Over the past week, I've seen some spectacular things that indicate an early spring is upon this great state. On Friday, a large school of huge redfish surfaced right off the St. Lucie Inlet. Here in Stuart, the cobia run has started on the Atlantic coast, and we found a school of jumbo tarpon off [...]
When I was a kid, I worked at a fish camp in Alaska and my parents always wanted me to bring home salmon after the summer was over. Trouble was, traveling from Aniak, Alaska, to West Palm Beach took more than a day, so bringing fresh fish back cold was impossible, and like most oily [...]
The most prominent feature on a Florida map, Lake Okeechobee is the rural heart of South Florida. Surrounded by vast cattle ranches and sugar cane fields, a getaway for anglers, birders, hikers and RV travelers, the agricultural communities around the lake are colorful places with deep cultural roots, inviting hometown restaurants and laid-back attitudes. A [...]
While crappie anglers across most of the country are laboring over ice augers and steaming breath just to get a line to the fish, Florida anglers are double checking tackle bags for sunscreen. We're one of the most underrated states for catching crappie, in part because down here we call them "speckled perch," or "paperfish," [...]
Yesterday, the fleet forged back through the St. Lucie Inlet with sailfish release flags flying. The 2011-12 winter continues to serve up the best sailfishing in anyone's living memory, and that is in large part due to the cultural impact of the sailfish release pennant. Back in the 1930s, early billfish tournament organizers were concerned [...]
