By combining today’s modern charting technology with a basic understanding of striped marlin behavior, they’ve never been ...

When you think of bluewater fishing in the Gulf, you could be forgiven for visions of live-­baiting around oil rigs for big yellowfin and giant blue marlin. You might also think of 60-, 80- or ...

Rigging live bait the right way will pay off. George Poveromo. Rigging baitfish for saltwater gamefish is like a science. Anglers fish in so many different conditions: prime ocean with features for ...

Offshore jigging has really taken off in the past couple of years. Sure, some early adopters have been jigging with metals for decades, but it was never something utilized by the masses. That’s ...

Teams competed for a share of $2.3 million and released 2,425 billifish during the two-day event. Pelagic. It was all smiles for Game Plan on the awards stage, as they took the lion’s share of the ...

FishLab BBZ Hard Mullet Swimbait Courtesy FishLab. And the winner of ICAST’s Best Saltwater Hard Lure goes to the FishLab BBZ Hard Mullet Swimbait. The result of months of on-the-water testing with ...

The opah, also known as moonfish (Lampris guttatus), has a remarkable distinction in the marine world: it’s the only known fish that is fully warm-blooded. While fish like tuna and certain sharks are ...

Head south to tangle with blackfins off the Florida coast. April and May are prime months for catching big blackfin tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) off South Florida and the Keys, with numerous fish in the ...

Two types of hard: Bonefish are harder to tempt, while tarpon are much harder to keep hooked. David McCleaf Tarpon In the City. After picking up some pinfish from a trap, Solmo dashed us across an ...

Barrett Rod Company Fighting Plate with AFTCO Maxforce Harness “The angler sits back to counterbalance the fish.”; Custom five-rod rod rack “To shorten the battle, I fight the biggest sharks from the ...

Identifying the greater AJ, besides the characteristic color and markings, involves the body shape; it’s the most elongate and slender of the larger Seriolas that inhabit the same areas and has seven ...

Powered by a three-axis joystick with progressive throttling (the harder you push, the bigger the reaction), Optimus 360 is designed to make close-­quarters maneuvering in and around the marina a ...