According to recent fishing reports from the Keys; the mangrove snapper fishing is at its peak right now. The waters around Islamoradora Island in the Florida Keys are perfect for fishing right now and reportedly unaffected by the BP oil spill.

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Bring a large 1-gallon pot of salted water to a boil, and place the pasta in the pot. Cook for 5 minutes and then drain; pasta will be only partially cooked. As the pasta cooks, set a large saute pan over medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Once the oil is hot, add the onions to the pan and cook until lightly caramelized and wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the shallots and garlic to the pan and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the red pepper flakes and saute briefly before adding the tomato sauce and tomato paste. Cook the sauce until reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Add the lobster to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the partially cooked pasta to the pan along with 1 cup lobster stock and continue to cook the pasta in the sauce until al dente, about 3 to 4 minutes. Season the pasta with the salt and toss to combine. Garnish with fresh basil.

Marco Island has been described as Magical, Mystical, and Alluring. The attraction is tropical sun-washed white beaches and a casual easy paced lifestyle. Sunshine, frolicking dolphins, and all of the water and sun sports that go with the beaches are available for your pleasure. Known to have a variety of great game fish, huge fish, fighting fish, and great eating fish, Marco Island is said to be one of the best places for a large variety of world-class fishing year round.

Captain Dave "The Mad Snooker " has been busy hoisting in good numbers of snook with his clients. Captain Dave reports that they have been catching 30+ in just under 4 hours! Now, he won't promise that you will catch giant snook all the time, but you will catch loads of snook, even big snook, and maybe get lucky enough to wrestle one of the giants!

The fishing has been good even though it's been hot. The water temperature has heated up but there are certainly some strange things happening anyway. How about the sheepshead biting at the jetties and in the river? Can you believe the sheepshead is fired up? Now "fired up" during the summer time months isn't like the fall, winter and spring firing up but we've been catching anywhere from 10 to 20 sheepshead in the past couple of weeks. I certainly call that "fired up" for this time of the year.

The Black Drum is another species that fires up during the cooler water temperatures in the fall, winter and spring but we're still catching them right in the middle of summer. Tarpon have been all up and down the rocks at the jetties when the tide slacks off. It doesn't seem to matter if it's high slack or low slack, but they're out there before and after each change of tides.

The oil in the Gulf has finally been stopped, for the most part. I sure hope they keep it stopped so many of the fishermen and women can enjoy their sport as well as make a living over there. I see that NOAA has re-opened some of the previously-closed areas to fishing. That's a relief to a lot of people over there.

For centuries scholars and lay people alike have wondered about the effects of the sun and moon on everything, from the gravitational pull on the earth to the mindset of the mentally ill patient on the psychiatric unit. In ancient times many of the gods that were worshiped were based on the sun and moon.

But today much more is known about the lunar and solar events and how they affect the earth and nature, and the correlation between various natural events and the position of the sun and moon. Many early solar calendars were astonishingly accurate, and to this day a sundial will still accurately tell you the time of day. Fishermen can use the knowledge of the moon cycles to increase the chance of a successful catch.

With the fall boat show season fast approaching, it is time to start thinking about advertising. Getting the best “bang-for-your-buck” is not always easy when choosing which way to spend your hard-earned advertising budget. But now you can offer your inventory to “Hot Prospects” at an extremely low advertising investment per boat by using the Boat Shopper and Florida Marine Times magazines in conjunction with the upcoming boat show season. If you advertise in the designated show editions, not only will your ad appear in our street edition, reaping the benefits of our high impact distribution, additionally we will be at popular boat shows handing out thousands of books with your ad(s) in them. Because they are FREE, they reach even more potential customers for you.

If you want to get your products in the hands of your customers then advertising in the Boat Shopper and Florida Marine Times during the upcoming boat show season is essential. Our goal is clear: make your advertisement easily accessible to anyone in the market for new or used boats and accessories.

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All my life people have called certain fish that are neither a sport fish nor important food fish “Garbage fish”, “rough fish”, or worse. I used to bow fish for Carp in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, which is a blast all by itself, but for all the disrespect that species like Carp and Suckers get, they can turn into something strangely addictive after an introduction to a smoker.

Not all road trips require a behemoth RV that is ugly and drains your wallet every time you gas it up, not to mention most people are not comfortable driving such monstrosities. How about traveling to your favorite camping spots in a unique completely restored VW bus? Want to camp at the beach and fish till dark? Well, Florida Oldscool Campers, LLC can assist you in planning a perfect holiday.

No more staying at high-priced hotel rooms, you can camp at thousands of beautiful locations throughout Florida with Camper Vans that available are for rent; daily, weekly or monthly. Oldscool Campers is a young company that has big plans to add more restored VW Campers to their fleet in the near future, in fact according to Mike the Fleet Manager, they plan to have a green, orange, beige and blue available for this spring.

Fishing has historically supported Pine Island’s residents for many generations. Sport fishermen discovered years ago the abundance of fish such as Tarpon in Pine Island. In fact, Tarpon fishing actually originated in Pine Island Sound as far back as the late 1880s. The Tarpon capital of the world is considered to be Boca Grande Pass (just 20 minutes across Pine Island Sound). Other game fish indigenous to the area include Snook, Redfish, Ocean Trout, Grouper, Snapper, Cobia, Mackerel, Barracuda, Shark, Sea Bass, and more.

Whether you choose to go offshore, inshore, back-bay, or even saltwater fly fishing, you are guaranteed a great catch, when fishing around Pine Island. Summer is the best season to boat and fish at Pine Island because you don't have to deal with the occasional windy days that occur from January through March.