Doug Olander

1 week ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

QUESTION: My buddy Dan and I were fishing off the lava rocks in Kona, Hawaii, this summer and caught all kinds of different reef fish that we were able to identify after looking at pictures online and local fish-identification charts available on the island. But this one we couldn’t find anywhere. It looks like some type of triggerfish or unicorn fish, but none of them were this color nor had the spike pointing straight up.

3 weeks ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

The advent of super-strong braided lines necessitates tying super-strong knots. You can be sure this angler is putting his to a real test. Al McGlashan Over the years, Sport Fishing has produced several reader knot challenges. This challenge focused on knots used to create a double line, with the primary objective of finding which knots proved strongest and how those were tied.

1 month ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

There’s nothing like a chilly winter day to get an angler thinking about where he or she might go on that next big fishing trip. Pat Ford While most of us fish our own backyards most of the time, we also dream about traveling to some of the best fishing destinations. Dreaming and planning are two very different things, and sometimes it helps to have a list of the best fishing trips in the world to get started. Researching the destination? We’ve already done it for.

Dec 30, 2024 | saltwatersportsman.com | Doug Olander

We made the 20-minute run north to Bull’s Bay, appropriately named since I had hopes of hooking some of the big bull reds that move in there each fall. “October is the month for the biggest reds of all,” said Capt. Chance Smith, as he anchored up the 18-foot Shipoke flats skiff in the wind-blown chop. Smith said he’d caught them right at that spot to around 50 pounds. Big spot-tails, as reds are known in this area, roam the coast spring and fall.

Nov 13, 2024 | saltwatersportsman.com | Doug Olander

Coral reefs around the globe are in trouble. Thanks in large part to oceans warming and acidifying, many reefs have died or are sick. More than half of the coral-reef cover worldwide has been lost since 1950. Given that reality, particularly in an area like the Gulf of Mexico, with mostly muddy bottom and reefs few and far between, you might assume that public and environmental groups would be appalled at the idea of intentionally harming reefs in US waters.