In this month’s Traveling Angler: You can fish anywhere in the world you want for any three days of your choice during October. Where would you fish, for what and why (why that choice above all others)? That’s the question we askedt to several international fishing writers and industry types, asking them to keep answers brief.
The Sport Fishing staff had a chance to sample angling opportunites in the Crystal River region of Florida’s west coast.
A worldly variety of grouper species worth catching.
Sharks, snappers and groupers in windy Key West
Great south Florida fishing shots by photographer Jan Maizler
The reef-dwelling species we love to catch — such as red and mutton snapper, various species of grouper, amberjack and on and on — are not generally born on the reef. Far from it — literally. Most of these species spawn in open water, leaving their fertilized eggs to float near the surface.
Another look at some angling anomalies caught by Sport Fishing readers.
Your next fresh-caught fish dinner could be a toxic time bomb.
In this month’s Traveling Angler: You can fish anywhere in the world you want for any three days of your choice during October. Where would you fish, for what and why (why that choice above all others)? That’s the question we askedt to several international fishing writers and industry types, asking them to keep answers brief.
The Sport Fishing staff had a chance to sample angling opportunites in the Crystal River region of Florida’s west coast.
A worldly variety of grouper species worth catching.
Sharks, snappers and groupers in windy Key West
Great south Florida fishing shots by photographer Jan Maizler
The reef-dwelling species we love to catch — such as red and mutton snapper, various species of grouper, amberjack and on and on — are not generally born on the reef. Far from it — literally. Most of these species spawn in open water, leaving their fertilized eggs to float near the surface.
Another look at some angling anomalies caught by Sport Fishing readers.
Your next fresh-caught fish dinner could be a toxic time bomb.
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