Just because a tackle shop sells something people assume it is good and it will work. In the relatively few very good tackle shops, that can come close to the ... Read More

Captain Ron - sounds good doesn't it? Sort of has a ring to it that says that Ron really knows his stuff. The truth is that if you have the ... Read More

I find it impossible to carry all the tackle I will need on a given day of fishing. After years of hauling a ton of rods and tackle boxes around in boats with ... Read More

Many articles describe catching fish in the mouth of or back in a saltwater creek, marsh or mudflat. They describe the action and technique involved in catching fish that are ... Read More

Secret fishing spots – some call them honey holes – often get passed from father to son through generations. Of course the reality is that our secret spots probably aren’t ... Read More

The American Sportfishing Association released the following statement today: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NFMS) announced in the October 17, 2008, Federal Register that the ... Read More

All of us like to brag just a little about our catches. Here are pictures from literally all over the world sent by bragging anglers from 8 to 80! Email ... Read More

We all use them at some point in our fishing life. Swivels are an important part of the terminal tackle in use by most saltwater anglers. But do we all ... Read More

Tails. This time, we were looking for tails. We had read Vic Dunnaway’s Thursday Fishing column in the Miami Herald. Memory says the Herald, but it could have been the ... Read More

Up and down the east coast of the Untied States, a fall phenomenon is taking place – the annual baitfish migration that many of us call the “mullet run”. Huge ... Read More

Florida has, as one of its many resources, the spiny lobster, panulirus argus. These clawless lobsters are known as crawfish or “bugs” to the locals. Each year, the lobster season ... Read More

In most states, gigging is a legal method for taking flounder or fluke. Usually done at night, it is more for the adventurous angler, but any of you can do ... Read More

We were on the dock behind my wife’s relative’s home on the Florida Keys. The canal that led to the bay was about twenty feet deep, crystal clear, and loaded ... Read More

The ramp at Matheson Hammock was void of people and vehicles when we launched. We seldom fish on the weekend, and this Tuesday morning was like most weekday mornings at ... Read More