GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mel Berman. ...more

December 29, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Billy Nobles, left (with "Reel Animals" partner Mike Anderson). ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - Patrick Cannizzaro tells the fourth-graders around him that they've been brushing their teeth with algae all their lives. ...more

November 25, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

September 17, 2007

Amberjack used to be the 'easy' big game fish, with clouds of the huge, muscular fighters found around every offshore wreck. 'AJs' as they are affectionately known to many anglers, have a reputation of being pound-for-pound one of the strongest fish in offshore waters. And until the mid-1980s they were abundant to a fault. There were often so many of them around some wrecks and reefs that getting a live bait past them to catch a big gag or red grouper was a real struggle. AJs of 30 to 40 pounds were common, and occasionally were decked at double that size - a nice 'problem' to have. ...more

September 9, 2007