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Bama Snapper Season Closes Sept. 4
Alabama’s Marine Resources Division has sounded last call on red snapper season. The private angler red snapper season will close at 11:59 on Monday, Sept. 4, which leaves anglers this weekend and next to go load their coolers with delicious snapper.
What Would You Do?
A Minnesota high school freshman was walleye fishing with family earlier this summer when he hooked and landed a wallet containing $2,000.
Idaho’s Fall Salmon And Steelhead Forecast
With summer winding down, it’s time to start looking ahead to the fall fisheries for salmon and steelhead.
Have You Caught A Length-Record Smallie?
This gorgeous Colorado River smallmouth bass is a new IGFA all-tackle world length record for the species.
Tactics That Catch Redfish From The Beach
When targeting redfish, the beach isn’t the first place most people think to look. It’s easy to imagine casting topwater plugs, spoons, paddletails or a popping cork with a DOA to tailing reds in a grassy flat or hijacking a big bull on the edge of an oyster bar or jetty, but what about the beach?
Alaska State Record Outweighs World Record
Alaska’s new state record shortraker rockfish was caught in late July. On uncertified scales at a remote fishing lodge, it weighed 48 pounds, which would have crushed the existing IGFA world record by about 4 pounds. The angler, charter guide Keith DeGraff, however, chose to preserve the meat by bleeding the fish instead of waiting to get an official weight on certified scales.
Last-Day Marlin Wins $6.2 Million
On Aug. 11, the final day of the 50th Annual White Marlin Open out of Ocean City, Maryland, a 640.5-pound blue marlin was brought to the scales that earned the winning boat $6.2 million. Tournament organizers are calling it the largest payout for a single fish in history.
Beginners Luck: Novice Lands World Record Opah
Opah, also known as moonfish, are a relatively rare incidental catch for anglers tuna fishing in the Pacific off California. A potential world record opah caught on an overnight trip out of San Diego in early August is even more amazing because it was landed by an angler on his first-ever trip offshore.
27th Annual Keys Kids Fishing Derby
148 anglers ages 0-10 took part in the 27th Annual Keys Kids Fishing Derby on September 29th, hosted by the Lorelei. Junior anglers pay no fee to participate in this event.Fishing With Legends
Stretching 500 miles across the northern side of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest in the Atlantic Ocean.Why Try Technical Diving?
Tec diving is obstacle-ridden and humbling, but can reignite a fading passion. It can leave you with a sense of accomplishment and a refined set of diving skills. It grants access to depths beyond recreational limits, where lesser-known shipwrecks and deep reefs lie, waiting to be explored.
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