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SLC Artificial Reef Update: Voici Bernadette

Progress continues on the preparation of the 180-foot freighter, Voici Bernadette, for artificial reefing on St. Lucie County’s deepwater artificial reef site.
Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park A Model For Marine Ecosystem Protection

Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park A Model For Marine Ecosystem Protection

The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park was the first National Park in The Bahamas. It was also the first …

The Southside Report ~ September Fishing Forecast for Kiawah, Seabrook & North Edisto Islands

September reef fishing looks to be steady and action packed. Start at the 30 foot depths and keep moving depths …

International Coastal Cleanup Day

by Mike Hammond Most paddlers and anglers I know, help clean up trash whenever they are on the Calusa Blueway. …
Shore-Based Shark Fishing

Opinions Sought Shore-Based Shark Fishing

Have an opinion on shore-based shark fishing? Now is the time to share. FWC is gathering public input on shore-based …

On The Water with FECOP

A Conversation with Moises Mug: The New Director of INCOPESCA President Carlos Alvarado recently appointed Moises Mug to head INCOPESCA, …

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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.