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Bow to the king,” advises fishing guide Rick Stancyk. His advice is a simple reminder that when tarpon jump, you should drop your rod tip and give slack so the hook doesn’t pull out, in ...

Tarpon Lodge captures the charms of "Old Florida." This fisherman's paradise lies adjacent to Pineland Marina where fishing charters depart to explore the watery wonders of Florida's Gulf Coast.

Here are 16 tried-and-true tricks from the archives of Salt Water Sportman’s 86-year history of helping people catch more ...

This color revealed a big surprise that is rarely seen in Tampa Bay waters. “Eventually I got it to the surface and knew what I was looking at immediately,” Cruz said. “I thought that’s crazy rare.” ...

We traveled the 90-mile or so road from Miami, along pine forests, cypress swamps, sawgrass marshes, and ponds to this final ...

Bonefish are the stuff of fishing films and glossy magazines, a species that’s right at home in a sentence that includes the term “bucket list.” Slender, gray, speedy and strong, the fork-tailed fish ...

I did not, but when a fishing guide tells you ... to look for bonefish, permit, tarpon and a few other salty fish species. The lodge offered guided day trips, complete with lunch, and they had ...

Something remarkable has happened to recreational fishing. Increasingly, game fishers no longer publicly display their catches at rodeo weigh-ins or on taxidermy fish mounts. Even the age-old ...

Guy says warmer weather is here, but water temperatures lag behind, which means most of the better catches over the past week ...

As a local, I’d recommend you venture out with your scuba diving certificate, fishing ... tarpon, snook, and nurse sharks. Manatees also swim here, too. And you can take a short boat trip ...