Washington Oaks Gardens State park is having a saltwater fishing workshop on Aug 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. From 9am to 12pm. Ages 18+. $20 per workshop. Advanced Registration is required by contacting the part at 386 446 6783

The winners of our mounth long cobia tournament are Jim McCartney 1st place with a 48lb 7oz cobia, Ralph Olivett 41lb 8oz cobia and Jim McCartney 33lb 7oz cobia. Jim McCartney won $300.00 and Ralph Olivett got $150.00.

Anyone got any photos of this?

Volunteers Needed to Attend Hearing and Support CCA In Orlando Tuesday June 8 at 6:30 PM.

The South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council is proposing a permanent rule (Amendment 17A) to prohibit take of red snapper for an indefinite period and also closing more than 6,000 square miles of ocean to the take of 73 additional species of fish; including all groupers, snappers, Amberjacks, porgies, triggerfish and other species.

Public Hearing Location and Time—Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel at 5445 Forbes Place – 6:30 pm
For more information contact – Ted Forsgren CCA Florida at (850)224-3474 or by email.

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The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a temporary rule Tuesday, extending the 180-day interim ban on red snapper another 184 days in South Atlantic waters.

The announcement said, in part, that "NOAA... finds good cause to waive prior notice and opportunity for public comment on this interim rule extension."

The new extension is in effect through Dec. 5

Speed zones are being planned for in Flagler..The speed limit is not currently known. But it appears there may be 2 and in the future a possible third zone.

1 North of the 100 bridge to Hershel King Park
2. From the Hammock dunes bridge to Cimmeron Cut (middle Palm Coast canal),
3. One up by Marineland - exact location is not yet known.

If you are interested in attending the meeting to voice an opinion, the meeting is on 9 June at 1 pm in the county office building located on Moody Blvd. In the past it has been on the third floor of the west building.

Reminder of the pre-tournement meeting Friday night May 21st.at 6:30pm at Barbara Jeans at the European Village. At that time Money and application and NON-Member payments will be taken. Brief rules and weigh-in info as well. Each boat MUST have someone there to officially register.

AT this time please reply to this email for preliminary sign-in, so I have an idea of how many will be fishing, since the meeting.
Please forward to anyone that may be interested as well.

 As there are many boats in this club looking for members to join in, whether you have a small boat or no boat, let me know if you want to go offshore and we can Pair you up with members who have proper sized boast to fish this Offshore Tournament..

On Saturday, May 15, 2010, 58 club members and their guest boarded a luxury bus at 5:30am in Palm Coast. They travel south on I-95 to Port Canaveral for a full day of fishing aboard the Canaveral Star II an 85 foot bottom fishing boat.

On the ride out to the fishing grounds we were treated to a cooked breakfast consisting of an egg, bacon or sausage sandwich with cheese, donuts, cookies and drink.

Around noon the galley once again came to life with cheeseburger with chips, hot dogs, water, soda or beer. As we moved from fishing hole to the next hot fishing spot fish were being caught with a number of brake offs of some of the larger fish. John Willis caught a 5 pound flounder which was second place in the fishing pool. Mike Vickers had a Kingfish that weighted 5lb 1oz to take first place. Paul Bergeron won the bottom Rod and Reel.

We were back at the dock at 5:00pm, everyone boarded the bus for the ride back home and I ’m sure a much needed nap on the way home.

Offshore Capts

Inshore Capts

Riders

1st Place : Ken Patten   20.20 lbs
2nd Place :Josh Daniels    8.95 lbs.
3rd Place : Mike LaMonica  7.95 lbs.
4th Place : Peter Gura  6.95 lbs.
5th Place  : Scott Foster  6.30 lbs

The Halifax Sport Fishing Club is having it's Annual Kids Fishing Clinic event on Saturday, March 27. The event is being held on the Sun Glow fishing pier in Daytona Beach Shores, FL. It is for kids ages 6 thru 13. It is free and includes a free lunch, all kids must be accompanied by an adult though. We are doing this in conjunction with FWC and their officers from Tallahassee will be there to help with the seminars, demonstrations and man the "marine touch tank". All kids attending will receive a free rod, reel, and tackle box provided through a state grant we received from the "Fish Florida Foundation". Fishing will be free all day for the kids on the pier. The registration time is 9:00 AM till noon.

If you feel you would like to volunteer to help, please give me a call (386) 445 4102. Volunteers will be needed from 7:30 AM that morning till approx. 3:00 PM.

The Club will also be holding a Surf Tournament on February 27, 2010 from 7:00am to 12:00pm. This tournament is open too all members and their guest. For more information on this or any questions contact Captain Mike Vickers at 386-569-9674.

Inshore: The Redfish are starting to school up in the flats on an in coming tide (best if it is in the afternoon with a temperature raise). Remember to work your bait slowly because of the low water temperatures the fish are moving slowly. Also there has been some good action on Trout in the deeper holes on an outgoing tide.

