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Category: Saltwater

Fishing-Headquarters contributors specializing in saltwater fishing and offshore big game dedicate themselves to creating informative content for the online magazine, articles, videos, and detailed online features.

  • American Shad, Part Deux

    American Shad, Part Deux

    By David Graham

    They’re back… Along the East coast the American Shad are making their annual run from the oceans to our rivers. For me, this signals the real beginning of the New Year’s fishing season. For the dormant cold-weather angler like myself, the shad run is the prime opportunity to find plenty of action through the colder months until other species become more active in Spring.

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  • WhoDat Catching Dem Louisiana Redfish

    WhoDat Catching Dem Louisiana Redfish

    With Bernie & Steve White

    Anglers facing shallow, weedy water can take a lesson from Barnie White and his father, Steve. The father/son team finished second in the first Louisiana Saltwater Series (LASS) tournament of the year throwing Metal WhoDat Spoons to redfish feeding in shallow grass and took home more than $2,000. (more…)

  • Winter Snook on Artificial Lures

    Winter Snook on Artificial Lures

    By David A. Brown

    Jason Stock’s a Florida fishing guide, not an economist. Nevertheless, he understands the law of supply and demand, so when late fall drives out the remaining parcels of the baitfish schools that were so prevalent during the warm season, he knows that his favorite lures will quickly become a more valued commodity. (more…)

  • Where to Find and How To Catch Florida Gulf Coast Redfish In the Fall

    Where to Find and How To Catch Florida Gulf Coast Redfish In the Fall

    By William Redmond

    They don’t all make the journey, but the annual spawning aggregations of Florida’s Gulf Coast redfish create a dynamite opportunity for anglers to target big numbers of redfish, with a good chance of locking horns with a legitimate bull. (more…)

  • Paddling Out: A Shark’s Tale

    Paddling Out: A Shark’s Tale

    By David Graham

    The idea of intentionally pursuing what is arguably the most dynamic predator the world has ever known means reaching the pinnacle of the angling experience.   Shark fishing is taboo.  It is generally the rustic disregard for more common practices of complex fishing pursuits simplified to nothing more than the thrill of catching something big, mean, and dangerous.   The thrill of tangling with a large shark is hard to chronicle but even the most seasoned shark anglers are familiar with the sweaty palms and tingling spine resulting from a breached dorsal cutting through the water’s surface. (more…)

  • Stingrays: Scorned Saltwater Species

    Stingrays: Scorned Saltwater Species

    By David Graham

    There is something strangely irresistible about pursuing a creature that can injure, maim, or kill its pursuer.   I occasionally stray from my typical pursuit of freshwater oddities and head for the shores of one of our great oceans – typically the Atlantic.   Here one can evaluate the infinitely unique opportunities from an angling perspective.  Our oceans, without question ,  are home to  the greatest biodiversity on the planet. The oceans constitute 90% of all habitable area on the planet and nearly 80% of all life on earth. (more…)