Over the decades I’ve had the privilege of witnessing many different species of high jumping fish take to the air in spectacular acrobatic displays. From tarpon to barracuda, sailfish, kingfish, mahi even ladyfish, each is fully flight ready after sensing the steel but there’s one of the ...
If your fly rod feels weak and seems to have lost its backbone, maybe it’s time to rejuvenate it by overlining, which simply means to use a fly line rated one step higher than your rod’s stated line weight designation. This works best on modern, relatively stiff graphite rods rather than ...
A question those new to inshore salt angling always ask, “How long should my leader be?” When using braid as the main line, leader length depends on the application, water quality or visibility, present structure, as well as the species and size you’re pursuing. For general lure ...
If catching a huge snook along the beach sounds like a great way to start your day, an evening or night, then you’re in luck as its peak beach snooking time. Pick a moving tide backed by an easterly breeze and slowly move along sight fishing the morning surf zone or for a unique experience ...
Drink up! It’s sauna time in Southwest Florida and staying properly hydrated can make the difference between a good day on the water or a trip to the ER or worse. Drinking up on a blistering hot day on the water shouldn’t include alcohol or caffeine as they both act as diuretics causing ...
Leave early and come home safely with delicious table fare. Red, mangrove and lane snapper, triggerfish and red grouper are all looking to bite as well as unpredictable, drag-smoking barracuda. Getting out to the 150-foot mark and beyond will put you in bigger specimen territory. Chumming them ...
