Properly rigging a ballyhoo plug can oftentimes help encourage bites from leery bottom species. Learn how to do it right.

“Big mangrove snapper, sheepshead, flounder and a bunch of snook right off the beach — always after the storm, and they hardly ever show up any other time.” Water quality will be the big ...

A Tennessee woman was cited for possessing undersized fish in Marathon, Florida on Tuesday. Deputy Kevin Gonzalez observed ...

Since Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Brown has had very few fishing trips. He’s back up and running, but strong east winds and ...

Captain Jim Hobales of Caught Lookin Charters reported there has been an excellent mangrove snapper and sea trout bite south of Sandy Key in areas that have big mullet muds. Bouncing soft plastics ...

As the water temp drops, the fishing scene changes in the Indian River Lagoon. Here's where, when and how to take advantage ...

Josh says redfish remain the best thing going inshore. The fish are on the bars, hard limestone bottom and outside points. They are taking about anything thrown, including live sardines, shrimp and ...

As sea levels rose around this low-lying island nation, soil salinity increased beyond what even the salt-tolerant mangrove ...

The biggest recovery—perhaps as many as thousands of fish—has been off southwest Florida where the mangrove ... big fish interfere with business. “We have goliaths taking legal grouper and ...

Rarely, a vine. A troop of fiddler crabs guarding holes in the mud. A big mangrove crab low on a trunk. Some insects. A tricolored heron perched on the stilt of a mangrove root. I leaned over the ...

NOAA is proposing a possible "secretarial amendment" that has the potential to shut down bottom-fishing in the Southeast ...

“I’ve caught flounder, snook, sheepshead and mangrove snapper, and some big redfish and black drum. It seems like this trend is continuing.” Chris Mansfield (Reel Healin ...