Fishing with an old friend of mine from Tampa in this week's episode, Capt.
Chad Manning. We had this shoot scheduled since the signing on with
Skeeter Boats
was official (Chad's a Skeeter Captain), and we were gonna getterdun no
matter what. Capt. Chad called and said he was on some snook, as long
as we threw live bait, we'd get an episode. So I rigged my
Flats Blue rods
up, put on some fresh
Seaguar leader (y'all
who have fished snook a lot know that they can sure beat up your leader),
and a new spool of
FINS XS (8 strand
extra smooth and strong). I also made sure I had plenty of
Trokar hooks
too.
Now I had thrown chum before, sometimes it's necessary, but I don't think
I've ever seen THIS much chum thrown at one time. My producer gave him the
alias "Chumley Mandingo" after about the 40th swing of the chum bat (not 40,
just kidding).
Capt. Chad
is a good captain, I highly recommend him, he will put ya on the fish. He
put me in the right spots, and I get to show you some sweet Tampa Bay snook
in tomorrow's episode "Tampa Chums" (Friday, April 18th at 10:30 a.m. ET on
Fox Sun Sports). Check the
AF website
for replay times on Sunday and Wednesday.
Me and the AF crew are up in Destin this week shooting episodes and I'll be
fishing a cobia tournament over the weekend with some fine folks from
Skeeter dealer,
Legendary Marine. The weather has once again been a challenge and morale is getting low, we
need to catch a break from Mother Nature, please. We're staying in one of my
favorite places while here in Destin, the
Emerald Grande
and if anything helps sooth our weary fishin' bones, it's a sweet place like
this.
Tampa Bay, get ready for the Grand Opening of the newest Dick's Sporting
Goods store!! The new store opens up next weekend at the Westshore Mall. Me
and the AF crew will be there on Saturday, April 26th and Sunday, April 27th
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Come by for all the sweet deals on tackle,
get signed up and entered to win a FREE Minn Kota trolling motor, Talon
shallow water anchor or a pair of Costa sunglasses, sit in on my seminars,
Calusa cast net demos with local captain, Chris Camps, and meet Skeeter Pros
Captains Ryan Farner and Chad Manning from recent Tampa Bay episodes of AF.
I'm super excited about the weekend event coming up, it's always a good time
in Tampa.
Hey, until next week . . . tight lines,
Blair
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