Snook feed heavily in the fall transition as they move from beaches and inlets to the backwaters. Here are tips, tactics and ...

For decades Lake Erie on the U.S.-Canada border has been a hotspot for big smallmouth bass, The 4th largest Great Lake sprawling across the northern international border has lots of healthy and fat ...

Mullet, herring, menhaden and sardines swimming erratically just below the surface, throwing a telltale V-wake, don’t swim that way because they’re comfortable. Chances are those baits are speeding ...

This has been a good year for bluefin tuna in some global regions that for years have seen a decline in the species. And that now includes California, where an over 200-pound bluefin was caught ...

Maximum-drag specifications on today’s premier reels are kind of like the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with 700-plus horsepower: For both, the performance numbers are jaw-dropping. But the skeptic in ...

People who complain that South Florida doesn’t enjoy a change of seasons don’t fish the annual fall mullet run. To anglers from Stuart to Key Largo, nothing signals that fall has arrived like the ...

There are two sides to every fishing story. For the 2025 season, SFTV compares and contrasts different species, destinations, and types of fishing from around the world, and showcases what makes each ...

There may not be a more prolific inshore fishery than the Louisiana coast. The southern end of Louisiana stretches about 300 ...

The morning weather looked grim. Twenty to 25 mph winds out of the north buffeted the upper Florida Keys, and we hadn’t yet left the dock to fish-trial Sea Vee’s new 290B center-console. “We’ll be ...

Two universal truths about wahoo make the pelagic species so popular: raw speed and pack mentality. Those two characteristics also make ‘hoos a prime candidate for high-speed trolling. Capable of ...

More than 30 years ago, I heard Florida’s Capt. Dave Mistretta describe a kingfish as “a 30-mile-per-hour hell-bent silver missile.” To this day, I haven’t found a more fitting description. Known to ...

After a long fight, your fish is finally whipped. The leader reaches the tiptop, and now’s the time to land your catch. What’s the best tool for the job? A gaff isn’t really an option unless you’re ...