From the Notebook — June 2026: The Tarpon Migration and the Art of Reading a Beach
The June column from Dennis Suler — how thirty years of fishing the same water teaches you to read a beach in five minutes before you ever launch the boat.…
The Stuart Crossroads — Reading the Inlet
A first-person field guide to fishing the Stuart Crossroads — where the St. Lucie River, the Indian River Lagoon, and the Atlantic converge. The eight productive zones, the tide-and-moon timing…
Alaska Halibut on the Kenai — A Trip Planner
A trip planner for the Kenai Peninsula halibut fishery — Homer, Seward, and the smaller launches. When to go, where to fish, what to expect from charter operations, and what…
The Block Island Rip — A Day Trip Worth the Travel
A first-person field guide to fishing the Block Island Southeast Rip — when to go, what techniques work, what separates productive trips from frustrating ones, and why every serious Northeast…
Snook of the Caloosahatchee Backwater — A Field Guide
A field guide to the Caloosahatchee River snook fishery — Fort Myers and Cape Coral through Punta Rassa. Salinity, residential canals, dock fishing, and what separates productive Caloosahatchee anglers from…
San Diego Long-Range Tuna — A Summer Season Primer
A field primer to the San Diego long-range tuna sportfishing fleet — the species, seasons, trip structures, and the live-bait technique that defines one of America's most distinctive saltwater experiences.
Lake Erie Walleye — A Western Basin Trolling Primer
A traveling angler's primer to fishing Lake Erie's Western Basin walleye fishery — the best-managed game fish population in the world, the trolling techniques that produce, and what separates productive…
Boca Grande Pass — The Tarpon Anchor Bite
A researched field guide to fishing the legendary Boca Grande Pass tarpon run — regulations, technique, boat etiquette, productive zones, and what first-time visitors need to know about the apex…
Maine Coast Stripers — A Late June Field Guide
A personal field guide to chasing stripers on the Maine coast — Kittery to Down East. Tides, mackerel, granite ledges, fog, and why every East Coast striper angler should make…
Cobia on the Chesapeake — A June Field Guide
A 30-year outdoors writer's field guide to the lower Chesapeake cobia fishery — sight casting, anchored bait, ray-tracking, where to fish, and what a great day on the Bay actually…