Capt. Abie Raymond trolls skirted ballyhoo on a 7/0 J hook for a variety of species, including sailfish, dolphin and grouper. Steve Waters For the Miami Herald Just about every offshore angler in ...

Redfish BayGOOD. 75 degrees. Cold fronts are starting to change the pattern. Drum can be caught on reefs or in small ponds in back lakes. Redfish are scattered over oysters ...

Fishing hooks are a critical component in any fishing setup, yet they’re all too often overlooked. No matter how expensive your rod and reel setups are, without proper hooks fish are going to get away ...

Some of the best fish foods you can cast out might require you to collect them yourself or find a regional shop that carries harder-to-find baits. There might even be a few species on this list that ...

LIVE BAIT is cheating. If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it 10,000 times. The level of cheating, of course, varies by species and age. Any child under 15 can use live bait for whatever he or she wants.

CLINTON — The service is the bait here. What’s up with that? Possession Point Bait Co. owner Dan Cooper slogs through the water in chest waders to hand deliver-buckets of live herring to boaters. Or ...