The Conch House Marina in St.
Augustine lists the summer months of May, June, July and August as good months to sailfish.
was not present in sufficient num- bers to keep them nearby. Remember, find the bait balls and you find the sailfish.
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Meanwhile, the sailfish bite off North Florida near St. Augustine was excellent in 2010, pretty much using the same type of bait spread that anglers in South Carolina would utilize. “North of Canaveral there are a number of nice marinas to visit in search of great sailfishing,” said Loy. The Conch House Marina in St. Augustine lists the summer months of
JEFF DENNIS
May, June, July and August as good months to sailfish. Then, of course, there is the El Pescado Billfish Tourn- ament out of the Camachee Cove Yacht Harbor in St. Augustine. The 2009 two-
Jeff Dennis is a freelance writer and photographer who grew up on a tidal creek in Charleston, South Carolina, and has been a cooperating angler for the South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resource’s marine gamefish tagging pro- gram since 1994. He can be reached at
www.Lowcountryoutdoors.com.
day event saw the release of 103 bill- fish, with the overwhelming majority being sailfish. In 2010, the two-day release total was nearly 200 billfish with sailfish being the main quarry once again.
Fall sailfish tournaments are only becoming more popular and while sail- fish numbers out of Florida are the best around, Loy supports the new Sailfish Slam event fished out of the MegaDock marina in Charleston, S.C. Twenty-one sailfish were released during the 2010 event and anglers have all summer to perfect the strategy they will gamble with when trying the win the Slam with a full house of sailfish.
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