Articles Index

Fighting a Fish – How to Fight a Fish

Fighting a fish is a task that can be learned. Many anglers do not know how to fight a fish. After you hook that fish, how do you get him to the boat?

Learn to Fish on Every Fishing Trip

You can learn something about fishing on every fishing trip you make. It's what helps you become a better fisherman! Study, fish, and keep a fishing log!

The Perfect Redfish Bait

catching redfish means using a bait of some kind. Is there a prefect redfish bait? It depends on several factors,and the perfect bait can change as some variables change.

Which Fishing Sinker Do I Use?

Here are the three sinkers I use in my fishing. They fit every situation I am in. Here is how I use them and how I tie them on. Fishing weights and sinkers help catch fish if they are used properly.

Dolphin Trolling and Fishing – How to Catch Dolphin

Dolphin ( mahi mahi or dorado)fishing is a favorite summer time fishing expedition. Many people find dolphin fishing the easiest fishing of all. Here is how.

Setting Up Your Terminal Tackle

Hook, line and sinker is a good description. But what does it actually mean? Here are some basics about the terminal tackle - all that stuff on the end of your line - that you are fishing with.

Manta Rays and Cobia

Cobia follow manta rays along the beach in the spring. They are easy to catch - the cobia that is - if you can locate the manta rays.

Seatrout and Pinfish

Catching spotted seatrout on pinfish in Florida Bay was fun. Catching the pinfish for bait was almost as much fun as catching the trout!

Forget the Net and Loose Fish!

Its bad enough to forget the net, but when you do it twice in one week, it is an embarrassment - at least in my case!

North Florida's Hot Fishing

March and April are two of the best months to find fish in northeast Florida. Captain Kirk Waltz tells us where and how to catch fish these months.

Gray Snapper Under the Mangroves Limbs

We caught a lot of Gray Snapper Under the Mangroves Limbs on the Florida Keys. We called them mangrove snapper because of where they lived.

Splatter Poling for Spotted Seatrout

Old time commercial fishermen used Calcutta poles called splatter poles to catch spotted seatrout

Florida Spring Fishing

Spring in Florida means lots of fish. Here are some tips and places to fish in Florida in the spring months.

The Black Drum March

March is the month to catch a huge black drum along the Atlantic coast. See how we caught them along the Georgia coast this month.

Spring Sheepshead

Spring means spawning for sheepshead. Catching them is fun and easy if you follow a few basic tips.

Jewfish Creek Rabbit Fish

Fishing for smooth puffers - what we called rabbit fish - was something we did when I was young and we had no boat to fish from. It's memories like these that keep me fishing!

Amberjack – The Charter Captain’s Friend

Amberjack are called the charter captain's best friend. That's because they can always be depended on to provide a fight for paying charter boat customers.

Fishing the “Net Rack”

The net rack at Flamingo was a favorite fishing spot many years ago for anyone fishing in Everglades National Park. Here is what we did when we fished there.

Where Do I Fish?

Deciding where to fish is often a major effort for me. Time, tide, and location make me decide on where to fish. But sometimes I have a case of "buyer's remorse" of sorts!

Fishing with an Old Lure

Fishing with an old lure brings back memories - that is, if you don;t lose the lure while fishing with it!

Magnuson-Stevens Debacle?

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act has turned ugly. While it purports to manage the fisheries, is it actually closing them down, one by one, and putting people out of business?

Poor Man’s Sailfish

Catching sailfish is usually an expensive proposition. But you can catch winter time sailfish in South Florida very cheaply. Here's the poor man's way to catch sailfish.

Today’s Fishing Plan

Making a fishing plan for the day is an important part of my fishing success.

Chokoloskee Snook Fishing

Catching snook out of Chokoloskee, Florida, on a half day trip

Whats the Best Bait for Redfish

There is a best bait for redfish, but it depends on theh season of the year as to just what that best bait for redfish is.