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Inshore

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Mosquito Lagoon Inshore Slam

Florida Sportsman Member: dtm I said “Great, I think I got a Ray” then bring it along the side of the boat and up pops a nice Flounder. Kept working and casting for awhile with little to show except a few wind knots and a knot failure on a nice fish. I then make a long cast to a pothole as soon as it lands thud! The hookset, and then screaming drag[...]

Offshore

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Jupiter Muttons, Yellowtail & Kings

Florida Sportsman member: nearshore1 Any squid or sardine whole or chunk got inhaled within 30 seconds. Caught some decent yellowtails, muttons, porgies and a king (on squid). Put in 2 solid hours and kept enough for dinner. The biggest mutton was caught by a first timer! Nice way to start out huh?

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Boating

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Master of the Helm

Boatsmanship turns the corner with joystick steering outboards. Today, docking a 12,000-pound, quarter-million-dollar rig may be as precise and simple as pushing a little joystick in the direction you want to go. A kid can do it, maybe even better than you.

Paddle Craft

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Extreme Kayak Fishing – May Madness Recap

The fun and excitement kicked off at the Captains meeting May 17th at Brus Room in Pompano Beach. According to the 113 registered anglers, “the food was great, but the raffle prizes were insane!”

Fly Fishing

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Charlotte Harbor Tarpon

Florida Sportsman member : E-type posted a few videos of his first few tarpon of the year. In E-types video description he writes, “Video of my second tarpon this year on a fly in Charlotte Harbor, FL. Pretty exciting take. Had a few shots, nothing. Then one was moving toward my fly[...]“

Diving

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Diving from Kayaks

There’s a cool hookah rig for diving from kayaks, a popular way to get to nearshore dive spots for a lot of Florida divers. Brownie’s Kayak Diving Hose Kits put your tank topside and let divers move about freely and effortlessly down below [...]

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Hunting

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Record-setting Burmese Python Captured in Miami-Dade County

A Miami man has caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida: 18 feet, 8 inches. The python was a 128-pound female that was not carrying eggs, according to University of Florida scientists who examined the snake. The previous record length for a Burmese python captured in the wild in Florida was 17 feet, 7 inches.

Fresh Water

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Florida Bass to the South

Lake El Salto is Mexico’s hottest Florida-strain bass factory. A glimmer of light silhouetted arid foothills as we motored through flooded timber and around a few small islands into the main arm of the big lake.

Gear & Tackle

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Crook & Crook Tent Sale/Fishing Seminar

Crook & Crook Tackle is having a 2-day tent sale and fishing seminar, May 23-25, featuring Capt. Bouncer Smith!