
Florida’s Crystal River: Red-Hot Action
The Sport Fishing staff had a chance to sample angling opportunites in the Crystal River region of Florida’s west coast.

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.

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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