The Chesapeake Spring Striper Run — Reading the Light Cycle
A career writer's field guide to the Chesapeake spring striper run — pre-spawn, spawn, and post-spawn tactics, where to fish, and why the post-spawn recovery period is the best striper…
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Myers/Sanibel
How To
Indian River Lagoon
Naples/Marco Island
Palm Beach
Sarasota
Stuart
Tampa/St. Pete
Fishing the Backwater — Florida’s Estuary Headwaters
An honest field guide to fishing the upper estuaries — St. Lucie, Loxahatchee, Caloosahatchee, and other backwater systems where snook, redfish, tarpon, jacks, and bass mix in water almost nobody…
Catching Tarpon as They Come In — Reading the Migration
A 30-year outdoors writer's field guide to catching migrating tarpon — reading the migration, finding the choke points, picking the right tackle, and the conservation ethic that built the modern…
Bristol Bay Sockeye — A First-Timer’s Guide
A working journalist's honest guide to Bristol Bay — what to expect, what to bring, how to budget, and what makes the world's largest sockeye run worth one trip in…
Thousand Islands Muskie — The Figure-8 Mindset
The Thousand Islands is the world's best muskie destination, and the figure-8 is the technique that puts trophy fish on the deck. A first-person guide.
Bull Reds in the OBX Surf — A Tactical Primer
A tactical primer for the Cape Hatteras bull red drum surf fishery — beach reading, tackle, bait, the wait, and the conservation ethic that built the modern fishery.
Cape Cod Canal — Reading the East Tide
How to read the east tide on the Cape Cod Canal — where to stand, when to fish, what to throw, and why most anglers miss the bite by an…
Snook Fishing at Night Under Dock Lights — A Field Guide
A 30-year outdoors writer's detailed field guide to catching snook under dock lights in Florida — tides, positioning, tackle, retrieves, and the techniques that separate consistent producers from frustrated casters.
How to Catch Surfperch: West Coast Beach Fishing Guide
Surfperch — a family of small to mid-size live-bearing fishes (Embiotocidae) found along the U.S. West Coast — are one of the most accessible saltwater fisheries in North America. Available…
How to Catch Bowfin & Gar: Tackle, Spots & Old-School Tactics
Bowfin (Amia calva) and gar (Lepisosteidae) are North America’s living fossils — primitive fish that survived the dinosaurs and still inhabit warm-water rivers, swamps, and lakes across the eastern and…