By combining today’s modern charting technology with a basic understanding of striped marlin behavior, they’ve never been ...

When you think of bluewater fishing in the Gulf, you could be forgiven for visions of live-­baiting around oil rigs for big yellowfin and giant blue marlin. You might also think of 60-, 80- or ...

Dorsal Chris Malbon Dorsal: Make Live Baits Swim Down. For baits intended for slow- trolling, drifting and kite- fishing, primarily goggle- eyes, runners and mullet, place a hook in front of their ...

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 ...

Identifying the greater AJ, besides the characteristic color and markings, involves the body shape; it’s the most elongate and slender of the larger Seriolas that inhabit the same areas and has seven ...

Read Next: Autopilot System Choices Boat and Motors. Boat size and type of propulsion represent two key considerations, Heffernan says. Nearly all outboard-powered center-console fishing boats feature ...

Offshore jigging has really taken off in the past couple of years. Sure, some early adopters have been jigging with metals for decades, but it was never something utilized by the masses. That’s ...

The author with a nice daytime swordfish caught off the Florida Keys. Capt. Quinlyn Haddon The quickest bite I ever had while daytime swordfishing was on a bait I rigged almost as a joke. I took an ...

Who wins this battle? An angler fighting a snook to the boat or the linesider dogging toward the mangroves? Kevin Dodge Spotlight on Snook. The next morning, Capt. Shawn MacMullin, of Prime Time ...

Fishing sunglasses leave their mark. You can spot a hard-core angler from across the room at a formal engagement. Those pale raccoon rings around the eyes and the ball cap-bleached beacon of a ...

Powered by triple Merc 400 hp V-10 Verados, the SeaVee 400Z reached a top speed of 65.1 mph with three crew, 335 gallons of fuel and 60 gallons of water on board.

When I was working with the Southern Kingfish Association about 15 years ago, I met and befriended Capt. George Mitchell. He would arrive at tournaments in a stunning hauler towing a high-performance ...