Many time fish are brought aboard with the hook buried in their stomach or gills. I’ve watched people rip the hook out of these fish, insuring that that will not ... Read More

Most states, and Florida specifically, placed a ban on jewfish harvest a number of years ago. The species has rebounded. Is it time to allow a controlled harvest?... ... Read More

Water temperature plays such an important part in fishing that every angler needs to pay attention and react to even subtle variances. Fish are no different than a lot of ... Read More

Let's consider something here. When the wind blows hard, it usually means a high pressure area is either on the way or here already. I learned a long ... Read More

We fished from 30 to 40 miles off the coast over live bottom, ledges and artificial reefs. Captain David Newlin, who has fished these waters professionally for the past twenty-five ... Read More

Available at most any coastal location, these head boats (some call them party boats) take anywhere from 10 to as many as 100 fishermen on a bottom or drift fishing ... Read More

By-catch from shrimp boats can be anything from baitfish to crabs to most any kind of fish that happens to get caught up in the shrimp net. As they clean ... Read More

As we slowed and made a turn to go around the south jetty, a boat came by us in the darkness. Painted flat black and running with no lights, it ... Read More

The report said south to southwest winds, ten to fifteen knots, seas two to four feet. As we headed out the inlet on this first "good weather" weekend of ... Read More

It’s the time of year right now, when small boaters begin to get brave. After fishing inshore or near shore over the last couple of months and watching the seas ... Read More