ishing Captain Favorite's Weekend Fishing Forecast April 5, 2012

BRADENTON -- In our new weekend segment we will now be featuring a fishing/boating related product -- this week check out the book The Sail of Two Idiots, a book about a midlife mission to enliven the mundane world of a married couple who didn't have any boating experience. There are no boating events scheduled for this weekend, but the De Soto Bottle Boat Regatta will take place next weekend on the south side of the Palma Sola Causeway. Bring the family to see teams compete in homemade boats of all shapes, sizes and themes!

Product of the Week: The Sail of Two Idiots

• Renee and Michael didn’t have any boating experience and when their plans to remedy that fell through the two had to learn everything the hard way. Despite themselves they managed to get from Miami to Grenada, eventually dropping the anchor of their cruising catamaran at the island of their dreams. Determined to save future sailors from themselves, A Sail of Two Idiots includes lessons Renee and Michael learned and shares them with you as examples of what and what not to do. This a how-to guide wrapped in a funny story–kind of like getting your serving of vegetables from a slice of pizza. Read this and make your dream of sailing away a reality.

Upcoming Events 

De Soto Heritage Festival Bottle Boat Regatta

• The wet, wacky and wild De Soto Heritage Festival Bottle Boat Regatta is back and as usual, the event is packed full of fun. The regatta will once again be held on the South side of the Palma Sola Causeway on April 10, 2012. Bring the family out to see teams compete in home made boats of all shapes, sizes and themes! 
• Witness various teams of friends, co-workers and children who have spent countless hours fabricating an array of exotic-looking boats that float on hundreds of plastic bottles! Teams row the bottle boats with paddles to get from the start to finish line. Teams will compete for a wide range of awards from fastest boat to best dressed crewe and more! It’s sure to be fun for all.

Citrus Slam Bass Tournamentt

• Disabled anglers in the Open/Team Competition are paired with able-bodied boat partners for the two-day event. On day one, only the disabled anglers compete. The boat partners serve as coaches and help locate fish and choose baits. On day two, the paired anglers compete as a team for cash prizes. Although only the anglers with disabilities fish in the Open Competition, awards and prizes are given to both anglers and boat partners. Disabled anglers in the Bank Competition are paired with volunteers who assist them in fishing. Prizes are awarded based on the total weight of the five heaviest fish on each day's tournament.
• The tournament will be held at Lake Toho
• April 13, 2012 05:00 p.m. - April 15, 2012 03:00 p.m.

CB’s Saltwater Outfitters Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing School, Apr 14, 2012

• CB’s Saltwater Outfitters, 1249 Stickney Point Rd., on Siesta Key in Sarasota, FL will hold an Orvis-Endorsed fly fishing school on Apr. 14, 2012. The school will cover fly casting basics, line control, shooting line and the roll cast.
•  Orvis-Endorsed outfitter guide, Capt. Rick Grassett, will also cover leader construction, fly selection and saltwater fly fishing techniques. The course, designed for beginning and intermediate fly casters, will focus on basics but also work with intermediate casters on correcting faults and improving casting skills. 
• Cost for the school, which will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., is $150 per person and includes the use of premium Orvis fly tackle, a text book and lunch. Contact CB’s Saltwater Outfitters at (941) 349-4400 orcbsoutfitters@verizon.net to make reservations.

Fishing Forecast 

High pressure across the central Florida Peninsula this morning will move south into the Florida Straits tonight and Thursday as a cold front approaches from the northwest. The high will move south and east of the waters Thursday night as the cold front moves into the northern Gulf waters Friday morning...then through the central and southern waters Friday afternoon and night. Strong high pressure will build down the eastern sea board during the upcoming weekend in the wake of the front with a tightening pressure gradient producing an increasing easterly wind flow over the Gulf waters.

 

Thursday

Southwest winds increasing to around 15 knots. Bay and inland waters becoming a moderate chop. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Thursday night will bring southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms.

 

Friday

West winds around 10 knots becoming northwest and increasing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A chance of thunderstorms. Friday night will bring northwest winds around 10 knots in the evening then becoming northeast and increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a light chop becoming a moderate chop after midnight.

 

Saturday

Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Saturday night  will bring northeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop.

 

Sunday

Northeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop

Weekend Tides

To create your own tide chart, follow the link to  www.noaa.com

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