Category: Travel

Dragger Susan Rose Raised One Year After Sinking

12/16/2024 - By nationalfisherman.com. The Rhode Island steel trawler Susan Rose was raised from the sea floor this week a year after sinking off Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., removed as a hazard to navigation. After the 2023 grounding, the fishing boat’s crew of four safely got off onto the beach, dropping down from the… SEE MORE

AI-Powered Marine Camera for Navigation and Safety

12/5/2024 - By Carli Stewart. Look out, an artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer in marine safety, revolutionizes marine navigation by launching the LOOKOUT camera system, designed to detect hazards beyond human capability. Built by a team of leading AI researchers, video game developers, 3D designers, and hardware engineers, the LOOKOUT camera system uses… SEE MORE

Louisiana’s Late Summer Bull Redfish Blitz

9/4/2024 - By Todd Masson. Fish the flats of Louisiana's lower Barataria Basin into fall. Although Capt. Shane York is a regular at his local gym, at least a portion of his body-builder’s physique can be attributed to an annual run of bull redfish at an expansive bay near his favorite south Louisiana port.… SEE MORE

Panama City Fishing Paradise

8/31/2024 - By Doug Olander. Florida's Panhandle crystal waters offer great action inshore and offshore. As we skimmed over the mirror-calm surface of Saint Andrew Bay, en route from Sun Harbor Marina to the DuPont (Highway 98) bridge that separates Saint Andrew from East Bay, I marveled at how large an area of… SEE MORE

Flounder Fishery Dispute Grows as August Meeting Approaches

8/22/2024 - By Carli Stewart. The flounder conflict continues into next week’s North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) meeting, which will be held in Raleigh from Aug. 21-23. The bone of contention is between the MFC and the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (WRC) about this year's recreational flounder season. The only… SEE MORE

Northeast Summer Striper Tactics

8/8/2024 - By David A. Brown. Summer striper fishing is an adrenaline rush. Get out there with live baits and topwaters in low-light conditions. Like any sport, you can spend as much as you want gearing up for your next saltwater battle. However, northeast striper ace Blaine Anderson said the summer months… SEE MORE

Take Your Tow-Sports Skills to the Next Level

8/6/2024 - By Zenon Bilas. Want to take your tow-sports skills to the next level? Use these techniques to move beyond just riding behind the boat. When you first learn to get up on water skis or a wakeboard, it’s an exhilarating experience. The feeling is euphoric when you let go of the… SEE MORE

Surfers at the Paris Olympics are Staying 10,000 Miles Away on a Cruise Ship in Tahiti

8/3/2024 - By Scott Way. We'll bet you didn't know that the surfing portion of the Paris Summer Olympics is taking place nearly 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) away in Tahiti. Neither did we. While the world's attention is currently focused on Paris, surfers and water enthusiasts are having an entirely different experience… SEE MORE

Kayaking As A Couple: How To Have a Romantic And Safe Paddling Date

7/27/2024 - By Tom Gaffey. Paddling in a kayak, canoe, or on a SUP board is an activity many people enjoy without company. But paddling with a partner is always a good idea. It’s safer, easier, and it can even be romantic with the right company. If you are interested in bringing… SEE MORE

Deep-sea fishing between the stunning fjords of Lofoten

Oregon Bound for Chinook and Coho

7/24/2024 - By David Conway. Catch the bite from the beaches to Buoy 10 and the Columbia River. Capt. Hugh Harris, of True North Outdoors in Portland, tells me that a chinook salmon can smell one drop of its ancestral stream in 50 gallons of water. In Harris’ home waters of the Columbia River,… SEE MORE