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December 05 Planning Meeting for month

Here’s the plan for December meetings and activities

Tuesday evening, December 05, there is a planning meeting for the annual Holiday Dinner.

This year the Dinner will be on Sunday evening, December 10.  It is an easier time for wives, friends, and kids to attend than for Tuesday evening.  Time?  Who’s cooking?  Sides?  Deserts?   Volunteers are appreciated.

Then, weather holding, we will have the Mackerel Outing on Saturday, December 16.  We will plan a couple of locations and come up with the best plan based on weather conditions.  This is what needs to be discussed.

Sprigger Bank?

We will have some great hot dogs, chips, and adult beverages available to sustain us through the labored discussions.

See you there

Steak Night and Fishing Talk – 11/14 – 7:30 pm

Tuesday, 11/14 – Steak Night!! (and fishing talk)

There will be Steak cooked to perfection complete with sides. Only $10.

Henry is coordinating the meal while others contribute. PLEASE TEXT HENRY AND LET HIM KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING – 525-7034 IN THE 786.

Imagine buying steak for 30 and only 15 show up. You do the math, please let Henry know if you are going to eat.

This is the single November meeting because of Thanksgiving.

We are also going to put together the logistics for Whitewater Bay outing on Saturday, November 18.

We will probably meet at the Back Country Ramp at 7:00 and then a group will convoy down Buttonwood canal to Coot Bay, then through Tarpon Creek to Whitewater.

Depending on the wind direction and conditions, we will choose which direction to go. We will all hang together until we stop and fish an area.

After fishing for awhile, we will meet up and run back to the ramp together.

Lets plan on having sandwiches at the picnic benches at the cleaning station next to the boat ramp.

Guaranteed there are fish in Whitewater Bay. Guaranteed you will have fun participating. Guaranteed if you need a ride this is the night to show up. Guaranteed you will remember this trip.

Plan on showing up at 7:30 pm. Hope to see you there.

Happy Club, Happy Members, Happy Fishing

Good news!

We met last Tuesday evening and a good size group of members showed up.

It was enthusiastically decided to continue operation of SDA.

New officers were nominated as follows:

President: Henry Acosta
VP: David Glabman, Frank Cassidy
Treasurer: Fernando Freyre
Secretary; Tom Gray
Board: Eddie Conception, Eddie Mesis, Roger Will
Immediate Past President Herman Watson
Past President Tom Van De Water

We had a general discussion about how the hurricane affected Everglades National Park.

It was decided on November 18, there will be an outing to Whitewater Bay. As a result, there will be one meeting in November, on the 14th where we will discuss logistics and planning for the outing.  We will make plans to meet after for some sandwiches or burgers.

We also decided in December to have the annual holiday party/meal.  At that meeting new officer nominees for 2018 will be voted into office.

Also in December we will plan a December Mackerel fishing trip.  The destination will be selected based on weather predictions at the time.

Thanks to all for the response and support.  Please set your calendars and importantly, continue to show up.

Let’s all continue to have fun and a good time.

Dinner, Speaker – Erik Teatig, fishing Day on the Bay Tournament

Meet together tomorrow evening, October 10, to have dinner and get fired up about the Day on the Bay Tournament, October 21. That will be our Club outing for October.

Erik Teatig, Tournament Chairman will be our dinner guest and speaker. Dinner will be from Rinconcito and secrets of winning the prizes will be disclosed.

Last year, Scott Cohen, with South Dade Anglers, was the Top Male winner. He fished from a Kayak!!! The overall champion is person who catches the most of the species list and whose overall accumulated inches are the greatest.

Yours truly caught a 48″ tarpon and won Best Catch and Largest Species. How about that? The 9 species and 20 awards are listed on the application:

Captains meeting is Friday, October 20th, 6:00 pm , at the FOP Lodge at Harris Field, South of the Pavilion.

Fishing hours begin Saturday, October 21st safe light in the morning. Scorecards are due by 4:30 at the FOP Lodge, and the Awards Dinner is at 5:30 pm.

You will not find more fun for a day of fishing!. Grab your friend or child and lets go! Adults are just $70, juniors are only $30. To enter Team competition is $25 more per registration and must fish from the same boat.

See you at the clubhouse tomorow evening.

After Irma: meet, eat, and talk fishing

Tomorrow is the 4th Tuesday of the Month and the scheduled date for our meeting.

Went by the Clubhouse today and turned on the AC.  Everything still there and waiting for us to show up.

Let’s take a few moments and share Hurricane stories.  Some members helped others with needs.  I would like to recognize these kind things.

It seems all have interesting experiences to share.

I saw a Facebook posting with Henry and his 6.5 lb Bass.  He had a Holey experience.

Anyone else been fishing?

Last I heard, Flamingo is still closed.  Keys are a wreck.  West coast is covered with mud from the surge.

And I heard Biscayne Bay ramps were also closed.  Maybe someone knows if that has changed.

Tom Gray is going to bring some awesome pizza to eat.

I have a link for satellite images of damaged areas.  We can view them.  Some places are gone and others are better than reported.

Hope you can make it.  It will be good to see you.

Meet Tuesday, August 22, 7:30 pm – Eat and talk fishing

Tomorrow evening is the second meeting of August. Time to get together, talk fishing, and have good pizza.

Lets chew on the Everglades City outing along with with incredible pizza. Baron River, Gulf of Mexico, fascinating trip! Red Grouper fingers at City Seafood.

Also want to discuss activities for the upcoming rest of the year. Would love to include Pablo’s secret spot, Stone Crabs, Day-on-the-Bay Tournament, and maybe Little Blackwater Sound SeaTrout. Additionally if weather cooperates, Sprigger Bank in December.

