Red fish will bite on cut bait but realize that they prefer live bait. Normally, live pinfish, shrimp, mud minnows, tiny mullet and menhaden shad make great bait for red fish. One can find several lures and plugs which can be quite common for catching red fish. It is possible to generally use the identical lures you would use to catch fresh water black bass. Try and use swimtails and grubs on jigs skimmed across or just below the surface. You would like your bait or lure to stay a little below the surface.

It is possible to bottom fish for red fish also, making use of cut bait. Key West fishing Attempt making use of a side of a mullet, croaker or a full or half crab. Typically making use of cut bait rather than live bait functions improved. If you’re not getting any luck with live bait, try making use of cut bait.

For your tackle you would like to stay quite light. A light rod having a tiny reel will need to be fine for most applications. Use a 15 to 20 lb. test line along with a 5/0 hook on a leader. The weight you use will depend on the existing. Stronger existing calls for much more weight.

The easisest technique to insure that you catch redfish would be to hire a skilled captain operating one of the backwater Key West fishing charters . Make sure you let them know you’d like to catch some red fish or red drum fish. They’re able to take you towards the greatest spots devoid of spending all day hunting for them and they can coach you on how to set up your tackle.

Don’t they have editors over there at Sports Illustrated? You guys wrote the U.S. swept Switzerland in Davis Cup last week. Right. Switzerland, with Roger Federerer. At home and playing on clay, getting swept by the U.S.? Obviously you meant to say, “Switzerland swept U.S.” That’s what happened, right?… OK, I’m joking. But for those of us who missed it, what the heck DID happen over there?

– Brett S., Miami

• Yes, while the United States was Lin-fatuated by the Lin-credible Lin-roics of Jeremy Lin — wish list: May the next unlikely tennis sensation have a pun-able surname — tennis, too, furnished an unlikely feel-good story. The U.S. Davis Cup team ventured to Switzerland to take on Roger and The Feder-aires (i.e. the Swiss delegation) and pulled a monstrous upset, winning 5-0. On clay, no less. For all the unflattering reports about the health of U.S. tennis (some justified, some not), this is, unmistakably, a surge of good news.

What happened? Well, for one, too many members of the chattering class — I’ll be the first to raise my hand — were dismissive of the Yanks’ chances. Federer was the best player in the field, but he was not exactly girded for battle and admitted as much in the days prior. Otherwise, the U.S. matched up fairly well. And while the change has been slow in coming (pun intended), clay is no longer the American bugbear it once was.

In the first match, Mardy Fish outlasted Stan Wawrinka. Given that Fish can play on clay, had a 2-0 record against Wawrinka and is the higher-ranked player, he probably should have been favored. When he won, it enabled John Isner to play a riskier style, shooting for lines against Federer and serving uninhibitedly — which he did. Bear in mind, too, that clay suits Isner fairly well. Not exactly the most mobile player, the slow bounces give him extra time to locomote. Nevertheless, Isner’s four-set defeat of Federer was titanic — clearly the biggest victory of his career — and marked one of the great tennis upsets in recent memory.

As for the final point, the U.S. had Mike Bryan, as fine a doubles player as there’s ever been. While he wasn’t with his usual partner — his twin, Bob, a new father, was home learning Ferber techniques — Fish filled in ably and the two picked on Wawrinka. Ballgame. Lots of credit to dispense. Jim Courier distinguished himself as captain and not simply because of his attire, Canali supplanting sweats. Isner took down Federer. And for all his shortcoming in majors, Fish had the signature weekend of his career.

From the every-silver-lining-has-a-cloud bureau: The draw gets no easier for the Americans. The U.S. next faces France, in France. (We’re hearing clay in Nice; others have heard clay in the town of Pau.) Survive that and, potentially, Spain lurks. For now, though, consider this a rare moment to celebrate American tennis. And Jeremy Lin.

Fernando Gonzalez is going to retire. Here is his reason why: “I realized that I didn’t have the energy that I needed, nor am I prepared to do all I need to in order to be where I want to be,” Gonzalez said. “Given the respect tennis deserves, I have decided to step aside. Tennis has given me some incredible experiences, and I’ve met many admirable, wonderful people.” He is a classy guy, don’t you think?

