet; even sang me ‘Happy Birthday,’ ” Myers says fondly.

“Oh, Lynn was a trouper,” Peeters says. “I felt bad, because we put her through a lot. In the scene where we find her in the kelp bed, Lynn turned blue from hypothermia! The ‘Noids went into freezing water with wetsuits underneath, but poor Lynn was just in a bikini, dying out there.”

Peeters wasn’t responsible for the film’s worst moments of misogynist monster mayhem. After Humanoids wrapped, Corman had Battle Beyond the Stars director Jimmy T. Murakami punch up the sex and violence. “Roger put in a couple of nude-women scenes to spark up the movie,” Peeters explains. “He added the Salmon Queen being ravaged to the ending we shot, the tent attack and the rape of Peggy on the beach-shot on a dark and grainy film stock that didn’t match ours. When Peggy’s attacked, I only shot her screaming, with her hands clawing the sand as the Humanoid drags her away. You saw the monster’s hand on her leg, that’s it—you didn’t see anything else because it was too early! You don’t know what happened to her. Later, in the ‘Noids’ nest, you find her naked in the kelp bed and think, ‘Oh my God-at least she’s alive!’ I don’t really think we needed the shot of the Humanoid humping her, though I have no problem with nudity; I just thought it took the terror out and changed the whole tone.

“Roger decided to have ‘one of the boys’ do those scenes,” she continues. “When Ann and I went to the screening, we saw them for the first time, with no idea they had been added. I was furious, because I had put in so much energy and went through hell to make the film. Seeing this stuff, with no attempt to integrate it? Ugh! It pissed Ann off, and she was much more vocal about it than me.”

“I really was,” Turkel says. “That’s why I went public, it wasn’t the film I made. I did it because Richard (Harris) pointed out to me that Peter O’Toole had the same thing happen with Caligula, when they added [pornographic] stuff after he shot his scenes. I complained to SAG and People magazine.”

For her part, Peeters “wanted my name taken off, because it wasn’t the movie I made—and they misspelled my name on half the posters anyway! I appeared in the LA Times disowning Humanoids as it opened.” She adds that, as in her previous features, she had hoped to imbue Humanoids with a feminist message. “That’s what Ann and I were making: a horror movie from a feminine point of view. We felt we could make a scary film based on man’s obsessive desire to f**k with nature, the feminine side. The Humanoids were payback for corporate greed—it’s always the young, the old and the women who pay these bills. We did it within the horror formula. That’s the movie we made, then we saw what the boys did to it; the crass puppet and big-tittied Salmon Queen were creations of pimply dorks jacking off to a trite, worn-around-the-edges dick fantasy. That’s not what Ann or I wanted our names on. If there’s any message in Humanoids, it’s feminine survival in a male-dominated world; it ain’t easy out here, baby!”

Peeters recovered from cancer to become a respected director. “I now run Platinum Productions; I want to make films for senior citizens, an ignored market,” she says. “I’m working on mature comedies where I want everyone on the crew to be 50 and older, including the leads.” She caught Humanoids on TV recently, “and you know what? It’s a fun little thing,” Peeters says. “Overseas, it was called Monster, like the Charlize Theron movie. I laugh every time somebody says, ‘Monster won the Oscar’!”

SCORE/SOUNDTRACK

CAST/CREW Directed Barbara Peeters Jimmy T. Murakami (uncredited)

Produced Martin B. Cohen Roger Corman (executive)

Screenplay Frederick James Story by Frank Arnold Martin B. Cohen

Doug McClure as Jim Hill Ann Turkel as Dr. Susan Drake Vic Morrow as Hank Slattery Cindy Weintraub as Carol Hill Anthony Pena as Johnny Eagle Denise Galik as Linda Beale Lynn Schiller as Peggy Larson Meegan King as Jerry Potter Breck Costin as Tommy Hill

Rob Bottin   … humanoids creator & designer Roger George … special effects Chris Walas  … special effects Karoly Balazs    … makeup artist: second unit (as Charles T. Balazs) Steve Johnson    … special makeup effects assistant Marla Manalis    … hair stylist / makeup artist Shawn McEnroe    … special makeup effects assistant Kenny Myers  … special makeup effects assistant (as Ken Myers) Margaret Prentice … special effects makeup (uncredited)

CREDITS/REFERENCES/SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Starlog#296 Fangoria#265

Humanoids from the Deep (1980) Retrospective SUMMARY Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo, California catch what appears to be a monster. The young son of one of the anglers falls into the water and something unseen drags him under the surface.

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1833 Sun. 24 March

6 3/4 11 40/.. U + + L U L finish morning - at least, fair - ground white with snow perhaps an inch deep - Fahrenheit 46º at 6 3/4 just as I had lighted my fire and 35º at 7 3/4 outside my window - read from page 26 to 48 Jesse's gleanings - breakfast at 8 3/4 - talking to Marian till came upstairs at 9 3/4 - read from page 48 to 107 Jesse's gleanings - from 11 55/.. to 12 wrote 3 pp. [pages] and ends and under the seal to Miss M[a]cL- [MacLean] quickly easily and agreeably written - dated 'Saturday evening 23 March 1833' lose no time in assuring not only do not begrudge postage but am most grateful for the letter enclosed (from her Russian friend which I had not read till this morning - useful) - conclude I have leave to keep it - will write immediately to Lady Stuart to inquire of Lord Goderich if the letters from Saint Petersburg and Moscow have been sent to him - should be sorry to lose them; 'for, should circumstances postpone my northern tour to next year, which is yet uncertain still this friends letters would not be out of date; and, I see plainly, would probably be among the most useful I should have - thank you very much for this service you have done me'

Then ask if I can be of use in inquiring about the Retreat - may depend upon my discretion - to keep up your spirits and hopes - a foreign friend of mine attacked at xmas [Chirstmas] same way 'already so much recovered as to give promise of certain, tho' slow recovery' - alluded to Mme. Galvani - express my sorrow at this so great affliction to them all, and my hope of Mrs. Maclean's having already got well over her confinement - interested about Miss M[a]cL-'s [MacLean's] (always begin my dear Breadalbane and conclude 'believe me always very truly yours A. Lister') nieces - 'hope to see them all fine amiable accomplished girls' - thanks for the willow plants - mention having written the other day to her agent to acknowledge the receipt of them and to herself but glad now that I had thought my pp. [pages] not worth her time or postage 'you dont know the pleasure I shall have in looking at these willows, nor how much I feel obliged to you' -

Mention hoping to be in London in May for a day - must go to Paris in the 1st instance - and expect being at Langton in 2 or 3 weeks but letters directed here will find me here or will not lose much time in being forwarded - mention V-'s [Vere's] confinement being expected the middle of June, as Mrs. C- [Cameron], mère, I told Miss M[a]cL- [MacLean] merely June - cannot make out the name of the young Russian but his letter useful - was studying in Edinburgh - talks of meeting his brother in Germany -

Says May best month for Saint P- [Petersburg] the heat troublesome in summer - bad hotels but the London hotel and Demont house the best - Well Kept English boarding houses in the street Galernoy where should English but he never wants to meet his countrymen in traveling - has enough of them at home and should I in such a case - Steam boats twice a week from Lubeck to Copenhagen in 24 hours and once a week to Saint Petersburg in 80 - 90 hours Best booksellers for foreign books at Saint P- [Petersburg] are Messrs. Saint Florent and company where a Saint P- [Petersburg] guide can be had - much praises the Empress's girls'-schools - mineralogical collection at the École des mines one of the best in Europe - to see Cathedral of Cæsar and monastary of Nevsky - Particularly to see Moscow - Saint Basil's church - good Moscow guide in French to had at Saint P- [Petersburg] or at Moscow -

Inns better than at Saint P- [Petersburg] Hotel du Nord opposite to the military governor - road between the 2 capitals 1 of the best in Europe and all but about 40 miles beautifully macadamized - Inns on the road evenly 40 miles (about 10 of these called palaces because the imperial family stop at them) - posthouses all the way - no delay for at every stage not less than 500 houses - postage cheap - whole distance 700 versts or 400 miles (105 versts to a degree) for 210 roubles or £8.15 (1 rouble = 10d.) 'and an additional guinea to the postboys for the whole way will make them quite happy - must take their carriage -

Carriages easily to be hired at Saint P- [Petersburg] for a trifling sum - comfortable stage coach every day between the 2 capitals - 4 insides and 2 outsides - inside place £5 travel day and night - see Novgorod - 1/2 way and from Saint P- [Petersburg] canal that joins the Caspian to the Baltic - 90 miles from Moscow see Iver [Tver] on Volga -

