Blue Water Shoot-out

The Hunker Down crew — (front row from left) Doug Geis, Hamp Tanner, Scott Geis, (back from left) John Tanner, who owns the boat, and Cliff Thrift — won the annual Amelia Island Bluewater Shoot-out Saturday, May 10, 2in Fernandina Beach.

Due to the continually rising cost of fuel, anglers are searching for different avenues to conserve fuel. There are ways to make every ounce of fuel burn effectively.

Anglers are going to have to boat-pool. Carpooling has been around for years; now we have to begin to look at boat-pooling. The days of seeing a lone angler out enjoying a day on the water may be over, as anglers begin to share rides to help with the ever-rising fuel costs.

Timmy Long (left) and Capt. Allen Mills hold up an 89-pound wahoo. The seventh annual Bluewater Shoot Out out of Fernandina Beach, Florida is this Saturday, May 10. 

During May, trolling for big game at the Gulf Stream usually provides a fantastic bite. This is the time of year the big-game reels are screaming with yards of line streaming off due to the bite of a huge wahoo, high-flying dolphin or a bruiser of a tuna. Now is the time to be trolling at the break.