– Joe Johnson, Easton, Pa.

• Glad you brought that up. Gonzo’s retirement didn’t receive nearly the attention it warranted. Tennis just got a lot less macho. Here’s what I sent a few days ago to a Chilean journalist asking for comment:

“There is a rule in American media ‘no cheering in the press box,’ designed to maintain objectivity and neutrality. But it took effort to watch Fernando Gonzalez and refrain from rooting. His aggressive style and his weapons-grade forehand were at odds with his quietly dignified personality. Together, they made for a player who was impossible not to like. As with many of his contemporaries, he had the misfortune of timing his career to that of Federer and [Rafael] Nadal. In another era, I have no doubt he wins majors and is a No. 1-ranked player. Even so, he had a stellar career both in terms of tangible achievements (Olympics, Aussie Open final) and reputation. The game is worse off in his absence.”

Wife of a sportsman blurts out a defense of her husband after being heckled by fans and every single media person jumps on her and calls her classless and advises her to just shut her mouth (Gisele, of course). A sportsman widely being celebrated as the best that ever played his sport plainly singles out his doubles partner sitting next to him after a tough loss for both of them as the reason they lost and all I see is one tiny article tucked away somewhere in cyber-wasteland saying the Fed showed a lack of class. Enough, guys! Call a spade a spade and call out Federer for the most basic demonstration of being a sore loser … yet again!

– Anand Natarajan, Dubai

• We got a lot of these last week. To get everyone up to speed, after losing in Davis Cup, Federer allegedly remarked in French: “I played well enough in doubles, but Stanislas not so much,” adding that Wawrinka “didn’t have his best match in singles.” (Those marks on Wawrinka’s back? They are from the Greyhound’s undercarriage, having been hurled under the bus.) The following day in Rotterdam, Federer claimed he had been misquoted and had even called Wawrinka to make sure there were no hard feelings. Let’s take him at his word.

Still, a trusted source who was — how to put this? — impeccably well-positioned to comment, was also surprised by Federer’s comportment last weekend, before, during and after the Davis Cup event.

What can we say here? People are complex. People are Janus-headed. Who among us is entirely good or entirely evil? Federer has made innumerable “right moves” over the course of his career and is, on balance, clearly a force of good. Forests have been felled (and the digital equivalent … megs consumed?) extolling his virtues. Rightly so, I will always contend.

He is remarkable. He is not, however, perfect. And, yes, as Anand and at least a dozen of others of you noted, he is not always the epitome of a graceful loser. When he fell to Tomas Berdych at Wimbledon in 2010, he was so curt afterward that even members of Federer’s camp quietly confided that they were surprised by his response. His remarks about Novak Djokovic’s heedless play after last year’s U.S. Open semifinal were curious at best. His assertion last month that Nadal “always plays a bit better against me than against other players” tripped up a number people, including several former top players.

Federer shouldn’t get a pass here. And he hasn’t. But I feel like this is like the behavioral equivalent of his dismal head-to-head record against Nadal. It’s unfortunate. Even many of his fans wish it weren’t so. But it’s fairly minor in the grand scheme of things. It hardly offsets all the good.

When you write “objectively more skilled champion,” with respect to Nadal and Federer, I think that you mean to say “subjectively,” no? (It’s a rhetorical question, by the way.)

– Chris Nolan, St. John’s, Newfoundland

• Even Nadal admits that, in a vacuum, Federer is the more skilled played. Of course they don’t play tennis in a vacuum — just as they don’t play Davis Cup ties on paper, as Courier told us — and thus Nadal can win the majority of his matches against Federer. But who is the more skilled champion, who has more gifts? It’s Federer. And not even Nadal would contest that.

Big win for Ryan Harrison at Davis Cup. He is obviously a future world No. 1. What are the tennis insiders saying about Mr. Harrison’s can’t-miss prospects?

