FLORIDA SPORTSMAN FISHING & BOAT SHOW - FT MYERS 2011

Florida Sportsman Magazine will host their annual Fishing and Boat Show at the Lee Civic Center and the popular magazine promises that the Show will be bigger and better than previous years, with ongoing seminars, kids’ events, hands-on instruction and demonstrations. The most popular part of the event--a huge indoor tackle sale--will fill the 50,000 square foot Civic Center on Bayshore Road, with fishing boats and accessories covering the grounds in front of the Center. A kids’ fishing tournament is planned at the lake in front.

“One of the centerpiece attractions of the Show is the Riggin’ it Right Academy, Offshore and Inshore, sponsored by Boater‘s World,” says Show Director Robin Smillie. “Our magazine has a sharp focus on instruction and how-to, so this classroom setting is our way of bringing the pages of Sportsman to life.”

Show attendees sit at “learning stations” with supplies at hand, including wire, mono, pliers, and fresh bait like ballyhoo, sardines, and shrimp. Sportsman staff give personal hands-on instruction at rigging everything from a swimming mullet to a popping cork rig.