Sailfish City - Stuart Florida Community Site

Today through Saturday.

Artificials Only Inshore Fishing Tournament, Squid Lips Grill, 1660 Indian River Drive, Sebastian.

 Snook, trout, redfish.

Payout: $500 for first in each division.

Captains meeting 6:30 PM today.

Entry: $50.

Info: www.TCFCircuit.com or call (772) 633-8800

The haywire twist is a popular method of joining a hook, swivel or lure to single-strand wire leader. When tied correctly the connection is stronger than the wire itself because of the double-wraps. It is a popular knot for trolling and can be used for big and small game leaders when targeting fish with nasty teeth including wahoo, barracuda, mackerel and sharks. The wire prevents the fish biting off the leader. The haywire twist is declining in popularity since the invention of knotable wire trace, but is still a very useful knot to learn.

Last night I attended a meeting of the West Palm Beach Fishing Club (another subject entirely) and they had a guest speaker, Captain Gary Lavallee. He has developed a website named www.askyourcaptain.com, which contains a great deal of good fishing info. But his main pitch last night was about a new program for dolphin tagging, which is beginning to shed a whole new light on migratory patterns, growth rates, feeding habits, etc. of these great sport fish. It’s a private research program run by marine biologists who care about the future of the dolphin population. Check out their site at www.dolphintagging.com.

If you want to hear more about the WPB Fishing club, drop me a line (no pun intended). I live in Stuart and run a 27′ Blackwatch sportfisher with twin 225 Mercs called “Terminator”.