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When he returned that afternoon, law enforcement officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were checking boats at the ramp.

“When they approached me, I was eager to give them my fish and show them they had all measured out at over 20 inches,” the angler said. “Unfortunately, I made a mistake. I measured all my fish at the overall length instead of to the fork of the tail.”

Dolphin, like kingfish, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, amberjack, pompano, triggerfish and cobia, must be measured from the most forward part of the head to the fork of the tail.

Size and bag limits are available online at myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/regulations. the size limit for dolphin is 20 inches.

These dolphin, which had measured 22-23 inches overall, had fork lengths of 19.5-19.75 inches.

“I was issued a citation for keeping undersized dolphin,” the angler said. “It never happened to me before. I’ve been fishing for 25 years off Pompano Beach, following the regulations and trying to do the right thing.

“Such a quick and simple mistake cost me a court appearance.”

Fish of the week

It looks like the dolphin bite is ready to bust loose. Clay Winkler, of Bradenton, caught and weighed six dolphin Sunday — two 40-pounders, two 30-pounders and two 25-pounders – trolling lures around scattered weeds with some debris on Tiburon 4 with Walter Ritter, of Delray Beach, in 800 feet off Hillsboro Inlet.

Capt. Alan Zaremba, of Hollywood, guided Howard Mullin, of Sarasota, and Tom Findlay, of St. Petersburg, to 16 largemouth bass up to 3 pounds glide fishing with woolly buggers in the L-4 Canal. Dean McNew, of Fort Myers, and his brother Rob, of Tennessee, caught 29 largemouths up to 3 pounds using Senkos in the L-29. Seth Waller, of Lake Worth, and John Socol, of Fort Lauderdale, caught 35 peacock bass up to 5 pounds and a 7-pound largemouth using Road Runner Jigs in the C-4. Zaremba and Carl Hochrein, of Pembroke Pines, caught 53 largemouths up to 6 pounds, three peacocks, two Mayan cichlids and a catfish using Gambler Flappin’ Shads, Baby Torpedoes and floating Rapalas in the L-30.

Spearfishing seminar

Capt. Chad Carney has a free spearfishing seminar at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Pompano Beach Force-E at 1312 N. Federal Highway. there is a slide show, underwater video and an overview of spearfishing equipment followed by questions and discussion. To reserve a seat call the store at 954-943-3483.

Wejebe memorial

A Celebration of Life in honor of Jose Wejebe, the well loved TV fishing show host who died in a plane crash Friday in Everglades City, is 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum in Dania Beach. the public is invited to the memorial for Wejebe, whose show Spanish Glide airs on the Outdoor Channel. More information and updates will be available at igfa.org/events/Jose-Wejebe-Memorial.aspx.

Many charter captains and other experienced anglers discount the warnings anyway, saying they never got sick, they don’t know anyone who got sick and no one eats a particular species frequently enough to receive a perilous dose of mercury.

“I was told you’d pretty much have to eat fish every day for a year to build up enough mercury in your system to hurt you,” said Capt. Jimbo Beran, of the drift fishing boat Helen S at the Hillsboro Inlet Marina. “That’s what I tell my customers when I clean fish for them, you have to eat it every day. I’ve never heard of anyone having a problem.”

Health authorities encourage people to eat more fish, not less, because it’s highly nutritious, can improve cardiac health and provides benefits to the developing fetus. and they say most South Florida species are safe to eat. But some species – generally large predators – need to be consumed with caution.

At Lake Delevoe, a broad expanse of water just south of Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, the state recommends limiting consumption of five species. But Chester Jackson, 53, who was fishing from a pier Friday morning, said he’s never heard of the advisories.

“When times were hard, you’d go out here and catch a meal,” he said. “I never got sick from anything I caught in this lake. we used to fish here in the 90s. No one got sick.”

Mercury, a metallic element discharged by coal-fired power plants, can build up in the human body over years, causing neurological problems, including memory loss and personality disorders. it presents the greatest danger to children, pregnant women and women who plot to become pregnant because it can damage the nervous system of the developing child.

The Florida Department of Health’s fish consumption guidelines run to 28 pages, organized by water body. If you look up Water Conservation Area 2 in the Everglades, for example, you will see that you should not eat largemouth bass of 14 inches or more, bowfin or gar, should limit consumption of redear sunfish, spotted sunfish, butterfly peacock and largemouth bass under 14 inches to one meal per month and limit consumption of warmouth and bluegill to one per week.

“We reckon it’s so hard to communicate because it’s so complicated,” said Dr. Todd Sack, chairman of the Florida Medical Association’s Environment and Health Section. “Currently everything’s buried in web sites. It’s there, but you have to dig for it.”

he said the state’s message should be simple: Eat more fish, but get it from the store. for recreational fishing, he said, people should stick to catch and release, especially inshore where mercury levels are highest.

Ted Lange, a biologist who works on mercury issues for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, acknowledged the need for improvement and said the state was working on something more user-friendly.

“It’s very excellent information but it’s just too much, too arduous to dig through,” he said. “Next step, we’ve been working on a Safe Eating Guideline – most commonly caught and eaten species. I don’t know if there will be the money to print it. it will be on the web.”

