Dolphin Brawl is creeping up real fast. Here is a little video created by member Bob Brown featuring David Cartee to get you excited for the Dolphin Season. Tight Lines!!

Habitat and Fishing Tips:

Hogfish are a reef species that inhabit rocky bottoms, ledges and reefs throughout Florida’s off-shore waters. They are easily identified by their long, hog-like snout, which allows them to feed on bottom-dwelling mollusks and crustaceans. Because they tend to root in the sediment in search of small prey, they are not commonly caught on hook and line. Hogfish are primarily harvested by spearfishing, and they are considered to be of excellent food quality.

Hogfish is our species of the month fish. The FWC regulation limit is five per angler. Measurements must be minimum 12″ Fork Length. The cap per fish submittal is 3 per month. The additional point value for a species of the month submittal is double points per fish. Remember, the April wristband (RED)must be in the photo for the submittal to be accepted. Good Luck!!

Bluewater Movements Quest for the Crest, Final Sail is happening in April. Check out their promo video!

Quest for the Crest

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.