– Sculley, Greenwich

• No pressure or anything, kid. First, I don’t think there’s such a thing an “obvious future No. 1.” There are just so many variables — not least the inconvenient fact that it takes just one superior player to block your ascent to the top.

But is Harrison, say, a future top-10 player? I’ll bite and say “yes.” There’s a lot to like here and for me it’s less about strokes and physique than about the way he carries himself. Unlike so many players, he’s not here for a comely girlfriend, a fast car, a seven-figure income and a good time. He’s here to win. This is such a lazy sports cliché, but I think it applies here: He seems to have that X-factor.

Have you noticed that Andy Murray’s post-Australian Open funk has catapulted the careers of three Americans? Fish in Miami ’10, Donald Young in Indian Wells ’11, Alex Bogomolov in Miami ’11.

– Cam, Burlington, Vt.

• I know Andy Murray loves the United States. But this might be exceedingly gracious of him. That’s an interesting observation but the cynic would say: 1) Fish was already a fine player. Did this really catapult him?; 2) Young backslid after that win, as his Twitter timeline would confirm; and 3) Bogomolov is no longer American.

I know you didn’t write the piece but there is no way Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario made $60 million in her career. Her WTA earnings were $16.9 million. Endorsements? Not possible.

– @TheMostRKM via twitter

• Funny, I had a similar thought. Sixty million seems awfully high. But then maybe not. Part from her prize money, AS-V had some endorsements — Reebok comes immediately to mind — and surely made decent scratch playing some exhibitions. She received WTA bonus money for playing a full “gold exempt” schedule (which, at the time, did not count toward prize money). And remember that most of her income was earned in the early 1990s. Check out the Dow Jones average on the day Bill Clinton took office and compare it to today’s. It was something like 3,300 in January 1993; today it’s nearly 13,000. Find a good hedge fund manager to invest that money 20 years ago, take advantage of tax loopholes and presto!

As for whether her parents really embezzled her money, I have no inside knowledge. I do, though, recall two anecdotes that may or may not be relevant. 1) When Sanchez-Vicario married in 2000, the lavishness of her wedding — which ended in divorce shortly thereafter — was the talk of the tennis caravan for many months. 2) I once arranged French Open tickets for a friend, a male heavily involved in the fashion industry. He later summed up the day thusly: “The men from Argentina were outrageously hot; too many women needed to work on their posture; and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario’s mom had the most expensive handbag I had ever seen.”

For the Spanish speakers, here’s Sanchez-Vicario talking about her new book on Tuesday.

Most of the time, you have been very objective in your comments and analysis and that is a great quality you have. But, after watching the Sania Mirza/Liezel Huber replay, it is actually quite clear that the ball bounced twice, and if I were Huber, I would certainly know that. I am a 5.0 player and though I am not a professional, I play decent and I am quite knowledgeable about tennis (I am quite a crazy guy about the sport). So, your explanations seemed very evasive, blaming Mirza and Elena Vesnina for not giving the benefit of the doubt to Huber, and a very nebulous comment about lack of clarity. One thing I know is supposed to be at professional level here is umpiring, and that was not. Carlos Ramos had a good look at it and he should have been able to easily call it.

– Raghu, San Jose, Calif.

• Let’s be clear: I don’t blame Vesnina and Mirza. Not at all. They saw a double-bounce, they protested and they were ultimately proved correct. I just have a bit of a hard time calling someone a “cheater” — again, about the lowest characterization in the sports lexicon — without certitude. How many of us have been wrong about line calls without being intentionally deceitful? How many of us have inadvertently gotten the score wrong (sorry, Willie Weinbaum) only to realize it later? I can envision a situation in which Huber genuinely believed she had made a clean play.

In full disclosure, I will say this: A number of you — including a current player — wrote in expressing sentiment similar to Raghu’s. That is, Huber tried to pull a fast one and we shouldn’t be giving her a pass. I guess we can all look at the footage and make our own decisions.

I don’t want to lose sight — no pun intended — of my real point, though. Given that conclusive video existed, it was a shame that it was not made available to the four players and the official in the chair. A quick glance at the replay would have obviated this discussion and saved everyone from a lot of grief.

