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What Not to Do When Fishing in the Dark: Avoid These Common Mistakes
Fishing in the dark can be an exhilarating experience, offering a unique way to connect with nature. However, nighttime fishing comes with its own set of challenges that can turn a peaceful outing into a frustrating or even dangerous endeavor …
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Fly Fishing for Beginners: Unlocking Success with the Right Fly
Embarking on a fly-fishing journey can be daunting, especially when you’re new to the sport and uncertain about techniques. But don’t let inexperience hold you back. With the right approach and a little patience, you can enjoy the thrill of …
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Red Snapper Success: A Beginner’s Guide to Catching This Seasonal Favorite
Fishing for red snapper is a popular and rewarding experience, particularly during the peak season when these vibrant fish are abundant. Whether you’re new to saltwater fishing or looking to add red snapper to your catch list, this guide will …
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How to Catch Mahi Mahi on the Fly
Mahi-mahi are an absolute blast to catch on the fly. What’s not to like? Every dance card is filled in with aerial acrobatics, zippy runs, spectacular colors and wild boatside antics that are sure to plaster a smile on any …
What is the Best Carp Bait?
Carp have long been a popular gamefish in Europe and parts of Asia, but they’ve largely been ignored by North American anglers. However, this is beginning to change, and many US-based anglers are beginning to open their eyes to the …
Amazon River Fishing 101
The immense ecosystem of the Amazon Rainforest means looking for fish in the Amazon can be a pretty exciting experience. From the weird and wonderful to the outright bizarre looking, the Amazon River is filled with fish, many of which you may …
The 7 Best Fly Fishing Tips
To become a good fly fisher you need to be able to cast. As an angling instructor I teach a lot of people and I’m still amazed at just how many anglers have bad techniques or habits when casting – …
How to Differentiate Between Muskie and Pike
Northern Pike and Muskellunge are two of North America’s favorite freshwater game fish. These large, predatory species are every bit as fast and mean as their sleek torpedo-shaped bodies imply. Known as “water wolves” and “the fish of a thousand casts” respectively, Pike …
How to Catch Massive Perch
Let’s start out by clearing things up a bit. There are a number of fish species called perch but the true perch are only a few species of freshwater fish. For the purposes of this article, we are referring to …
The Best Fall Trout Fishing Tips
There is a period of dry-fly activity on most trout streams every fall that rivals the best hatches of spring. It’s a “fall” (as opposed to a hatch) of migrating winged ants, and when these insects are on the water …
How to Catch, Cook, and Clean Amberjack
Amberjack Habitat You can find greater amberjack offshore at considerable depths and in offshore reefs, wrecks, oil rigs, etc. Catch them anywhere in the water column but you can spot them around structures that are near the bottom of the …
Fishing Tips: Mulloway
Jewfish, also known as mulloway, have become such a sought-after and targeted species on the east coast of Australia. Their diverse availability from the brackish headwaters of estuaries to the more saline mouths and bays, rocks and beaches to offshore reefs …
The Best Places to Catch Huge Peacock Bass
I like it when my guide fishes with me on a booked trip. That’s particularly true when I’m the only client, as was the case on a recent outing. The more baits in the water, the quicker we’ll find a …