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Landing a Fish – How to Land a Fish Created: Thursday, May 24, 2012 Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Once you fight your fish up to your boat or pier, how do you get him out of the water. This is where many fish are lost. Here's how to land a fish.
Fighting a Fish – How to Fight a Fish Created: Saturday, May 19, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2012
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 Created: Saturday, May 12, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2012
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 Created: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
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.
Pyramid Sinker Created: Monday, July 14, 2008 Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012
Pyramid Sinker definition and description
Which Fishing Sinker Do I Use? Created: Sunday, May 06, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012
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 prope...
Sugarbear Gene's Big Bayou la Batre Redfish - Share Your Story: Reader Submitted Fishing Stories and Pictures Created: Saturday, May 05, 2012 Updated: Saturday, May 05, 2012
Sugarbear Gene's Big Bayou la Batre Redfish
How to Repair a Broken Fishing Rod Created: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
How to Repair a Broken Fishing Rod. We have all had it happen. The fishing rod breaks while fighting a fish. Or, the door closes on a rod; or someone steps on a rod. Your favorite rod lies there in...
Dolphin Trolling and Fishing – How to Catch Dolphin Created: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
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 Created: Saturday, April 28, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 28, 2012
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 Created: Friday, April 27, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
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 Created: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
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 Lose Fish! Created: Sunday, April 08, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
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 Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
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 Created: Sunday, April 22, 2012 Updated: Sunday, April 22, 2012
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 Created: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Old time commercial fishermen used Calcutta poles called splatter poles to catch spotted seatrout
How to Hook a Live Shrimp with a Jig Head Created: Friday, April 06, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 06, 2012
Here are three ways to hook a live shrimp to a jig head for inshore saltwater fishing
Fishing Large Bridge Pilings Created: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Bridges present an entire array of structure where their pilings enter the water. From giant pillars to wooden
Florida Spring Fishing Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012
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 Created: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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 Created: Saturday, March 17, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Spring means spawning for sheepshead. Catching them is fun and easy if you follow a few basic tips.
Jewfish Creek Rabbit Fish Created: Monday, March 12, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 12, 2012
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 Created: Friday, March 09, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 09, 2012
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” Created: Monday, March 05, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 05, 2012
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? Created: Friday, March 02, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 02, 2012
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
Fishing with an Old Lure Created: Sunday, February 26, 2012 Updated: Thursday, March 01, 2012
Fishing with an old lure brings back memories - that is, if you don;t lose the lure while fishing with it!
Magnuson-Stevens Debacle? Created: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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 bus..
Poor Man’s Sailfish Created: Monday, February 20, 2012 Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012
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 Created: Friday, February 17, 2012 Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012
Making a fishing plan for the day is an important part of my fishing success.
Chokoloskee Snook Fishing Created: Thursday, February 16, 2012 Updated: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Catching snook out of Chokoloskee, Florida, on a half day trip
Whats the Best Bait for Redfish Created: Saturday, November 12, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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.
Flamingo Fishing on Tap Created: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Fishing out of Flamingo in Everglades National Park is one of the finest fishing trips you can make

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