Category: Fishing

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Rod & Gun Men’s Night a great success!

Men’s Night this year was held at the Cooking School with Chef Phillipe demonstrating how to prepare delicious Quail and Elk. Matt Fritter, the event chair, and Nelson Sims delivered a rousing night of jokes, camaraderie and sharing.

The humorous entertainment was a contest of member story telling. Scott Burke won the night with his “colorful” story telling. The other lively joke tellers were Mike Jones, Alan Goldstein and John Turner. And the Sportsman of the Year Award was presented to Joel Shepherd. Joel is one of the most avid bone fisherman at Ocean Reef and a pioneer in fishing Christmas Island and the Seychelles. The Raffle was once again a huge hit thanks to our gracious sponsors: Bill Nutt, Murphy & Sons, Richard Wilson, Mona Brewer, Orvis, Vineyard Vines, Ken Reda and Marine Max. The décor was top shelf with table arrangements by Adelaide Skoglund and Janie Sims. Check out the pictures of Men’s Night below.

Mark your calendar for the Monthly Get Together on Thursday, March 28th 5pm at the Tennis Center Card Room. Lisa Cassidy and Jesus Gudino the new owners of The Dive Shop at The Reef will be presenting their central mission of conservation and protection of ocean waters and the reef system located in the northern portion of the Florida Keys.  Refreshments will be provided. We will have Rod and Gun Club logo apparel for sale. Please pre-order: contactus@rodandgun.org.  Hats, $20, Columbia fishing Shirts $65 and Rod & Gun Coolers $40.

Upcoming Events:

• Small Boat Sailfish Tournament – CANCELLED Due to weather forecast
* Monthly Get Together- Thursday, March 28th
* The Sailfish Classic Tournament (ORC event) – April 4-6, 2019
CLICK HERE for details
• Swordfish Tournament – Friday, April 19
• Flats Tournament – Wednesday, April 24

Share your Member Sporting Pictures by texting Wendy Brainard at 203-253-7790. We love sharing our Rod and Gun members’ photos and including them in our Annual Event slide show. If you are interested in joining, please email membership@rodandgun.org.

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Upcoming Rod & Gun Fishing Tournaments

The Rod and Gun Club has 3 more fishing tournaments scheduled. The Small Boat Sailfish Tournament will be held on Wednesday March 20th.  The 7th Annual Swordfish Tournament will be Friday April 19th and the Flats Tournament will be Thursday, April 25th.  All three Rod and Gun Club tournaments are fun tournaments with a Captain’s Meeting, Awards Reception and great swag!

February Fish of the Month is Snook and Tuna. Bring in your Tuna and Snook to Marine Max to be crowned fish of the Month and win a Marine Max Gift Certificate.

  • Sea Trout – Jack Salisbury
  • Dan Leban Reef Cup 2019 on Red Lion

Upcoming Events:

Share your Member Sporting Pictures by texting Wendy Brainard at 203-253-7790. We love sharing our Rod and Gun members’ photos and including them in our Annual Event slide show. If you are interested in joining, please email membership@rodandgun.org.

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“Keep them Wet”

“Keep them Wet!” With the great fishing and fishing tournaments in full gear comes a reminder for best practices. Sailfish, Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit need to stay wet so they can survive after being released.  Below, Rod and Gun member Bill Legg shows the proper release of a Bonefish caught here in our waters. Catch and Release only works if the fish are spared from coming out of the water. Sailfish a favorite sport fish should never come out of the water for a photo!   The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust have the following recommendations for catch and release:

  • Best practices include: Always use barbless hooks. When fishing with bait, use circle hooks. Minimize handling all fish; slime and scales can be easily damaged and removed with excessive handling, thereby greatly increasing risks of infection. If a bonefish loses equilibrium after you land it, revive it until it can swim upright, then shorten the fight time on future fish. More on proper catch and release can be found at the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.

Upcoming Events:

Share your Member Sporting Pictures by texting Wendy Brainard at 203-253-7790. We love sharing our Rod and Gun members’ photos and including them in our Annual Event slide show. If you are interested in joining, please email membership@rodandgun.org.

