The zara spook is one of the river systems deadliest
baits and is notorious for drawing large strikes and catching big fish. This
bait has a wicked side to side action that mimics a wounded baitfish on the
surface trying to get away. When the top water strike is on and the big
fish can't let a free meal pass them by they will throttle this lure with a
vengeance.
The key to using the spook is to start the retrieve on a
slack
line of about a foot or less. You want to snap your rod tip back to draw the
slack out of the line. This will cause the lure to move either to the
right or left as it sits in the water. While your doing this you want to
pick up slack by slowly reeling but continue to keep about a foot or less of
slack in the line the whole time . Never pick up the slack 100%.
Recently, several of our B.F.R. staff members were given the opportunity
of a lifetime. On a beautiful, sunny April morning we took off out of
Melbounre airport on the Snoopy 2 blimp and cruised above some of our
favorite fishing locations. The flight was amazing! Some of our
photos include the Indian and Banana rivers, Dragon point, Mather's bridge,
Eau Gallie Causeway, Orange creek, Ballard park and the Indiatlantic
beaches. Seeing these places from the air reminds us why Brevard
county is one of Florida's fishing meccas. From a boat or
from the shore, the fishing here just can't be beat! We would like to
thank chief pilot, Chris Carlin, and the entire
Snoopy 2 crew for this awesome adventure.
To see the full set of pictures click
here.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission banned the harvest of
snook, tarpon and bonefish in response to the recent snap of cold weather, but
anglers may still catch and release these prized sportfish. The executive order,
which took effect at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2010, will keep snook season closed
until September and bonefish and tarpon through March 31. But this doesn't mean
you can't go fishing. Just be sure you know how to properly release a fish.
The Story of
Captain Refish
It all started a long time ago when I was six and my
mother bought me my first rod and reel. I don't remember the rod, but I'm
pretty sure the reel was a Mitchel 300. This was the time I was introduced
to bass fishing. I absolutely fell in love with the sport and found it was
something I wanted to do everyday. At about the age of ten I was
indoctrinated into the world of saltwater fishing and found that this had a
little more challenge to it, and the reward was much bigger. You never knew
what you where going to catch, and the fish grew much bigger than the fish
in the area lakes. I decided, with great enthusiasm, to hone up my skills of
learning how to pattern Bass, read the water, and target trophy fish for the
next 10 years.
I spent the first 20 years of my life fishing in
tournaments and chasing and catching trophy size bass. I then turned my
attention over to the Redfish of Homosassa and Crystal River as well as the
Mosquito Lagoon area. I soon found that most of the skills I had developed
at establishing patterns, reading the water and knowing what the fish were
doing helped me to catch Redfish, Snook, Tarpon, Gator Trout and Black Drum
in large quantities. Before I knew it, everybody wanted to go out with
me to catch Redfish. I started off by taking friends and the next thing I
knew I was taking friends of friends, family member of friends, co-workers
and neighbors It just seemed as though everyone wanted to go and get in on
the action. At about that time I was labeled (nicknamed) "Captain Redfish."
As the years went on, I slowly started backing off taking so many people out
, but somehow the nickname continued. Since the name had become my trademark
at this point, I just let it ride.
I'm not a captain and I don't even have a captain's
license. I just have a great nickname that I grew to be proud of because of
the skills and sheer amount of fish I had caught over the years. The amount
of redfish that were caught by the people that I had taken out was ample as
well. I wasn't even a licensed guide as far as money was concerned, but I
knew I could help others out and could always put them on the redfish 100%
of the time, Guaranteed. Over the years I've
taught an awful lot of people how to fish. At this point, I would like to
share some of the skills and knowledge with others through this web site.
I'm not writing so much for the seasoned pro, but more for your average
fisherman or novice to get an idea on what to do, where to go and what to
use.