FWIW, I couldn’t bring myself to watch the sure-to-be shriek-fest of the women’s Aussie final between Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, nor did my wife. We’re two avid fans who watch tennis weekly and specifically chose not to watch because of the shrieking. I’m sure we were not alone.

– Dave Kennedy, Atlanta

• Dear WTA, can you set up some kind of in-box so I can simply forward the dozens of these emails?

“Fermata”? In addition to being a fanatical tennis fan, I am a musician; however, I’m confused! More explanation, please???

– @Ncmpletetr8nrek via Twitter

• Last week I tweeted: “To me, main failings re: Davis Cup: a) the erratic schedule and b) the absence of fermata. Not an easy fix but some change is needed.”

Maybe I overplayed this one. I always thought a fermata indicated that a performer pause and hold a note for a good, long while — usually at the end of a piece — so the audience could savor the moment. What I meant is that the pacing of the Davis Cup is all wrong. There are no pauses, no moments for anticipation and appreciation. It’s just a constant grind. Spain wins the 2011 Cup in December. Then, the second weekend in February — barely two months later — the “season” starts up again.

This is an issue tennis faces on a macro level as well. Part of the success of most sports stems from a defined season. Fans are thrilled when their sport is going on. When it’s not, there’s anticipation and rumor and fantasy league drafting and combines and “hot stove” chatter. Tennis is so seldom “off,” fans have no time to miss it.

Last week’s exchange with the Internet troll was hilarious. But now I’m curious. How much hate mail do you get?

– Bill, Chicago

• I was blown away by how many of you were similarly amused and curious about my hate mail. I appreciate the kind words many of you took time to write, but, honestly, don’t worry about me. Big boy, and all that. I would simply say: 1) It comes with the territory. 2) Overall, it’s a negligible minority — in three years, I think I have blocked a grand total of two repugnant Twitter trolls, one for racism and one for a creepily hostile level of pro-Federer fandom. 3) Hearing from a few unpleasant folks is a laughably small price to pay for how many interesting/cool/delightful people I’ve been able to connect with this through this quasi-column. … Enough about me. Let’s talk about tennis. Carry on.

Enjoyed (don’t know if that’s the right word) that clip on the hit Daniel Paille took. Wow — and they all kept playing. Do you remember the time Tim Henman drilled Stefan Edberg in the head at the 1996 U.S. Open? Edberg fell and ended up lying flat on his back, more from shock, I think. Henman was very concerned, but Edberg sat up and raised his hand to say he was OK. Still, he had to sit there a few seconds. He of course still shook hands with Henman.

– Susan H, Bartlesville, Okla.

• I feel like we’re picking on Liezel Huber these days, but ever see this clip? To her credit, Huber not only shook Nadia Petrova’s hand but also eventually ended up partnering with her!

Jon, so I guess Schopenhauer was an optimist. I really appreciate reading your columns on tennis and I have done so for years, so that’s why as a Dutchman I feel like I must comment on something. Every year around this time, some belittling comment about the Rotterdam tournament appears in your column. If you look at the winner list, you’ll notice that it has as many Grand Slam champions among them as I reckon any other non-major or Masters tournament. Also, for years it has been the most visited indoor tournament in the world (more visitors than Bercy, for instance). It belongs to the ATP 500 series. So, this tournament is only good for tennis. Don’t be surprised to see Federer as this year’s winner, if he continues his fine indoor form from the fall!

– Thijs van der Vecht , Utrecht, Netherlands

• I had no idea what you were talking about. Then I did search on my desktop and, lo and behold, it seems I have made regrettably snide remarks about the Rotterdam event more than once. My apologies. As Thijs notes, it is a 500 event, but has attracted the best of the best through the years, including Federer in 2011. And although it’s been hurt by some injuries and withdrawals in recent years, it’s one of those whistle-stop events that make the ATP what it is. We owe you one, Rotterdam.

