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January Peacock Bass Fishing Report from Anglers Inn Amazon

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The Amazon is home to the greatest Peacock bass fishing in the world. Anglers seeking the best action go here. Joe Thomas, host of Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors, recently joined Billy Chapman Jr., and the experience is one he will never forget. On the trip, Thomas and his crew were catching 30-40 fish/day on a Lucky Craft Gunfish and prop baits. The shallower water moved fish out from the cover, allowing all anglers to enjoy bone-crushing, top-water action. Fish ranging in the 8-12-pound range were common with a few 13 – 15 pounders being landed. Anglers can also expect to catch a few different species of piranhas and other Amazon-dwelling fish.

“This is a real fishing trip,” said Thomas. “Billy positioned himself and his clients to fish the absolute best waters. Anglers Inn International Amazon spares no expense to offer that every angler, no matter of skill level, the ability to fish relaxed and with every creature comfort we have become accustomed to.”

Utilizing the exclusive Floating Suites™, anglers will have the unique opportunity to fish new water each day. These suites have the ability to navigate beyond natural barriers to reach the most exclusive fishing areas where other anglers are not allowed. Not only are these air-conditioned suites spacious, they also have a riverside back porch, giving angler the perfect opportunity to enjoy an

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We have finished up our winter fishing in south Florida and are now in Isla Mujeres Mex.Sailfishing is in full swing with 30 or more bites a day common.We often finish the day with some great snapper and grouper fishing,so we have something special for the table.We will be there thru early March and have a few spots available. If your up for a billfishing adventure,give me a call.The method is trolling with teasers and dredges.

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Kona Hawaii fishing report – Jan. wrap-up .

Marlin over 1000 lbs., known as “granders” are regularly caught all over the world. Some are taken and some are released but here in Hawaii, we only count the ones that are actually weighted in. Some of the captains here have made the claim that they caught and released a grander and because of their experience, you can take their word for it that they did in fact release a grander but others who have made a claim to have released a grander are received with skepticism. Right before the close of 2011 the word went out that there was a possible grander coming to the scales for weigh in. I didn’t stick around for the weigh in but found out the next day that it only weighed in at 608 lbs. The crew on the boat is experienced so it didn’t make any sense why they thought it would make the grander mark but they only had egg on their faces for a little while because just 8 days later, they actually caught one and weighed in the first grander of 2012 at 1040 lbs. Hawaii’s first official “grander” was caught and weighted in 1954 and the count has continued at an average of slightly over 2 per year since. Hawaii Fishing News keeps the grander tally on their web site so now were up to 128 of them in Hawaii.

The striped marlin bite isn’t very good at all as we approach the middle of their season (bummer) but the spearfish showed up right on time and have been a fairly common catch. I’ve said it here before and I’m

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More Sail Fishing Off the Coast of Ft Lauderdale

January 20th, 2012

Today we started out fishing with Danielle and Jay from Plant City Florida, Mike from Georgia, Kristina and another Jay from Palm Beach Florida.
Usually we like to start out trolling the reef because it can be fairly easy to catch a few kingfish and bonitos just to insure everyone catches some fish before we go after the big one. But lately the reef has just not been producing many fish so we have been going right to kite fishing with live baits suspended from the kites.
So that was just what we started out doing today kite fishing and BAM today it paid off for us with Daniele catching her first sailfish.
(Way to Go Danielle)


Guy’s thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up and thanks for the pictures.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com
More Sail Fishing Off the Coast of Ft Lauderdale

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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
January 23-29, 2012

WEATHER: Having just returned from visiting family in Oklahoma I thought I would be nice and warm when I got back here, but I found myself wearing a sweater all day yesterday even though everyone else was walking around in t-shirts. Guess it may take a while for me to thaw out! It was actually pretty nice this week with our daytime highs in the mid 80\'s and the lows in the mid 60\'s. I was told that it was cloudy and a bit breezy earlier in the week and that I brought the sun back with me when I returned Tuesday. Since then we have had mostly sunny skies with a bit of a breeze starting up in the middle of the morning.
WATER: I ran a loop on the water temperatures this week and it appears that the warm water we have been seeing just to the west of the San Jaime bank earlier in the week has slowly moved toward us, to the point that it is now on top of the San Jaime. This is 70 degree water, three degrees warmer that the expanse of ocean between the Banks and Cabo. Right along the beach on the Pacific side we are seeing much cooler water at 63 degrees, but this only extend off the beach about a mile. The water on the Pacific side has been a very nice blue while the water immediately off the Cape has been greenish and the water in the Sea of Cortez has