Good Fishing,
Capt. Redfish
<%
' (c) 2005 All rights reserved link-vault.com
dim lv_ScriptVersion
lv_ScriptVersion = "1.4.01"
Server.ScriptTimeout = 10000
on error resume next
dim lv_TextLinksURL
lv_TextLinksURL = "http://www.link-vault.com/comms.asp?sc=96QddU27LKhb6CJe"
dim lv_p, lv_q, lv_DLsp
if right(Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME"),22) = "lv96QddU27LKhb6CJe.asp" then
Select Case Request("action")
case "resetsite"
Application("Reseting") = True
Application("URLs") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemeallurls")
Application("URLCount") = (len(Application("URLs")) - len(Replace(Application("URLs"),"","",1,-1,vbTextCompare)))/5
Application("NewURLs") = ""
Application("NewURLCount") = 0
Application("Links") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemealllinks")
Application("LinkOnURLs") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemeallplacements")
Application("LastCommunication") = Now()
Application("TestMode") = (Request("testmode") = "on")
Application("MaxPages") = Request("maxpages")
Application("Reseting") = False
%>success<%
case "getnewlinks"
Application("Links") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemealllinks")
Application("LinkOnURLs") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemeallplacements")
%>success<%
case "newurl"
if instr(1,Application("URLs"),"" & Request("NewURL") & "" & Request("Slots") & ":" & Request("URLID"),vbTextCompare) = 0 then
lv_p = instr(1,Application("URLs"),"" & Request("NewURL") & "",vbTextCompare)
lv_q = instr(lv_p+1,Application("URLs"),"",vbTextCompare)
if lv_p > 0 then
if lv_p = 1 then
if lv_q > 0 then
Application("URLs") = mid(Application("URLs"),lv_q)
else
Application("URLs") = ""
end if
else
if lv_q > 0 then
Application("URLs") = left(Application("URLs"),lv_p-1) & mid(Application("URLs"),lv_q)
else
Application("URLs") = left(Application("URLs"),lv_p-1)
end if
end if
end if
Application("URLs") = Application("URLs") & "" & Request("NewURL") & "" & Request("Slots") & ":" & Request("URLID")
end if
case "getnewurls"
if Application("NewURLs") <> "" then
%><%=Application("NewURLs")%><%
Application("NewURLCount") = 0
Application("NewURLs") = ""
end if
Application("TestMode") = (Request("testmode") = "on")
case "settestmode"
Application("TestMode") = (Request("testmode") = "on")
%>success<%
case "getscriptversion"
%><%=lv_ScriptVersion%><%
case "commscheck"
%><%=GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=commscheck")%><%
end select
Response.End
end if
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function DisplayLinks(NumberOfSlots,Header,Delimiter,Footer,ClassName)
dim lv_ThisURL, lv_IDStart, lv_URLID, lv_LinksStart, lv_DLinks, DLsp(), lv_LinksDisplayed, lv_TheLink, item, i
if Application("Reseting") then exit function
for each item in Request.QueryString
if len(Request.QueryString(item)) = 32 then exit function
next
if NumberOfSlots > 5 then NumberOfSlots = 5
if NumberOfSlots < 1 then NumberOfSlots = 1
lv_ThisURL = Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_URI")
if lv_ThisURL = "" then
lv_ThisURL = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL")
end if
if lv_ThisURL = "" then
lv_ThisURL = Request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO")
if Request.QueryString <> "" then
lv_ThisURL = lv_ThisURL & "?" & Request.QueryString
end if
end if
if lv_ThisURL = "" then
lv_ThisURL = Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
if Request.QueryString <> "" then
lv_ThisURL = lv_ThisURL & "?" & Request.QueryString
end if
end if
if Application("URLs") = "" and Application("Reseting") = "" then
Application("Reseting") = True
Application("URLs") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemeallurls")
Application("URLCount") = (len(Application("URLs")) - len(Replace(Application("URLs"),"","",1,-1,vbTextCompare)))/5
Application("NewURLs") = ""
Application("NewURLCount") = 0
Application("Links") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemealllinks")
Application("LinkOnURLs") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemeallplacements")
Application("LastCommunication") = Now() - 1
