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Redfish, Sheepshead, and Coastal Tales At Venice Pier
The column reports anglers at Venice area piers with multiple redfish 12 to 18 pounds and several sheepshead caught on bloodworms and live bait. Jim Johnson posts a 6% pound redfish at St. Petersburg, while crowds at the south jetty watch for bites. Local names include Tom and Richard Smelker, Paul Meisel, Lew Gallup, Millard Hammersley, Bert Fink, Ruth Herzog, Joe Lisky, and Wm Downing. travel from Lake City, Michigan, Delaware, and Tennessee is noted as visitors share catches and photos aboard boats Blue Seas and Miss Venice. The piece muses on fishing culture and sea fascination as mild winter weather shifts from cool to cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Richard Smelker
Nokomis
Lake City
Fla
Richard
Michigan
Andre
Jim Johnson
Jim
St. Petersburg
Lew Gallup
Millard
Bert Fink
Ruth Herzog
Frederick
Newark
Delaware
Venice
Joe Lisky
Elizabeth
N.J
David Pugh
Crossville
Tenn
Sheila