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Ron's Saltwater Fishing Blog August 2007 Archive

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

Shrimping Season

Thursday August 30, 2007
Dog days mean hot, sultry afternoons that more often than not end up with rain. They also mean that shrimp are on the run, and recreational shrimping can help cool ... Read More

Kayak Fishing - A Growing Fishing Sport

Saturday August 25, 2007
When I launched the other day, I witnessed a couple of kayak fishermen leaving the dock and headed back into the marsh. it was high tide, a tide I ... Read More

Georgia's Bottom Fishing

Thursday August 23, 2007
Bottom Fishing in Georgia usually means a long run to reach productive water. Once you arrive over that special bottom, it's awfully hard to pick up and move when ... Read More

Setting the Hook

Tuesday August 21, 2007
How hard is too hard? How much penetration can I get on a hook set? The results of a class my boys attended when they were young ... Read More

Late Summer Boat Buys - Buying a Boat

Sunday August 19, 2007
Fall boat shows are cranking up around the country. It's a time that dealers shed themselves of the current year's models to get ready for new inventory. This ... Read More

Chum Slicking for Tarpon

Thursday August 16, 2007
Hot summer days named dog days call for some lazy fishing. Chum slicking for tarpon is a lazy way to spend a day off the beaches from Florida to ... Read More

Everglade National Park Proposal Should Concern All Anglers

Sunday August 12, 2007
The public comment meetings have been held, and the decision is probably being made as of this writing, if it hasn’t already been made. What was and still is ... Read More

Screaming Kings - King Mackerel

Saturday August 11, 2007
Even though bait has been a bit scarce lately, the kings are all along the beach. They are being caught in good numbers on offshore wrecks from Florida to ... Read More

Pounding the Flounder

Wednesday August 8, 2007
The flounder are turned on along the Atlantic seaboard. Inlets and creeks up and down the ICW are all holding flatfish - some of them quite large. It’s ... Read More

Trolling for Tarpon

Saturday August 4, 2007
Tarpon season is in high gear up and down the Atlantic coast. Chum fishermen are catching a mixture or tarpon and sharks either by following a shrimp boat and ... Read More

Divers and Spearfishing - A Response

Thursday August 2, 2007
A number of members of the diving community have responded recently to a piece published here relating to two discourteous dive boats interfering with hook and line anglers. In ... Read More

Pier Fishing Comments

Thursday August 2, 2007
From a new pier fishing reader: I just finished reading part of the article on pier fishing and wanted to share some recent and not so recent experiences with you. I ... Read More

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