Winter in the Florida Keys sees sailfish hunting ballyhoo over the shallows along Islamorada, presenting anglers with a unique opportunity.
Off the shores of Mullaghmore on the northwest Irish coast, between the green hills of Benbulben and the cliffs of Slieve League, stretches Donegal Bay, whose blue-green waters come alive in summer ...
Bay boats, roomy, with elevated casting decks and shallow drafts, remain among the most versatile of all saltwater fishing boats. No single boat design, except perhaps the center console, has had as ...
The 2023 rockfish season heralds big changes for California ocean anglers. A variety of new regulations are set to kick in for these popular and tasty bottomfish. Most of the changes, but not all, are ...
Don’t forget to click through images in the gallery above. Look inside the box of any bonefisherman anywhere in the world and, if you don’t find a Crazy Charlie inside, you will at least see the ...
When it comes to dream fishing destinations, every angler has his or her own bucket list. But here’s a collection (in no particular order) of both domestic and international destinations offering ...
While Seriola might sound like an ­elfin character from Lord of the Rings, it actually refers to members of a ­genus of gamefish. Anglers know its species to be popular, aggressive, accessible, large, ...
Fishing is a sport of learning and evolving. Every skill and technique in your arsenal is an adaptation for situational necessity that makes you a better angler. Here are 16 tried-and-true tricks from ...
While flipping through a couple of wholesale fly company catalogs recently, it occurred to me that the number of saltwater patterns has skyrocketed in the last few years. I’ve been tying for over 40 ...
It was midnight aboard the 92-foot party boat Royal Star when the captain’s voice crackled good news over the PA. He had detected a school of bluefins swimming about 200 to 250 feet under the boat.
Among the three, the Pacific cubera is the smallest. Of course “small” is relative; the IGFA all-tackle world-record of 78 pounds, 12 ounces (Bahia Pez Vela, Costa Rica in 1988) is no minnow. The ...
This could be the shortest column in marine journalism history. “To determine how much horsepower to put on your boat’s transom, find the manufacturer’s maximum horsepower specification, and whatever ...