Salt Water Sportsman
Is a Virtual Anchor Better Than a Real One?
GPS-enhanced electric trolling motors with virtual anchors are one of the most significant innovations in the fishing world. But are they better than the real thing?
3 min |
May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Slow-Pitch Specials
Unique rods are at the heart of this effective technique, which allows anglers to fool fish anywhere in the water column.
4 min |
May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Titans of Structure
The five fish mostly likely to break you off, and how to keep that from happening.
5 min |
May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
For the Halibut
A private-sector solution for increasing recreational quotas is finally getting off the ground.
3 min |
May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Small Spots, Big Fish
Shaded-relief electronic charts can lead you to small, little-known structure pieces that produce big results.
3 min |
May 2023
The Upland Almanac
SEASON'S END: A RETROSPECT AND BENEDICTION
The close of bird season – no matter where it occurs or what species you consider your favorite game or primary wing shooting obsession – always brings a corresponding period of emotional downturn.
6 min |
Spring 2023
The Upland Almanac
Sixty-some Years Later
I began hunting birds as a sophomore in high school in 1961. I’m still at it, concentrating mostly now on pheasants and quail. A couple years back, I attempted another chukar hunt in the Snake River canyons of Washington State, “for old time’s sake,” but sadly noted afterwards that while stepping on my tongue as I plodded uphill with an arthritic, reconstructed hip was painful, the agony in my knees on the downhill run to my vehicle was worse. The greatest pain came from having to admit that hunting wild chukars was something I would never do again.
3 min |
Spring 2023
The Upland Almanac
A Good Dog Is Necessary to Hunt Maine Pheasants
Some Are Tame and Some Are Wild
7 min |
Spring 2023
The Upland Almanac
Birds from a Blind: Another Way to "Hunt"
As a wildlife photographer, I can often get some frame-filling images simply by slowly walking in a wildlife area or even slowly driving the back roads and taking images out of my vehicle, but many times it is better to be in a photo blind in areas I expect the birds to be. Sometimes I will set up my own blind, but in certain areas, you can reserve one from a wildlife organization or state/federal agencies that have set them up on leks.
3 min |
Spring 2023
The Upland Almanac
Along the Trail of the Swamp Fox: Hunting Woodcock in South Carolina
In the movie The Patriot starring Mel Gibson, the lead character retreats to the swamps of South Carolina to avoid the pursuing redcoats. These swamps are a veritable no man’s land full of palmetto, cane and greenbrier that will test any man’s mettle. If someone wanted to elude his adversaries, there’s no better place.
4 min |
Spring 2023
The Upland Almanac
Upland Chef
CULINARY CREATIONS FROM GORDON HAMERSLEY
5 min |
Spring 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Friends in Low Places
Releasing bottomfish using proper techniques goes a long way toward maintaining healthy populations.
2 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Depth Perception
The right sonar transducer frequency for deepwater fishing depends on the species you plan to target.
3 min |
April 2023
Marlin
BARKER BOATWORKS 40, SLOWMOCEAN
A fast cat that's ready for any bluewater adventure
3 min |
April - May 2023
Marlin
BE SELF-AWARE
Plan for the unexpected
3 min |
April - May 2023
Marlin
MARKET MILESTONES
A new line of high-tech water systems gives boaters another reason to keep the spigot on
4 min |
April - May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
IS BISCAYNE BAY BACK?
THE BELEAGUERED WATERS NEXT TO FLORIDA'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY STILL HAVE PLENTY TO OFFER.
6 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Off the Deep End
No electric reels? No problem. Hand-crank deep-dropping is a blast with the right gear.
4 min |
April 2023
Marlin
SEVENTY YEARS OF DISTINCTION
The International Billfish Tournament of San Juan hits an incredible milestone later this year
7 min |
April - May 2023
Marlin
F&S BOATWORKS 82
Everything a flagship should be, and then some
5 min |
April - May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Trolling Motor Vs. Poling for Shallow-Water Fishing
Knowing when to shift between the trolling motor and the push pole can make all the difference.
3 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Deep-Drop Power Play
Electric reels have made deep-dropping for swords easier.
4 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
MASSIVE BLACKFISH SMASHES RECORD
It seems if you want to catch a world-record tautog, you need to be on Fish Bound IV with Capt. Kane Bounds, out of Ocean City, Maryland.
1 min |
April 2023
Marlin
HONORING OUR PEERS
Paying our respects to those who are no longer with us
2 min |
April - May 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Light-Tackle Lingcod
Why mess with deepwater setups when these toothy predators take lures and even flies in the shallows?
6 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Winds of Change
The greatest threat to fisheries is a warming, acidifying ocean.
3 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
HOW TO SPOT A CHEAP BOAT
In shopping for a boat, it's easy to miss warning signs of shoddy construction and outfitting, especially when your head is filled with visions of calm seas and biting fish.
2 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
RIGHT WHALE, WRONG TACK
I'm not OK with the very real possibility of right whales going extinct if we don't figure something out.
2 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
Pathfinder 2400 Open
A hybrid on steroids that's at home trolling nearshore weed lines or drifting inshore flats.
3 min |
April 2023
Salt Water Sportsman
SEATROUT GROW FAST
Five years old. That's the age of the record-setting seatrout caught in North Carolina, covered in our February issue. Angler Cathy Jones' spotted seatrout weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces and measured almost 34 inches.
1 min |