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Folly Beach to Edisto Island Fishing Report For October – Capt John Ward

October has to be my favorite month to fish in the low country. The bait run is in full force …

Indian RiverKeeper: Sept 2021 Update

Stakeholders are wrangling over just how much benefit (and potential harm) they will experience when LOSOM is finalized and put into operation as the Lake Okeechobee dike repair project ends in 2022.

SLC ARTIFICIAL REEF UPDATE: Tug Singleton Sink Prep

The Tug Singleton is getting closer to becoming St. Lucie County’s sixth tugboat artificial reef.

3.76 Tons of Trash Deleted During Waterway Cleanup Week

14th annual Treasure Coast Cleanup volunteers removes 3.76 tons of trash from area waterways and beaches along 125 miles on the Treasure Coast.

Folly Beach to Edisto Island Fishing Report For September – Capt John Ward

It’s September, shorter days cooler temperatures hopefully the start of college football and kids going back to school, begins the …

The Effects of Storms

Capt. Dave Stephens As we move further into storm season things begin to change in our fishery. Let’s start off …

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2026 BASTILLE DAY KINGFISH TOURNAMENT SET FOR JULY 12

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.

Bonefish 101

The bonefish, considered one of the most often sought after saltwater game fish, is elusive, spooky, and fast, a ghost like fish that poses a real challenge to fly fisherman. It makes its home in some of the most beautiful tropic locations worldwide.

Hot Action on Eight-Day Trip Aboard the American Angler

The anglers who headed out in mid-October aboard the 90-foot American Angler, out of Point Loma Sportfishing in San Diego, with Captain Ray Lopez at the helm, experienced multi-species Nirvana on an eight-day Penn Fishing University excursion. This October eight-day trip is known as the Fall Variety Special, and it more than lived up to its billing, with 27 different species of game fish caught.

Adventures South Of the Border: In Search of Monster Roosterfish

My son Charles and I are always looking for giant roosterfish— one of my favorite fish of all. It has a dorsal fin that kind of looks like the tail feathers of a rooster, thus giving it the name roosterfish. It is a member of the jack family and fights as hard as any jack does.

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Owen’s First Wahoo

41”snook

20 inch sheepshead

ELLE with a snook