Downstairs at 11 55/.. my aunt and I read the service as usual and I read sermon 35 and last of the volume of Mr. K- [Knight] our late vicars sermons - just looked into the Life of Sir Humphry Davy by Jno. [John] Ayrton Paris M.D. 4to. [quarto] London 1831 brought it upstairs with me at 1 35/.. and reading the 2 last but one concluding chapters and skimming other parts - (writings on Salmonia and Consolations in Travel and elements of chemistry etc.) till 3 35/.. - then wrote all but the 1st 3 lines of today till 4 20/.. - from 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 wrote a full 1/2 sheet and 1 page and ends of envelop to 'The Honorable Lady Stuart, Whitehall' under to 'Captain Stuart M.P. Grenadier Guards, Whitehall, London' - tho' had a pretty good account of her from Lady S- de R- [Stuart de Rothesay] yet it seems long since I heard from her (Lady S- [Stuart]) and, now winter come, anxious to hear how she bears it - 

'surely I shall see you before the end of May - tho' I told Lady Stuart de Rothesay, I should write to you in a day or 2, I think I should have waited a post or 2 longer, in the hope of fixing the day for going to my friends at Langton, had I not just had a letter from Miss Maclean fearing there was some mistake about letters from Saint Petersburg which her friend had probably sent under cover to Lord Goderich, and which, my Lord knowing nothing about them, might perhaps be lost - may I ask you to be so good as inquire if any such letters had arrived, and if they have, to apologize for their being so directed (which I really knew nothing about) and to say, that I should be very much obliged by their being forwarded to me here -

Miss Maclean tells me, Vere had not written to her for a long time, but that Mrs. Cameron had written to announce the event expected in June - Poor dear Vere! I wish she was safe in London - you will be very anxious about her; and so shall I too - Her friends in Mull seem now to doubt whether they shall see her this summer or not - I have no letter from her since that of the 20th of January - I am glad, on all accounts, she is coming home - my own plans are still rather uncertain - now that Italy must be given up for the present (the heat would be too great in summer) I am still doubting between my northern tour, and a ramble in Auvergne - I want very much to see this part of France, and, when I wrote on Tuesday to Lady Stuart de R- [Rothesay], I told her, it was my favorite scheme just now - yet I have fits and starts about Copenhagen, and Saint Petersburg, and scarcely know how it will end -

Should you be writing to Lady Harriet de Hagemann, will you be so good as give my love, and tell her, I have long been thinking of writing not at all ungrateful for her doubly kind offer of potatos and compagnon de voyage and de vie too) but that I am waiting to make up my mind - I really should like to tell you my adventures in Russia; but I have still 1 or 2 potherations that may make it advisable for me to remain within reach some time longer - and this feeling is a disagreeable restraint - so Lady Gordon is coming to her house in London, and meaning to spend next winter at Rome - Has she been all this while in Herefordshire? I fear you have no good political news - the compact, however, paid to the duke of Wellington by the town of Hull, is gratifying - the poor duchesse de Berri! what a shocking dénouement! I do hope to have a good account of you - and believe me always, dear Lady Stuart, very Truly and affectionately yours A Lister - my Kind regards to Captain Stuart, who, I hope, does his parliamentary duties with as much pleasure as can be expected, under present circumstances' -

The above is all the letter but the 1st page of the 1/2 sheet - wrote it all out till 6 - sealed and gave out for the post tonight and dinner at 6 1/2 at which hour gave for the post my letter to Lady S- [Stuart] vide last page and my letter to 'Miss Maclean of Coll, Coll house, Aros, N.B. North Britain' - after dinner till 9 read from page 106 to 196 gleanings in natural history with local recollections by Edward Jesse, Esquire

surveyor of his majesty's parks and palaces to which are advised maxims and hints for an

       angler. --- not a tree,            a plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains            a folio volume. We may read, and read,            and read again, but still find something new,            something to please, and something to instruct,            E'en even in the noisome weed.

           a new edition London John Murray Albermarle Street 1832.        London printed by William Clowes Standord Street 1 volume 12mo. duodecimo pp. pages 313        from page 309 to the end, on tree planting - worth turning to for his method of moving languish trees in Bushy Park -

from 9 to 9 1/2 reading Sir Richard Phillips's million of facts (mineral kingdom) - went into the other room at 9 35/.. and came upstairs at 10 40/.. having read or skimmed over the courier all as usual but the debates - Lord Graves's estate (came into his possession in 1800), near Exeter (Bishop's court) sold to Alderman Garratt of London for £75,000 - rental about £1400 a year - tolerably fine day till between 2 and 3 and then afterwards a few showers of small driving snow or sleet - Fahrenheit 48º now at 11 40/.. p.m. -

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KBF National Championship Recap

What a week it was in the Shreveport Bossier City area, fo the Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship. If you don’t have time to read this article, try listening to the latest Hooked on Wild Waters Podcast to hear the audio version where Dr. Kenneth Noisewater (Ken Morris) and I recap the week we had at the KBF National Championship. You can find and subscribe to the podcast on itunes, Stitcher or Google Play.

I hardly know where to begin; my original plan was to leave on Friday the 22nd from my home in Charlotte, and arrive in the area on the 23rd, to start scouting and pre-fishing. However, a few of my boys weren’t going to let me leave without pre-celebrating my 40th birthday in style (which was March 31st, the day after the tournament) with a guys shoal bass campout trip. Georgia was on the way for me, the water levels were right, so it made sense to me. I ended up leaving Thursday (21st) and we fished for shoal bass on Friday (22nd) and Saturday (23rd). Huge thanks to Dan Mullane, Brooks Beatty, Caja Ormand for planning this and giving me a reason to relax and just “go fishing” without cameras or pressure of a tournament. We all caught some solid shoal bass and it was the perfect mindset to get me into before tackling the massive challenge that was awaiting in Louisiana.

    I left GA after fishing on Saturday and got to about Birmingham before I called it a night. The next day, Sunday, I woke up early and ended up making inside the tournament boundary around 2pm. I called the guys I had teamed up with (Ken Morris and Clayton Haske) and they had arrived that morning, and were already fishing an area that we had pinned on our shared Google Map. I decided since I was on the east side of the boundary that I could at least start driving around to try and scout as many access points and put ins as I could near the headwaters of Lake Bistineau. It’s hard to stay incognito in my RV since it has many sponsors logos on it, and is wrapped for my Hooked on Wild Waters TV show & YouTube Channel. Plus, I had my Tennessee Trailer behind it with 3 Jackson Kayaks and one Blue Sky Boatworks Angler 360. I stood out like a sore thumb! I didn’t like this because I didn’t want any other competitors seeing where I was and what I was scouting…even if I had no idea if it was a good area or not. Still, it made sense for me to do some scouting, so I wanted to check out an oxbow section that “looked” like it may connect to the bayou. There were a few roads that I could take that may give me a clue as to whether it did or did not connect, and do so without having to drop a kayak and head upstream 4 or 5 miles. Even though the signs said “private road, no outlet, no trespassing,” I drove through the gate because I could see a “normal looking” guy in his driveway cleaning out his truck and figured maybe he could help me. Turns out, he couldn’t have been any nicer. He told me all he knew about the fishing in the area and even gave me a lead to another guy who had even more knowledge. Some more scouting in the area led me to, at one point, come back to my RV where the local cops were waiting on me! Yes, I was really causing a scene in this little town and people wanted to make sure I wasn’t up to no good. Turns out even the police were super nice, and even had a few tips to pass along! Even though I didn’t end up fishing this area on tournament day I made some new friends and appreciate how friendly everyone was in this quaint little Louisiana town.

Our first day of pre-fishing, Ken, Clayton and I explored more around the north end of Bistineau and were fortunate to have Jackson Kayak provide us (and several others) with some pre-production E-Drives that helped us motor around to see as much of our area as possible. We never really found the type of water, depth and vegetation we were looking for and I only caught one or two fish. I wasn’t too concerned about the number of fish because I was more motoring around looking at as much water as I could, and not really fishing super hard. That’s how I prefer to pre-fish so I can get as familiar as possible with the various water temps, clarity, depths, structure & vegetation near my launch. Clayton did have an owl swoop down and try to nab his frog, and then it perched literally right next to us and hung out for a while. It was cool to see the wildlife in this area, but we knew we hadn’t really found our spot yet, so we headed back to the Air BnB to regroup for the next day’s scouting.

