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Montauk POSTWAR COWS Located at the east end of Long Isand in New York, Montauk earned its reputation as the surf-casting capital of the world when our boys came home [...]

Matiacha is Not Matanzas. Oris It? If you think Matlacha and Matanzas have an uncanny ring, you might be onto something. Matlacha Pass, in Southwest Florida, is often confused with [...]

It's early morning in the fall. Waves are gently washing over the jetty where you are precariously perched. You've been catching fish for some time now, releasing several medium-sized blues [...]

What's between Venice, Louisiana, and Texas? Nothing, if you were to ask the many serious saltwater anglers around the United States aware of Venice's well-deserved reputation as a sport-fishing hot [...]

(DAY 1 ON THE ROAD) Weeki Wachee to Crystal River Cruising into Weeki Wachee in 2010 is nothing like it was in 1947. Or so I'm told. For one thing [...]

A glance at any map proves that Florida is surrounded by sea, and a peek at any local menu proves that the sea's inhabitants often end up as table fare. [...]

Tuna!' For blue-water anglers, not much can match that cry from the bridge of a boat running offshore to engender heart palpitations and quaking hands. Yellowfin busting bait, with the [...]

In fishing there are many superlatives, but nothing describes a big Atlantic bluefin tuna better than the word 'giant.' A bluefin won't soar like a billfish, but what a bluefin [...]

SINCE it was first conceived nearly half a century ago, the Sanibel Island Causeway has periodically been steeped in controversy. Locals blamed its 1963 completion, and the resultant spoil islands, [...]

AMERICA'S BEST FISHING FLOATS SOUTHEAST Ole Dixie is full of largely unknown and underrated rivers of varying lengths, ecologies and personalities. Two idyllic Southeastern rivers immediately jump to mind for [...]

CANOE THE CREEK The bridge at Arbuckle just about splits the 23-mile creek of the same name, which runs from Lake Arbuckle in Polk County, south to Lake Istokpoga in [...]

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Nine-Mile Bank lies at the western edge of the islands flats and channels that make up a large portion of saltwater fishing areas in Everglades National Park. It's large, mostly [...]

If you're looking to pursue some of the most exotic fish in all of freshwater, the quest is a little easier, a whole lot closer, and considerably less expensive than [...]

At over 37,000 acres, Lake Seminole could be considered a pretty big lake. But, the numbers are deceiving. As far as a main 'lake' goes, there isn't a lot. The [...]

Near sundown, captive snook milled about in a mangrove exhibit at the Florida Aquarium, awaiting their evening feed. A mile to their southeast, a wild fish chomped a lure that [...]

WE'VE ALL VISITED THE KIND OF TOWN with a river running through it, woodlands nudging the outskirts and a cafe that's crowded at 5 a.m. with duck hunters and trout [...]