David Glabman is bringing that remarkable Ciros pizza.

Since there have been some sighting of Tarpon, want to discuss hooking them up. Image Taropn in 91 degree summer water. How do you target them? What are your success stories?

Hope to see you there.

 

 

 

August Chokoloskee fishing options

Tomorrow evening, August 8, at 7:30 we will get together and disucss the heat and Redfish.

I have maps to discuss the navigation and see videos of fishing around Chokoloskee. Maybe Pavillion Key?

August is hot, the dog days of summer. Do Redfish care?

From Wikipedia: The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

August is for sure one of the warmest months of the year to fish here in Chokoloskee, Everglades City, and the Everglades National Park, however, if you time your day appropriately, is can also be one of your most productive fishing months. Day time air temperatures are now averaging around 92. Water temps around 87. It does heat up by mid day, but the daily thunder storms will drive you back to the dock just as the bite wanes. After the storms are over, head back out again for some great early evening / sunset action. I have been going out around 7:00-11:00am, and 4:30-8:30pm.

Redfish will bite best on an incoming tide on the near shore oyster bars with live Shrimp, Pilchards, or Thread Herring. Try a popping cork with about 3′ of 25 lb fluorocarbon leader and an appropriate sized circle hook to match your bait. Many artificials are equally as good and I really like a Gulp! shrimp – natural or new penny color on a 3/8 oz red jig head

Capt Pete Rapps
There will be some Pizza and adult carbonated beverages, so come share and join in the fun.

See you there!

 

August Red Fishing discussion

August coming up. Dismissing the potential threat of Hurricane complications, I want to determine a ‘cool’ place to fish.

Air temperature 95 degrees, water temperature 88 degrees. Water temperature is cooler than the air temperature and makes fishing almost feel like air-conditioning.

Sun shines early and late, with midday thunderstorms.

What to fish? Where? Target Species?

Want to have a general discussion about August fishing. Will have some awesome burgers, beans, and chips to eat while planning.

Want to line up a winner.

My suggestion is Redfish. They don’t care about heat or this time of year. In fact, they thrive on it.

They do care about FOOD. That is one of their primary goals in life.

Lets get together tomorrow evening for our second July meeting and have a spirited discussion.

This will give us the first meeting of August to focus on place, species, and styles.

My intuition tells me Chokoloskee is a great place to pursue that species.

It’s the same distance and time as driving to Flamingo.

AND they have not had an algae bloom destroying all the grass.

So let’s debate the pros and cons about Chokoloskee and Flamingo.

Lets also make a choice and commit for August.

If you are willing, you can temp us with your own Redfish stories.

Hope to see you there.

HABITAT: Most popular fishing areas are along shell bars and rocky or grassy shorelines and on shallow flats, where they are usually fished by sight. Reds also forage in the surf of outside beaches nearly everywhere on the Gulf Coast and along the upper half of the East Coast, especially in the fall.

from: Florida Sportsman

 

 

 

Fishing the Mysterious Jack Hole

This month first meeting is tomorrow night, July 11, at 7:30 pm.
It’s hot now, water temperature is 88 degrees in the Bay.
What to look for and what doesn’t mind the temperatures.
How about Jacks, Grunts, Permit?  Maybe other species?
Not a bad morning fishing!  This is important information because the outing will be on Saturday, July 15 out of Crandon Marina.
We can gather for lunch at the No Name Harbor restaurant say 11:30 am.
This meeting will be when Tom Gray tells us techniques and where about the Jack Hole.
This is important because the outing will be on July 15 out of Crandon Marina.
This is the ideal launch for fishing the Jack Hole.  If the weather is bad, there is always Bear Cut Bridge or any of the inside shore lines on Key Biscayne.
But since we always have outstanding weather for SDA outings, we will count of fishing the Jack Hole.
The attached photo is testament about how good Tom is and his knowledge of the ‘jack hole’.
Not only will Tom lead the discussion, but we can openly share our experience and questions about this mysterious place.
The only way you can find out is to attend.  When you come you will definitely learn to fish somewhere about which you probably have limited or no knowledge.
Come and share in setting the plan.
Since it’s hot, so we need to relax and enjoy some of the best fishing of the year.
See you tomorrow evening.

Meeting Tuesday, June 27 – dinner and fishing talk

Tomorrow night, June 27, is the fourth Tuesday and second meeting for the month.

There will be dinner at 7:30.  Herman’s award winning Piccodillo and rice will be featured.

Someone bring a salad and Cuban bread.  Let me know. It will be a good feed.

Additionally, we will decompress from the Dolphin outing last Saturday.

All had a great time. Four boats went out with 18 people involved.

For this meeting is a video about Shark Diving.  Is this your flavor of adrenaline?  Maybe you did not even know about this?

Also want to plan July activities.

The first Tuesday is the 4th, so no board meeting.  BTW, the jazz band at the Blue Martini is finished.  Will wait to see what fills the gap.

July 11 and 25 will be the meeting dates.

Maybe July 15th we can schedule the outing.

Three ideas:
1. Charter the L & H plus their buddy depending on number of people.  Or take our own boats again?
2. Fish Trout Cove behind Islamorada.
3. Fish South Jetty at Government Cut

If you attend, we can discuss and make a selection for July.

It’s very hot in July, so looking for something where the fish can be cooler.  Either that, or fish that don’t mind the hot water.  Both are available.

Also would like to discuss August, maybe RedFish out of Everglades City on the outside.

Would love to have your input and share the discussion.  Where can you find a better group of friends?

Hope to see you there.