Feel like standing over a rod or two, enjoying a cool, salt breeze in your face while you gaze out over the Gulf? Check out Panama City Beach's Russell-Fields Pier for some great fall fishing action. Also called the "City Pier," anglers can enjoy catching cobia, king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, flounder, redfish and pompano, depending [...]
It's one of the greatest boating shows on earth, and it's returning to Fort Lauderdale next week, October 27-31. More than 3 million square feet of show space, on both on land and in the water is devoted to the Fort Lauderale Boat Show, smack in the middle of the yachting capital of the world. [...]
Ladies and gentleman, start your airboat engines. Duck season opens one month from now in Florida on Nov. 19, and by all indications the hunting this year should be epic. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologists report record nesting numbers for most species. A good number of birds were already in Florida for early teal [...]
Over the past few years, more than one record has been set in terms of most Atlantic sailfish released in a day, and across a multiple-day tournament. Stuart, where I live, is known as the Sailfish Capital of the World, and I'm proud to know some of the best tournament billfishermen in the business. But, [...]
More than 300 miles of urban canals in Dade and Broward counties have fishable populations of butterfly peacock bass, an introduced species that reaches nine pounds. Butterfly peacocks prefer live fish or fish-imitating lures, rather than plastic worms commonly used for largemouth bass. The best bait for butterfly peacocks is live shiners, but artificial lures also work [...]
