FIN – FATALE
The Landings Fishing Club is a family affair. All are welcome, so come on down! The LFC has many female anglers. Nationwide females make up 37% of all anglers. Long considered a male dominated activity, fishing females no longer raise eyebrows, they are part of a rising national trend of women who love the sport as much as their male counterparts.
The Landings Fishing Club is a family affair. All are welcome, so come on down! The LFC has many female anglers. Nationwide females make up 37% of all anglers. Long considered a male dominated activity, fishing females no longer raise eyebrows, they are part of a rising national trend of women who love the sport as much as their male counterparts.
Most female anglers were taught by their fathers or grandfathers at ages as young as age three. Love of fishing crosses borders and boundaries. Canada has a tremendous number of female anglers. The reasons given for their love of fishing are as varied as the species they seek to catch. Capt. Debbie enjoys the emotional fulfillment, a sense of learning, and personal growth. Every day can bring something unexpected.
The joy of fishing brings camaraderie, enjoyment of the outdoors, and it’s lots of fun. Women are more detail oriented and are involved with the process of fishing. Others are focused on the end result. Either way a photo of the big one that didn’t get away provides the bragging rights. Sixteen million women anglers can’t be wrong.
MOONLIGHT ANGLER
The night was dark, the moon was yellow, and the waves were very shallow. The bridge light was weak and shadows were shimmering. The go-to place was just ahead, and all was ready—ready to do battle with monster Snook.
An ambush feeder on steroids is what beckons the “moonlight angler,” alias Garrett Farmer. Go to the hard-to-reach places and the time of night when all should be sleeping if you want to increase your odds of landing old “Line-side” (Snook). White bait or artificial; it’s your choice. Make your cast on the shadow line of light to darkness under the Caloosahatchee River Bridges. Lurking beneath your boat are many types of fish but your target is bragging rights Snook.
8 1/2-foot rod, bait cast reel, 40# test braid line, 80# test leader and a ton of patience are required. The rod bends, the hook is set, the reel screams under drag pressure as old line-side races toward the bridge pilings. One long scrape, the line breaks, and your trophy escapes. “Moonlight Angler” is ready for such a move and counter acts the threat. Turn the fish away and into open water to continue the fight as water spray fills the air as the fish jumps. Out comes the tape measure and another 40-inch monster is measured, recorded and released.
Garrett Farmer, alias “moonlight angler,” spoke to The Landing Fishing Club on 12-4-24 relating his skills and thrills of fishing. Displaying rods-reels, and lures, his 45-minute presentation was punctuated by many pertinent questions on how, what, where and when to catch their targeted fish. Always enthusiastic and happy to keep his Landings family pleased, Garrett did say this “fish at night makes it right; fish in day– fish often don’t play”.
