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Reds tailing, Ladies on the spawn, Trout changing faces and the Snook are on the move, with a migration of many a Mack, off the beach.

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"The Mentoring Angler"

Gary A. Anderson

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I am an entrepreneurial outdoors hands on writer with ecology to stewardship on my mind. We have but one planet, we have almost pissed it away, we need to change our habits before we, and ourselves change for the worst. “Respecting the environment is everybody's game, if you plan on playing in the future!" I speak my mind openly and without use of pseudonyms. My address and phone number are public knowledge. As well, my computer sites are open to the public and one does not get much more transparent than this. Open book policy and honesty are given away free, right here; all you need to do is read, learn and pass it on, another form of mentoring, teaching and that is why I have my websites.  I have been angling since age seven. Commercial Captain, Trawler mate, Charter and pleasure; I have fifty years of fishing experience. Some people play golf and socialize where ever; I fish and write about it. Combine fishing and photography is both a past time and an addiction as well with our feathered creatures aloft. This web site is another hobby of mine, along with my various blogs and articles found out on the web. I invite you to use it at your leisure and am in hope we may learn yet another trick in catching more fish with fun to pass down on to others that too may wish to go fishing; “Positive Mentoring through Fishing, FISH ON!"

I write/edit with The Online Fisherman.com and will soon be helping in opening a regional satellite website covering the Charlotte Harbor through North Port/Venice Florida area. If interested in writing articles to advertising please contact myself at inshoreflorida@gmail.com

Rigging Florida Flats Shrimp

Rigging a Florida Flats shrimp will keep your bait on the hook for those stealthy long casts across those grassy beds full of what ails you; trout to reds and other fish too. Using a Florida Flats rig on your live shrimp will also keep it virtually weed less when slow presentation is involved or under a cork in the grass or weed lines and it is a rigging every angler should know. Angling deep waters to the skinnies, reds, trout, snook, jacks, ladies and on and on all eat shrimp. It is a main stay of their diet all year long. In the summertime, it is hot here in Florida and so too is the water. Fish are extremely aggressive, with the exception of the heat part of the day at around 2 O’clock ish, where they and sane people are seeking shelter from the sun in the cool of a mangrove, bridge or other overhead structure, underwater or not. For us not so sane anglers, we are out casting back into these cool zones and slowly, are making a “V” wake from the shrimp in maybe triggering a bite. In order to create this V-wake, one must rig it up Florida Flats style!

In rigging a Florida Flats style shrimp; you will be able to cast with more force without casting your bait to the fish and your hook under the boat. Using a 2/0 circle hook is best in angling reds to trout as it is wide enough for both and light enough to add a split shot right at the knot attaching the hook to the line, which helps in that “V” action the bait makes when pulled across the waters surface. Shrimp size, determines to what you are fishing for. Unfortunately, sometimes the bait shops have but only one size fits all.

Start by running the hook point right into the underside of the shrimp, near the split in its back tail, known as the anal section. After inserting between the back tails at the split, push the hook about half an inch straight into the meat cavity of the first section and bring it out of the shrimp, making sure you stay away from the blood vein running down the middle of the shrimp. Now slide your split shot between the split of the shrimp tail and you will have a shrimp that can never be thrown off as the split shot holds the hook in place. If you pierce this point, your shrimp will not be as active as if you do not cut this membrane. Much like the spot on its head, under the horn, the brain, if it is pierced you have a dead shrimp. Sliding the hook out of the shrimp, turning the point back towards the underbelly of the shrimp, insert the hook through the second shell plating, where as the point barely sticks out of the shrimps back. You want a slightly exposed point so as when the bite occurs, the circle will begin to turn on the initial strike, giving a better hook set and deeper penetration of the fishes jaw plate.

"THE MENTORING ANGLER"

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I am in support of Make a Wish Foundation and the Catch a Fish Foundation (Cast For Kids), to which I have actively participated in and encourage others to get involved. I pledge full support of the Anglers Pledge and all activities of the Take Me Fishing Foundation.

And let us not forget the Pier Anglers as they too are fishing inshore waters of our great State of Florida. The local scene is the Venice Fishing  Pier, located at 1600 Harbor Drive South and extends 700 feet into the Gulf of Mexico. Sharks to 14 feet have been caught on the boards, to fifty plus pound Kings of which two were caught this week of April 21, 1010. Tarpon should be arriving soon. If angling from a boat by the pier, remember you must stay a min. of 300 feet off the pier unless you favor a fine from the police.  If you do not own a boat and are looking for a FREE place to fish, no license needed, then head on down to Venice on the Gulf, the Sharks Tooth Coast and be a
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TheOnlineFisherman.com is the fastest growing, most technically-advanced online fishing magazine in America. Among our most popular features is the incredible connection the site makes to GoogleEarth. There, you can find everything from Bait Maps to maps for the shore-bound angler, to mullet maps, to entire trip plans for places you've heard of, but may never have fished with an expert. Now you can.

Just visit the site today, and check out the "Fishing Reports" section on the lower left, the "Fishy Spots" menu changes weekly, and gives you a connection to your fishing community unlike any other fishing site in America

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When's the last time you had four hours to fish -- not a moment more? The "Honey-Do" (Honey, do this for me, OK?) list awaits, a hundred emails need to be read and respond to, and that leak under your kitchen sink seems to be losing just a bit more than the gallon-a-day you have been ignoring for over 100 days now. You have to get the boat, put it in the water, find bait, and only then find fish.

Four hours to fish and no idea what to do? Try the incredible mapping technology offered -- it can show you where to find bait, where to wade, where to shore fish, kayak fish, and much more.

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If you are looking for a great day out on the waters of Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, the Ditch or the Gulf of Mexico, off Venice, Florida Inshore Florida-Offshore Anywhere, you have found the right spot. With over 25 years experience fishing the local waters, Gary Anderson and the information found here on Inshore Florida will guarantee a fun filled day of fishing. A typical day on our pages can include a variety of fish such as Snook, Red Fish, Trout to Tarpon, Flounder, Cobia, Spanish mackerel, King Fish, Snapper, Grouper, Permit, Pompano and sharks. All fish, caught from kites to tackle, such as rods and reels with live bait, hard soft and cranks. Tips to how to’s in helping you become a positive mentor through your angling endeavors and spreading the word on being the best at what you do when having fun out on your Inshore Florida waters in developing better marine stewardship skills to pass on down to future generations to follow.

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