Some local intel pointed us to another area of Lake Bistineau, so we headed out optimistically. It wasn’t long before I missed my first fish and then got into my biggest fish of the week – a solid 7.5lber on, what else, a Z-MAN Jackhammer Chatterbait with Diezel Minnow trailer. I knew fish were in this area so I decided to motor around and learn more about the surrounding coves just so I was familiar with it in case this is where we ended up. I only ended up catching a couple in that area, and losing a nice one, but we still weren’t convinced this was where we’d end up; we quickly ran over and tried one other oxbow lake that we felt we could probably squeeze our kayaks into. Turns out we did find a channel that we could paddle into from the main bayou. This lake and it was absolutely stunning! Water was 72 degrees and clear, fish were on beds and there was a lot of grass and shallow water for spawning. We caught some fish on a topwater frog and I missed a few nice ones. I was almost certain with a whole day there that I could pull off 5 good fish. On our way out of this lake area I ran into a guy in an aluminum bass boat, and was stunned he somehow made it in there. His name was Wesley and he literally lived at the landing where we put in, so he really knew this lake well. He turned out to be super helpful and said there was another oxbow over, where a guy had caught a 7 and 8lber out of the day before. He also recommended we go try Caddo for a day, even though we knew that is where most anglers would be. He showed us a few general areas he thought we should try. We all decided that we’d already found a few areas that we felt could give us 5 fish if we really grinded it out, so it wouldn’t hurt to explore some new water.

The night before our final day of pre-fishing I decided to install a motor with a little more power – a Motorguide trolling motor – just in case I needed the extra speed. I actually have to thank our Jackson Kayak team manager Aaron Stiger for making a post reminding us to get any boats that may end up with a motor on them registered before tournament day! That could have been a huge setback had I forgotten to do that; these are the first motors I’ve ever had on my kayaks before so it was important to get this done,. Right before I left town I got my Angler 360 registered with the good ol’ state of NC to make sure I was in compliance. I have to thank Dave Newman & his wife for allowing me to ship this motor to their house and bringing it to me in Shreveport. Also, I have to thank Ken and Clayton for helping me install it on my Angler 360, starting at 9pm! It wasn’t easy to figure out that late at night, especially when we had to shorten the shaft, but a few Yak Attack parts and some ingenuity by Clayton got it on the watercraft. I also have to thank Eric Jackson for getting me connected with Motorguide, at the last minute, which allowed me to get this sent over. Also big thanks to Lithium Pros batteries who I connected with on very short notice as a battery solution; Kevin believed in me in a very short amount of time, and those batteries were nothing short of incredible! Thanks to Jackson Kayak Pro Staffer Josh Evans, who picked up the batteries for me on his way through Knoxville. Unknown to me at this time, this motor, and batteries, would end up being one of the keys to my second place finish.

According to the rules we only had until 3pm on Wednesday, our final day of pre-fishing. I stepped on that motor hard all day to see as much area as I could that day and again fished very little. I ended up catching 2 fish and then missed a fish on a Project Z chatterbait on my way back to the landing. That one missed fish ended up being the key to my entire 3 days of fishing. Had I never gotten that bite, there is no telling what place I may have finished. The area I was in had a slight, but noticeable, current. The bite I got came on the back side of a group of cypress trees that were creating a nice current break. Most everyone knows I started River Bassin’, and am a river guy at heart, so finding a bite that was related to current had me optimistic, even though I only had one missed bite to go off of heading into tournament day.

So, to recap our pre-fishing; out of the three of us, not one of us caught even 5 fish a day, we had no consistent bite, and I was literally basing my entire tournament on one missed bite at the end of the final hour of pre-fishing, hoping that it was an actual pattern and not just a random missed bite. And, we were about to put all our eggs into the basket of a lake that we had only fished for about 6 hours total in our lives. So, how in the world did I end up in 2nd place with a start like that? You’ll just have to keep reading.

Onto day 1 of the tournament. Expectations weren’t super high, but I knew that this is a 3-day tournament, so if I can just grind out 5 fish in this spot, end up with a few decent ones and learn more about this fishery, then who knows. I made a long run to my area that morning, and it turned out that my missed “bite” was indeed a pattern as I’d hoped. I began catching fish on the back side of cypress trees and they were actually slamming the chatterbait hard just like river bass. If I missed one, I could throw back in and normally they would bite again. The weather was nice and sunny so I decided to do a lot of my fishing while standing on the seat of the Angler 360, to get an even better view of where my fish were ambushing from. This helped me learn more about the type of cypress trees the fish were holding on, how the fish were reacting, and where exactly they were coming from on the trees. I missed one really good fish on day one that came unhooked, and I saw a bass boat catch a 5lber right by me so I knew bigger fish were in the area, even though my biggest on day 1 was only 17.75 inches. I ended up with a solid start though, 86 inches, putting me in 35 place.

My top 3 fish from day 1:

Day 2 started out with about a 45 minute motor to my area, and I got a cool text of encouragement from my dad during my ride in the dark. He reminded me that God had blessed me with a talent to find and catch these fish and to just trust in that, and He’ll see me through. He also said he was praying for a big one for me today, and sent me a Bible verse to think on. I was tearing up a little because my parents, and grandparents, are the reason I found my passion for fishing, which led me to be so blessed to do this for a living. If only I can give a gift like that to my son one day. It also happened to be that I was born in Texas, and my parents are from east TX as well, even though we moved to the southeast when I was young. One of my grandparents actually retired on Toledo Bend, which isn’t too far away from where we were. I hadn’t fished this kind of water since being a kid, but it brought back a lot of great memories with my parents and grandparents.

On this day the sun vanished and it was mostly cloudy with some scattered rain as well. I knew my area wasn’t big enough to sustain 3 days of pressure, so I decided to work out a little more from one end to hopefully find some new fish. This new water proved to be important because not only did I find more fish, but bigger ones. There were really crushing the chatterbait and something happened that I’ve never seen before while bass fishing, not even on a river; similar to how bream, or any type of panfish will sometimes peck at your line where it enters the water, I had a full sized grown bass crushing my line! My lure was still 40 feet behind him and I wound it in as fast as I could to get it in front of her face. As soon as it got to her, she crushed it too! It ended up being a 17+ inch fish, not even a dumb little one. One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. I also switched up my presentation and actually had several Project Z chatterbaits tied on, in various sizes and colors. I wanted to make sure my fish saw a slightly different look than day 1’s sexy shad w/ white Diezel Minnow trailer. I used mainly the “breaking bream” color this day, tipped with a 4-inch Z-MAN SwimmerZ in gold rush as the trailer. I had a couple over 18 inches early on and started to realize that not all cypress trees were created equally. This is when I made the decision to stop throwing at every cypress tree, but instead to constantly be on the motor to move to every one that looked juicy to me. I won’t give everything away, but on stage I did mention how my fish seemed to be on “clean” cypress trees free of grass. They were likely spawning or preparing to spawn on these trees and wanted the water above to be clear to allow for ample sunlight for their spawn. I threw against one of these juicy looking trees and got hammered by what turned out to be my biggest fish in competition this week – a 20.75 incher that was somewhere around 6lbs. I knew I was on them at that point so I pulled out a GoPro that had a battery pack and 256gb card and just let it roll the rest of the day. According to my Raymarine Element I seemed to be catching more of my good fish on trees that were around 4ft of water. I upgraded a few more times and by the end of the day I was shaking off 17.50 inchers and wondering if I should leave for new water so I don’t burn my area up. My smallest on day 2 was 18.25 inches, giving me a total of 95.50 inches which was the 4th biggest stringer of the day. This moved me from 35th, up to 11th place where I was able to lurk right under the radar. The reason this was important to me is because I didn’t have to worry about camera crews following me on day 3. Although, you certainly get a lot of exposure when the cameras follow you, but the way I was catching these fish I’m not sure they could have kept up!

Best 5 from day 2:

Day 3 started out with a bang for me. I finally got to where I wanted to start fishing around 6:40am. Within a few casts, with the chatterbait again, I hooked into a solid 18.75 inch fish. In person the fish touched 19, but looking back on it I ended up calling her an 18.75 because the photo didn’t conclusively show it touching. The light was still so low I had to use the flash to take the photo. I was like, “It’s on again!”

