Angler’s Tales

Golf & Yacht Club

Port St. Lucie, Florida

 

Ballantrae Angler’s Club

In terms of fishing, May has been a very quiet month, driven mostly by some very not-so-quiet easterly winds, which really whipped up the seas. In addition to the weather restricted fishing, May is the beginning of our summer season without a regular Angler’s Club meeting, which typically are suspended as so many of us head north.

 

Consequently, we took this opportunity to bring back two of the better articles from past issues, which you should find interesting. The first, written by Donn, describes his success in fighting the effects of sea sickness with an inexpensive non-medicinal product. In the second, Paul Daly explains the basics of bridge fishing, with particular emphasis on how to catch the elusive Snook.

 

The Annual Tournament results have been updated.   Hopefully the seas will calm down soon, and the great summer fishing we’ve enjoyed in the past, will return.

Reprinted from an earlier issue.

 

No matter how you pronounce it, Sabiki rigs can be hazardous.  For those who may not know, these rigs are a series of tiny hooks (usually 6) set a few inches apart.  Each hook has usually a tiny lime or orange holographic type feather attached to it.  Each rig extends about 4 feet with a weight on the end.  When tossed into a school of baitfish (greenies, sardines, or similar 4 oz. or so bait fish), they think the feathers are food and eat them.  It is not unusual to pull in 5-6 baits at a time.  After 2-3 dozen or so, it’s time to put them to work to catch nearly every species of gamefish.  The Sabiki rig is by far the most common method for catching baitfish and is used by nearly everyone who fishes with live bait.

 

The problem is removing the baits from the hooks without snagging yourself in the process and winding up in the emergency room for a hook

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