As a catch and release fisherman I am always concerned about the welfare of the fish I release. So it is with a great deal of interest that I fished ... Read More

Sky rockets! This time of year up and down the Gulf and East Coast, it is not unusual to see king mackerel, or kingfish (scomberomorous cavalla), leaping high into the ... Read More

Always expect the unexpected. Now if that isn’t the silliest statement I ever heard! Heck if you expect everything, nothing is unexpected! Are you confused? Imagine how confused I was ... Read More

We were catching bait on Sabiki rigs when it happened. A huge school of Spanish sardines and cigar minnows surrounded the boat, and our rigs, tied with multiple number 6 ... 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

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

I can still smell the wonderful odor of fish dried into the heavy canvas bag. It’s one of those smells that, when you run across it, takes you back a ... Read More

During Fathers' Day week I am posting articles surrounding my dad. Here is another one about a father who fished - and taught his kids to fish as well...

Conservationists in the US are trying to push through a broad, sweeping conversion of much of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastline to a National Monument status under the ... 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