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Seafood Stews, Plain and Fancy
One pot wonders for all to enjoy. Bouillabiasse – made delicious with your own Florida seafood catch. What’s the difference between seafood soup, seafood chowder and seafood stew? Not sure, eh? Well,...
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Snook Season Reopens in Gulf Waters March 1st
The recreational harvest season for one of Florida’s premier fish, snook, reopens March 1 in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico state and adjacent federal waters, including Everglades National Park and Monroe...
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Rapala’s New Inventions
Legendary Brand launches new lures for the Florida salt A mouth full of the new Storm 360 GT Searchbait Series Rapala lures is doubling down on research and development in saltwater lures, bringing...
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Fly Fishing Around Structure
Street-fight tactics for taking down the heavyweights. Caught between a snook and a hard place, something’s gonna give. Hint: It’s not that concrete piling. When you hook a big fish on a grassflat, you...
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Snook Season On!
Gulf and Atlantic open season begins Sept. 1 The recreational open season for snook starts Sept. 1 statewide. During the open season, the daily bag limit is one fish per person. In the Atlantic, snook...
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Pan Seared Snook and Seafood Risotto
A spicy snook recipe that’s sure to be a hit. Before: The authors son, Matthew Benecke, caught this beauty off Anna Maria Island on a Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow. Snook season is now open in Florida. With...
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Catch Snook with a Jupiter Rig
Yes, you can use a Carolina rig outside the Carolinas. And the Jupiter rig? It’s at home anywhere in Florida. Want to keep the bait on bottom while allowing a little slack for the bite? The Jupiter rig...
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Sight-Fishing Shallow Water
From the Florida Keys to your home flats, universal lessons on sight-fishing shallow water. A single bonefish “floats,” with tail and dorsal exposed. On the edge of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida...
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Fishing an Artificial Shrimp
Fish your soft-plastic shrimp the way the fish want it Writer with overslot snook caught on a 4-inch, 1/4-ounce Storm 360GT Shrimp. He was casting and reeling across-tide near docks. Shrimp: small in...
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2017 Hurricane Cup Tournament Results
Backcountry Fly Championship Series: 2017 Hurricane Cup Tournament results Lisa Everett and Gail Kennedy holding up one of their many snook. Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys hard, destroying homes...
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Five Tips for Sight Fishing in Saltwater
A stealth approach gives the angler an opportunity to land his fly right into this school of hungry redfish. Sight fishing can be one of the most adrenaline filled activities on the water, when done...
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Snook Atlantic Seasonal Closure Starts December 15
Snook harvest seasonal closure in Atlantic starts Dec. 15 A forum member with his personal best snook, caught in the St. Lucie River. The recreational harvest season for snook closes Dec. 15 in...
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Sinking Fly Lines in the Surf
A sinking line helps maintain a direct connection to the fly in turbulent surf. Taking the fly down deep also improves chances for bites. Remember summer? Calm, clear water and snook cruising down the...
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Shoreline Casting Tips
Slip bobber rig, explained in the article, enables accurate, low-angle casting of live bait into the strike zone. If you fish the backbays of the lower Florida peninsula for redfish, snook, snapper or...
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Can You Help Those Snook in the Cold?
Take care of lethargic and stunned fish Brett Fitzgerald, Director of the Snook and Gamefish Foundation and a frequent Florida Sportsman contributor, has same words of advice for those concerned about...
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Perks of Monofilament for Inshore Fishing
Reel spooled with monofilament for topwater lures. There’s no question that braided lines and fluorocarbon have made a huge impact on some aspects of sportfishing in Florida and around the nation in...
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Inshore Livebait Tips
Could it be that your vision of livebait fishing is too limited? You recoil at the idea of committing much time to the perimeter of an egg sinker or bobber. You’d rather whirl around the bay with a...
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Atlantic Snook Reopens
Atlantic snook season runs from February 1 to June 1 The season for snook harvest in Florida on the east coast or Atlantic shore reopens today (Feb. 1) and continues to June 1. Harvested fish must be...
View ArticleFishing Hard Baits Inshore
In this Florida Sportsman seminar, Reel Time Host Capt. George Gozdz discusses his hard bait lure choices while fishing on the Peace River. These tips can be applied to almost anywhere you want to...
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Add Scent to Your Lures
Tricks for soaking up scent products: To treble hooks, author has added y-tying foam strips and yarn wraps. Single hooks have knotted yarn strip. Nowadays we’re all familiar with soft lures impregnated...
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