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Southern Kayak Kronicles: August 2015

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Saturday, August 29, 2015. Peacock bass, monster Mayans and hefty bluegill topped August. Author Steve Gibson battles a fine South Florida peacock bass on fly rod. Ugust is a slow month for Southern Drawl Kayak Fishing for several reasons. First of all, it's hot out there. Secondly, there are few people visiting Sarasota during this time of year. For Mayan cichlid, ...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: Night fishing produced snook, tarpon, seatrout and beat the July heat

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Saturday, August 1, 2015. Night fishing produced snook, tarpon, seatrout and beat the July heat. F July wasn't the hottest month I've experienced in Florida, it certainly had to be among the warmest. Snook hang out around dock lights and often are easy fly-rod targets. Dock lights attract small baitfish and shrimp. Those critters attract predator fish. When I get to...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: March 2015

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Friday, March 27, 2015. There are tricks to success when fishing The 'Glades and the Myakka Minnow. Rob Halupka battles an Everglades oscar from a canal along Alligator Alley. Notice that the spot features lily pads in front of trees. On this particular day, the fish were congregating in holes behind the front edge of the pads. For the most part, the shoreline consi...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: When the sun sets, grab your fly rod for tarpon and snook in the dark

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Thursday, June 11, 2015. When the sun sets, grab your fly rod for tarpon and snook in the dark. A happy Jack Littleton of New York shows off his first fly-rod tarpon. Ight fishing is a time for bright results. If you've never landed a snook or tarpon or fly, you should consider a trip after dark. It has paid handsome dividends for several clients. Well, we do have t...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: December 2014

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Wednesday, December 3, 2014. November saw improved action; December forecast good. Vinny Caruso of Bradenton battles a feisty oscar on a light fly rod in The Everglades. (Photo by Steve Gibson). Ovember proved to be just what was anticipate with improved fishing for a variety of species. Typical oscar in The Everglades. My usual "modus operandi" is to start fishing ...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: Channel catfish are strong, fast and great on fly rod

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Channel catfish are strong, fast and great on fly rod. Fly-fishing pro Joe Mahler of Fort Myers battles his first Manatee River channel catfish. Am sure there are lakes, rivers and other bodies of water around the country where you can target channel catfish on fly rod, but I don't know where they are. Steve Gibson show off a cat. For one of t...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: Now is the time to sight-fishing snook in the surf

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Thursday, June 11, 2015. Now is the time to sight-fishing snook in the surf. A sizable school of snook swims in the surf along Casey Key south of Sarasota. Have conducted seminars on fly fishing for snook for the past 30 years. In almost every session, a majority of folks that I talk to have yet to catch their first snook on fly. Prime months are June, July and Augu...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: Tarpon, snook and shark topped the list for June

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Tarpon, snook and shark topped the list for June. This hefty blacktip shark ate a 1 1/2-pound live jack crevalle in southern Tampa Bay. Ne word describes June around Sarasota: hot. The fishing wasn't pretty close to hot, too. We caught a variety of fish during the month, although we concentrated on tarpon and snook. Later in the day, Littleto...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: January 2015

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Saturday, January 31, 2015. Surgeries over, now it's back to fishing Sarasota Bay and other areas. Bill Haarz of Sarasota battles a fish on fly rod off Stephens Point in Sarasota Bay. Anuary was an abbreviated fishing month for Southern Drawl. I had two eye surgeries over nine days that diminished the time I could be on the water. We returned to the Myakka River out...

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Southern Kayak Kronicles: June 2015

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Steve Gibson is an avid angler, writer and photographer who lives in Sarasota, Fla. Follow his daily pursuits and thoughts through his blog. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Tarpon, snook and shark topped the list for June. This hefty blacktip shark ate a 1 1/2-pound live jack crevalle in southern Tampa Bay. Ne word describes June around Sarasota: hot. The fishing wasn't pretty close to hot, too. We caught a variety of fish during the month, although we concentrated on tarpon and snook. Later in the day, Littleto...