My friend and I are planning a trip to the 2013 Australian Open. Any advice on affordable hotels or packages that includes hotel and tennis tickets?

– Arleen Norman, Toronto

• I know there are a number of tennis tours out there. If anyone wants to help Arleen, I’m happy to pass on info.

• Clap of the racket to the well-regarded Jim Curley, USTA executive and longtime U.S. Open tournament director who announced his resignation last week. That’s a real loss for U.S. tennis. And in response to several of you who asked, no, this move was not precipitated by the player unhappiness during the rains at last year’s U.S. Open.

• Dave Seminara tracks down Roscoe Tanner.

• Kei Nishikori, now wearing a Tag Heuer watch, up to a career-high No.18.

• Here’s Mint’s story on Leander Paes.

• Senior and junior Martina, Monica Seles and Amelie Mauresmo at GDF SUez Open Exo (who knew that Mauresmo has a stake in the championship?).

• Rafael Nadal does the SI Swimsuit edition.

• Faizal Somji of Calgary, Alberta: “I was bored at work one day and I was perusing the website cracked.com (which is an excellent waste of time, by the way) and I happened upon this article of ways to improve your mental abilities when playing different sports. Number one on the list was grunting. Here is the article.”

• Press release: “In recognition of his immense contributions to growing the sport worldwide, Mike Davies, who currently serves as CEO of the New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara, has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the Class of 2012. A quiet, but influential, behind-the-scenes executive in the tennis world, Davies has had a 40+ year career in tennis promotion and administration, with achievements ranging from forging the first, highly successful television/tennis contracts and negotiating major sponsorships to introducing the colored tennis ball to the game.”

• Press release: “Electronic Arts Inc. announced that EA SPORTS™ Grand Slam® Tennis 2 is available in retail stores worldwide. The EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis franchise will be coming to high definition for the first time and will be available on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and PlayStation®3, including support of the PlayStation® Move controller. EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2 features top past and present athletes including John McEnroe, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal, and is the only place to play all four Grand Slam championships.”

• Interesting comments by Monica Seles on grunting and her “advice” to Azarenka and Sharapova.

• Here’s an interesting take on tennis and “stamina” from Stephanie Myles.

• This week’s unsolicited book recommendation. Josh Dean — best known in our circles as David Foster Wallace’s editor on the Federer as Religious Experience piece — has a new book: Show Dog.

• Squeezed in an Esther Vergeer appreciation at the end of the Slate podcast.

• Subhadeep of Greenville, S.C.: “Was watching The Family Stone over the weekend and found very uncanny similarity between Federer and Paul Schneider, who played Rachel McAdams’ love interest in the movie. Definitely Roger and Paul are twins separated at birth!”

• Helen of Philadelphia has long-lost triplets (think about it …) — Mariana Alves, Louise Engzell and Eva Asderaki.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYONE!

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico was hoping for a big game from Drew Gordon in the post against No. 11 UNLV on Saturday.

What he delivered far exceeded the Lobos’ expectations.

Gordon scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in New Mexico’s dominating 65-45 victory, its second in 48 hours
over a ranked team.

“Twenty-seven and 20 against not just a team but against a top-15 team

in the country and you get 27 and 20, it’s pretty special,” New Mexico coach Steve Alford said. “Our guys saw that and they
kept going to him and I think that was a big positive.”

Gordon is just the fifth player in the last decade to record a 20-20 against a ranked team. He is the first since DeJuan Blair
of Pittsburgh did it in 2009 against Connecticut.

At one point in the second half, Gordon scored 10 straight points for New Mexico and later had eight points – including the
last six – during a 16-1 run that left the Lobos (22-4, 8-2 Mountain West Conference) with a 52-37 lead. Tony Snell hit a
3-pointer, drove the baseline for a dunk and dished to Gordon for a finger-roll basket during the run.

“Things were just falling for me,” Gordon said. “I don’t know how or why but the basketball gods were good to me.”

The first time the teams played, UNLV (22-6, 6-4) doubled down on Gordon, but didn’t employ that defense Saturday.

