http://saltfishing.about.com/ Saltwater Fishing http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/07/a-big-bull-for-john.htm <p>We ran probably 10 miles off the reef, past the southbound shipping lanes and toward the middle of the Gulfstream. Southbound ship traffic always runs just inside the stream to avoid it's six-knot northerly current. Northbound traffic rides the middle to take every advantage of the extra push. We found a small weed line of Sargasso and put out our baits... <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/dolphin/a/aa041113b.htm">Read more...</a></p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/07/a-big-bull-for-john.htm">A Big Bull for John</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 05:49:43.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/07/a-big-bull-for-john.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/07/a-big-bull-for-john.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/07/a-big-bull-for-john.htm&zItl=A Big Bull for John">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/07/a-big-bull-for-john.htm 2009-11-07T05:49:43Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/05/east-coast-fall-bite-is-on-2.htm <p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/saltfishing/1/0/y/F/017_7A.JPG" alt="17 pound red snapper" />The bite is on up and down the eastern seaboard and boats are limiting on a variety of fish - that is if they are able to get out. This fall has been a particularly windy one, and relatively calm days are few and far between. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/cs/floridafishng/a/aa031121a.htm">Read more...</a></p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/05/east-coast-fall-bite-is-on-2.htm">East Coast Fall Bite is On</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 05:00:10.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/05/east-coast-fall-bite-is-on-2.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/05/east-coast-fall-bite-is-on-2.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/05/east-coast-fall-bite-is-on-2.htm&zItl=East Coast Fall Bite is On">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/11/05/east-coast-fall-bite-is-on-2.htm 2009-11-05T05:00:10Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/31/256828.htm <p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/saltfishing/1/0/x/G/IMG00205.jpg" alt="Albemarle Sound Rockfish" /> While the fish we caught were relatively small, we had a blast catching over twenty rocks in less than thirty minutes. Once we located a school while trolling plugs, we stopped and jigged the pilings . Had double hook-ups numerous times. Actually left them biting at dark!</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/31/256828.htm">Catching Rockfish in the Albemarle Sound</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Saturday, October 31st, 2009 at 09:28:56.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/31/256828.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/31/256828.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/31/256828.htm&zItl=Catching Rockfish in the Albemarle Sound">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/31/256828.htm 2009-10-31T09:28:56Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/28/catching-bluefin-tuna-in-the-northeast-us-is-exciting-and-rewarding.htm Although fall means that <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/tuna/a/aa091026a.htm">bluefin tuna season</a> is almost over in the northeast, some big catches can still be made by those who watch the weather and make the 20 to 30 mile trip offshore in search of BFTs. Fishing offshore in the northeast US usually means being a part of a fleet of anglers, all looking for the same thing - a big tuna...<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/28/catching-bluefin-tuna-in-the-northeast-us-is-exciting-and-rewarding.htm">Catching Bluefin Tuna in the Northeast US is Exciting and Rewarding</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 12:29:27.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/28/catching-bluefin-tuna-in-the-northeast-us-is-exciting-and-rewarding.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/28/catching-bluefin-tuna-in-the-northeast-us-is-exciting-and-rewarding.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/28/catching-bluefin-tuna-in-the-northeast-us-is-exciting-and-rewarding.htm&zItl=Catching Bluefin Tuna in the Northeast US is Exciting and Rewarding">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/28/catching-bluefin-tuna-in-the-northeast-us-is-exciting-and-rewarding.htm 2009-10-28T12:29:27Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/26/take-advantage-of-bad-weather.htm <p>Sometimes the weather and wind is just too much for us to handle. We sit home wishing we were fishing. There are some <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/marineweather/a/aa061023a.htm">things we can do </a>when the weather kicks up and prevents us from getting out on the water. I wonder how many of you think about <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/marineweather/a/aa061023a.htm">these things </a>on bad fishing days</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/26/take-advantage-of-bad-weather.htm">Take Advantage of Bad Weather</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 05:34:23.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/26/take-advantage-of-bad-weather.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/26/take-advantage-of-bad-weather.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/26/take-advantage-of-bad-weather.htm&zItl=Take Advantage of Bad Weather">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/26/take-advantage-of-bad-weather.htm 2009-10-26T05:34:23Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/23/fishing-with-charlie.htm <p>Charlie. Every angler should have a Charlie in their life at some point. Charlie was the quintessential sportsman. From fishing South Florida to hunting caribou in Canada, Charlie was about as good as they come... <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/fishinginflorida/a/aa050422a.htm">Read more...