Top Flounder Fishing Tips
Disguised as the bottom itself, flounder take no prisoners when snapping up a hapless fish, shrimp or an angler’s jig-and-plastic bait. © Andrew J. Martinez / seapics.com While a common mantra for...
View ArticleCatch Striped Bass and Bluefish Near Boulders
New York’s Plum Island Light — a great spot to drift over fields of rock for bass and blues. Tom Migdalski My boat was drifting on a calm conveyor belt of water running through an ancient minefield of...
View ArticleTracking Texas Tarpon
Tarpon congregate around jetty rocks along the Texas coast. Adrian Gray Tarpon: No word uttered on the Texas Gulf Coast stirs as much excitement for anglers. Yet, while virtually all of the region’s...
View ArticlePanama City Fishing Paradise
Near Panama City, the Gulf of Mexico offers blue-green waters at the inlets and off the beach. JR Hott / Panhandle Helicopter As we skimmed over the mirror-calm surface of Saint Andrew Bay, en route...
View ArticleFishing for Bull Redfish
Adult redfish require tactics different from those used on puppy drum, as well as targeting deeper waters. Doug Olander / sportfishingmag.com Leave the micro-skiff at home and keep the light-tackle...
View ArticleFish Tampa Bay for Inshore Action
Anglers drifting the thick turtle-grass flats around the bay and throwing plastic baits and shrimp can expect a substantial variety of gamefish, including big bonnethead sharks, which are a hoot on...
View ArticleFishing Florida’s Fall Mullet Run
Each fall, thick schools of mullet migrate south along Florida’s east coast. Every predator in the area from snook and tarpon to sharks and bluefish feast on the smorgasbord. jasonarnoldphoto.com...
View ArticleThe Gulf’s Wintertime Wahoo Wonderland
Anxiously, I paced the porch deck of the houseboat at Venice Marina on a cold January morning. We waited for Capt. Damon McKnight to pick us up in his Freeman cat for a run to the oil rigs off...
View ArticleCatch Big Blackfin Tuna Off Hatteras
Tangle with bruiser blackfin tuna off Hatteras, North Carolina. Adrian E. Gray I’ll never forget my first kiss, the first time I got punched in the face or my first blackfin tuna on a jig. During...
View ArticleWinter Fishing for California Yellowtail
Schools of California yellowtail overwinter in the waters off Southern California. Once the squid spawn begins, the fish often feed heavily. Jim Hendricks The California yellowtail ranks as one of the...
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