About an hour later I picked up a 17.25 inch fish and now I was just saying to myself “3 more that size or bigger and then lets the chips fall where they may.” However, a front was moving in and I noticed my bite change drastically. Fish were now just bumping my bait, and not really crushing it like the day before. It was clear they were on bed and just wanting to shew the lure away instead of actually eat it. Even when tossing back with a soft plastic they wouldn’t really take it, and the water was a little too stained to truly sight fish for them. This made things very tough, and I still needed to get my 5 fish limit. I was getting a little stressed because my area was very beat up, bass boats were all around fishing their normal Saturday tournaments, plus the wind and cold weather was moving in fast. I made a run further than I’d gone before into some new water and somehow found a 19.25 incher! Ok, now I just need 2 more good ones. Not too much after that I got a 16.75 inch fish; not a bad one, but not a giant either. This made my 5 fish limit, but I still had a 15 inch fish as my smallest. I have to get rid of this fish if I’m going to have any shot at really making a move. By now, it is much colder than when the day started, I had beat my area up multiple times along with other anglers on the water, boats had murked up the water in my area and it has been hours since I have caught a decent fish, or had any bites at all. Stress levels were high and I just kept praying and grinding for one more big bite. I only had a few minutes left and I had made another run to an area where I caught a fish earlier, but decided to fish the opposite side of this zone. I’m not giving up, not one bit, even though I’ve been fighting the urge to give up for a while. I figured I’ll give it my all for my family, and once 2:30 hits and I haven’t upgraded then so be it, I can quit then. At this point I’m flying past trees casting to as many as I can before 2:30. Somehow, by some miracle, at 2:26pm I felt a hard thump! Not only had I finally gotten bit, this was the good one I’d been praying for. I got her in as fast as I could and put her on the board to get that photo before the 2:30pm time stamp deadline. I just barely made it at 2:27pm, and this 19-incher gained me about 4 inches, and ended up making my total a solid 91.5! I never made another cast and just laid down and thanked God for that final bite, how far I’d come, and an awesome tournament overall.  My goal was just to get into the top 10, and I felt good about my 5 fish doing at least that.

How far that last keeper would push me up the 3-day leaderboard, I had no idea, but she put me in 4th place for day 3. I knew that if conditions were this hard for me, maybe some others in the top 10 struggled. When I arrived back at the tournament headquarters I heard some rumblings of some top anglers really struggling on this final day. At the results, Chad Hoover got into the top ten and every name he called was someone else, all the way down to the top 2! I was blown away, especially when I saw that second place got $20,000 plus any bonus bucks! After this many days of hard physical fishing, with little sleep, and a long time to wait for my name to be called, the sweat and nerves were running high. All my family back home was watching the live stream and I kept thinking about how much this would mean for my wife and son. Theo is almost 11 months old now, and as many of you know having a kid is apparently not cheap! Haha. Bills have been piling up, especially since he had to have a couple cranial bands (helmets) for a common condition called Plagiocephaly. We’ve been praying for God to provide by some miracle, and this is certainly going to help big time no matter where I placed.

They called my name, and Mike Elsea’s name to the stage. We had made it to the final 2 out of 461 qualifying anglers. This was already hard to believe. Mike and I shared our thoughts on the event and how our tournament went, and then Chad proceeded to announce the winner. It was no shock to me, as I knew Mike had been in the top 10 each day, but he took the title and I proudly accepted 2nd place and took home 23k! Plain and simple, we all got beat by Mike in this tournament. I believe he had 14 inches or more on me, and I was the closest angler to him! Huge congrats to Mike, he’s a great champion for the sport. Also, congrats to Greg Blanchard for really smashing them on day 3 as well, and taking home 3rd place.

After thinking about how much money I won for 2nd place, I wanted to compare it to the larger bass boat tournament trails out there. I was blown away at how close KBF is to being in line with these professional tournament series. For example, MFL pays out $24,000 to 4th place. BASS Elite Series pays out $25,000 to 2nd place and FLW pays out $25,000 to 3rd place. Also, keep in mind that FLW & BASS have entry fees as well. I know FLW is about $5000 per tournament and BASS is probably similar. I believe I paid about $400 to enter this tournament and $100 for Bonus Bucks, that’s it! Of course these other leagues have many events with payouts like that and KBF just has one. However, when you think about it, it really is impressive what KBF and their partners have done, despite the hard road it has taken them to get where they are. I haven’t always been the biggest fan, but to be honest people do change and learn from mistakes, and KBF has done a good job of that in my opinion.

In summary, as you now know, I was lost in pre-fishing and didn’t really have a plan. One conversation with one guy in some backwater lake, led to where we’d give it a go on our final day of pre-fishing. Then, one missed bite in the final hour of pre-fishing led me to learn one key thing that ended up being a pattern I used, and dialed it in further for 3 straight days! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the line between being in the bottom of this field and being on top is very very thin, and anyone reading this can be encouraged knowing that fortunes can change in a hurry! I’ve been blessed to now have fished 4 of these events, and finish 2nd (via tiebreaker) in the very first one losing to Tony Yang. Then, I took a few years off as I ran the River Bassin’ Tournament Trail. I came back in 2017 to finish 16th, then placed 5th in 2018 and now another runner up finish in 2019. I’m so close! One of these days I’m going to lift that trophy!

Again, huge thanks to KBF and all of their staff, Chad Hoover, Kristie Hoover, Joe Haubenreich, Dwayne Walley, Lynette Brentlinger, Josh Martin, Amanda Brannon, Scott Beutjer, Gene Jensen, Rob Hatfield and all the guys at Helliconia Press who do a great job filming and producing the TV show. They ran an amazing event, especially considering how many people were in this tournament. There is a world of difference in how things went this year compared to 3 or 4 years ago; they’ve come a long way and clearly learned from previous years very well. And even though I wasn’t using a Torqeedo, they certainly deserve a lot of thanks as well. Payouts wouldn’t be where they are without them, and for that I am appreciative. Also, thanks to Shreveport, LA, for having us and helping make this event great!

Huge thanks to Jackson Kayak, which is how all of this started when a small whitewater kayaking company took a chance on me, and I on them. It lead to a lot of great fishing kayaks being made, and new and different brands, including Blue Sky Boatworks, which is the boat (Angler 360) I used in this event and helped me place 2nd. Also big thanks to team Jackson Kayak and all of their support and camaraderie. Congrats to Josh Stewart and Matt Ball for top 10 finishes and Ken Morris for making it just into the money as well! Big shout out and thanks to Ken Morris and Clayton Haske for all their support and the good times we had on this trip – “Straight bass homies!” Let’s do it again next year! Thanks to James McBeath for all his support in the marketing efforts of Jackson Kayak, and Jameson Redding for letting Ken and I use his truck on day 3 of the tournament!

Also, I have to give a blanket thank you to all my sponsors; couldn’t do it without the immense support you all give me. Most notably Z-MAN Lures, Yak Attack, Bending Branches, SMITH Optics, Power-Pole, Raymarine, 13 Fishing, Orion Coolers, Anchor Wizard, Boonedox, Lithium Pros, Kokatat, Under Armour, GoPro, Plano, Tennessee Trailers, Tackle Warehouse, Hi-Seas line, Titan Tungsten, River Bassin’, Digital Alchemy, Waypoint TV & Kayak Angler Magazine. If you want to learn more about any of them, feel free to visit the sponsors page on hookedonwildwaters.com

And, of course, I couldn’t do any of this without the love and support from my family and all of their encouragement, especially my wife Cristina and our son little Theo! Can’t wait to teach you about this fishing stuff soon! On my back from the tournament I stopped in GA, where all of my family and my wife’s family was already going to be there to celebrate my birthday and hold a baby dedication for Theo. My dad performed the ceremony and it was an awesome way to celebrate a long couple weeks, with family.

Thanks to SOOOOO many of you who took part in my wife’s super thoughtful 40th birthday scrapbook gift. All the things you guys wrote about me had me in tears. I’m so grateful that I’ve had such a positive impact on your lives the way you all have in mine. It made my birthday special, and little Theo’s dedication special as well. I took Cristina and some of the family to a secret honey hole in GA on my way back, and she was thanked by the river with this awesome largemouth bass from the bank! She deserved it for all the hard work she put in at home while I was away!

Thanks to all of you who follow along with my crazy life, and all I do with Hooked on Wild Waters (new episodes coming soon!). I probably do a good job of making it all look so much fun, and so glamorous, but don’t let Instagram and Facebook fool you, life is hard and we struggle like anyone else. I’m blessed to have faith in God, that I can rely on in the good times and bad. You always hear of people thanking God in the good times, because that’s easy. I feel it’s important to trust Him in the bad times as well, because He’s probably teaching you something or getting you where you need to be in order to allow the best things in your life to happen. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t lost a job that I was so happy and content with. My world crumbled, but in hindsight, as mad as I was with God, He had bigger plans. Plans to lead me to fish for a living which had never crossed my mind; the loss of that job had to happen for the dominoes to fall which allowed this fishing thing to happen. Trusting Him in the tough times is why we decided that during a very tough time this past December to, by faith, give a kayak away to someone in an even deeper need via the Coosa Claus promotion. It made no sense, but we trusted what we were feeling led to do. It changed our outlook by reading so many of the inspirational stories so many of you sent in, and it made our tough situation not seem so dire. Ryan Cash received that kayak, and I can’t wait to see him in person in TX soon, to thank him for all he has selflessly done for his family and anglers over the past several years.

Thanks again to all the anglers that make up the kayak fishing community. I’ll see you all at the next tournament I’ll likely be at; the joint FLW Tour and KBF event on Lake Nickajack!

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Whats happened to Fishing Tails? We are back!

