Big Swordfish on a Tiny Boat

From: Salt Water Sportsman - Thursday Oct 27,2022 05:01 pm

Plus: A Mahi Mystery, Nine of the Greatest Wahoo Ever Caught, and Pursuit’s New Offshore Series Flagship.

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Big Swordfish on a Tiny Boat

San Diego-based Dylan Reed catches big fish with a small boat. It’s not because he’s a daredevil. Reed fishes from a small craft because it lets him fight the fish, operate the boat, and reach his flying gaff all from one place.

Permit in Alabama? Record Landed by Surf Angler

Permit aren’t unheard of along the northern Gulf Coast, but prime fishing for the species usually occurs much farther south. Twelve-year-old Griffin Haas was having a perfectly good time catching whiting and Spanish mackerel from the beach when the fish hit.

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First Look: Orca Copilot

Orca’s app-based CoPilot nav system turns your mobile device into a charter plotter. This and more in the Winter '22 Best Marine Electronics & Tech Storystream.

Mahi Mystery

One of America’s favorite gamefish is disappearing. NOAA Fisheries held a meeting in the Florida Keys to get input from members of the charterboat industry on the health of the dolphin stock. Major criticism was centered on the commercial catch of dolphin.

Nine of the Greatest Wahoo Ever Caught

There's a reason anglers get psyched when a wahoo is on the line. The global gamefish are the biggest, fastest and most prized of the mackerels. This list shows just how worldwide are these pelagic nomads, caught in all tropical and warm-temperate oceans.

Pursuit’s New Offshore Series Flagship, the OS 445

While some anglers might view anything other than a center-console as a “gentleman’s” boat, Pursuit’s OS 445 powered by triple Yamaha 425 XTO outboards is a modern take on an express sport-fisher.

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