If you didn’t already know, summertime beach fishing on the Space Coast can get WILD. Every year, new and increasingly unbelievable tales emerge from the beach that are forever woven into local angler lore. Last week, local nineteen year old Andrew Berube staked his entry into legend when he landed a 100lb tarpon on a fly rod in the surf.

As of April 1st of this year, a new Federal law requires that the operator of a boat 26 feet or less wear an emergency kill switch when “operating on plane.” The exemptions to this rule are boats that produce less than 115lbs of thrust or have an enclosed pilothouse. Fines for violating the law range between $100 to $500. Note, this law only pertains to federal waters, which begin three miles of the East Coast of Florida (9 miles on Florida’s West Coast).

We’ve got an awesome event coming up on Saturday, March 27th — an Alvey Casting Demo Day — featuring Dave Ferrel from the Florida Insider Fishing Report.

Andrew Berube landed this Black Drum at Sebastian Inlet. No one else could see the school of Black Drum cruising by, just below the surface… but Andrew had on his RCIs and was able to. […]