I am delighted to say that Fishing Tails is back and will be even better than ever. I won’t bore you with the details as to why I haven’t been around, but I would like to say thank you to those who have supported me over the past few months and have persuaded me to get the site back up and running.

I will start off with some bad news for me. I had almost all of my fishing tackle stolen from a lock up in Dorchester. I don’t know how long ago it was taken, as I hadn’t been over there for a couple of months. Yes that is how long its been since I have done any sea fishing. I am now going to have to replace my beach, boat and fly fishing gear. One thing that you don’t realise until you have to buy it all again, is how much all the little bits of terminal tackle cost. If there is a silver lining to this story, then it is that I will be replacing my gear with mostly new stuff. As I replace it I will write a review on most bits that I buy. This is where you get a bit of a say, as I am always happy to hear recommendations. I am currently in the market for a new head torch for night fishing. I have just bought a new Majorcraft Triplecross lure rod and I have one of the new Fladden Maxximus beach caster on the way. Feel free to drop me an email at [email protected] for any recommendations or any suggestions of tackle that you would like to see reviewed. I would also love to have your catch reports.

One of the most notable changes in shore fishing over the past couple of years, is the switch from the traditional fairly stiff UK rods, that mostly perform better with a multiplier, to the much longer, lighter and slimmer European style fix spool rods. I will be testing both extensively and will give you my opinion on which is the better style.

So the big question for this weekend is, will Chesil be fishable? The simple answer is no. There will always be the small minority that think they know better and will try and win against Mother Nature. Don’t be stupid, all you will do is put your own life in danger and more importantly the lives of the rescue services.

Looking at the wind forecast, it would seem that there is a window opening up on Monday. The sea will be rough and coloured, but the wind should drop enough, to allow us to get a cast far enough behind the breakers, to prevent your line being buried under the shingle. Expect to catch Bass, Cod, Whiting and Dogfish, with the chance of a large Conger.

Danny Hardwick and a couple of his mates, took advantage of just that type of conditions on Wednesday evening a couple of years back. They managed to land some nice sized Codling.

The fish fell to black legwork, tipped with peeler crab.

I am certainly looking forward to Monday, where I will give live updates via Instagram and Facebook. If you are desperate for a fix over the weekend, you could do worse than Preston Beach. Conditions look good for a Bass in the surf.

Conditions:

Chesil Beach: Very rough, bordering on unfishable

Portland: Rough on the West side and around Portland Bill, with poor water clarity. The clarity on the East side is also poor, but it will be a lot calmer, with waves around 1m.

Portland Harbour: Wavelets with clear water

Weymouth Bay: Surf up to 1m with good water clarity

Chesil Beach forecast: Not much more to be said about Chesil, other than avoid it until Monday, unless the wind does drop significantly over the weekend.

Portland Harbour: Plenty of Bass can still be caught in the harbour on lures and bait. If my memory serves me well, November used to be the best time for the large Bass in the harbour. If you don’t want to try my favoured method of lure fishing, then go big and put on a whole squid. It will last a lot longer against the crabs than worms.

Garfish and Pollock can all be caught around Ferrybridge and Castle Cove on float fished Mackerel or small lures. Hamm Beach can often produce Flounder as well as Pout.

Portland: The coloured water will make lure fishing almost impossible around the Portland Bill, but it may work on the East side, if you are prepared for a bit of a walk. It will certainly be more sheltered and fishing with bait during the day should produce Wrasse. Night tides and large fish baits may tempt Conger or Bull Huss.

Weymouth Bay: Weymouth always provides a safe haven and a reasonable mark to fish, when we have a big SW gale. The piers also offer good marks for anglers of all abilities. I have seen reports of numerous squid being caught, but windy conditions and not great water clarity, normally put put the squid off. However you can catch plenty of small Pollock, Wrasse and Garfish from both piers.

As I mentioned earlier the beach towards Preston and Bowleaze looks very good for a Bass. Expect Flounder and Dab to show, as well as Whiting and Dogfish after dark

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Bait battles: Live Bait, Dead Bait, Lures

Bait battles: Live Bait, Dead Bait, Lures

Fisherman have been debating which type of bait works best on docks around the world for years. However, when it is all said and done, each type of bait is a different tool for fisherman,  much like a mechanic would have various types and sizes of wrench’s.  The purpose of this article is to compare and contrast the pros and cons of each.

Live Baits – the first thing that comes to mind is the old saying “it is easier to feed them, than it is to fool them”. And while it cannot get more realistic than the actual thing, live baits come with their own set of challenges:

Acquiring live bait is neither easy or cheap. To fill your livewell with ample baits for a day offshore you either need to spend significant time catching your own bait or purchase your bait from the local bait guy. A dozen baits can range from $40 to $120 per dozen depending on type of bait and time of year.

For most fisherman storing live bait is typically not an option. Due to this, the expensive live baits you just purchased from the bait guy are only good for one fishing trip.

Live baits that are stored in a bait pen require daily attention to prevent starvation or being eaten by predators like sharks.

Live baits must be bump trolled or pitched to a free swimming fish.  The amount of ground you can cover compared to trolling dead bait or lures will be much less. However, they are a great option if you are fishing a very condensed area or waiting for fish to come to you.

  Dead Baits – such as rigged ballyhoo or mullet represent the middle ground between live bait and lures.

Fisherman have two options, they can purchase ballyhoo that are pre -rigged or purchase unrigged ballyhoo and rig them on their own. The down side to pre- rigged ballyhoo is they are often rigged using extremely low quality hooks and crimps which are not up to the stress of a long fight with a qualty fish. If rigging your own ballyhoo, you can use higher quality hooks, crimps and leader that can hold up to a large fish. However the downside to rigging ballyhoo is time consuming and very messy. Part of the reason I started a lure business was because I got tired of smelling like a ballyhoo every Friday night during tournament season.

Compared to live baits dead bait is relatively easy to store in any bait freezer if vacuum bagged to prevent freezer burn. You can typically only refreeze a ballyhoo one time before they become mush and loose their consistency.

Ballyhoo are prone to washing out if they are trolled too quickly. To increase the distance you can troll a rigged ballyhoo I recommend using a small lure as a topper to reduce wash out. We frequently use our micro series with the skirts trimmed short for excellent results.

Most fish tend to strike a bait’s tail to disable it and then spin around and finish the whole meal. Because of this, if it very common to retrieve a ballyhoo that is missing it’s tail. I personally find nothing more frustrating than knowing I missed a fish as it hit the bait behind the hook. When ballyhoo are rigged with the hook in the middle, as most are, you dramatically reduce your hook up ratio.

Trolling Lures – lures represent the opposite end of the spectrum when compared to live bait.

Lures typically have a significantly better hook up ratio compared to live or dead bait. This is because anglers are able to rig a lure using the ideal hook placement with a single or double hook set. Most successful tournament anglers agree that small to medium size lures perform best with a single hook set with the hook located in the rear most part of the lure skirt. Larger lures with a greater strike zone perform best with a double hook set. Lastly since most lures come rigged with very high quality hooks, crimps, and terminal tackle they are excellent for extended battles with big fish.

Lures do not need to be frozen or stored in a live bait pen. Because of this they are excellent for extended trips in the islands when bringing large amounts of frozen bait or live bait is simply not possible. In addition, since lures do not need to be procured every morning prior to departing the inlet you can often times be the first boat on the fishing grounds while others search for bait.

While trolling lures are typically not cheap, they are cost effective when you compare the number of fish a lure can catch compared to a rigged ballyhoo or live bait. I use lures heads that have caught upwards of 50 fish with only scratches to show. Try doing that with a ballyhoo or blue runner.

Lastly, they are fish after all so don’t give them too much credit. Fish are programmed by nature to do two things: eat and reproduce. I personally don’t believe that fish are smart enough to realize that lures aren’t food, at best they may notice that it is different. When the lure is trolled by, the fish has already decided it is going to eat the lure from 30+ feet away.

  When it is all said and done, no one type of bait is better than the other. Each is a different tool with their own set of pros/cons to be used by fisherman with a wide variety of solutions. When considering which type of bait is best for your application you should evaluate the pros and cons of each.

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Fort Pierce Channel Marker Mixed Bag

Florida Sportsman member: Telese

We put in at South bridge Fort Pierce with four dozen live shrimp and hit the markers. I rigged up the small spinners with 10 lb braid, 30lb flouro leaders, and 1/8 ounce white hook up lure jig head. I feel with the small 1/8 ounce head I can feel the slightest sheepshead tap better, only problem is that the hooks bend after a couple good size ones. We had nonstop action all day.

