Fisherman's Coast: An Angler's Guide to Marine Warm-Water Gamefish and Their Habitats
Marine researcher Aaron Adams shares his knowledge about sea grass, mangroves, salt marshes, oyster bars, shorelines, beaches, sand flats, and coral reefs from the Caribbean to the Carolinas, the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida coast, to give you what you need to know to fish for tropical, subtropical, and warm-water species. Behavior, life cycles, and fishing tips for 25 marine gamefish and their prey are included. Species include red drum, spotted seatrout, permit, bonefish, snook, tarpon,...
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Marine researcher Aaron Adams shares his knowledge about sea grass, mangroves, salt marshes, oyster bars, shorelines, beaches, sand flats, and coral reefs from the Caribbean to the Carolinas, the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida coast, to give you what you need to know to fish for tropical, subtropical, and warm-water species. Behavior, life cycles, and fishing tips for 25 marine gamefish and their prey are included. Species include red drum, spotted seatrout, permit, bonefish, snook, tarpon, barracuda, snapper, ladyfish, weakfish, bluefish, striped bass, cobia, cero mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and jacks.Author Biography: Aaron Adams works for Mote Marine Laboratory at the Charlotte Harbor Field Station in southern Florida.
AcknowledgmentsixPrefacexiIntroduction1Chapter 1Life Cycles of Marine Gamefish and Their Prey5The Larval Stage6The Juvenile Stage7The Adult Stage11Applying What You've Learned: Taking Advantage of Juvenile Prey12Seasonality of Gamefish Prey13Applying What You've Learned: Seasonality of Prey Species Life Cycles14Spawning Gamefish14Temperature15Local Nuances16Chapter 2Seagrass17Species of Seagrass and Their Environmental Requirements20Applying What You've Learned: Reading Seagrass24Applying What You've Learned: Spotted Seatrout26Seagrass as Habitat26Fishing in Patchy Seagrass30Applying What You've Learned: Tailing Red Drum34Gamefish Prey35Time of Day50Applying What You've Learned: Seasonal Strategies for Gamefish in Grass Beds50Stewardship52Chapter 3Mangroves53Mangrove Species and Their Ecological Attributes54Red Mangroves55Applying What You've Learned: Bonefish along the Mangroves56Black Mangroves59Applying What You've Learned: Black Mangrove Shorelines60Gamefish Prey in the Mangroves61Location Matters72Time of Day74Seasons in the Mangroves74Applying What You've Learned: Gamefish in the Mangroves77Stewardship80Chapter 4Oyster Bars83Ecological Requirements85Types of Oyster Bars86Currents88Tidal Range89Salinity90Applying What You've Learned: Exploring Oyster Bars91Applying What You've Learned: Basic Fishing Tactics92Oyster Bar Habitats96Seasonality98Gamefish Prey98Applying What You've Learned: Fishing at Dawn and Dusk103Resident Prey Fish104Seasonal Prey Fish107Applying What You've Learned: Fly Selection109Applying What You've Learned: Be Ready for Baitfish110Stewardship112Chapter 5Salt Marshes113High and Low Marsh Zones115Applying What You've Learned: Finding Gamefish in Salt Marshes119Applying What You've Learned: Red Drum in the Salt Marsh121Tides123Applying What You've Learned: Fishing the Tides125Gulf versus Atlantic Coastal Salt Marshes127Salt Marsh Food Web130Gamefish Prey131Applying What You've Learned: Strategies for Murky Water137Applying What You've Learned: Seasonal Strategies138Stewardship140Chapter 6Beaches143Waves144Applying What You've Learned: Basic Strategies for Fishing the Surf146Shifting Sands149Applying What You've Learned: Summer Beachside Snook152Gamefish Prey153Applying What You've Learned: Seasonality and the Fall Feeding Frenzy158Beaches of the Tropics161Applying What You've Learned: Tarpon Blitzes162Applying What You've Learned: Strategy for Fishing Protected Beaches167Applying What You've Learned: Tarpon at Dusk168Gamefish Prey170Tropical Beachrock Shorelines171Stewardship173Chapter 7Rubble Flats and Sand Flats of the Tropics175Rubble Flats of the Backreef175Shoreline Rubble Flats180Sand Flats183Appendix ATable of Common Gamefish189Appendix BTable of Major Prey Groups191References and Further Reading193Index207
