Florida Sportsman

Florida Sportsman is the complete fishing magazine for Florida and the Tropics. Devoted to fishing, boating, and outdoor activities in the Sunshine State, Florida Sportsman is the authoritative source for Florida's most active fishermen.

Florida Sportsman

Are You Fee'd Up Yet?

Help Write a New Lake O Playbook

Editor’s note:

Beyond Spring Break • Take your fishing party to this beautiful and pristine stretch of Panama City Beach.

IF YOU GO

BEST BOAT • New Boats & Power

Fair Weather Sailfish • Inside one man’s quest for numbers on a small boat.

Glidin’ in the Salt • Glide your way to big bites inshore.

NEW GEAR

A Weighty Issue • Tips on fishing weighted flies down deep.

Speck Jig Specs • Here’s what to tie on when targeting those tasty black crappie.

NEW GEAR

Reading the Water • Pay attention—it’s an investment which will yield good returns.

NEW GEAR

Secret Stew • Savory, tender venison stewed with a little something extra.

The Scoop on Red Grouper • Seeing fewer keepers Gulf side? Scientists say population’s stable—but vulnerable.

REGULATIONS FOR RED GROUPER

Cobia Call • Keep those double-tagged fish swimming: They’re on a mission for science.

Florida’s Cobia Bag Limits

From Atlantic to Gulf and Back Again

Spring Cobia Tactics

Conventional Tags

Jig the Ditch • Learn to fish those Intracoastal ledges and you’ll never run out of hotspots.

Back in Florida Bay • Fishing seems to be improving in South Florida’s mixed-species wonderland.

BAY NOTABLES

A CLEANER BOTTOM

TRY FOR TRIGGERFISH • Once maligned, now a desirable catch: Here’s when and how to take triggerfish along the Florida coast.

Triggerfish Regulations for 2020

A Shot in the Dark • Spotlight on the sport of after-hours saltwater bowfishing.

Bowfishing Association of America

Stingray Recipes

INTO THE WOODS • Sketchy encounter breeds a lifelong fascination with backwoods bass fishing.

ACTION SPOTTER • SPORTSMAN’S REGIONAL EXPERTS GUIDE YOU TO THE HOTSPOTS

Keys

South

10,000 Islands

Southeast

Southwest

West Central

Big Bend

East Central

Northeast

Northwest

Panhandle

Tropics

FLORIDA TIDE STATIONS

A Fresh Take on Fly Fishing • Interview with Joe Mahler: illustrator, teacher, thinker.

We’re Tying the Knot • A ring and a silver king, for this Florida couple.

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