- May 4, 2024
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So you think that E-10 fuel creates problems for your marine engine now? Well just wait until E-15 fuel is in place at gas stations.
On Friday, Aug. 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed the recreational boating industry’s challenge of the EPA’s decision to allow E-15 into the U.S. fuel supply. This decision puts the potentially dangerous E-15 at gas pumps across the country, a troubling scenario for American boaters and the recreational boating industry.
E-15 will not only affect marine engines but all small engines such as lawn mowers and the list goes on. You better be prepared to spend money on those costly repairs that ethanol causes. Thanks, EPA!
App-aholic
Whenever I find a good app for my iPhone, I like to pass it along to people. One such app is Radar US. It has a onetime charge of $1.99 to download it to your phone. It’s a no-nonsense radar that gives up-to-the-minute weather conditions. With the weather we’ve been having lately, I find this app to be very useful before I leave my house, on my way to the boat ramp and while I’m out on the water.
Don't snook back
Snook season opens Sept. 1 on the east coast of Florida. If you happen to catch a big snook, remember that it must measure 28-32 inches to keep it and that the tail must be pinched when measuring it. There is a bag limit of one fish per day per person.
Your best shot at landing a keeper size snook would be in the Tamoka River. I continue to catch small snook on a white fly or live shrimp. I haven’t been able to connect with one of the monster-size ones yet, but I’ll keep trying.
Dusk to dawn
With this hot weather, the best fishing has been from dusk, all night long and then until about 9 or 10 in the morning. Once the sun gets up there, the fishing just seems to shut down.
Day break and up until the sun creeps over the horizon have been good for topwater plug fishing. There have been some big trout at this time. One of my clients missed a monster fish on a topwater plug this past week. It wasn’t until he noticed a few casts later that the rear set of treble hooks were missing. How they came off is still a mystery to me.
The fishing in the surf and from the pier has slowed down due to the drop in water temperature. When we get periods of west wind it pushes the warm water out and it is replaced by colder water. This occurrence is known as an “upwelling."
