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Angler with a cleaning table of pompano and other surf-caught fish

Freak On The Beach By Marco – December 2024

After the hurricanes it seems we get more species of fish on the beach, including flounder, mangro, snapper, black drum, …

Sol Fishing With Captain And Kids December 2024

    Captain & The Kids strives to always promote youth anglers both at the local level as well as …
Angler holding a largemouth bass

Bass Nation Kayak Tournament Recap with Pro-Angler, Amy Brown

Orange Lake Produces Giants When I heard that Orange Lake would be the location for our championship, I thought, “Well, …

Beautiful LMB

I caught this 4.5lb’r Large mouth bass in Headwaters lake. The shallow diving crank bait was doing the trick.
Capt. John Ellis in a mint green cap, sunglasses and a blue Reef Wrecker shirt holding up a big redfish on his boat beside an angler in a camouflage shirt and a colorful cap, with calm water and a tree line behind them

November Fishing Report: Red Hot Action as Cooler Water Rolls In

Capt. John Ellis expects red hot November fishing as cooler, cleaner water rolls in. Big redfish, snook, and tarpon are fired up inshore, with sailfish, snapper, and grouper heating up offshore.
Wendy Biles in a trucker cap, mirrored sunglasses and a camouflage jacket taking a selfie while holding up a big largemouth bass, with trees and blue sky behind her

Kayak Fishing: Falling Pressure and the Post-Hurricane Bite

Why do Florida anglers go fishing when a hurricane is coming? Wendy Biles explains how falling barometric pressure triggers the bite, and where she found big bass after Hurricane Milton.
An angler in a cap, sunglasses and an orange shirt sitting on a boat holding a redfish, with a trolling motor, another boat and puffy white clouds behind him

Ponce Inlet & Backwaters Forecast: November 2024

Bull redfish and big snook keep the fall bite hot at Ponce Inlet in November. Capt. Jamie Thrappas shares his live blue crab rig for reds and his night dock light tactics for snook.
Youth angler Azalea smiling on a boat as she holds up her first grouper with an orange fish grip, while Capt. Evan Sanders in a white cap and sunglasses points to her catch

Sol Fishing With the Captain & Kids: November 2024

Capt. Evan Sanders took NSB youth angler Azalea and her family on their first nearshore trip out of Ponce Inlet, where she landed a weakfish and her first grouper, the catch of the trip.

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