Many fish caught in South Florida, of course, are perfectly safe to eat. They include brown bullhead, crappie, striped mullet, sheepshead, gulf flounder and many other species, according to the fish and wildlife commission. Fish with the highest mercury levels are large predators, such as sharks and largemouth bass, which contain in their flesh all the mercury from the fish they’ve eaten.

Fish bought at stores generally present less of a problem than fish from the mercury hot spot of South Florida, so long as you don’t overdo consumption. But even with store-bought fish, there has been extensive debate among the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency and environmental groups about the mercury risks versus the health benefits of seafood.

despite their debate, “a lot of people still fish to feed their families,” said Andre Eggelletion, a Lauderdale Lakes barber who has learned to fish lower on the food chain to avoid mercury. “As the economy continues to contract, I don’t see that slowing down. Poor people tell you, ‘I fish for support, not for sport.’”

Admission is $14 at the gate and $12 online for adults and $5 ($3 online) for children 6-15. Visit showmanagement.com or call 954-764-7642.

The Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament is March 23-24 out of Miami Beach Marina. the 30th anniversary edition has a new format.

The three-day tournament has been shortened to two days and there is also a one-day Outboard Only Blast! tournament on March 24. the kickoff party, final registration and captains meeting are March 22. Visit miamibillfish.com or call 305-598-2525.

Fish of the week

Windy weather has kept a lot of anglers from fishing offshore, but even when the wind dies down and seas are tolerable, the fishing hasn’t been all that good for most people.

Capt. Mario Cote and his son Kevin, fishing out of Port Everglades Inlet on their boat No Vacansea, got Germain Provencher, of Quebec, and three of his friends a dolphin and two cero mackerel Saturday morning live-baiting in 100 feet off Hollywood.

After checking with friends who had even slower fishing, Cote chose to run offshore for the afternoon.

“It was nice and flat and I said, ‘I’m going trolling.’ I went 10 miles offshore and started to see tunas jumping and a few birds,” Cote said.

His anglers caught about a 15-pound skipjack tuna, then got into a school of blackfin tunas. Trolling small feathers, they caught eight tunas up to 8 pounds.

Ethan Rogge, of Weston, caught 4.03 pounds of fish to win the small fry division in Saturday’s Bass Fishing Kids Broward County Trail tournament at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. Cameron Newland, of Sunrise, was second at 3.49. Josh House, of Boca Raton, was third at 2.68.

Eros Collazo, of Dania, had 6.6 to win the junior division, followed by Tyler Nekolny, of Coral Springs, at 4.2 and Nick Fleming, of Wellington, at 3.52. Nick O’Sullivan, of Deerfield Beach, had the big bass at 2.22.

A record 63 anglers caught and released a total of 104 bass. the next tournament is may 5 at T.Y. Park in Hollywood. Visit bassfishingkids.com.

Some think taxidermists are generally all men who like to hunt, but that is not the case for Georgia Karl.

“We’re definitely outnumbered,” Karl said about being a woman in her profession.

Karl lives in Staunton with her husband, Marty, and owns a taxidermy business, Back To Life Taxidermy in Staunton.

Karl, who describes herself as an animal lover, had been an artist prior to owning her own business. After having someone else mount a fish she had caught, it dawned on her that she should combine the two passions.

“I caught a fish that I had mounted by someone else,” Karl said. “When I went to pick it up a light bulb went off in my head, like I could do this myself.”

Karl did just that, and she has been in the taxidermy business for 16 years. she said she enjoys working at home.

Specializing in fish and birds, Karl also works with mammals and deer heads. But there are some animals she avoids.

“The only thing I don’t do is reptiles,” Karl said. “I don’t even want to touch a reptile.”

After a couple of years of being in the business, Karl started entering her work in competitions. in 1999, she won first place at the World Taxidermy Championship in Springfield, Ill., for her work with a largemouth bass.

“That was a shocker to me,” Karl said.

Most recently, Karl took home four awards from the inaugural Midwest Regional Taxidermy Convention Sept. 23 to 25. the engagement overlooked the lake at the Copper Dock Winery in Pocahontas.

Karl reproduced a peacock she had received from someone in her town who owned them, after it had died. she said she had never done a peacock and thought it would be fascinating.

As far as Karl’s work goes, she had it cut out for her when she started working on the peacock because of the bird’s size, but it paid off in the end.

After the three-day convention, Karl took home four awards for her work reproducing the peacock. the awards include the blue ribbon in master category for birds, the Pheasant Forever Award and two others from the suppliers who attended. they picked her bird as their favorite mount.

The peacock also has a sentimental value to Karl. while working on it, her father died, so winning the award made it that much more special.

For information about Karl’s business, call (618) 339-4153 or visit Back To Life Taxidermy’s

Peacock bass, no airplane required.

