Anyone who watches “Law and Order” knows you need a body to close a murder conviction. I guess fisheries managers have never seen “Law and Order.” The latest fish management conundrum convicts anglers ...

I love to watch a professional fishmonger clean fish. They work in well-lit, sanitary spaces wearing a hair net, rubber apron, rubber gloves and rubber boots. They dance with the fish, swinging and ...

Think about a center-console boat that would be at home in the Gulf Stream, but is built in the arid high desert of California, which isn’t exactly the epicenter of boat building. Yet, this remote ...

Night-vision technology for boaters has evolved mightily since I began following and testing these devices 30 years ago. Among the first were marine night-vision scopes from ITT Industries. Adapted ...

Five minutes out of the docks, a humpback breached maybe 50 yards to starboard and crashed in a wall of water that made our jaws drop. It was our first morning out of Crocodile Bay Marina, and the low ...

When I first used a spiral-wrapped rod on a party boat, I got some strange looks,” Darin Dohi laughs. Dohi’s conventional rod had the first line guide on top of the blank, the second guide at an ...

You can always tell when a boat is designed by people who actually fish, and the Pathfinder 2300 HPS leaves no doubt that its builders know what works from firsthand experience. Since its introduction ...

The new Max-8 braided fishing line from PowerPro, a Shimano brand, is designed specifically for offshore fishing with an 8-carrier Spectra HT fiber construction to provide smooth casting and ...

A 24-foot Contender powered by a Yamaha 300 outfitted with AI-based detection systems, thermal imaging capabilities, real-time AIS alerting systems, and advanced vision software. It sounds like a next ...

I’ve spent decades fishing my South Florida home waters, as well as throughout the Bahamas and Florida Keys. I’ve traveled for Salt Water Sportsman and the World of Saltwater Fishing television series ...

Offshore fishing has expanded beyond traditional trolling with heavy gear. Advancements in high-end spinning reels and rods, braided lines, and even ­smaller conventional reels for jigging and ...

No matter what you might think of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, there’s no denying that his company, Starlink, is revolutionizing satellite communications, not ­only on land but also on the ...