Page 6 - Stuart Exposure- March '23

Page 6, Stuart Exposure

Art HAppenings

Kicking Off The New Year

At The Kaleidoscope
Opening Party

By Jackie Holfelder
There was no sign of
post-holiday blues at the
opening reception for
Kaleidoscope, Martin
Artisan Guild’s first
exhibit of the year.
A celebratory crowd
was on hand on Jan. 4 Paula Hundt and Barbara Dinija Berkien and Mallo Bisset and Jacquelyn
at the Palm Room Art Renee Keil and Maria Miele Bucci Michaelann Bellerjeau Roesch-Sanchez
Gallery and Artisans Lynn Morgan and Nancy Turrell
Boutique located at 3746 The exhibit continued until March 4. The Palm Room For more information, visit www.martinartisansguild.org.
S.E. Ocean Blvd. in Harbour Bay Plaza in Stuart. Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Photos provided by Martin Artisans Guild
Music was provided by Chris King and the guild’s
sensational gourmet spread and adult beverages did not
disappoint.
Congratulations to Jacquelyn Roesch-Sanchez, Patricia
Pasbrig, and Barbara Bucci, for earning first, second, and
third places respectively in the evening’s awards ceremony.
Each exhibit has an anonymous art professional judge the
show and pick the three top artworks for recognition.

Mark Thyming and Paul
Brown Jeff Fisher
Treasure Coast

Outdoors

Snook Fishing Offers Exciting
And Often Easy Fishing

By Jim Weix
The warmer temperatures
are making snook more
active. The nice thing about
snook fishing is that they
can be easily fished with a
spinning rod and are found
in so many places. They can
be caught any time of day or
night, although prime time is
the two-hour period at dawn
and dusk, as well as during an
incoming or outgoing tide.
I like casting Rapala lures. Depending upon where I am
fishing, Rapala has shallow running lures, deeper diving
lures, and surface popping lures. Artificial shrimp or paddle
tail lures also work very well. Of course, it is hard to beat
live bait, like shrimp, pilchards, or sardines.
As I mentioned, snook can be found in many places. They
are “ambush” fish, so look for them waiting for prey around
docks, seawalls, pilings, overhanging trees or mangroves,
and anchored boats.
If you are fishing where there is a current or tide, fish up
the current as the snook will be facing that way. The important
thing is that you need to fish where there is some kind of
structure. You are unlikely to find snook in open water.
One favorite spot, just because it is close to home, is the
walkway under the Palm City bridge. I’ll go there in the
late afternoon, and throw a dead mullet, with a small sinker,
upstream and let the current take it back to me.
The biggest challenge that I have found to snook fishing
is catching one in the legal slot size of 28 inches to 32 inches.
I once caught 17 snook along a mangrove island south of the
Palm City bridge. Not a single fish was legal size.
Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. Jim is included
in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s Hall of Fame for
helping restore thousands of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker
associate with The Keyes Company. He can be reached at (772) See answer in this paper.
341-2941 or by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.