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    Stuart Snook and Mixed Bag

Florida Sportsman member: snookcook

We boated about 20 under slot and managed one nice 31.5″. We also landed a really big fat snook, a little over 24″. Several trout landed in the boat all keepers under 20″. Ladyfish, jacks, mangrove snapper, and a flathead catfish also made appearances. We went through about five dozen live shrimp from the Snook Nook. Landed the biggest snook on the snook jig. Four or five of the trout and others were caught on soft plastics with 1/8 ounce jigheads.

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  Targeting Tripletail

Florida Sportsman member: lunkerman

Dad got the first bite on the vudu shrimp. Turns out to be the biggest fish of the day. Caught three more on the same marker, two on live shrimp, two on vudu. Got one more off of another marker along with a nice sheepshead before the wind picked up and the tide went slack and the bite turned off.

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      Outfishing Dad in Stick Marsh

Florida Sportsman: Collin Brown

If you ask 9-year-old, Collin what he wants to be, he'll say a professional fisherman and hunter. He and his dad fished Stick Marsh in Fellsmere, where he caught 17 bass using shiners. Dad didn't catch any! Keep it up, Collin!

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          Saint Lucie Redfish, Trout and Grouper

Florida Sportsman member: lunkerman

I made the move to the gulp shrimp on a hookup jig. Popped from dock to dock and nailed a nice slot red. About 25″. I found a nice school of trout and got four keepers within ten casts. All really nice eating size at around 20-23″. At this point I'm thinking slam and look for my snook. A few minutes later I get the bite and he's taking drag and it must be a snook….right? Finally get him out in the open and get a look and it's not what I want but a cool surprise nonetheless.

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      Fort Pierce Snook and Tripletail

Florida Sportsman member: Telese

We put in around 5:15am at the south bridge and threw some hawks for about 30 minutes or so and produced a 31″ slot snook. The tripletail were plentiful out there today. Caught numerous shorts and three 16″ and one 22″. All on live mullet except the biggest which inhaled a live small blue runner believe it or not.

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      Fort Pierce Snook: Know Your Electronics

Florida Sportsman member: FISHHUNTR

The HDS isn't quite as good as marking fish as hummingbird, which is what I used to have. After playing with some settings, I think I have it dialed in. I ran across a spot that showed several laying on bottom. First cast results in a 30″ Snook! Gave it a few more casts, just for the heck of it. Landed a 21″ black grouper and a short snook.

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      Palm Beach Inlet Variety Bites

Florida Sportsman member: Angler Management

I know it's been windy but the inshore bite has been very good. The tarpon are swirling. The jacks and snook are around and under them. Pitch small gogs, or big pilchards on light line around them and wait.

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          Jupiter Inlet Variety: Redfish, Snook, and Jack

Florida Sportsman member: timswriter

I was shocked to see that they both caught Redfish in the Jupiter Inlet which is not something I hear happening a lot. Ricky managed to score a slotty while Pete's red was just a tad too short.

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        Fort Pierce Tripletail

Florida Sportsman member: Capt.AW

Forum member Capt.AW has been on some nice tripletail in the intracoastal.”Been running the markers the past few weeks. Gulp shrimp, jerk baits, and live shrimp on a jig head have been the baits of choice.”

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        SLI Bite

Florida Sportsman member: greenie-slayer

For the next few hours no sardine lasted more than 10 seconds after hitting the water before getting a fish on, countless numbers of sharks and jacks. Jumped two poons on the day and saw a bunch of snook that weren't fast enough to get to out baits before the jacks did.

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        Jetty Action

Florida Sportsman member: SLW UroCane

I've been doing pretty good on pomps lately, limiting out three days this past two weeks at Fort Pierce jetty. Using a Doc's Goofy jig tipped with shrimp, pink/pink, pink/white, pink/yellow.

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        Catching Dinner

Florida Sportsman member: Fowlplay87

I caught some more mullet and it wasn't long before her rod was bent over, landing her biggest to date and first slot snook followed by a second and a pile of nice jacks. We ended the trip around sunset with the last mullet getting eaten and up comes a 25 inch gator trout, her biggest to date as well.

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          Spring Time Bite

Florida Sportsman member: Capt. AW

The bite has been great lately using pinfish, croakers, and greenies. Drifting or anchored, around the inlet and bridges with very few fish in the slot.

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            Fort Pierce Inshore

Florida Sportsman member: Capt. AW

The river bite is on fire. With the cooler weather the river plummeted into the high 50′s low 60′s depending on locations and tide. I prefer fishing midday low tides when it gets this cold. We have been beating down the docks, mangroves, flats, and catching a nice mixed bag.

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          Fernandina Surf Fishing

Florida Sportsman member: Amelia Paddler

Started out an hour into the falling tide, dirty & flat water so I had no high aspirations for a good day. I ended up getting slammed right off the bat with a 31-32″ red and lost another one in the wash that was a bit smaller. Managed a few keeper whitings for lunch tomorrow as well.

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          Night Time Bite

Florida Sportsman member: FISHHUNTR

Moved around a lot more and ended up in the inlet. I was slow rolling a jig and got a vicious hit followed by line screaming off the reel and figured I was into an overslot snook, up pops a fat gag which taped out at 29.25 inches!

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          Fort Pierce Inshore

Florida Sportsman member: Capt.AW

The redfish bite has been good for the past few weeks. We have been soaking cut bait,ladyfish and pins primarily, in the dirty water and doing well with the reds. Most fish have been in the slot with a few just barely over.

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          Fishing with Dad

Florida Sportsman member: lunkerman

Well today's trip showed me that you should always listen to your papa! He dropped down a berkley gulp crab on a sliding sinker rig and boom! It wasn't 30 seconds until he was hooked up.

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          Fort Pierce Night Bite

Florida Sportsman member: FISHHUNTR

Tried a few spots before finding the fish and once I did the bite was on fire! Landed several shorts on the spooltek, two of which were 27 inches and picked up one on a freelined live mullet. I put a bait on the bottom as the tide slowed and got two reds, one just under 27 the other just over 27 inches.

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          Summer Fishing Fun

Florida Sportsman member: MattBudd

The snook fishing has been as good as it gets in the inlet and my charter customers have been taking full advantage of that. As you will see from the pictures I have attached. We caught and released a 51 inch slob in July which is still the big fish of the season but many others in the upper 40 inch range.

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          Southeast Inshore

Florida Sportsman member: LilJim

Last week my buddy and I did a few short trips throughout the week. We had decent luck at the mosquito impoundments for snook and reds. We also picked up a nice flounder and a few black drum as well. Lots of giant croakers out right now as well, some pushing up to 20 inches.

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        Indian River Reds and More

Florida Sportsman member: Telese

Indian River has been packed with snook and reds! Started fishing around 6 am between midway rd and the power lines. Went out with some buddies wading who have done well the last few days. A couple over slot snook, trout, ladies, jacks, and reds. Bass assassin sea shads on 1/8 ounce twist lock heads did the trick today.

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        Southeast Snook Bite

Florida Sportsman member: bsnookn584

The last few nights that I have been able to get out have been really productive. Some spring mullet are starting to show up, so I have been using some larger artificial's. Targeting small schools of mullet when you can find them, and fishing swimbaits low and slow around bridges and seawalls have been key.

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          Topwater Time

Florida Sportsman member: Net 30

Went out at 6:00pm and fished for 90 minutes last evening before lightning chased us off the water. Found a nice little piece of shoreline with good bait and had a blast with my oldest son.

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      Treasure Coast Sight Fishing

Florida Sportsman member: palmbeachpete

I went to Ft. Pierce and fished north of Little Johns Island. It was a little windy and the fish were shallow. Had a great time and will be back there again soon.

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        Slammin' in the Canoe

Florida Sportsman member: ReelLefty

We loaded up on bait with a throw of the net and drifted along the shore line with a decent south wind and incoming tide. Fish were also picked up on gulp jerkbait.

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          Father and Son Fun

Florida Sportsman member: SLW Urocane

We then worked the flats for a few hours, both if us tossing Vudu shrimp. We caught about 7 trout, including a nice fatty . We moved and worked a few mangroves and went 2 for 3 on snook.

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        Vero Beach Reds

Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe

I also put my mom on her personal best trout, an excellent weekend slamming the fish. I'm still looking for those big snook to show up in numbers on the flats. They make for some interesting eats in shallow water.

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          Treasure Coast Reds

Florida Sportsman member: summer daze

We did manage 4 slot redfish, one 25 inch trout and a snook. We released everything to fight another day, We were throwing vudu shrimp and sebile soft mullet.

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        Beach Sharkin'

Florida Sportsman member: AlexAngler

We had a few runs and within half an hour I had landed a nice black tip shark that was 5 feet 3 inches, I was thrilled! It was awesome to come to a completely new area and with help from you guys on the forum do good and catch a nice shark!

