Saltwater

Fishing for sharks on the flats is a thrilling experience. Learn about the tactics and tackle you'll need to catch these shallow-water hunters.

I've always favored a pragmatic approach when it comes to fishing and that comes from the simple fact that I like to bend my

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It had now reached the season where Florida's cold fronts were more wind direction "around-the-clock" changes without any deeply meaningful temperature drops.

Snook are one of the premier saltwater game fish of southwest Florida. Unfortunately, a "cold kill" occurred in 2010.

The vast reaches of the Everglades National Park encompass a vast swath of gamefish habitats all the way from inland fresh waters out to the briny salt water of Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. When wintertime comes to this region- particularly a very frigid season, like this one- cold blooded fish head to the warmest strata possible. This includes deeper thermoclinic regions of creeks, rivers, and channels as well as heat retaining mud bottoms.

It's easy to take on a stereotypical mindset about the saltwater fishing, lifestyle and attractions in the Florida Keys, but the truth is that specific regions of the Keys offer different experiences. From a hydrogeological point of view the Florida Keys begin with Miami's Key Biscayne and "end" with the Marquesas.

The redfish (or red drum) has a huge range of distribution, spanning Virginia all the way down to the Texas Gulf Coast. This benefits countless shallow water marine anglers in the southeastern coastal United States. The resulting popularity makes the redfish the saltwater counterpart of the largemouth bass. Backing up the redfish's expansive distribution and availability is their readiness to strike an enormous array of natural and artificial baits.

I've always been fascinated by those channels that go from saltwater bays into the oceans, and most of my experience with them has been in Florida.

When I began my customary pre-article research, I'd thought my sharking knowledge was pretty thorough from years of fishing them on the flats. But my ensuing investigative work of beach shark fishing uncovered an unexpectedly evolved and fascinating world.