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

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Wild in the City • Tampa’s Hillsborough River courses through a little of everything Florida has to offer—including some serious wilderness.

IF YOU GO

Stop-and-Go for Sails and More • Bump-trolling corked baits is a deadly tactic, making the most of natural prey instincts.

Free It Up • Three easy methods to retrieve your stuck lure.

Windy Ways • Shaw Grigsby’s rules for working with the wind.

Just Wing It • How to choose among natural and synthetic materials for fly wings.

The Final Frontier: Bathymetric Mapping • Keep your eyes on the water, and that includes your three-dimensional digital model of the seafloor.

Rain and the Florida Hunter • Be prepared for a drizzle—or a downpour.

Better With Butter • Catch a nice amberjack or snapper this month? Heat up the grill and try this simple and delicious treatment.

Piney Point And Florida’s Phosphate Problem • How the fertilizer that grows our food poses a threat to our water.

PLAYBOOK: SNAPPERS OF FLORIDA • From miniscule to monstrous, no group of fish is more popular and prized among the state’s anglers.

THE BIG THREE

THE FOUR BASIC PIER RIGS • HERE ARE THE RIGS THAT GET THE JOB DONE ON ANY COASTAL PIER, IN ANY SEASON. LEAN OVER THE RAILS WITH US FOR A LOOK.

RIVER SNOOK • Snook are moving upstate in recent years. They’re also moving upriver—far, far upriver, in some cases.

SNOOK REGULATION REMINDERS

ai ck • Out in the open—but hardly a sure thing. Special considerations for some of the state’s more unusual deer habitats.

PRAIRIE GEAR

PUBLIC LAND PRAIRIE HUNTS

BIG FISH ON SMALL BAYOUS • PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE TINY COVES AND TRIBUTARIES. WITH A LITTLE RESEARCH, A LIGHTWEIGHT BOAT AND SOME EFFORT YOU COULD UNCOVER A GOLD MINE.

A Few Starting Points

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

Keys

KEEPERS IN THE KEYS • Florida Sportsman Instagram Keys • @vibesbykels

South • Florida Sportsman Instagram Miami • @old.grove.angler

10,000Islands

TARPON AFTER WORK • Florida Sportsman Facebook Naples • @tajhclayton_

Southeast • Florida Sportsman Instagram Tequesta • @mikeclancyfl

Southwest

CRAB-THIEVING COBIA • Florida Sportsman Instagram Fort Myers Beach • @capt.chrisargiro

West Central

MAXED OUT MACKEREL • Florida Sportsman Instagram New Port Richey • @ashton_angwin

Big Bend

CREEK RED ON TOPWATER • Florida Sportsman Instagram Waccasassa Bay • @ashton__dowling

EastCentral • Florida Sportsman Instagram Ponce Inlet • @the_mrs.law_88

Northeast

SEA BASS SECRETS • Florida Sportsman Podcast Jacksonville • Rick Ryals

Northwest

DOUBLED UP ON REDS • Florida Sportsman Forecast Mexico Beach • KC Sportfishing

Panhandle

HOLY G2'S! • Florida Sportsman Instagram Bay County • @dylanbarnes91

Tropics

TUNAS BUSTING ALL OVER • Florida Sportsman Facebook Grand Cay • @rickymiller_4

FLORIDA TIDE STATIONS OCTOBER 2021

“My Mother… Has Turned into a Fishing Addict” • When the days are truly golden.

Jet Propelled • South Florida anglers chart a slightly different course to the wahoo bite—and it works!