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  • Striped Marlin on the Move
    Is there any difference between the striped marlin found off the Pacific coast of Mexico and those found on the other side of the Pacific? Read More
  • Tidal Highs
    Tidal changes are influenced by many factors other than lunar position. Read More
  • Naked Tuna
    A reader found a rare occurance of a disease found in tuna called white cloud. Read More
  • Canadian Jacks
    The jack mackerel can be caught both inshore and offshore. Read More
  • Sunning Swords
    Swordfish are actually heating themselves with the warmer surface water, not the sunlight. Read More
  • The Worms'Turn
    What kind of worms live inside the stomachs of dolphins? Read More
  • Deep Scorpion
    Q: I caught this small, red fish while deep-dropping in the Bahamas. Can you identify it and provide some information on how big it gets? - Capt. Bill Harrison, Miami, FloridaA: It's a spinythroat scorpionfish (Pontinus nematophthalmus), a fairly rare sport catch. This species has a short snout - about the same length as the diameter of its eye - which differentiates it from its cousin the longsnout scorpionfish (P. castor). It also lacks the very long third dorsal spine found in its other local relative, the longspine scorpionfish (P. longispinus). Read More
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    Twilight Zone T U N A
    In the soft glow of the oil rig's lights, barely perceptible at the limits of its golden arc, white water exploded. Dozens more eruptions followed immediately, and in seconds the calm, dark water 50 feet aft of the charter boat Strike Zone came alive with miniature geysers. "They're here!" roared Capt. Kevin Frelich as he quickly snatched a ready rod. With a long, spiraling cast, he dropped a bait near the patch of boiling water. Read More
  • Receptive to color
    Q: During a recent trip to the Bahamas, my husband talked me into going fishing with him one day on the reefs. It was a blast. This lovely little grouper was just one of many interesting species we caught, and I noticed how many were brilliantly colored. That led me to pose a question that no one - not my hubby, the skipper, nor anyone on board - could definitively answer: Do reef fish see color? - Bambi Fleggum, Hartford, ConnecticutA: Most definitely, Bambi, fishes see colors. Read More
  • Heat down deep
    Q: On our trip to Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas last fall, we fished the reefs of Guana and Elbow cays, deep dropping to 400 to 600 feet for red snapper. After limiting out each day for a week, on the eighth day my wife noticed our sinkers were very warm when we brought them up, and we caught no fish. We had a similar experience three days later, about 8 miles to the east. We have mentioned this to several people at Marsh Harbour and in the States, and they urged us to inquire about this phenomenon. It seems impossible that water that deep could warm that quickly. Read More
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