Sanibel Island Fishing Club to meet
The Sanibel Island Fishing Club will hold its monthly meeting on April 8 at 7 p.m. at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, with a half-hour social gathering to begin at 6:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Christine Heffern, an avid angler who works at Whitney’s Bait & Tackle. She will be advise attendees on how and where to fish, primarily from shore, in the waters surrounding Sanibel and Captiva.
Heffern started fishing on Sanibel in 2016. Over the years, she has learned as much as she could from Jim Bryan, who has been a good friend of Whitney for over 30 years. She mostly fishes along the beach or the weirs of the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Hefferngrew up shore fishing the lakes and rivers in Pennsylvania and perch and walleye fishing on a friend’s boat on Lake Erie.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
Pizza and refreshments will be available for a nominal charge.
For more information, visit www.sanibelislandfishingclub.com.