Fishing Blog
Hook & Tackle is proud to support the University of Miami Shark Research Program.Offering the crew high tech UPF 50+ Sun Protection performance shirts that allow breath-ability and comfort. Soon to be available to the public with portions of the proceeds to benefit the UM Shark Research program.
UM conducted over 200 field trips, laboratory sessions and workshops, exposing more than 1000 students to field research. The data collected produced 5 scientific publications and generated international media attention including CNN, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet to name just a few.
Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC)
Operating at the intersection of science, education and outreach, SRC enables UM to build upon its internationally recognized programs in marine and ecosystem science and foster innovative interdisciplinary approaches to emerging environmental issues. SRC is a joint initiative of the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami. Since then, the Program continues to grow with the generous support of its staff, students, volunteers, partners and sponsors.
To get involved or make a donation to the Shark Research Program, please click on the link below:
http://sharkresearch.rsmas.miami.edu/donate/online
Hook & Tackle was proud to sponsor the 9th Annual Mad Dog Mandich Fishing Classic in Islamorada, The Florida Keys.
Proceeds benefits Oncology Department at Mariners Hospital in the Florida Keys. It allows residents to receive treatment locally as oppose to traveling over 60 miles to the mainland in Miami.
Over 40 boats attended this large extravaganza with parties, music, cocktails and fun.
The event was started 9 years ago by Jim Mandich, former Miami Dolphins player who played during the "Perfect" Season and in 3 Super Bowls. Jim passed away 6 year ago from bile duct cancer and his children has continued the event making it a world class fishing tournament while raising awareness and helping to battle cancer #tacklecancer
Modern bass fishing has evolved into a multibillion-dollar industry. The sport has changed drastically since its beginnings in the late 19th century. From humble beginnings, the bass has become the second most specifically sought-after game fish in the USA. The sport has driven the development of all manner of fishing gear, including rods, reels, lines, lures, clothing, electronic depth and fish-finding instruments, drift boats, float tubes, also boats specified for bass fishing.
Largemouth bass populations boomed after the U.S. Department of Agriculture began to advise and assist farmers in constructing and stocking farm ponds with largemouth bass, even offering advice on managing various fish species. Soon, those who had stocked largemouth bass on their farm ponds began to pursue them on a burgeoning number of new reservoirs and impoundments built in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s.
The increasing popularity of the sport combined with "catch and release" practices have in some cases led to an overpopulation of bass.
An overpopulated, stunted bass population can best be detected in the spring when all the bass are at least one year old. If virtually all the bass are 4 inches long or smaller, the population is probably stunted. Some indicators that a bass population is overpopulated.
In modern bass fishing competitions, caught bass are placed in a live well, and released as soon as caught and weighed by officials. Competitors are penalized heavily for dead fish and in some cases dead fish are not weighed. Fish turned in for weighing are immediately released or placed in tanks and treated for stress and glyco-protein injury, then released back into the water.
There are lots of Red Snapper being caught today in Panama City Beach. Just ask the guys from Reel Addiction Fishing Charter. Anglers travel to the Emerald Coast hoping to make that catch in the Gulf of Mexico.
The typical Red Snapper grows to 25 pounds, though the largest ever caught in the state of Florida is 46 pounds.
Red Snapper are typically found in deep waters, and like to hangout in schools near reefs, shipwrecks, and oil rigs. Your best chance at catching some tasty Snapper is to head out to deep waters.
In 2016, new laws were put into effect that will offer a much longer and more fruitful Snapper Season to for-hire vessels, while tightening up on private vessels
While in Panama City Beach, please visit the new Hook & Tackle Flagship store located at Pier Park and contact our friends at Reel Addiction Fishing Charters at 850.768.2327
Snook Fishing has become a sport in itself.
Snook are opportunistic predators whose feeding habits indicate that there is a positive relationship between their size and the size of their prey, meaning that as the snook grows it feeds on larger and larger prey.
The snook is a popular gamefish alongside the tarpon, permit and redfish.
They can be found inshore alongside mangroves and widespread throughout the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from the coast of the North Carolina to Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Many sport fishing fans enjoy the Snook so much, Hook & Tackle has created The Snook Collection of Snook fishing shirts, Snook fishing t-shirts and a Snook backpack.