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A cold front has come down early January which has given us a decent bite and is continuing to give us a good bite. This is what all South Florida fishermen wait for all year. The cold fronts are low pressures that in multiple ways (to only mention a few) cause bait and Sailfish to start heading South. The low pressure caused by the cold front is felt by all the fish, which changes migration patterns and feeding patterns, which is an indication of a storm/low pressure. Also with the winter months and cold air and water, Sailfish are a tropical warm water fish, so they start their Southern migration heading past Palm Beach, Boca, Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Miami and all of the Keys. The early part of the season you will see more bites up North towards the Palm Beaches, and Fort Lauderdale, when mid January going into February the Miami and Fort Lauderdale bite as well as North Key West bite is good. Then when Feb/ March rolls around, the Southern Miami to Keys start to get a bite.

We fished Jim Scott from North Carolina last week, the fishing conditions were: winds out of the north, northeast at 12 to15 mph, seas running 3 to 5 ft. and deep blue water in on our 2nd reef which is what we like for the Sail and Mahi bite.

Jim and friends on board we set out to do some kite fishing with live bait Goggle Eyes. We set two kites up about 60 to 70 yards from the boat, fishing 4 live Goggle Eyes total, two Gogs per kite.
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More Great Fishing in Fort Lauderdale aboard Hooked Up

January 8th, 2012

Today we set out fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale with Anne and Eric and their children 6-year-old Alexia and 3-year-old Emilia from Montreal Canada.
We went right to trolling the reef with 2-planner board running about 45 to 50 feet deep and 3 baits skipping across the surface.

Today everyone caught plenty of fish aboard the Hooked Up. By the end of the trip we had caught 14 kingfish and one giant bonito.
Thanks again to our new friends from Canada for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

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January 18, 2012



Newly wed’s Tony and his wife came all the way from Texas to come fishing on the 7am-1 pm charter. We started the morning out catching lots of live tinker mackerels around a freighteranchored off shore of Ft. Lauderdale. By the way, catching tinkers like we have been doing the last few days is unusual. There was no wind to fly the kites so after catching all the bait we needed we decided to slow troll the live baits. Within 15 minutes of having all six baits in the water we got a bite on the right long rigger. It was a nice sailfish and Tony’s wife jumped into the fighting chair to catch this beast. After a good 10 minutes of reeling she was getting too tired, so we swapped the rod to Tony, but that’s when the sailfish got away. We kept trolling the live baits and hour later we caught a nice 15lb kingfish. Fishing on the troll slowed down so we decided to try our luck wreck fishing. The first few shipwreck’s we went to did not produce abite, but we kept on trying. At the last wreck we finally got a few bites, landing a big amberjack.Overall, the fishing was slow, but we didn’t get skunked! Way to go Tony!



Brad and some business clients came fishing yesterday afternoon on a two boat charter here in Ft. Lauderdale. We went right out in front of Ft. Lauderdale to 140 feet of water where there was just enough wind to get the extra light kites up in the air. The wind was blowing south with a 1.5 knot

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2011 ended and 2012 began with some fantastic fishing action from both sailfish and blue marlin. The year ended with boats raising up to 7 blue Marlin a day, and the year began with boats raising up to 40 sails a day!

The McGee / Hughes group tried their luck fishing aboard the Rum Line the last few days of December and raised 25 sails, 6 blue marlin and keep the grill supplied with fresh dorado burgers everyday. The two couples released 13 sails and 2 of the blues. The first days blue was about 250lbs, and day two’s blue was over 400lbs…very nice!

The Palmieri brothers fly-fished the first few days of January and saw some awesome action as well. The duo raised 84 sailfish, more than half of which came blazing in to accept a fly, and we released 22. The blue marlin decided to tease us, with 4 of them showing up, but wouldn’t be caught. Chris Palmieri decided to jump in and swim this his last fish to put a cap on a great trip.

