Saturday Fishing Club 24 April 2010

This last weekend we fished at the Boynton Beach Boat Ramp with the students from the Saturday Fishing Club. We had fished the boat ramp the Thursday before and only caught a handful of fish due to the freshwater being released and the water being extremely dirty. We arrived knowing that the fishing might not be great, but the students we determined to try as hard as they could to out do the Thursday group; and they succeeded. The fishing was a little slow at first, but with a little patience they started catching fish after fish. The catch consisted of snappers, grunts, baracudas, a lonely flounder, and a lost jack.

Captains Report 22 April 2010

With reports of cobia, kingfish and bonita being caught off the Boynton Inlet in the middle of the week, Capt Rich and I headed out with a school group on Thursday to get involved in the fun. The students that attended the fishing trip were members of one of our fishing clubs in a local elementary school. Sadly we did not land any kingfish, cobia, or bonita, but we did have more cuts offs and lines break than we could count. We had a few students fight some larger fish for awhile before the line broke, and I am sure they enjoyed the fight eventhough they did not bring the fish all the way in. The kids did have a ball though catching more remoras than they could handle, along with some triggerfish, groupers, and even an eel. All in all it was a wonderful day out on the water for the students as well as for us.

Fishing 4/8/10 and 4/10/10

On Thursday (4/8/10) after much debate we headed out for some canal fishing. We fished the canal along Woolbright Road just west of Congress Ave. The rumors were true, and it paid off. We spent about 3 hours catching bass and catfish, some big and some small, and saw plenty of big garfish, but sadly none were caught.

A few days later (4/10/10) we spent the day fishing at the Boynton Beach Boat Ramp again. The ramp was crowded due to the fact that there was a fishing tournament held there that day. We were not very confident that some of our fishing holes would produce due to the boat traffic, but for the second time in three days we were surprised. The students caught more snapper and grunt that we could count, and one student even caught a goggle-eye some how. He is keeping it a secret how he caught it and where!!!

Special thanks to Guy Harvey and everyone at the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation

We would all like to thank Dr. Guy Harvey, and everyone at the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, for all their support and wonderful words regarding the Florida Fishing Academy in a recent post. You can read the article by visiting http://guyharvey.wordpress.com/

Saturday (3 April 2010) Boat Ramp Fishing Report

Saturday (3 April 2010), the Saturday Fishing Club spent the day fishing the Boynton Beach Boat Ramp.

It was a beautiful day Saturday, and we had perfect tide conditions. Before fishing we discussed the importance of fishing laws and ethical angling, and then the students went out and practiced what they had just learned.

There were many snappers caught, along with grunts and blowfish.

Fishig Trip 1 April 2010

Today we took a few of our star students out on the boat for a fishing trip. The action started as soon as we cleared the inlet. The first fish was a spanish mackerel caught on a spoon trolled down deep. Soon after that we caught a nice bonito using a pink rattle-jet with a bonito strip on it. When we were all done trolling we headed in to try our hands at some bottom fishing and it paided off. We caught a ton of grouper, some porgy, and some remoras; all using sardines. All in all, everyone had a ton of fun and the older students learned about the responsibilities of driving and captaining a fishing vessel