“We wanted to get the ball inside,” Alford said. “They weren’t doubling us now so we felt like we could go one on one with
them in the post, hoping Drew would get going. And if he got going, then the double would come and we would get open shots
and that’s really what happened. It opened up our offense when we were able to get the ball inside.”

Shots were falling in a variety of ways for Gordon as he scored on layups, dunks and even 15-foot jumpers, which had not been
falling earlier in the season.

“I really worked on that in the beginning of the season and in the first couple of games it really wasn’t falling which blew
my confidence level completely,” Gordon said of his extended range. “And then I just got in the gym and put up jumpers. People
were starting to be able to guard me down low and know I was going to move so I needed a different weapon to use. Getting
in the gym and putting up shots is why it’s falling right now.”

UNLV coach Dave Rice said Gordon proved a point in this game.

“Drew Gordon proved that he’s one of the best big men in the country,” he said. “He was terrific.”

Gordon, however, was just a part of the story as the Lobos limited UNLV

to a season-low in points and gave up just four field goals in the second half.

“There is no team in the last month that has guarded the way we have guarded,” Alford said. “To hold a team like this, averaging
80 coming in here, (with a) very high octane offense, very hard to guard, and you hold them to four field goals in the one
half, you just have to take you hats off to our group of young men. They really defended.”

The New Mexico defense took the Runnin’ Rebels out of their game, Rice said.

“They’re terrific on the defensive end,” he said. “They just challenge you to make shots from the perimeter and unfortunately
we were not able to do that today.”

The Lobos beat No. 13 San Diego State 77-67 on Thursday.

Anthony Marshall had 18 to points lead UNLV, which lost for the third time in four games.

The Rebels used a 12-2 run to take their biggest lead at 21-13, holding the Lobos without a field goal for 8 minutes midway
through the first half. New Mexico immediately responded with a 10-0 run to go up 23-21.

Marshall, who finished with 10 rebounds, scored seven points over the last 4 minutes of the game when the Rebels already faced
a daunting deficit.

UNLV, which led 27-26 at halftime, had just four field goals in the second half while Gordon had 18 points and 11 rebounds
in the same time.

Snell finished with 12 points and five assists without a turnover.

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To catch wahoo You’ll want a quite sturdy rod and reel. You want to use 30 to 50 lb. test line and about a 4′ 80 to 100 lb. steel leader. Do not try to use a leader created of mono, those sharp teeth will rip it to bits. Use a brief shank 10/0 or 12/0 hook. Some swear by a significantly smaller hook, as modest as 4/0. A wahoo’s teeth are razor sharp and its mouth is hard. Ensure your hooks are sharp so they are able to penetrate his mouth. If you happen to depend on the captains running the Key West fishing charters for offshore fishing, they’ll look after all that, like the fishing licenses for you. Anglers complain about losing wahoo all of the time.

Lures are extremely common with anglers who fish for wahoo. They appear to prefer dark red and black blends. Do not use light colors like blue, white or pink, and so on.

You could attract wahoo by casting teaser lines with baits on them. You want to troll quite quick, ten to 15 knots if the sea isn’t too choppy, be sure that your speed is consistent even though. The problem with real fish teasers is that trolling that quick will tear them apart. Some people swear by Coke cans on lines about 8 apart. Run two to four lines out about 60 feet out. When the wahoo commence hitting the cans get your baits or lures around. The Coke cans won’t last extended.

When that fish hits your line he’s gonna hit it hard, like at as high as 60 mph. He’ll run proper up behind it and hit it real quick. If you happen to get a hit but do not hook it, he can have ripped your bait in half. Stop the boat and open the zero cost drag to let the bait fall. Sometimes he’ll know he ripped it in half and go back for the second half. When he realizes he’s hooked he’s gonna put up more than a sporting fight. He won’t dive like a marlin or a tuna but he will run. Maintain the boat in gear and moving to ensure he can’t get slack inside the line. You do not want him to shake the hook out of his mouth.

If you get him for the boat be careful. Those teeth are real sharp and he’s real quick and robust. Pull him by way of a door or gaff him but maintain his mouth below control.

