Chasing blue marlin, especially in tournaments, used to mean pulling out the big guns — those big gold Penn 80s and 130s that hold a mile of monofilament and cost more than my first car. But even ...

Like most kids in the 1960s, I started my fishing career with spinning tackle. There were plenty of inexpensive spinning reels available back then that made learning to cast a quick and easy process ...

Just a short decade ago, only a small cadre of anglers knew the secrets to consistently catching broadbill swordfish after sunrise. Sure, occasional sunning fish were caught on the surface, and the ...

Fishing with fly rod or light conventional tackle on the rivers and billabongs and seacoast off Darwin, Australia, is, in the lexicon of guides and other facilitators of sport, “A bastard of a good ...

One of the greatest joys in fishing comes from tossing small lead-head jigs partnered with 2-inch curly-tail plastics in hopes of catching crappie, perch and bluegill. When fishing with micro-light or ...

Let’s face it — there are many, many ways to catch both largemouth and smallmouth bass, the most popular freshwater gamefish in our nation. You can fish the hydrilla and milfoil in tidal rivers ...

An expected fleet of 27 boats will depart the St. Lucie Inlet Friday morning to see just how good the sailfish bite is going to be this weekend. The 63rd annual Light Tackle Sailfish Tournament, one ...