Author: SHAUGHN David MILLER

COMMON SNOOK

Snook is our species of the month fish. The FWC regulation limit is one per angler. Measurements must be between 28″-32″ Total Length. The cap per fish submittal is 3 per month. The additional point value for a species of the month submittal is 100 points per fish. Remember, the March wristband must be in the photo for the submittal to be accepted. Good Luck!!

Tom Green, Custom Rod and Reel, provided some tips in the Sun Sentinel: “Try these tactics to catch snook”

Greene said that if he was going to fish for snook the minute the season opens, he’d be at any bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway from Fort Lauderdale to Boynton Beach.

He’d cast a Flair Hawk jig and bounce it on the bottom parallel to the bridge and along the shadow line on the water created by the bridge’s lights. He also recommended working a Spooltek Lure along the bottom.

“The secret of snook fishing is that snook are feeding on the bottom, not on top,” said Greene, although he acknowledged that the fish will occasionally hit a topwater lure.

Dolphin Seminar with Captain Dennis Forgione

Join us for our March club meeting with guest speaker, Captain Dennis Forgione. He will be going over tackle, technique, times, and bait to be successful in bringing some Mahi into the boat. Perfect time to be able to get some information, and ask some questions with a pro right before our Dolphin Brawl Tournament on April 22nd.

Please call or email me if you have any questions at all.

Shaughn Miller

The 2017 Dolphin Brawl rules, regulations and registration has been uploaded:

2017 Dolphin Brawl

We are still tweaking the rules, but would appreciate any feedback.

Our club hats have come in and will be available for purchase tonight at the club meeting for $25. We still have  shirts from the Sailfish Tournament that would like to get out of inventory. If anyone has friends or family that would like a shirt please consider the Sailfish shirt for $15.

We will be handing out the March wristband for the annual/monthly contest tonight, and choosing the Species of the Month (with the help of Big Louie).

With Dolphin season practically here our raffle items are geared more toward catching some Dolphin.

We will be posting the information for the Dolphin Challenge at Culinary Concepts shortly.  Teams from our club, Lighthouse Point Fishing Club, and the Hillsboro Saltwater Fishing Club will compete against each other to create the Ultimate Dolphin Sandwich. This event we will have lots of food, beer, and fun to go around for everyone!!

http://offshoreanglerspompanobeach.org/event/u-s-coast-guard-safety-check/ ‎

The OAPB Sailfish Tournament Captain’s Meeting is tonight at 7pm at the Sands Harbor. As of now we have 11 entries, and 3 RSVPs to register this evening. 

Boat Name                        Team Name                   Captain Name

Island Time                              Sail Slayers                Steve Drake

Reef’s Break                            Reef’s Break            Shaughn Miller

Free Spool                                 Free Spool                Franklin Frank

Bimini Twist                              Bimini Twist            Scott Mcilvaine

Reel Locos                                 Reel Locos               Jason Edinger

My Time                                     My Time                   Jim Blake

Miss Michelle                         Miss Michelle         Shannon Kelleher

The Hillsboro Hearse        Aquasport                Sam Fugina

Semper Fish                            The A Team              George Albert

Venture Ho!                            Venture Ho!            Jeff Holsapple

In The Soup                               In The Soup             Dan Campbell

Sticks N Stones                     Sticks N Stones     Harry Slingsby

The Thirst Is Reel                  Busted Knuckles   Ed Weisenberger

Tonight we will go over overall information for the tournament: channels, times, weigh in, awards, and just the overall tournament.If you have any feedback that  may  help our events and tournaments run smoothly, please shoot me an email or give me a call.  I would like to thank our past president John Weber for all of his feedback from the past events he has organized it has been valuable.

Calcutta Entries

Biggest Fish                        Heavy 4                      Sailfish

No Name Boat              No Name Boat           No Name Boat

Bimini Twist                       Bimini Twist              —————

Reef’s Break                   Reef’s Break                Reefs’s Break

My Time                              My Time                      My Time

Miss Michelle                  Miss Michelle             Miss Michelle

Free Spool                             Free Spool               ————–

The A Team                      The A Team                     The A Team

Venture Ho!                      Venture Ho!                 Venture Ho!

Aquasport                         Aquasport                   —————–

Busted Knuckles           Busted Knuckles        Busted Knuckles

Sticks N Stones            ——————-           ——————

Also, we thank all of our members, friends, captains, family, volunteers, and  sponsors for helping to create a successful 2017 Sailfish Tournament. 

The 2017 Captain’s Scoreboard has been added to the menu. The scoreboard is based on the fish are that are submitted by the anglers. Boat captains receive the same amount of points as the anglers. Ex: Angler Scoreboard= Angler John-100 points, Angler Beth-68 points, Angler Jimbo-120 points, Angler Stevo-55 points. All these anglers were on Captain Tim’s vessel, so Captain Tim receives 343 points toward the Captain of the Year Award and the trip to Quepos, Costa Rica.

Please submit all fish with the wristband in the photo, and measurements clearly visible.

2017 Annual Sailfish Tournament

February 3rd, (7-9)- Captain’s Meeting at Sands Harbor

February 4th-Sailfish Tournament

(7am-2pm) Lines in and out

(2pm-3pm) Fish Weigh-In at Sands Harbor North Dock

(3pm-5pm) Awards- Sands Harbor North Dock

Awards for Top Angler, Top Female Angler, Top Youth Angler (15 or less), 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies and prizes for Top 3 boats.

Calcuttas are split between Top 3 Boats.

All boats are subject to Raft-Up. Parking will be at public parking at beach or parking garage.

Raffle and Sands Harbor menu available for food and drinks.

Join us for our first meeting of 2017 at The Sands Harbor on Monday, January 16th. Captain Jack will be our guest speaker on Swordfishing. He has 20 years experience in Swordfishing out of Port Everglades and the Hillsboro Inlets. He will be discussing tackle, technique, day and night fishing, and sharing his overall experience in getting one of these billfish in the boat.

Please remember that your 2017 dues must be paid in order to attend the meeting. To pay your membership dues please click here: NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. RSVP IS A MUST. You can RSVP here under events, on our Facebook page, or on Meetup.

As a reminder, the monthly contest wristband for February will be handed out at this January meeting. Jeff Lyman has won the contest for December, and Chris Thomas is holding the lead in points for the annual contest to Quepos, Costa Rica.

Our member shirts are in production, and will be handed out at the meeting! Our club shirts this year are grey long-sleeve performance shirts, with the new logo and artwork shown below.

BACK OF SHIRT

FRONT OF SHIRT-UPPER CHEST

Looking forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks!

Best,

Shaughn Miller

President

OAPB