Sport Fishing

4 days ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

Not All Fish Have Tail Fins A rare member of the family Molidae — the ocean sunfishes — is a unique sight. Question: About 90 nautical miles east of Paranagua, Brazil, in an area called Santos Basin — about 100 nautical miles offshore, pretty much in the middle of nowhere — we were drifting on an oil tanker, waiting to load crude oil off the platforms.

1 week ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

Although rarely, anglers in boats have been injured, even fatally, by sharks. Certainly a white shark like this one breaching off South Africa could destroy a small boat should it intend to. Chris & Monique Fallows / apexpredators.com Most of us don’t think of sport fishing as a particularly hazardous sport. No doubt statistics would bear out that it is not. But every sport has its own unique risks, and saltwater fishing is no exception.

1 week ago | sportfishingmag.com | Kim Kavin

SeaDek is a sure-footed flooring solution that’s been put to the test. And passed. Courtesy SeaDek Boats need nonslip surfaces. Decks get wet, people walk on them, and without the proper surface underfoot, somebody can end up taking a potentially dangerous header. Products have come and gone over the years that try to create these nonslip surfaces in ways that are visually pleasing.

2 weeks ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

A stingray’s barbed stinger is strictly for defensive purposes, but a strike from one can ruin the heck out of a wade-fisherman’s day. Tosh Brown / toshbrown.com Most of us don’t think of sport fishing as a particularly hazardous sport. No doubt statistics would bear out that it’s not. But every sport has its own unique risks, and saltwater fishing is no exception.

3 weeks ago | sportfishingmag.com | Doug Olander

No … Tag, You’re it! Amazing shot by Al McGlashan shows a striped marlin scoring one in the end zone of an angler attempting to tag it off Australia. Al McGlashan / almcglashan.com Most of us don’t think of sport fishing as a particularly hazardous sport. No doubt statistics would bear out that it is not. But every sport has its own unique risks, and saltwater fishing is no exception.