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SALTWATER FISHING

Coastal beaches, tidal estuaries and inlets, rivers with a mix of fresh and salt. Saltwater species are the most exciting of all gamefish for many anglers. You never know what's on the end of the line until it's at the boat.

Top Saltwater Tips

Chunking for Tuna

Chunking for Bluefin involves archoring on a good fishing spot known to hold bluefin. Once anchored, top crews deploy chunks, stick baits and live baits suspended on ballons at different depths. Most captains...

Melton Hill Church

Tennessee's Bill Dance Honey Holes: Bill Dance offers professional of tips when hunting for Striper on Melton Hill Lake.

Ft. Loudon Striper (Video Included)

Tennessee's Bill Dance Honey Holes: Bill Dance offers professional tips when fishing for striper on Ft. Loudon Lake.

Making More Tarpon

Tarpon are among the most prized of all saltwater gamefish. Why? The answer is because they are challenging just to simply get on hook. To get past that first hurdle, follow these guidelines.

Hook, Line and Tarpon

Live bait for tarpons with threadfins. Circle or modified circle hooks are popular for this duty; most use short shank livebait hooks, 5/0 or thereabouts, in 2X or 3X strong. The main leader is four to...

Surfacing for Stripers

Learn when shad fry generally start surfacing on your favorite lakes. Concurrently, the hatch will spark a feeding frenzy by the striped bass.

Baits for Big Summer Stripers

Catch large shad, 12- to 18-inches long, put them in the livewell, and use them to catch stripers. To take big stripers, use big shad.

Oddball Baits (Video Included)

This expert's selection of "go-to" baits includes a Johnson Silver Minnow, a weedless spoon that when sashayed across the surface closely resembles a baitfish. Adding a trailer, in this case...

Baitcast Reel Stereotype (Video Included)

Why do people shy away from baitcasting reels? The easy answer is the reels are stereotyped for backlashes.Backlashes are a misnomer with today's precision engineered reels. Knowing how to adjust the brake...

Bait Rigs and Striped Bass

Of all the live bait rigs for striped bass, the three-way swivel rig is the simplest to set up. All that is needed is a three-way swivel that is attached directly to your main line, a sinker snap that...

Where's Wade?
Our resident "every man's outdoor man" is all over the compass dial. Here's our game plan for pinning Wade Bourne down long enough to get another round of "Wade's World" tips.