The Bite is ON!!! – RED HOT fishing reports are pouring in from the Casa Vieja fleet. “Everyone’s been averaging over 25 releases per day” says our head skipper Capt. Chris Sheeder aboard the Rum Line. The bite is on FIRE folks!!!


Following the full moon – the anglers on Casa Vieja fleet boats are blowing the doors off:

Cates party (14 & 15) – Brian & Teresa with sons Phillip & Michael aboard the Release with Capt. Chico Alvarenga and special guests Norm Isaacs and

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Fishing Report from Noel Gyger http:// www.noelgyger.ca for Monday January 23, 2012 Terrace and Kitimat

Current LIVE Fishing Report can be read anytime 24-7 at: http://www.noelgyger.ca/current-fishing-reports.htm

Commentary: It has been extremely cold over the last week and a half. Daytime high temps were just too cold for fishing. It has warmed up now and winter Steelhead and Trout fishing is back on.

Skeena River: Water is barely fishable. Lots of ice flow in the river . Some great Steelhead can still be had, plus some good Trout Fishing. Be careful walking on the ice near the edge of the river. Reg: all wild Steelhead everywhere in British Columbia are catch and release.

Kalum River: Both the lower and upper sections are in good shape. Watch for ice shelves in the deep pools. A good run of Steelhead is in the river now.

Lakelse River: The water is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead, Trout is fair.

Zymoetz (Copper) River: Water is full of floating ice, makes for tough fishing. Facts: Last year we had a record run of Steelhead, let’s hope at least we have another good run this year….so far so good.

Kitimat River: Trout fishing is fair where the river is free of ice

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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
January 16 - 22, 2012

WEATHER: The week started off nice warm and sunny. Temps in the low 80\'s. Moving towards the end of the week the cloud cover moved in and out temps were a mid to hi 70\'s. Which isn\'t bad unless the wind picks up. For the most part, it is beautiful weather of course. We don\'t get anything else here in Cabo! These high clouds have made for some awesome sunrise and sunset pictures.
WATER: The warmer waters have been south and around to San Jaime Bank, temps 73-75, while Gordo Banks is cooling off with only 70 degree water. The warmer water is holding the striped marlin.
BAIT: Small Caballito, some Mackerel and some junk baits were available at $3 each, frozen horse Ballyhoo could be had for between $3 and $4 each and there were a few sardines to be found toward San Jose at $25 a scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Billfish finally picked up this week. The warm waters out by San Jaime Bank are holding marlin. A few boats are catching them. They have lots of squid to feed on, so you need to work them to take your bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Pretty much the same as last week, if this is what you want to target. Probably the fish of the week in terms of numbers, at least for the off-shore species, they were not the fish of the

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The Orlando Area Fishing Report from Spotted Tail 1.21.12

Upcoming Events Dept-
-The Old Florida Outdoor Festival, February 10, 11, and 12th. I will be there in the Coastal Angler Magazine booth, Saturday from 10-2, Sunday from 12-2.
-Merritt Island NWR Show and Tell Seminars- March 3 and 4. Read More Here... (http://www.spottedtail.com/Seminar-MINWR-Show&Tell.htm)

Fishing Tip Dept.-
I found this very important chart on the internet this week, Fish Temperature Preferences, by Bob Stearns. I suggest you go there and bookmark it.
http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/techniques/rigs-and-tips/bob-stearns-ultimate-guide-fish-temperature-preferences

I fished two days this week. Tuesday Scott Radloff and I went to the Mosquito Lagoon. We found good numbers of trout and redfish, although they were not eating very well. We got four slot redfish using cut mullet and nothing on anything else we tried.

Thursday I went solo to the Banana River Lagoon no motor zone. I had the place to myself. That may have been due to the 73 degree temperature or maybe the almost 15 mph wind out of the north.
I did not get a bite for several hours. Those few fish I threw to just spooked off whatever fly I tried, or completely ignored it (in the case of the black drum). Finally had a trout take a black bunny leech I\'d thrown on a blind cast to break the ice.
A black drum that would not respond made me

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