Ribbonfish is one of the best baits for big king mackerel. Here’s how the pros catch, prepare, rig and fish ribbonfish to ...

Along with sharp hooks, freshly spooled reels and plenty of water, a good day of offshore fishing also requires an awareness of what conditions the day will bring. When planning the direction, range ...

Numbers from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament indicate that boats using omni sonar can experience catch rates 60% to 84% higher than those without this powerful technology. No one would argue with ...

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 ...

Electric fishing reels are a simple concept. They use a small motor to turn the spool and retrieve line. Reels are either battery powered or they can be plugged into a boat’s power, and many are ...

Anyone who fishes the Florida Keys patch reefs invariably hooks into a prized jewel: the mutton snapper. They are fantastic in the frying pan as well as hefty battlers that put up an arm-wrenching ...

Striped bass feed aggressively in the surf at night, and fall is the time to catch them on the New Jersey coast. Fishing at night for stripers in the surf requires know-how and research beyond just ...

We’ve got your Father’s Day gift ideas right here, especially if dear old dad is a fisherman. After all, among other things, we at Sport Fishing are fishermen and fathers. We know the gear dads need, ...

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 ...

An angler on an overnight tuna and swordfish charter out of Narragansett, Rhode Island, caught the largest mahi-mahi the state has ever seen in late August. Fishing with Maridee Charters, angler Karl ...