Saltwater

It's not unusual to see 50 fish or more stacked up in shallow waters. That's why modern flats boats, made of composite materials for some of the strongest and lightest hulls, are needed to navigate these waters.

It's about time more marine anglers headed for Florida become familiar with this marvelous barrier island on Florida's southwest coast. Keewaydin (pronounced Key-Way-Din) lies south of Naples and north of Marco Island.

One of the finest ways I know to spend a hot summer day is drifting for flounder.

If I were to wax mystically poetic when it comes to the pursuit of the Atlantic permit, perhaps I could postulate a three cornered piece of the world that would include the Bahamas, Miami to the Marquesas, the entire coast

Roatan might be one of the world's foremost permit fishing destinations, yet its notoriety seems dwarfed by Mexico's Quintana Roo state in the Yucatan and Belize.

You may have heard many absolute pronouncements about bonefish from generally acknowledged experts in the field of pursuing the Gray Ghost.

When the calendar reaches May, it signals to bluewater anglers in South Carolina that migratory dolphin will return offshore.

They say that time and tide wait for no one, and in the world of marine shallows or flats fishing, nothing could be truer. This is the saltwater angling specialty where the draft of skiffs are measured in mere inches.

The summer season for offshore fishing in South Carolina really begins in May, but two longtime fishing friends ventured into the ocean in early April. As the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm and in this case it was a stud wahoo that ran their digital scale into triple digits. A 100-pound wahoo is a survivor and won't be fooled easily. So just what tactics made this fish take the bait?