The first step in taking up deep sea fishing as a hobby or otherwise, is feeding your curiosity with the proper information. One can easily gather misleading information on the matter that may cause more confusion in the long run.
Downrigger trolling is often the most productive method of salmon fishing. Learn how to select an effective downrigger rod and discover the best-performing models on the market.
A shore fisherman's view of fishing in Galveston, TX. Provides useful information and tips on area piers and other fishing opportunities for the land-based fisherman.
Salmon and halibut fishing in Ucluelet is a summer highlight, and yet many people have never been fishing on the West Coast.
The best jigs, gear and technique to fill your limit of squid!
Four top-performing rockfish lures, including one local favorite of tournament fishermen. Learn how to rig and fish them to catch big rockfish.
A complete tutorial on how to catch sanddabs, with the right gear, rigs, and bait.
Everything you need to know to start catching lots of delicious surf perch! Gear, rigs, bait, tips, and places to go!
Many people fish for speckled trout with lures only. The problem is there are nearly as many lures as fishermen and it can be hard to separate which lures catch fish and which catch fishermen.
How to find and catch cobia: tips on tackle, baits and lures, and tactics.
This article explains how to catch blackfin tuna: everything from what tackle to use to what tactics work best.
How to catch sheepshead (also known as sheephead and convict fish.) All you need to know about tackle, bait, and how to catch more fish.
How to catch redfish, also known as red drum. Redfish habits, tackle, gear, and baits.
This article covers speckled trout fishing. It includes tips on tackle, gear, baits, and when and where to target speckled trout.
Southern Flounder are a very tasty fish highly sought after by anglers. This article will help the reader increase his catch. Includes tips on where to look for flounder, gear, tackle and baits.
Using the proper salt water fish hook for what you are fishing for will give you more hits with better results. Also here's a video with the correct way to bait your hook.
Salt water shark fishing in Brevard County Florida can be done from offshore islands in and around the Palmbay, Melbourn areas situated on the Indian River, as well as from piers. You can catch hammerhead shark and black tip shark.
Salt water fishing vacations are fun! Get your fishing license online before you go.
How to throw a fourteen-foot cast net for bait fishing or to catch mullet to eat.
Working in Saudi Arabia gave me the chance to enjoy the excitement of fishing and diving in the Red Sea. See photos of some of our catch including moray eel and pufferfish.
Spearfishing at night is an exciting adventure. This article covers what you need for night spearfishing and some experiences and tips to make your next spearfishing trip successful.
St Catherines is a small hamlet across Loch Fyne from the town of Inveraray. The jetty is showing the worse for wear but still makes an excellent fishing spot at lower stages of the tide, particularly for summer mackerel. Page includes an easy and original suggested recipe for cooking up your catch.
The Big Island of Hawaii is surrounded by dense reef that is full of tropical fish—most of which are indigenous to this part of the world. This article will help you find the best places to catch some of these rare species on the Big Island and prepare you for the type of experience you will have at the many fishing spots available in Hawaii.
How I catch sheepshead on this old bridge-turned pier in Florida. How to use fiddler crabs as bait; how to cook sheepshead.
The beach adjacent to Cairndow War Memorial on Loch Fyne is recommended as a low water fishing mark. Spinning is possible beyond the weed at low tide, with decent bags of mackerel possible in the summer months.
I love fishing the New Jersey shore. Besides dogfish (sandshark), blues, small sea bass, flounder, and porgy, I've begun catching triggerfish recently.
Sea fishing is a hugely popular sport around the world but the variety of tackle used and techniques employed can prove daunting for anyone just starting out. This page is a basic guide to tying some of the more simple yet common knots which you will require when sea fishing to help get you started and hopefully hooked on fishing.
Learn why deep-sea fishing off of the San Francisco coast is among the best fishing in the world.
A look at a specific shore fishing mark, just beyond Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland. This page looks at the fishing ground, tackle required, advisable bait and the species of fish which are likely to be caught.
One of my favorite methods for catching striped bass is drifting bait through the current. Here's a few tips for striper bait and tackle.
The striped bass or “Striper” is the top salt water trophy fish in the northeast region, from Maine to Georgia.
Atlantic croaker are caught with a variety of cut baits including squid, crabs, bloodworms, clams, and other baits.
Loch Etive is a deep water sea loch on the West Coast of Scotland. It is fished usually by boat and its twenty-four mile length contains a wide variety of species for the keen sea angler to target at any time of year.
Wintertime brings many things I could do without: cold weather, wind, and low water temperatures and thus slow fishing. Yet not all is lost. Sheepshead, thrive in this cold winter water.
Fishing tips for speckled trout. Photos and video included.
Saltwater fishing tips for making and using chum to catch more fish.
Saltwater fishing tips for how to catch sheepshead, including location, best baits, fishing gear, and technique. Video included!
The best gear and bait to catch the Atlantic spadefish or angelfish.
Tips for catching sharks from piers, from shore, or from a small boat.
The best baits to use for pier fishing with a bottom rig.