When cold water hits the beaches of northeast Florida, cobia hunters head for the reefs. ... [+] Read More

Battalions of bones await on Exuma's vast wading flats. The water was ankle-deep, so the fish swam on a tilt, backs out, tacking right, then tacking left. ... [+] Read More

From Port St. Joe to Pensacola, U.S. Highway 98 parallels the Gulf coast through a cross-section of Florida Panhandle communities and habitats. ... [+] Read More

FS Projects Editor Frank Sargeant profiles bountiful Florida Bay, from its environmental ups and downs, to its current status as a world-class light-tackle fishery. The article is part of our ongoing occasional series covering Florida’s precious estuaries. Includes exclusive Web images not shown in the magazine. ... [+] Read More

Check out the Guana Go Tropical Sportsman feature in from the pages of FS. Included are navigation hints for making the trip, plus helpful contact information and a great list of lodging possibilities. ... [+] Read More

We've got more unpublished photos here from our continuing "Florida Estuaries" series, about the St. Lucie River, Indian River Lagoon and surrounding Stuart areas. ... [+] Read More

The seamounts off Islamorada offer as much big-fish action as you are likely to want. The sea surface, becoming more of a mirror as the late afternoon sun slid lower, was barely wrinkled with light ripples, a stark contrast to the wild seas that can develop over the seamount projecting up into the flow of the Gulf Stream. ... [+] Read More

See the some of this Central American hideaway's scenery--from exotic beaches to balmy rain forests. Exclusive unpublished pictures. ... [+] Read More

Winter brings great-eating fish within range of east coast surfcasters. Ward Woodruff was in the weeds. For 30 minutes, he was reeling in pompano after pompano, while my rods remained still, just 20 yards down the beach. During that period, I ran through the full gamut of emotions, from inquisitive, to irate, frustrated, and finally, uncontrollable laughter. "Don't worry, they'll be down your way when the tide comes in a little more," consoled Woodruff. "The bar is too dry in front of you, but they'll gradually move up on it to feed, so hang in there." ... [+] Read More

Wading flyfishers cash in on the Spanish invasion. I admit it. I'm not the most talented fly fisherman in the world. Oh, I can get it out there where the fish are, but it's not always a pretty sight. I sort of take comfort in telling myself that except for maybe Ken Griffey Jr., or Michael Jordan, you have to be mediocre at something before you can be really good at it. I also believe that the best way to get better at something is to hang around someone that already is. ... [+] Read More

High-tech fishing for yellowfin tuna on the far edge of the Gulf Stream. A hundred-mile trek in an open boat takes on a new dimension when your path crosses the Gulf Stream. Even on calm days, this hard-flowing Atlantic current seethes and writhes, pulsating in reckless rhythm while pushing a steady torrent of blue-black water northward. Mariners' legends recall how quickly the Stream can blow up, tossing wavecrests skyward into frothy, whitewater peaks-beautiful, yet dangerous. ... [+] Read More

Was it really your biggest snook ever, or just one of those bodacious baby jewfish? Snook fishermen throughout the Ten Thousand Islands cannot help but notice a strange phenomenon taking place. Big snook have stopped jumping. For as long as anyone can remember, a snook's attack has been the same: a pop like an underwater bazooka, followed by a startling, gill-rattling golden jump, and then the climactic run into the mangrove roots where the trophy fish inevitably wins the battle. ... [+] Read More

Redfish and Captiva passes are a snooker's dream in spring--and a good bet for action year-round. The motor wouldn't start, and that was that. We had towed the boat almost 200 miles, spent $200 on a room and now we were being left at the dock by the sunrise across Pine Island Sound. It was one of those times when you wonder if maybe you wouldn't really like golf better than fishing. But about then, a guide who was on his way out of South Seas Plantation's neat harbor took mercy on us and our sick outboard. ... [+] Read More

Slug-it-out fishing off St. Augustine puts tasty fillets on the table. "Ugh!" I'm sure my grunt was audible from a mile away. "Turn him, Fritter," my friends echoed amid laughter. I thought we would do well this morning, but I wasn't prepared for this. It was all I could do to hold on, my rodtip bent into the water, while 80 feet down, something tugged hard, intent on ending the battle. ... [+] Read More

Catching smoker kingfish in the Florida Keys is a blast with these simple techniques. I used to cringe whenever someone bragged about catching smoker kingfish in the 30- to 40-pound class. As I listened to blow by blow descriptions of their conquests, a smile that was only bending the lips concealed the fact that my career king didn't even scale 20 pounds. ... [+] Read More

Big snapper visit artificial reefs each spring, and you should too! We all get a little loony when it comes to mutton snapper fishing. It's well known that the best bite seems to come around the full moon in April and May, when legions of anglers track the lunar cycle like school kids awaiting summer break. Does that make us lunatics? Not really. Just people who know a good fish when it hits the dinner plate. ... [+] Read More

Off Stuart, dead-bait trolling and livebait sailfishing converge. It's the kind of action billfishermen thrive on. ... [+] Read More

Florida finds innovative ways to meet the demand for new artificial reefs. "If you build it, they will come." That's the simple theory behind our desire to build artificial reefs. The more complex theory involves the creation of a marine food web which begins the moment larval invertebrates such as barnacles and hard corals bump into a piece of structure and glom on. ... [+] Read More

Fly fishing a pristine North Florida stream for Suwannee bass. ... [+] Read More

Florida finds innovative ways to meet the demand for new artificial reefs. ... [+] Read More