You’ll have extra enjoyable and won’t have to purchase all that gear in case you book a private charter on on the list of most effective Key West fishing charters for deep sea fishing. Be sure you ask how various instances they’ve caught wahoo. If they say two or 3 or less, appear for an additional fishing charter.

Tarpon will be discovered pretty substantially anywhere about the Florida Keys too as other places inside the World. When Key West fishing fishing for tarpon on the Key West fishing charters you can in all probability fish the backcountry of Key West, the flats or about the reefs. You could catch the smaller tarpon, fishing charters about 50 lbs, inside the backcountry. The Key West backcountry could be the bay along with the channels the wind through the mangroves on Key West. The flats, or shallows of Key West are discovered in countless places, the top are about the Marquesas Keys. Bigger tarpon, weighing as substantially as 250 lbs., will be discovered Key West fishing inside the flats of Key West and occasionally about the reefs and wrecks.

Over the last decade or so, fly fishing inside the Key West backcountry and inside the flats has grow to be a lot more preferred. There can be several rig setups that you can use to catch tarpon. Lately, fly fishing seems to be probably the most preferred, possibly because of the irony catching a 200 lb. fish on a fly with tremendously light tackle.

Tarpon will strike on flies. They also eat pinfish, modest crustacians, shrimp a particular sea worm known as palolo worms. Tarpon prefer live bait to cut bait. They are predators not genuinely scavengers. The palolo worm lives inside the channels and flats. They hatch in huge numbers throughout a falling tide inside a full moon. Tarpon love palolo worms.

Washington: Washington goaltender Tomas Vokoun haunted his former team Florida with a 42-save shutout as the Capitals reclaimed first place in the Southeast division with a 4-0 win over the Panthers on Tuesday.

Florida outshot the home team 42-24 but could not find a way past Vokoun, who held them scoreless for the second time this season after having played for the Panthers from 2007-2011 before being acquired by Washington in the off-season. Alexander Ovechkin scored twice as the Capitals netted two goals in the first two periods to get the upper hand against their division rivals.

"We definitely want to win our division and that is what we set our goal as," Vokoun told reporters. "It’s not going to be easy. Every game is going to be tough."

Florida (24-17-11) had taken over the Southeast lead with a win over Washington (28-21-4) last week but have now fallen a point behind the Capitals.

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The Panthers are trying to reach their first post-season since the 1999-2000 season. Washington has reassumed their dominant role as they have captured the last four division titles.

Mathieu Perreault got the home team off to a fast start with a goal 13 seconds into the game before Ovechkin padded the lead to 2-0 midway through the opening period.

RESULTS

New Jersey 1 RANGERS 0
NY Islanders 1 P’DELPHIA 0
WASH’TON 4 Florida 0
COLUMBUS 3 Minnesota 1
MONTREAL 3 Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 3 OTTAWA 1
Los Angeles 3 TAMPA BAY 1
Vancouver 4 NASHVILLE 3
WINNIPEG 2 Toronto 1
Phoenix 4 DALLAS 1
COLORADO 5 Chicago 2

home team in CAPS

Dubai: The new link-up between nearly-man Andy Murray and tennis legend Ivan Lendl could finally be the key to bringing the Scotsman his longed-for place at the very top of the game.

Murray, without a Grand Slam title despite appearing in three finals, will continue his new start under coach Lendl when he appears at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships at the Aviation Club in Garhoud this month.

The talented 24-year-old has long been one of the world’s top players, being ranked fourth in the world for each of the last four years, although he enjoyed a brief stint at number two in 2009. He picked up a very creditable five titles in 2011 and has posted wins over the reigning triad of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the last couple of years, but he is yet to elbow one of them out of the way in the major tournaments.

But Murray is hoping the surprising appointment of eight-time Grand Slam winner Lendl will provide the last piece in the puzzle to take him to world number one and a Grand Slam title of his own. The move was surprising because Lendl has little or no experience in such a role and had little connection with the sport after he retired at the end of 1994.

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