Here’s a different kind of Fish Friday, Bob Bramblet’s tale of cashing in a bucket list goal. Got a fishing tip or adventure trip to share? We welcome Fish Friday submissions. it won’t bring you fortune, just a small bit of fame and the positive fish karma that comes from helping or entertaining fellow ‘yakkers. Look us up at .Tamiami AdventureBy Bob Bramblet

Everyone has a “bucket list”. Whether it involves fishing in an exotic locale, or have the perfect kayak, or to win a special tournament, we all have those things we have always wanted to do. One of the items on my “to do” list was to find and catch the exotic peacock bass. they were introduced to South Florida canals back in the 80’s and I have never been able to find the time to seek them out. That all changed one morning in September when I chose to just go for it.

My fishing team partners Jim VanPelt and Will Mallett questioned me what I was doing looking at Miami on Google Earth. I told them I had a plan to drive over the following weekend and fish the freshwater canals of the Everglades and Miami for largemouth and peacock bass. both of them immediately informed me they were in. The plan was simple. we would leave Bonita Springs early on Friday morning and drive across US 41, called the Tamiami Trail. The road is flanked by freshwater drainage canals that hold largemouth bass and snook. once in Miami, we would get a motel room and fish somewhere the next morning where we could find peacock bass. it was going to be a weekend adventure that we hoped we would not soon forget.

We left early in the morning and we were soon fishing the various canals in Collier County. we had mixed results and caught a few smaller bass. once we were in Miami Dade County, the larger canal system started. we were close to Cooperstown, just outside of Miami when we began to fish these larger canals in earnest. I had heard of big lunker largemouth bass in this area, but had never seen any of size. we were fishing at one of the water control devices when I had a nice fish slam my D.O.a. Cal lure. I was on one side of the embankment that runs along the canal and Jim and will were on the other side. I soon saw it was a very large bass and started to yell like a child “bring me a net”. After the other two stopped laughing at my high pitched call for help, they came over to see the fish. it was a huge 9-pound largemouth bass. it was certainly worth the trip so far. After a few more smaller fish, and some gar and bowfin catches, we went on to scope out the next day’s fishing.

We finished up at Antonio Maceo Park, a small parcel on the airport lake that had a launch point for the kayaks. while we were there, we spoke to a couple of local who told us there were nice peacock bass in the lake. they had pictures on their cell phones to corroborate their stories, so we chose the next morning to check it out. we found a motel and settled in for the night hoping the next day we would find the fish we came here for.

We took our time the next morning because we were told that peacock bass like sunlight. we hit the launch at about 7 am and began fishing the areas our new friends told us about the day before. it wasn’t long before we were in the fish. they started out small, but became larger as the day wore on. they were always around structure like a dock, bridge or a branch in the water. they were also very aggressive and attacked our bait like they were mad. we mainly used live shiners but switched to X-Raps once we saw how aggressive they were. it did not slow down and each of us caught our share. by noon, we were done and got an early start back home.

For a small weekend trip, it became a productive adventure, each of us setting out to do something we have always wanted to do and being successful. we met a couple of new friends and caught exotic fish we have never caught before. And, as a bonus, I caught my personal best largemouth bass!

Bob Bramblet is the president of the Southwest Florida Kayak Angler’s Association and the recent 2011 Kayak Fishing Classics series champion. His Fish on videos are fun stuff. Give them a look.  

Photos courtesy Bob Bramblet.

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tank is a 55 atm and all 3 fish are about 2 inches big, going to get a 125-240 soon depending on what i find, but im just wondering how they will do together when they get larger, because atm they seemed to be doin fine with the occasional chanse by the jaguar.

Been getting a lot of strikes with 3 inch shiners on no @ hooks..Line keeps popping though..I may land 40% of the fish I hook..Embarassing…New to S. Florida..love these Peacocks!

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What line are you using now? I would go to either 15 pound mono or 10 pound power pro. As far as knots go i would try a improved clnch knot. Also owner hooks might help with the hookup. Sharper simpler to set when you get a strike. Also some people dont, but why dont you try using a leader. 20 pounds or so? good Luck hope it helps.

What Adam said, but I would go up to 30lb fluorocarbon leader.

We want t o do this on our own…not with a guide service!

the canals in , Miami, Florida I have heard that is a excellent place to find Peacock Bass.

YOu can get all you want in Brazil, but now in Florida the DNR was experimenting with Peacock Bass, but if it was producing is not known.

can a oscar fish and a peacock bass and blood parrot be in the same fish tank? there all about the same size right now?

Small term, probably okay. Long term, in any tank small of 1,000 gallons, the blood parrot will probably be killed first, then the oscar. Sufficient tank size will allow for the fish to claim territory and run from the other fish. the oscar and blood parrot could probably coexist in a 250, their size differential isn't that fantastic, I've seen 10 inch blood parrots. Peacock bass are a whole different tale, they better than double oscars, which can reach at least 15 inches, my husband had one that big when we met. Peacock bass get humongous.

Peacock bass is larger and more aggressive than the Oscar, which is larger and more aggressive than the Blood Parrot. not going to work out well for the smaller fish.

Ian

Don't know much about peacock bass but I know oscars and blood parrots would do horribly in an aquarium together. They are both way too aggressive.

too much aggression, those fish would just tare eachother apart!