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Ron's Saltwater Fishing Blog February 2005 Archive

By Ron Brooks, About.com Guide to Saltwater Fishing since 1998

Snapper in the Turtle Grass

Monday February 28, 2005
Back went the rod as Jim set the hook. Zing went the drag as a five pound mangrove snapper ran forty yards of line off the reel. Then it was ... Read More

Offshore Spawning Redfish

Saturday February 26, 2005
Late winter and early spring send the redfish offshore to wrecks and reefs from Virginia all the way around to Texas. Big spawning reds can be caught in water sixty ... Read More

Is It Time to Relax the Goliath Grouper (Jewfish) Restrictions?

Saturday February 26, 2005
Florida, and a number of other states, finally put the clamps on the jewfish harvest in the early '90s. Fishing for them became illegal, to the point that if officer ... Read More

Lobsters Don't Feel Pain

Tuesday February 15, 2005
A new study (click here) from Norway indicates that lobsters and other crustaceans are unable to feel pain. An AP story put out though Fox News relates that ... Read More

Fishing Without Bait

Monday February 14, 2005
How many of us have ever left the dock and headed out to fish only to find you left the bait in a cooler on the dock? It’s a long ... Read More

There's A Reason to Replace Your Line

Monday February 14, 2005
Unlike a lot of anglers, I realize that the line on your fishing reel doesn't last forever. But, like most anglers, I seem to replace that line only when something ... Read More

Teach a Kid to Fish

Tuesday February 8, 2005
My kids all grew up fishing. I learned from my Dad how to start them out and what to do to get them hooked, so to speak. You see, he ... Read More

Looking for Fish in All the Right Places

Tuesday February 8, 2005
Do you fish the same areas over, and over again? Those same flats; that same channel cutting through the grass; the same ledge or wreck; you know all of the ... Read More

Hawaiian Bull Dolphin

Wednesday February 2, 2005
Here is a guest article from one of our readers, William Harris. It's a great story about a great Hawaiian fishing trip! Read more...

Animal Rights Activity on the Increase

Tuesday February 1, 2005
It’s a new year. Business organizations have designed, approved and allocated funding for annual budgets as they have for decades. Our animal rights friends and neighbors are no different... ... Read More

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