I was fishing off Venezuela in the late 1990s when a local mate showed me a hot dog — yes, a hot dog that you’d eat — that he had rigged with a Mustad live-bait hook. Shortly thereafter, he said, ...

Massive pods of bait along the beach are falling prey to bonita, Spanish mackerel and jack crevalle as well as larger predators such as tarpon, kingfish and blacktip sharks. Drift through the bait ...

Spanish mackerel are showing strong in area coastal waters, and anglers from Matanzas Inlet to Brunswick soon will be slamming the speedy, good-eating, and fun-to-catch mini-mackerel. Right now the ...

From now until autumn, one of the more productive ways to catch fish is with a live-bait rig. Live-bait rigs are simple set-ups, but they’re so effective so much of the time. Whether you’re after ...

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