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June Sport Fishing Girls

Women who love fishing, tackle and boats.

By Sport Fishing Editors

June 1, 2014

When Brie is not co-hosting the Chevy Florida Insider Fishing Report, she's out fishing for redfish with topwater plugs. As red drum grow in size, their diet often changes from benthic crustaceans to baitfish species such as menhaden. WIN $200 IN CLOTHING AND LURES! We know you're out there, and we want to put your photo in our next informative girls-only galleries. You could be the winner, picked at random, of $100 worth of clothing from Salt Life and an assortment of Yo-Zuri lures valued at $100. That's $200 worth of swag just for sending us fun fishing shots! Remember, you have a 1-in-20 or 30 (depending upon size of gallery) chance of being the winner — pretty good odds! Send your photos to sfgirls@sportfishingmag.com.

Laura, Morgan and Chrissy show off a full-size wahoo caught near Ragged Island, Bahamas aboard the 65-foot Viking, De-Bait-Able. Wahoo are distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, especially abundant during the warmer months in the North Atlantic.

Megan landed this bonito from the salty shores of Vero Beach, Florida. Often called "bonito" or "bonita" by Floridians, this species is actually the Little Tunny or False Albacore (Euthynnus alletteratus). Sometimes considered a nuisance fish in Florida, false albacore are highly targeted by Mid-Atlantic and Northeast fly fishermen.

Kelly fished with Capt. Sonny Schindler in Mississippi to land this eating-size black drum. Black drum have large pharyngeal teeth in the back of their throat to crush prey items such as mollusks and crabs.

Rachel landed this red drum from the mangrove shorelines of Fort Desoto, Florida. Florida's state record redfish weighed 52 pounds, 5 ounces, caught near Cocoa Beach in 1996. Rachel's photo won a prize package of Yo-Zuri lures and Salt Life gear from Sport Fishing magazine. Be sure to send in your own photos to be part of the Sport Fishing Girls photo gallery and for your chance to win prizes.

Canadian-born Quinlyn only fell in love with fishing in the past couple months, but this cobia sure couldn't tell. Quin made the move from Canada and quickly found a job working as a first mate for a sportfishing charter out of Sarasota, Florida. "I went after a firstmate job and I had never been on a boat before. Forty miles out on a 10-hour trip for my first day and I killed it! I was hired because of my dedication and hard work — being a female had nothing to do with it. I do not serve cocktails. I haul anchor and get my hands dirty and bloodied on the daily." WIN $200 IN CLOTHING AND LURES! We know you're out there, and we want to put your photo in our next informative girls-only galleries. You could be the winner, picked at random, of $100 worth of clothing from Salt Life and an assortment of Yo-Zuri lures valued at $100. That's $200 worth of swag just for sending us fun fishing shots! Remember, you have a 1-in-20 or 30 (depending upon size of gallery) chance of being the winner — pretty good odds! Send your photos to sfgirls@sportfishingmag.com.

Brittney with a dolphin she caught while trolling for sailfish out of Crocodile Bay Resort in Costa Rica. A distance-swimming pelagic star, dolphin patrol the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans eating anything that fits within their jaws.

Christine hooked these two redfish while sight-fishing in Mosquito Lagoon. Christine fishes all over Florida, including a number of tournaments. Speaking of tournaments, redfish might be the saltwater counterpart to the freshie largemouth bass. A host of local and regional tourneys make red drum one of the most popular targets in shallow water.

Rosa hooked this wahoo off St. Lucia. The wahoo is a pelagic species, often holding in loose aggregations. They congregate near drifting objects, including sargassum and kelp, and structure such as sea mounts and canyons. Wahoo move with the changing seasons, traveling into cooler waters during summer months.

Meaghan fished with Capt. Sonny Schindler to land this release-size black drum. The bars fade on black drum as the fish grow larger, eventually disappearing. Black drum can be identified by the whisker-like barbels under their chin, used to help locate food items on the bottom.