Surf and Pier: The Blue Fishing and Whiting have moved into the surf with catches between 20 to 30 fish. Using cut mullet for Blues and shrimp or sand flees for Whiting.

On the Pier in Flagler Beach there have been some big Drum hit the planks along with a few flounder as well as Blues and Whiting.

At Dead Lake on the West side of the County. The Specks are in the channels and are being caught trolling or drifting slowly with minnows or small jigs.

Any one wishing to join the Fishing club can do so by paying $60.00 membership and $50.00 initiation fee. However, we are having a membership drive and by joining now we will waive the initiation fee. You must pay by the February meeting!

Club Jackets go to: Don Martin, Gene Van Dorpe,Greg Fehrenkamp, Bob Greenhalgh, Brain Willard, Thomas Baker, Jim McCartney, Linda Vickers, Art Lamay, Jeff Fehrenkamp, Ron Gorney, Ken Shirley, Gregory Wilk, Stewart Manthey, Bob Collaro, Bill Moore, Scott Mulligan, Jac Kemper, Jason Longfellow

We also have two new club records last year. A 41 lb 10 oz Dolphin caught by Scott Mulligan and a 9 lb 10 oz Trout caught by Brain Willard.

Our Angler of the Year is Ron Gorney

Congratulations to all of you!!

I have heard of some good redfish schools in the flats around the 206 bridge south to the flats across from Bing's landing also there is the same actions going on south of flagler beach in the canals. There has been some good trout being caught in the same area.

Also, if you have any photos of fish caught (or you own fishing report), you can send them to Capt Vickers at captainmikesfishing "at" yahoo.com. He will put the photos in either the Coaster Angler Magazing or the Chumline.

We are having a Membership  Drive for the Flagler County Sportfishing Club.  During the months of January and February, become a member, pay your 2010 dues of $60 and the initiation  fee of $50.00 will be waived.  This is a great opportunity to get involved in the Flagler County Sportfishing Club! 

Click the "Click here" to download/view/print the 2010 Membership Form. This form must be sent in by Feb 29th to save the $50.00 initiation fee!

The Halifax Sport Fishing Club is holding a special meeting Thursday, August 20. Our speaker is Dave Heil. Dave is a member of CFOA and is the Chairman of the South Atlantic Chapter of the Fishing Rights Alliance. He also is the lead attorney in the upcoming legal challenge to the Snapper/Grouper closures.

The meeting will be at 7:00 PM at our club house in Port Orange with free hamburgers and hotdog's at 6:00 PM.

Click the link for the flyer.

I would once again thank Mike McCray for doing a great job as Weight Master for the last three years.

Willie reports that at Bings Landing they have been catching some Drum and Blue Fish off the docks. Willie is co-owner of Bings Bait Shop and they now have live and dead shrimp, mud minnows as well as offshore bait. Redfish & Drum are biting around the inlet and Devils Elbow.

Outside the inlet the Cobia bite is still on. I’ve had reports of 2 to 3 fish per boat. So lets get out there and catch you some.

New State license law as reported in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on June 12, 2009:

Florida resident saltwater anglers fishing from shore, docks or jetties will need to have the new “shoreline fishing license” by August 1 if they don’t have a regular resident saltwater fishing license.

In addition to the regular recreational saltwater license exemptions, the new shoreline license exempts anglers drawing food stamps, temporary cash assistance or Medicaid; and anglers fishing in their home counties who use cane poles or other gear that does not depend on mechanical retrieval.

The new license costs $7.50, but will cost $15.00 to $25.00 in 2011.

Captain Mike Vickers

The winners of the Kingfish tournament which ran the month of June are: 1st place: Michele Willard $200.00, 2nd place: Brian Willard $150.00, 3rd place: Brian Willard $100.00

The annual surf tournament was held on June 13, 2009 at Varn Park. We had 50+ people attend, the fishing was slow but it was a nice day a little on the warm side. It appeared all enjoyed the fried chicken and Bill's macaroni salad that was served for lunch. At the end of the day we had enough fish caught to present all of our cash prizes. The winners were; Biggest Fish John Alvarez (guest of Paul Bergeron) 2lb Bluefish won him $100.00 2nd Biggest Fish Richard McCleery 8oz Whiting $75.00 Most Fish Jim Alongi 7 Whiting won him $100.00 and the 2nd Most Fish went to Mary Sloss with 3 Whiting for $75.00.

Matanzas Jim McCartney won the surf rod & reel combo and graciously donated it back to the club and new member Mark Zander won $65.00 in the 50/50. We need to thank Ron Gorney, Bill and Jo Sombathy, Rita McCray and all those who helped carry things to the beach in the morning and to all those that stayed and carried things to the parking lot after the tournament was over.

In the clubs effort to continually improve our tournaments for club members we are going to look in to moving the surf tournament to the River to Sea Preserve (Marineland) next year.

Click the link for some photos.