Fish of the Week

Grouper season in Atlantic waters opened Sunday and of Margate put what she learned at Saturday’s “Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing” school to good use by catching a 40-pound black grouper fishing in 120 feet off Dania Beach on Big Game with Capt.

The fish ate a small live bonito. Another highlight of the optional trip for students was a 300-pound hammerhead shark released by of Boca Raton.

of Lantana caught two dolphin, one on a live sardine and the other, a 20-pounder, on a Gulfstream Flash Minnow jig cast to the fish as it was pushing up schools of small flying fish, while fishing with Capt. in about 80 feet off The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach.

Capt. reported a good Everglades bass bite early in the morning twitching Bagley Minnows and swimming Gambler ribbontail worms on the surface. Later in the day, his top lures were suspending Rapala X-Raps and Storm Twitch Sticks. Zaremba and of Cooper City caught 31 bass up to 3 pounds, 75 oscars, Mayan cichlids, spotted sunfish and warmouths on a morning trip in the L-38W Canal along the west side of U.S. Highway 27.

of Coral Springs caught 61 bass, 22 Mayan cichlids, some oscars, spotted sunfish and warmouths in the L-5 along the Broward-Palm Beach county line.

of Miami and his father, , of Hollywood, caught 60 bass up to 3.5 pounds, 30 oscars, chain pickerel and warmouths in the north canal at Sawgrass Recreation Park.

of Parkland and of Davie caught 25 peacock bass up to 4 pounds in the Lake Ida chain of lakes. of Delray Beach and

of Stuart caught 16 peacocks up to 3.5 pounds on a morning trip in the C-8 in Miami Lakes. and of New York caught 15 peacocks up to 3 pounds in the G-15 along I-595. of Birmingham, Ala., and of Indianapolis caught 23 peacocks up to 5 pounds and three largemouths up to 3 pounds in the Lake Ida chain. and caught a two-day total of 46 pounds to win the Weekend Bassers tournament on Lake Kissimmee out of Grape Hammock. and were second at 34.7. and were third at 30.4. had the big bass at 10.1. Trudel had the second biggest at 9.5.