Addictive Fishing Rods

Blair Wiggins, the number of "Addicting Fishing" on Sunlight Sports, … (Steve Waters )

STUART — The Blair Wiggins the truth is on TV is similar individual you obtain when you go wading on flats with him by St. Lucie Inlet.

The favorite number of "Addictive Fishing" on Sun Sports, Wiggins is enjoyable, he's a very good angler in which he loves to fish. He is in addition quite sharp, which will be some thing you would expect from someone who handled the room shuttle.

"He's undoubtedly the real deal, " stated Capt. Greg Snyder, which guided us to snook around 40 ins.

Wiggins hooked a much larger snook working a DOA plastic shrimp into potholes on the grassy flats, although fish smashed the 30-pound monofilament frontrunner. He also caught the sole sea-trout of the morning and then he had some other bites which had him excited, and laughing, when they turned out to be ladyfish and catfish.

Afterwards, Wiggins discussed exactly how he went from in quality control management for journey control methods when it comes to shuttle to becoming a fishing guide to having among the best fishing shows on television.

His first fish: Wiggins, 47, was raised in Cocoa Beach and said he had been too-young to keep in mind their first seafood, nonetheless it had been "probably a crappie or a bream" he caught fishing together with his daddy.

Their favorite fish to catch: "Trout over 12 weight, " stated Wiggins, whoever personal most useful had been a 141/2-pounder that he caught in Cocoa seashore. "Everyone loves big trout, just because they truly are therefore smart and smart and old. They don't get big by being dumb."

His biggest seafood: "most likely a 175-, 180-pound tarpon that I caught on fly in huge Pine Key."

His preferred seafood to eat: Wiggins stated he really loves tripletail, cobia and, contrary to popular belief, mullet. "Fillet 'em and fry 'em, " said Wiggins, whom immediately bleeds the fish and coats the fillets with experienced flour. "every person believes they are eating snapper."

Their personal life: Wiggins has been hitched for 24 years to Cari and they've got a child, Drayden, 21, in college. All three of them fish together.

Just how he became helpful tips: Wiggins spent four many years inside U.S. Air energy and used that back ground to get results on shuttle on Kennedy Space Center. By the time he was 27, he would had sufficient. "i acquired sick and tired of government contracts and said, 'exactly what can i actually do that I am able to earn money at? I will be a fishing guide.' We were only available in the Banana River. I'd fish my customers, after that drop them down and go directly to the Indian River by myself and discover that."

How he experienced tv: Wiggins, who life in Cocoa, had been guiding a lot more than 300 days annually. He previously done TV shows with Rick Murphy, Mark Sosin and O'Neill Williams as well as provided him with insight into business. "I decided i did not desire to be a full-time guide any longer, " said Wiggins, whose show happens to be on for 14 years and airs Friday, Sunday and Tuesday and repeats on the Sportsman Channel. You'll be able to check-out addictivefishing.com, as well as the program's YouTube and Facebook pages.

Their fishing rods: Wiggins created rods with all the functions that he wanted for Wright & McGill. He let me borrow their Blair Wiggins Signature Series 7-foot, 6-inch spinning ensemble and I ended up being amazed at how good the lightweight pole casted and handled snook. He told the rod developers that he wanted an easy tip, a midsection with a parabolic flex and a strong butt and they delivered. It sells for $99 at some merchants. "It really is a custom rod at an everyday, cheap cost, " Wiggins said.