</a></p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/23/fishing-with-charlie.htm">Fishing with Charlie</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at 05:11:39.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/23/fishing-with-charlie.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/23/fishing-with-charlie.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/23/fishing-with-charlie.htm&zItl=Fishing with Charlie">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/23/fishing-with-charlie.htm 2009-10-23T05:11:39Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/21/amberjack-fishing-closed-in-gulf-of-mexico.htm <p>According to a press release from the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) and on the heals of radical changes to the grouper fisheries in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and an expected total closure of red snapper fishing, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has now closed amberjack fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, effective October 24. According to the release, the science involved in this decision is sketchy at best. Commercial fishing interests are apparently not affected by this latest closure. The reason being stated is that the recreational harvest has reached its quota for the year. How that harvest is measured remains a mystery - I have never been stopped or asked about my catch in over 50 years of fishing. None of my captain friends have had their catches question. So - where does the NMFS get their catch numbers? Good question...</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/21/amberjack-fishing-closed-in-gulf-of-mexico.htm">Amberjack Fishing Closed in Gulf of Mexico</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 16:53:15.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/21/amberjack-fishing-closed-in-gulf-of-mexico.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/21/amberjack-fishing-closed-in-gulf-of-mexico.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/21/amberjack-fishing-closed-in-gulf-of-mexico.htm&zItl=Amberjack Fishing Closed in Gulf of Mexico">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/21/amberjack-fishing-closed-in-gulf-of-mexico.htm 2009-10-21T16:53:15Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/20/when-is-a-swivel-not-a-swivel.htm <a href="http://z.about.com/d/saltfishing/1/0/g/D/swivelcrane.jpg "><img alt="Photo &#169; Ron Brooks" border="0" src="http://z.about.com/d/saltfishing/1/0/g/D/swivelcrane.jpg" align="left" width="150" height="200"></a>The swivel is normally the tie point between line and leader. It is supposed to act, as its name implies, as a swivel point. Essentially, the leader and everything below the swivel can spin and twist with out twisting your line. Instead, the bottom half of the swivel is supposed to turn. We all use them at some point in our fishing life. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/tackleandaccessories/a/aa041016a.htm">Swivels</a> are an important part of the terminal tackle in use by most saltwater anglers. Yes, we all use them - but do we all use them for the same reasons? </p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/20/when-is-a-swivel-not-a-swivel.htm">When is a Swivel not a Swivel?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 05:10:51.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/20/when-is-a-swivel-not-a-swivel.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/20/when-is-a-swivel-not-a-swivel.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/20/when-is-a-swivel-not-a-swivel.htm&zItl=When is a Swivel not a Swivel?">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/20/when-is-a-swivel-not-a-swivel.htm 2009-10-20T05:10:51Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/17/fort-macon-secrets-part-2.htm <p>By now the fall weather was setting in and the mornings were getting cooler every day. Our night shift work was permitting us to be fishing literally every morning. And we were taking full advantage of the opportunity... <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/fishinginnorthcarolina/a/aa040919c.htm">Read more...</a></p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/17/fort-macon-secrets-part-2.htm">Fort Macon Secrets - Part 2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Saturday, October 17th, 2009 at 05:56:25.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/17/fort-macon-secrets-part-2.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/17/fort-macon-secrets-part-2.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/17/fort-macon-secrets-part-2.htm&zItl=Fort Macon Secrets - Part 2">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/17/fort-macon-secrets-part-2.htm 2009-10-17T05:56:25Z http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/15/fort-macon-secrets.htm <p>I am spending this week in North Carolina to sample some of the fantastic fall striper (rockfish) fishing. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/od/fishinginnorthcarolina/a/aa040919a.htm">On another trip</a> in past years we went to the Fort Macon State Park jetties on the coast near Morehead City. The park is alive and well, and the fishing is just as good. Take a look and see what I mean...</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/15/fort-macon-secrets.htm">Fort Macon Secrets</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/">About.com Saltwater Fishing</a> on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 05:16:40.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/15/fort-macon-secrets.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/15/fort-macon-secrets.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://saltfishing.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/15/fort-macon-secrets.htm&zItl=Fort Macon Secrets">Email this</a></p> http://saltfishing.about.com/b/2009/10/15/fort-macon-secrets.htm 2009-10-15T05:16:40Z