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Rod & Gun Club – Monthly Get Together – Jan 24

The January Monthly Get Together will be a great introduction to
Sporting Clays with Truel Myers. Truel is an instructor with Orvis and
his talk is designed for women shooters. We are opening this meeting to
the Bonefish Bonnies in preparation for their Blast and Cast in February.
The basics of skeet shooting will be covered and shotguns will be on
hand to prepare for shooting clays at the Range. Light refreshments will
be served. We hope to see you on Thursday, January 24th in the Card
room at the Tennis Center – 5pm.

Upcoming Events:

  • Monthly Get Together – Thursday, January 24
  • Burgers and Bonefish – Wednesday, February 6
  • Monthly Get Together – Thursday, February 28 (TBA)
  • Men’s Night – Thursday, March 14
  • Small Boat Sailfish Tournament – Wednesday, March 20
  • Swordfish Tournament – Friday, April 19
  • Flats Tournament – Thursday, April 25

Share your Member Sporting Pictures by texting Wendy Brainard at 203-253-7790. We love sharing our Rod and Gun members’ photos and including them in our Annual Event slide show. If you are interested in joining, please email membership@rodandgun.org.

  • American Red Snapper. Caught offshore in 378’ of water aboard Fly By (Link’s boat) with Captain Zane Albury… released.. Caught by Deb Link

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Sporting Clays – Turkey Shoot Winners

It was a fun opening day at the Range!  The Range is now open Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm for 5 Stand and Twister Shooting. The new Skeet Range will open December 13th.  For Range information CLICK HERE.

Please see the updated calendar. Added is the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust Burgers and Bonefish Lunch on Feb. 6th.  The Flat’s Fishing tournament has a new date of April 25th.  See below for events coming up.  

>  Holiday Fishing Tournament              December 28th   (opens in a new tab)”>Holiday Fishing Tournament              December 28th  

>BTT  Burgers and Bonefish                    February 6th           (opens in a new tab)”>BTT  Burgers and Bonefish                    February 6th          

>Men’s Night Member Social                 March 14th (opens in a new tab)”>Men’s Night Member Social                 March 14th

>Small Boat Sailfish Tournament         March 20th (opens in a new tab)”>Small Boat Sailfish Tournament         March 20th

>Swordfish Tournament                          April 19th (opens in a new tab)”>Swordfish Tournament                          April 19th

>Flats Tournament                                     April 25th (opens in a new tab)”>Flats Tournament                                     April 25th

Keep the Sporting Pictures coming by texting Wendy 203 253-7790 or emailing to Communications@RodandGun.org. We love sharing our Members photos and including them at our Annual Event.  If you are interested in joining please email Membership@RodandGun.org.

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Reef Press – Holiday Offshore Fishing Tournament

Friday, December 28th, 2018

It is time to sign up for the Rod and Gun Club Holiday Fishing Tournament!  This is an One day Family and Friends fishing tournament for common edible reef dwellers along with blue water species. The event is open to all members and sponsored guests.  For details and entry forms CLICK HERE.  For questions, you can email Ken Reda at Fishing@RodandGun.org.

  • John Weiland on Chesapeake – Caught Atlantic Pomfret while swordfishing – Ocean Reef 2018
  • Mahi Mahi, Dolphin Fish or Dorado bull leaping, Coryphaena hippurus, off Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
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Reef Press – Rod and Gun Club Fishing Trip Sign-Up

Spots are filling quickly for our Rod and Gun Fishing Trip to Everglades City.  Come fish the inshore flats and mangroves for Snook, Redfish, Mangrove Snapper, Spotted Sea trout.  Share in some fun competition and comradery with fellow members. Twenty spots and everyone will have their own room and two anglers per guide. We will have the entire Everglades Rod and Gun Club Hotel.

Details:

March 27th:  Depart Ocean Reef (everyone responsible for their own transportation) 

Thursday March 28th:  Fish

Friday March 29th: Fish and Depart back to ORC 

This will be a fun couple of nights of fishing adventure!  Please email contact@rodandgun.org to reserve your spot. If you would like more information please email Events@RodandGun.org.

Keep the Sporting Pictures coming by texting Wendy at 203 253-7790 or emailing me at Communications@RodandGun.org . We love sharing our Members photos and including them at our Annual Event, March 14th. If you are interested in joining please email Membership@RodandGun.org.