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              Treasure Coast Reds

Florida Sportsman member: SLW Urocane

Got out this afternoon with a buddy who wanted to try a few of his redfish spots in north Ft. Pierce. We worked the mangroves out of the wind and landed 7 slot and 1 over-slot fish. Kept our limit one each for some blackening. Go to bait was mullet.

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      Epic Bass Fishing

Florida Sportsman member: inshore dave

“All fish were fat, healthy and beautiful. Once hooked, they all, even the dinks, fought with attitude. They were all released unharmed and healthy. We were off the water by 4 p.m. We didn't see another boat all day.”

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December Inshore Bite

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

Doa Terroreyz has been a major go to with the colder water, bouncing bottom in the deeper holes and ledges. The pompano bite has been pretty good, find 66 to 68 degree water and you should be in them, as well as a good tide, higher the tide, the further they push back, and a lot of people don't realize this.

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        St. Lucie Snook and More

Florida Sportsman member: snookcook

Hooked up with a sweet snook that turned out to be a slot. One more and I guess we could go home. We went out to get one slot each & only planned to fish a couple hours. We had been out not even fifteen minutes and we had two in the boat.

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          Stuart Pompano

Florida Sportsman member: Captain Dave

This morning Brian and I decided to give the pompano a try for a few hours. The tides weren't exactly convenient for our tight schedule, but we weren't more than 15 minutes into fishing when Brian nabbed a fatty that was 19 inches to the fork of the tail.

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          Pompano from the Pier

Florida Sportsman member: Compleat

Forecast said to pass on the offshore but my missus was in fishing mode. We tossed the rods in the car and hit the pier. We started off slow but picked three nice pompano.

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        Tournament Win and Nice Reds

Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe

With my direction he whipped his doa into the feeding fish, bam, hooked up. Got the fish in and pictured, a 20 inch red. About this time the were finger mullet being showered along the mangroves. A quick pole over, a hookup and a picture was all we needed and he was 2/3 done with the slam that I knew would win this tournament.

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      Indian River Night Bite

Florida Sportsman member: snookcook

I prefer to fish at night or in the evening mainly to avoid the sun. Plus, the night time is the right time! The docks have been holding tons of trout and snook. The tarpon are here in huge numbers in the river and on the beach. We jumped a few this week, got lots of hits, and landed a few.

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        The Trout are Chewin'

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

“September is here and so is the bait! The finger mullet schools throughout the South Indian River are the ticket. Fishing these schools with topwater lures and suspending twitch baits below the schools have been great…”

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From the Spillways to the Beaches

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

“Now's the time to get out there and pull on some bruiser snook! Been catching them in the river all the way to the beach. If you can find clear water on the beach sight fishing these big breeders is a blast (really gets the adrenaline pumping watching one eat)…”

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Tangling with Tarpon

Florida Sportsman member: SaltyRoots

We've been fishing the beaches early morning and late afternoon for tarpon. Mainly from kayaks and paddleboards but some days it's easier to catch them from the beach. The tarpon have been crushing bait pods from Vero Beach to South Patrick. Pogies, pilchards, glass minnows, and now mullet have been schooling just outside the breakers.

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      From the Spillways to the Beaches

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

“Now's the time to get out there and pull on some bruiser snook! Been catching them in the river all the way to the beach. If you can find clear water on the beach sight fishing these big breeders is a blast (really gets the adrenaline pumping watching one eat)…”

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St. Lucie Beach Tarpon

Florida Sportsman member: snookcook

“Fishing has been awesome! Tarpon are in, snook are popping, trout are munching, and snapper are snapping! Some reds are around too, just have not been targeting them. I have been getting a good mangrove bite, in the St. Lucie and Indian River on both tides.”

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Hot Snook Bite

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

As we progress into the full swing of summer the snook bite has been on fire. Whether fishing the beach, inlets or backwater, all of it is good right now. Mostly throwing artificials and fly and sight fishing a lot of them.

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        Cobia From a Bridge

Florida Sportsman member: landshark

My buddy Ryan has made some impressive catches over the years, including the Juno pier record Cobia a while back. He's back at it but this time he did something pretty unusual and landed a keeper Cobia on a Bridge at night while snook fishing.

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        Spring Snookin'

Florida Sportsman member: OverslotsOnly

Recently, the snook seem to be keying in on baitfish. Any kind of whitebait or mullet are great when available, but don't overlook blue runners, especially closer to the inlet, ladyfish, or sand perch. If a certain type of bait isn't around, try something else that's more available.

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        South Indian River Bite

Florida Sportsman member: capt charlie

Our best fishing has been around the mangroves this past week. We have caught redfish, snook and trout in those areas. Our redfish have been up to 32 inches. The snook have beaten us on a number of occasions where we couldn't slow them down before being broken off under the mangroves. We have caught some nice trout in the upper 20 inch range this week as well.

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      Welcome to the Neighborhood

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

Well last week the girlfriend and I scored a new place on indian river drive. With a 540 foot dock to fish and many fish to catch I'm in heaven. The fish have welcomed me to the neighborhood in a the nicest way possible, letting me catch them!

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        Stuart Snookin' with a Bonus

Florida Sportsman member: MinerCatch

After cleaning the boat i decide to pull an iron man now that i feel like an insomniac and decide to go fishing inshore with my buddy Ben. Ended up with a few stud snook all of which were in the upper 40 inch range and a decent 29 inch trout.

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        Monster Snook and More

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

I knew it was a snook by the way she smacked the topwater. The fish came up and shook her head and I realized the size this fish had! I loosened up my drag and started to play this fish to make sure I had the best chance and landing it. Don't forget this is with only 25 pound leader and a 2000 size reel. 8 or so minutes of me doing the dance with her and some pretty epic head shakes I had her!

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      Fort Pierce Snook Bite

Florida Sportsman member: dukhuntr1991

I loaded up on bait this week so we went out to drown a few tonight. The bite was on when we got there and we had a 34 inch fish in the boat 2 minutes after pulling up. Caught a big jack and also caught a 32 inch keeper before heading in.

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        Stuart Snookin'

Florida Sportsman member: Bullshark

We hit it hard the last few days. All in all we caught about 50 Snook and 1 Red. 3 of the Snook being slot fish.

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        Snook Fishing In The Cold

Florida Sportsman member: Marker954

These cold fronts have been great for loading up the deep channels with big snook. We fished during the recent polar vortex (aka a cold front), and landed six of these nice snook and got hit by 8 others. Here is Tom Lewis with a nice 39 inch oversized Fort Pierce schoolie from Tuesday night using a First Light Tackle snook jig.

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          South Indian River Bite

Florida Sportsman member: capt Charlie

We spent some time in the turning basin of Fort Pierce with the jacks, runners and ladyfish to finish off the morning. Cheryl, Frank and Steven were out on the two windiest days of the week. We caught lots of fish, but had to hide from the worst of the weather. Frank finished off the trip with a nice Spanish mackerel. It was a fun time on the water this week in spite of the conditions.

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        South Indian River Bite

Florida Sportsman member: capt Charlie

Redfish have been hanging around docks and mangroves lately for us. Try a CAL paddle tail around the mangroves and docks. The trout bite was slower this week mainly due to the windy days keeping us off most of the grass flats. We did catch a few short snook around the mangroves while searching for redfish. The black drum and sheepshead are moving into the river and you should see good catches of them in the next several months. Try bridges, docks and channel edges for these species.

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      Backwater Reds Are Chewing

Florida Sportsman member: evergladeskid243

Worked my way into some mangrove cuts and started jigging the current rips and points and found a nice lit up 27 and a half inch redfish! He inhaled my DOA jig and gave me a fun tug o war up in the tight mangrove canal, trying to catch the line on down branches and roots!

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      Seeing Red In The Southeast

Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe

Not 10 minutes go by and I get slammed by a big fish big, it boils and I knew It was red. Got him to the boat and he stretched the 30 inch mark. Biggest red I'd pulled off that flat in years. Boom Cole's on, We Boat the redfish, 25 inches. Great 2 days before the front. Like clockwork!

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        Winter Time Wading In The Southeast

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

Throwing Mirrolure lil jons on 1/8th ounce jig head just hopping them through the grass, and that was the ticket! second cast with mine, boom, a trout. After that it was every other cast catching them. No gators but kept the rod bent. Did hook one and realized he got really heavy half way through the fight, brought him to my feet and he was sawed right in half by something, and I didn't want to find out what it was.

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  Great Fishing With Mom In Vero

Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe

I have fished the lagoon since I was a young child, but after all these years I have never taken my mom fishing. well, recently I bought a little Carolina skiff that is much more stable than my old jon boat, so I decided it was time. Excellent introduction to fishing the lagoon! Ended up with 4 reds up to 27 inches, and she caught 3 of them.