Ashley caught this tilefish 70 miles off the coast of Orange Beach, Alabama using squid as bait. Golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaelonticeps) are found along the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope of the entire U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. WIN $200 IN CLOTHING AND LURES! We know you're out there, and we want to put your photo in our next informative girls-only galleries. You could be the winner, picked at random, of $100 worth of clothing from Salt Life and an assortment of Yo-Zuri lures valued at $100. That's $200 worth of swag just for sending us fun fishing shots! Remember, you have a 1-in-20 or 30 (depending upon size of gallery) chance of being the winner — pretty good odds! Send your photos to sfgirls@sportfishingmag.com.

Anna caught this two-foot-long red drum at Dewees Island, South Carolina. Redfish are caught a variety of ways, but kayak fishing for them is becoming increasingly popular. Check out this gallery of anglers kayaking for redfish.

April landed this Spanish mackerel off Hernando Beach, Florida. In the western Atlantic, Spanish macks inhabit coastal waters from the Gulf of Maine to the Yucatan Peninsula. In fall and winter, they are most common off central and southern Florida.

Nicole caught this 6-plus-pound lingcod to win the Battle of the Sexes tournament at a Marina Del Ray anglers fishing club event in California. She beat all the guys' biggest fish by more than a few ounces to keep the ladies' winning streak at 3 years. Lingcod inhabit the eastern Pacific Ocean from Point San Carlos, Baja California, Mexico, north to Kodiak Island, Alaska.

This GoPro shot off Turks and Caicos shows Capt. Patricia Hardwick leadering and releasing a blue marlin in stilettos. Patricia is the only female offshore captain on the islands, and she said she always "wanted to leader a marlin in heels to cross off her bucket list." (Sport Fishing magazine recommends wearing deck shoes while out on the boat.) "I have been fishing since I was 3 years old and captaining boats since I was 19 years old," she says. The Turks and Caicos islands are known for its exceptional blue marlin, yellowfin tuna and wahoo fishing offshore (and bonefishing inshore).

Wendy caught this 37-inch striped bass near Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge using an umbrella rig. The all-tackle world record is an 81-pound, 14-ounce brute taken off Long Island Sound in 2011. WIN $200 IN CLOTHING AND LURES! We know you're out there, and we want to put your photo in our next informative girls-only galleries. You could be the winner, picked at random, of $100 worth of clothing from Salt Life and an assortment of Yo-Zuri lures valued at $100. That's $200 worth of swag just for sending us fun fishing shots! Remember, you have a 1-in-20 or 30 (depending upon size of gallery) chance of being the winner — pretty good odds! Send your photos to sfgirls@sportfishingmag.com.

Beth hooked into this nurse shark while fishing the shallow waters of Fort Myers, Florida. Contrary to the conventional wisdom portraying sharks as mindless killing machines, sharks actually have some of the biggest brains in the fish world. Check out this gallery to learn 25 things you didn't know about sharks.

Amanda fishes the causeways and bridges near Madeira Beach, Florida to catch sheepshead like this one. Primarily hanging around rock pilings, jetties, mangroves and piers, sheepshead prefer brackish waters with an abundance of crabs and oysters.

Alex caught this dolphin off Bimini, Bahamas, on a recent trip. On average, the daily growth rate of dolphin is 3 millimeters a day, but this can vary considerably depending on location, season and sex, says Greg Stunz, a professor of marine biology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Alexis landed this tarpon in Brevard County, Florida, on a recent trip. New regulations in the Sunshine State note that any tarpon without a tarpon tag can only temporarily be possessed for photos, measurement of length and girth, and scientific sampling. All tarpon more than 40 inches fork length must remain in the water. WIN $200 IN CLOTHING AND LURES! We know you're out there, and we want to put your photo in our next informative girls-only galleries. You could be the winner, picked at random, of $100 worth of clothing from Salt Life and an assortment of Yo-Zuri lures valued at $100. That's $200 worth of swag just for sending us fun fishing shots! Remember, you have a 1-in-20 or 30 (depending upon size of gallery) chance of being the winner — pretty good odds! Send your photos to sfgirls@sportfishingmag.com.

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