Tag: sportfishing

Master the Art of West Coast Bass Fishing

7/7/2025 - By US Harbors. The golden kelp forests stretching along California's coast harbor one of the Pacific's most sought-after gamefish: the California calico bass. These checkerboard-patterned fighters, officially known as kelp bass, offer anglers an exciting challenge that combines technical skill with the raw thrill of pulling hard-fighting fish from dense… SEE MORE

A Guide to Fishing North Carolina’s Crystal Coast

6/21/2025 - By Doug Olander Located near the easternmost protrusion of the Outer Banks, the Crystal Coast offers inshore opportunities and a relatively easy run to the Gulf Stream. Spend much time on the waters of North Carolina’s Crystal Coast and the origins of that moniker should be pretty clear. The waters here are… SEE MORE

Finding Fishing Abundance in the Marsh

6/17/2025 - By Nick Carter. From mudminnows to oysters, anglers can successfully target a wide variety of species if they know what to use and where to look. Marsh Grass Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) dominates Atlantic and Gulf tidal marshes. On the West coast, Sporobolus foliosa (California cordgrass) is the native hybridizing with introduced smooth… SEE MORE

Fishing’s Most Dangerous Animals — The Stingers

5/29/2025 - By Doug Olander. A look at marine creatures that sting anglers — sometimes with deadly results. Most of us don’t think of sport fishing as a particularly hazardous sport. No doubt statistics would bear out that it’s not. But every sport has its own unique risks, and saltwater fishing is no… SEE MORE

How to Snell a Hook

5/1/2025 - By Sam Hudson. The best ways to snell a circle hook and the reasons why captains use them. Do you remember in the early 2000s when pork was branded “the other white meat”? I think of snelling a hook as “the other fishing knot.” Although not as common as everyday knots,… SEE MORE

Braid vs. Mono Fishing Line

3/24/2025 - By Chris Woodward. Tips on how and when to use braided or monofilament fishing lines. Deciding when to use braided fishing line vs. monofilament fishing line might seem intuitive in most cases. Not so fast! One pro advocates braided line for all bottom fishing applications, while another says braid inhibits… SEE MORE

Sport Fishing Boat leaving the harbor at sunrise, Florida

Eleven of Best Fishing Spots in the World

3/16/2025 - By Doug Olander. Great fishing destinations to fulfill your fishing fantasies. While most of us fish our own backyards most of the time, we also dream about traveling to some of the best fishing destinations. Dreaming and planning are two very different things, and sometimes it helps to have a… SEE MORE

The Ultimate Fluke Rig

2/28/2025 - By Louis Chemi. You don't always need live bait to catch a mess of summer flounder. Fred Chemi was the ultimate flounder pounder, fishing every summer weekend for as long as I remember. My dad fished with sand eels and squid in Long Island Sound. He used mummichogs and squid in… SEE MORE

World Record Cobia Caught Off Australia

2/18/2025 - By sportfishing.com. The 175-pounder outweighs the current IGFA record by 40 pounds. A 175-plus-pound record cobia — the largest caught on rod and reel ever recorded — wouldn’t have made it to the boat if the angler had listened to his captain. “It was a great catch by the young… SEE MORE

Kayak Fishing the Everglades at Flamingo

2/2/2025 - By Nick Carter Exploring the backcountry and the flats of Florida Bay in motorized fishing kayaks. The Florida Everglades are a million and a half acres of wetland famously called a river of grass. From the water at Flamingo, it’s more of a mangrove jungle. Here at the southernmost outpost of Everglades… SEE MORE