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  • 5 days ago | sportfishingmag.com | Sam Hudson

    Berkley Forward is designed for forward-facing sonar fishing. Courtesy Berkley Berkley ForwardThe skinny: This premium braided fishing line is designed for forward-facing sonar fishing. Distinctive forward-weighted construction and optimal sink rate make it ideal for targeting specific spots you pinpoint on your screen. Break strength: 4- to 17-pound-test availableDaiwa XBraid SS112The skinny: The SS stands for “safely sinking” in Daiwa’s new braid.

  • 1 week ago | wired2fish.com | Sam Hudson

    I always have to catch myself when I spot a gar while fishing in Florida. Working a topwater plug near a shoreline, I’ll often notice a gar breaking the surface with its long snout and sharp teeth. Immediately, I’ll think “alligator gar.” But that’s an assumption, given there are five native species of gar in the US, including the alligator, longnose, spotted, shortnose and Florida gars. The Florida specimen is more common in my neck of the woods. But this isn’t about Florida.

  • 2 weeks ago | wired2fish.com | Sam Hudson

    New Yorkers need to be on the lookout for an out-of-towner. The northern snakehead might look like a native, but it’s straight from the waters of Asia. And Channa argus has the ability to outcompete native species for food, causing millions of dollars in management, plus potentially irreversible ecological damage. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation wants anglers to be on the lookout for snakeheads.

  • 2 weeks ago | wired2fish.com | Sam Hudson

    It’s no surprise that a fish caught near sod banks, beach shorelines, piers, jetties or nearshore bunker schools is fanatically popular. The anadromous striped bass is an all-time favorite for any angler fishing the waters of the Mid-Atlantic or Northeast. And don’t forget about the stripers introduced to San Francisco Bay more than 100 years ago, or the many freshwaters where striped bass are stocked and thriving. They’re all the same species: Morone saxatilis.

  • 3 weeks ago | sportfishingmag.com | Sam Hudson

    Pick a Piling: Residential docks as fish attractors don’t receive enough attention. Brush up on your skip-casting to put your baits back in those hard-to-reach spots. Adrian E. Gray About 40 percent of the population resides in counties along the coastline — land that makes up less than 10 percent of the land area of the contiguous United States. California holds the top spot for coastal populations in the U.S., with 26.8 million residents.

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