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

October 26, 2007

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

October 17, 2007

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

October 13, 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 (above left, with 'Reel Animals' partner Mike Anderson). ...more

October 12, 2007

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

October 5, 2007

Watching somebody tie a knot rarely teaches you to tie the knot yourself. It takes hands-on practice to learn the skills. ...more

September 28, 2007

The aptly named mangrove snapper spends a fair amount of its juvenile life among the watery roots of its namesake trees. But when it reaches adulthood, it heads for deeper venues, and one of the best in the state is the edge of the shipping channels that run through Tampa Bay. ...more

September 28, 2007

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

September 11, 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