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      Dinner On The Flats

Florida Sportsman member: SLW UroCane

Got out and fished solo today. Had to deal with rain and wind all day. Fished mostly the Round Island and Moorings area. At least the bite was ok. DOA Cal and MirroLure suspending twitch baits were the key. Caught trout, pompano, ladyfish, jacks and a small red. Kept the pomp for dinner. Water color was terrible, as expected, but the bite was fairly steady.

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  Night Time Stuart Action

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

Was getting ready to leave till I saw this bruiser cruising the shadow line, pitched a live bait in her face and watched it get destroyed. From the bridge she only looked 33 inches or so but realized she was a lot bigger when hooked. Measured out to 40 inches.

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                    Light Tackle Mayhem

Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772

The sun started to go down and the finger mullet started to pack up in tight schools and were getting busted. I threw my topwater in a school of mullet and no more than 2 twitches later BOOM! I thought it was a slot fish till I saw it jump and realized it was way over slot.

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              Fort Pierce Variety

Florida Sportsman member: FISHHUNTR

Pitch out a 6 inch mullet and immediately it is crushed, I thought it was a jack initially but noted it was really digging for the bottom and that got me hoping. Sure enough I see color and it's a keeper gag that ended up taping out at 27 inches!

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        Sebastian Inlet Mixed Bag

Florida Sportsman member: Final Point

We Landed one more nice red before we called it a night. Fishing is starting to pick up in the inlet. Saw several tarpon role to the south of the inlet but they didn't want to chew. All in all it was a great day of fun fishing with some tasty treats for the cast iron skillet.

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Boca Midnight Snook

Florida Sportsman member: Dolphin_Hunter

The fish fought hard and I knew it was big. Never saw her. Luckily she went in the middle of the intercoastal away from pilings. I backed off on the drag since I was only fishing 15 pound braid with 25 pound leader. 10 minutes later, fish in the boat! 40 inch total length and a solid 18-20 pounds. Biggest snook I've caught in a long time. Super stoked! Awesome fight on a 4000 reel. Revived the fish and she swam away strong.

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Ft. Pierce Trout, Reds and Snook

Florida Sportsman member: Pensacola

Put together a little friendly inshore tourney against some fellow forum members. I was on my Gheenoe going against Ricky (seein red) on his Ranger and one other forum member who I wont mention…because he slept in! No showed the tourney, so it was just us against Seein red. Format was total length biggest red, trout, and snook, picture only.

We get out early in hopes to get a early morning trout. Plan comes together with a small 15 inch trout on a doa shrimp. As the sun comes up, we chum a little and castnet some nice pinfish for livies. We set up and I get tight on a nice 25 inch red. So we have a 40 inch slam so far. Around 9 a.m., I get tight on a really sluggish fish, felt like a catfish, no headshakes or anything. Get it to the boat and ends up being a big 27 inch gator trout. I think the warm water had him fighting weak. Quick pic, strong revival, and off he swam. So we have a 52 inch slam and im feeling good.

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3 Nights, 60 Snook + More

Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1

The snook bite has been great to say the least! Before we got on the snook, Sunday I met up with my buddy Shane and we got on the redfish up in Ft.Pierce! Sight fishing schools of up to 100 fish. All beautiful 26 to 28 inch fish. Dad also took the boat out and got a stud 28″ trout at midday. At night we've been bridge fishing the shadow lines in the St.Lucie and found plenty of snook willing to eat. We totaled 33 on our first night out with the biggest being right in slot. I went wading down in Jupiter with my buddy the next evening and wasn't disappointed. Only 2 snook were caught, but both were slobs. My first one being a fat, 38 incher that about made it to the channel on my little 2500 Stradic.

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Gator Trout and Monster Snook

Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1

Decided to head out to a flat that had been good for trout and within the first 5 minutes hooked up on a nice 26 inch trout! Snapped a few pictures and released. We worked the flat for almost the rest of the evening, but it only produced 5 or 6 slot trout. I mention that maybe we should work a little closer to the docks on the way in. We move in and I land a cast about 30 yards from the nearest dock and hook up! My little 2500 Stradic is screaming! The fish pushes a huge wake as i

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Upon arrival at the programmed fishing spot, the boats propulsion system will automatically hold it in anchored position or slow it to trolling speed, depending on the fishing method youve selected. You wont have to get up from your chair, because an electric motor will drive it to the stern on tracks in the deck. Fishing rods will then automatically deploy, and electric reels will automatically feed out the game fishing gaffs proper length of line. To avoid the expense of losing the expensive rods overboard, theyll be fastened directly to the boat. This will not only relieve anglers from the strain of pulling in fish, but will allow them to keep both hands free for using their smart phones and other mobile electronic devices. When a fish bites, a sensor will turn on a recording of Fish on! There will be no need to worry or to become excited. If youre busy texting, playing a game or checking the stock market, the reel will automatically engage within 5 seconds and reel in the fish for you. There will be no more walking on slimy, bloody decks. Fish wont be allowed on deck, but will be sucked into a port in the stern. There, in a matter of seconds, a bot will unhook, fillet, vac-pack, flash-freeze and store the fish in a freezer. For game fishing accessories a small fee, your entire fishing trip, complete with shots of scenery and wildlife, will be captured by the boats cameras and uploaded to Facebook. If youre feeling nostalgic, youll be able to rent a headset and hear a captain from the old days that would be now talking on his cell or radio to other skippers about where the fish might be and complaining about the high price of diesel fuel. The party-boat rule everyone can fish until everyone has a limit will be legal. However, due to increased fishing pressure caused by population growth, the weekly bag and possession limit will be only one halibut, and none can be released. Enforcement of regulations will be by drones. On the upside, fishing from a bot boat means you wont have to tip anyone.

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Strength was the main consideration compromises are usually necessary. Because my preferred technique uses straight legs and a bucket harness, have a preferred technique that I like to guide anglers towards. “We had no intention of doing this for a living, but the next correctly, and, most importantly, prevents the angler from trying to use their arms to lift the rod. Release Marine is a Savannah, Georgia-based company in Tampa, Florida, and Charleston, New Hampshire, and showroom, sales and service facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Newport Beach, California. The number of adjustments determines the and keep your eyes open.   “It wasn’t our first boat, but it was crewed prepare the tackle, but some days it pays to make an exception. For those who prefer manual control, Pompanette also has a getup that side of the vessel to concentrate on. This should allow maximum sustained pressure on the fish’s head, which is what we’re trying chairs, but we do everything as one specific chair.” “We bought a 41-foot hatters constant, unrelenting pressure on the fish’s head. The crewmen get involved at this point, which will a cookie,” Peters says.

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Halifax Media A father and son from Carteret County have been arrested for illegal fishing activity in inland waters in Craven County. Ronald Cahoon, 65, and Joshua Cahoon, 38, both of Beaufort, were arrested by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission following a Nov. 26 report of illegal gill game fishing netting, according to Wildlife Officer Kyle Van Althuis, who led the investigation. The pairs boat was seized and the 89 spotted sea trout and the two mullet they caught were given to a community food bank. Authorities received a late evening report of suspicious activity in the Hancock Creek area east of Havelock, prompting a coordinated response by the Wildlife Resources Commission and the Craven County Sheriffs Office, with assistance from the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. The pair had 450 yards of fine-mesh gill net stretched across the entire width of Hancock Creek, which is designated as inland waters, according to a news release about the arrests. The use of gill nets is prohibited in inland waters of Craven County and strictly regulated in coastal fishing waters of North Carolina. Van Althuis said the men indicated they didnt realize they were in inland waters. Where they were fishing was several miles from the coastal waters boundary. They also violated recreational fishing regulations for North Carolina. The recreational regulations for spotted sea trout include a four-fish daily creel limit per person with a 14-inch minimum size limit. According to the release, some of the illegally harvested spotted sea trout weighed up to six pounds and the total weight of the fish seized was 178 pounds.

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We wanted to make sure the fish didn't die on us, so Ken backed down hard and thoroughly soaked me in the chair. Brad kept telling us that it was a pretty big fish, but we still planned on just tagging it at this stage. After 23 minutes, I had the fish to the boat and Brad was able to tag it. When the tag went in, the fish went crazy and Brad had to let go of the leader as the fish went down. Once again, Brad said it was a really big fish, and we decided to bring it in to weigh. So we started the old game of gaining line and having the fish take it back. I finally got the fish back up to the surface, with Brad once again grabbing the leader and Phil gaffing the fish. Finally, Brad got a firm hold on the bill and it was time to bring it on board. Ken and Phil helped but the fish wasn't coming in easily. After much huffing and puffing, we finally slid the fish aboard. I do have to say that at no stage during the fight or bringing the fish on the boat did Ken's towel ever come off.

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