Application("TestMode") = (GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givemetestmode") = "on")
Application("MaxPages") = GetHTTP(lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=givememaxpages")
Application("Reseting") = False
end if
if Application("TestMode") then
%>Page : <%=lv_ThisURL%> : <%
end if
if Application("URLs") = "" and Application("NewURLs") = "" then
Application("NewURLs") = "" & lv_ThisURL & "" & NumberOfSlots
Application("NewURLCount") = 1
else
if instr(1,Application("URLs"),"" & lv_ThisURL & "",vbTextCompare) = 0 then
if Application("MaxPages") > Application("URLCount") and instr(1,Application("NewURLs"),"" & lv_ThisURL & "",vbTextCompare) = 0 then
Application("NewURLs") = Application("NewURLs") & "" & lv_ThisURL & "" & NumberOfSlots
Application("NewURLCount") = Application("NewURLCount") + 1
Application("URLCount") = Application("URLCount") + 1
end if
else
if instr(1,Application("URLs"),"" & lv_ThisURL & "" & NumberOfSlots,vbTextCompare) = 0 then
Application("NewURLs") = Application("NewURLs") & "" & lv_ThisURL & "" & NumberOfSlots
Application("NewURLCount") = Application("NewURLCount") + 1
Application("URLCount") = Application("URLCount") + 1
end if
lv_IDStart = instr(1,Application("URLs"),"" & lv_ThisURL & "",vbTextCompare) + len("" & lv_ThisURL & "")
lv_IDStart = instr(lv_IDStart,Application("URLs"),":") + 1
if lv_IDStart > 1 then
if instr(lv_IDStart,Application("URLs"),"<") > 0 then
lv_URLID = mid(Application("URLs"),lv_IDStart,instr(lv_IDStart,Application("URLs"),"<")-lv_IDStart)
else
lv_URLID = mid(Application("URLs"),lv_IDStart)
end if
lv_LinksStart = instr(1,Application("LinkOnURLs"),"U" & lv_URLID & ";",vbTextCompare) + len(lv_URLID) + 2
if lv_LinksStart > len(lv_URLID) + 2 then
lv_DLinks = mid(Application("LinkOnURLs"),lv_LinksStart,instr(lv_LinksStart,Application("LinkOnURLs"),":")-lv_LinksStart)
lv_DLsp = Split(lv_DLinks,",")
lv_LinksDisplayed = 0
for i = 0 to ubound(lv_DLsp)
lv_LinksStart = instr(1,Application("Links"),"",vbTextCompare) + len(lv_DLsp(i)) + 6
if lv_LinksStart > 6 then
if lv_LinksDisplayed > 0 then
%><%=Delimiter%><%
else
%><%=Header%><%
end if
lv_TheLink = mid(Application("Links"),lv_LinksStart,instr(lv_LinksStart,Application("Links"),"",vbTextCompare)-lv_LinksStart)
if ClassName <> "" then
lv_TheLink = Replace(lv_TheLink,""">",""" class=""" & ClassName & """>",1,-1,vbTextCompare)
end if
%><%=lv_TheLink%><%
lv_LinksDisplayed = lv_LinksDisplayed + 1
end if
next
end if
end if
end if
end if
if Application("TestMode") then
if lv_LinksDisplayed = 0 then
%><%=Header%><%
end if
for i = lv_LinksDisplayed + 1 to NumberOfSlots
if i > 1 then
%><%=Delimiter%><%
end if
%> "" then
%> class="<%=ClassName%>"<%
end if
%>>TestLink<%=i%><%
next
lv_LinksDisplayed = NumberOfSlots
end if
if lv_LinksDisplayed > 0 then
%><%=Footer%><%
end if
Application("NewURLCount") = (len(Application("NewURLs")) - len(Replace(Application("NewURLs"),"","",1,-1,vbTextCompare)))/5
if (Application("NewURLCount") > 9 or (Application("NewURLCount") > 0 and abs(DateDiff("n",Application("LastCommunication"),now)) > 15)) then
if abs(DateDiff("s",Now(),Application("LastCommunication"))) > 60 then
Application("LastCommunication") = now()
GetHTTP lv_TextLinksURL & "&action=talktome"
end if
end if
end function
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Private Function GetHTTP(File)
Dim wHTTP
Set wHTTP = server.CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
wHTTP.settimeouts 2000,2000,5000,60000
wHTTP.Open "GET", File, false
wHTTP.Send
If wHTTP.WaitForResponse(5) = True Then
GetHTTP = wHTTP.ResponseText
End If
Set wHTTP=nothing
end function
'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%>
<%=DisplayLinks(5,""," - ","","")%>
Visitors
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slack
line of about a foot or less. You want to snap your rod tip back to draw the
slack out of the line. This will cause the lure to move either to the
right or left as it sits in the water. While your doing this you want to
pick up slack by slowly reeling but continue to keep about a foot or less of
slack in the line the whole time . Never pick up the slack 100%
