Mendez winning Jr. Bass tournament
Ariel Mendez built upon his success as a bank fisherman to win Sunday's Broward County Parks and Recreation Division's Jr. Bass Trail event at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach.
Mendez, 14, of Pembroke Pines, caught a five-fish limit weighing 7.1 pounds to win the tournament for anglers ages 12-17 fishing from the Bass Tender boat with a Minn Kota trolling motor and an Odyssey battery that he was awarded last month when he won the county's Bass Fishing Kids season-ending classic at Quiet Waters, a trail where youngsters fish from the shoreline.
Cody Dolan, 16, of Loxahatchee, was second with a limit weighing 7.05. Silvio Gonzalez, 12, of Homestead, another veteran of the shore-fishing trail, was third in his first Jr. Trail event with a limit weighing 6.6. Connor Porter, 17, of Parkland, had the biggest bass at 5.2. In all, 16 anglers weighed in 50 fish.
Fish of the week
Ed Knorr caught 16.22 pounds Saturday, including the big bass of 7.93, to win the Everglades Bassmasters of South Florida club tournament on at Lake Ida. Mark Sommer was second at 13.51, followed by Tony Crowder at 11.32, Bob Gallik at 8.65 and Ryan Cook at 7.55.
Mike and Andrew Barnard caught 13.27 pounds Sunday to win the King of the Glades Club Trail tournament out of the C-16 Canal. Billy Brown and Dave Mathis were second at 11.98, followed by Donnie and Tim Funk (11.79), Mike Armour and Eric Jhoran (11.7) and Judy Fairchield and Rick Cortina (10.23). Fairchield had the big bass at 4.73.
Capt. Alan Zaremba guided Bob Taylor, of Hollywood, to 35 largemouth bass using Stik-O's and floating Rapalas in the canals along Alligator Alley. Jim and Doloris Kimes, of Gonzales, La., caught 26 peacock bass up to 3 pounds using floating Rapalas in the C-4 Canal. Abe Gasper, of Sunrise, and his son Jeremy, of Hollywood, caught 36 largemouths up to 3 pounds using Stik-O's and trick worms in the L-29.
Fishing out of Port Everglades Inlet, Robert Milot and his son Jean Francois each caught his first sailfish as part of a doubleheader Saturday, along with two kingfish, a blackfin tuna, two skipjack tunas and 12 African pompanos on No Vacansea with Capt. Kevin Cote. Sunday, Cote guided Yvan Tardif and Sylvie Ledain, of St. Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec, to a skipjack, two kings, a cero mackerel and 12 African pompanos.
Rick Katz, of Coral Springs, caught six tilefish up to1.5 pounds, a vermilion snapper and an 8-pound snowy grouper Sunday afternoon on the Fish City Pride drift boat of Pompano Beach.
Calendar
Thursday: "Winter Bay and Inlet Fishing" seminar, Capt. Bouncer Smith, 6:30-8 p.m., Dusky Sport Center, 110 Bryan Road, Dania Beach. Cost $10 per person and redeemable for merchandise. Call 954-920-7866.
Friday-Saturday: 21st annual Cheeca Lodge Presidential Sailfish Tournament, Islamorada. Call Liz Hill at 305-451-5094 or visit cheeca.com/fishing-and-recreation.
Saturday: One-day safe boating course, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 3-7, Dixon Ahl Recreation Center, 2200 NE 38th St., Lighthouse Point. Cost $45, includes lunch. Visit flotilla37.org or contact Gene Cain at 954-557-0582 or auxcain@hotmail.com to register.
Saturday: Bass Fishing Kids Palm Beach Trail, Okeeheelee Park, West Palm Beach. Register online at bassfishingkids.com.
Saturday: Plantation Flotilla 38, U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, one-day boating safety class, 8 a.m., Plantation Community Outreach Center at Broward Mall. Cost $50, includes lunch. Contact Ron Albert at 954-296-2303 or FLSafeBoating@comcast.net.
Saturday-Sunday: Big Pine Nautical Flea Market, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce, mile marker 31, Big Pine Key. Visit lowerkeyschamber.com or call 305-872-2411,
Saturday-Sunday: Key West Harbour King Mackerel Tournament, Key West Harbour Yacht Club, Stock Island. Visit fishska.com or call Murray Marine at 305-296-0364.
Jan. 25: Capt. Al Flutie Over the Hill Rip-Off sailfish tournament for anglers 50 and over, out of Oceanview Inn & Sports Pub, mile marker 84.5, Islamorada. Entry fee $175 per angler in advance, $200 at Jan. 24 kickoff party. Proceeds benefit cystic fibrosis research and Monroe Association for ReMARCable Citizens. Visit marchouse.org/tournylinks.html or call 305-852-3282.
Jan. 26: West Palm Beach Fishing Club offshore meeting, 7 p.m., 201 Fifth Street. Capt. Norm Isaacs discusses blue marlin basics, including rigs, techniques and tackle. Call 561-832-6780 or visit westpalmbeachfishingclub.org.
Jan. 27: Islamorada Fishing Club Sailfish Tournament. Top boat wins $25,000 with 25-boat field. Entry fee $2,500 per boat. Visit theislamoradafishingclub.com. To register call the club at 305-664-4735 or tournament director Dianne Harbaugh at 305-852-2102 or e-mail ditournaments@aol.com.
Jan. 29: Bass Fishing Kids Broward Trail, Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek. Register online at bassfishingkids.com.
Jan. 29: Super Sailfish Bowl, out of Lake Worth Inlet. Entry fee $1,500, first place pays $5,000. Proceeds benefit the Heath Evans Foundation. To enter, visit HeathEvans.org.Read More ...
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