Winter in the Florida Keys sees sailfish hunting ballyhoo over the shallows along Islamorada, presenting anglers with a unique opportunity.

Off the shores of Mullaghmore on the northwest Irish coast, between the green hills of Benbulben and the cliffs of Slieve League, stretches Donegal Bay, whose blue-green waters come alive in summer ...

Bay boats, roomy, with elevated casting decks and shallow drafts, remain among the most versatile of all saltwater fishing boats. No single boat design, except perhaps the center console, has had as ...

Fishing is a sport of learning and evolving. Every skill and technique in your arsenal is an adaptation for situational necessity that makes you a better angler. Here are 16 tried-and-true tricks from ...

Boats under 20 feet allow the angler to maneuver precisely while trolling. Ask the average inshore angler what his least favorite method of fishing is and chances are he’ll say trolling. Even ...

In an age when center consoles keep getting bigger and bigger, EdgeWater offers an exceptional marriage of performance, style and comfort in a middleweight contender poised to match larger competitors ...

There’s a wahoo fishery between Marathon and Key Largo that rivals any in the Southeast. It’s productive, easily accessible, and while not as well-known as other wahoo hotspots, it provides a proving ...

Among the three, the Pacific cubera is the smallest. Of course “small” is relative; the IGFA all-tackle world-record of 78 pounds, 12 ounces (Bahia Pez Vela, Costa Rica in 1988) is no minnow. The ...

While flipping through a couple of wholesale fly company catalogs recently, it occurred to me that the number of saltwater patterns has skyrocketed in the last few years. I’ve been tying for over 40 ...

The comments on the Salt Water Sportsman Facebook page were contentious. George Witeley insists: “You can keep those baitcasters. I’ll take spinning all day.” Victor Tornado spits back: “Levelwind, ...

I learned how to fish from shore with a spinning rod and a handful of tackle. Eventually, I graduated to offshore fishing with a garage full of rods, reels, lures and rigs. Along the way, I learned ...

Sandwiched between Cape Hatteras to the north and Cape Fear to the south, the Cape Lookout area is served well by Morehead City and Beaufort, where many anglers launch. Access to the ocean is via ...