Reel Good Fishing

How much to you day dream about fishing when you can’t? Me, well right now, I’m working in my home office and think I could really catch some fish today if I went.
I have collected a variety of lures and worms during the cold season and am all stocked up for the spring. I can’t […]

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Here are some tips to catch, handle and release a fish. If you are going to let the fish back in to the water, it is better to do it safely and give the fish the chance to get big.

Avoid netting the fish.
Wet your hands; touching fish with dry hands removes their protective slime layer […]

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A good fishing reel can mean the difference between an average experience and an outstanding one. Having reliable, easy to operate equipment allows you to focus on what you have come to do, fish and relax. You get what you pay for in a fishing reel. Here are some basics to scratch the surface.
If you […]

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One of the toughest things I had to overcome as a fisherman was changing my lure too often. This relates directly to patience, but confidence in the bait you are fishing with can be the difference between putting fish in the boat or not.
Once you have chosen the right type of bait for the species […]

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Some Florida restaurants are serving cheaper Asian Whitefish, Catfish, Talapia, Hake or other immitations instead of Grouper.
Why is this happening? There are tight limits on Gag Grouper in the Florida Gulf based on a scientific count of the fish population. Asian and other foreign countries mislabel fish to market it as the real thing. Typically, […]

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