Bonefish Fishing

Catching Tarpon on Tenkara?

Tenkara is all the rage right now among fly fishing enthusiasts. GoFISHn friend Tom Sadler is even guiding anglers in Virginia on the Japanese fishing technique. For those of you unfamiliar with Tenkara. Basically, it’s a telescoping rod, without a reel, or really any line other than your leader. It’s all about working your fly [...]

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Early Spring Cape Cod Striper Fishing Tips

It’s a great time of the year to be on Cape Cod!  May is right around the corner, the stripers are here, and true cows are just to the south of us. I still have some land-based work to take care of this week, but I plan on hitting the water hard starting on Tuesday.  [...]

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Florida Keys Fun, Grouper, Snapper and… Doctorfish

Florida Keys Fun, Grouper, Snapper and… Doctorfish

Sure, you can go to the keys, and spend hours squinting and stalking bonefish and permit. There's no shame in that, and if you're lucky, you'll get your shot. But for rod-bending fun you can just hop a headboat out of Bud N' Mary's out of Islamorada and fill the cooler with hogfish, grey and [...]

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March Madness, Fishing Style

March Madness, Fishing Style

Love the thrill of college basketball excitement but too busy hitting the water to catch all the games? Combine both of your passions this spring and participate in Cheeky Fly Fishing's March Madness "Road to the Final Fish." March Madness meets fishing isn't a new concept, and we've even done a version of our own, [...]

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Michael Keaton, Liam Neeson Battle Bonefish and Lionfish on Buccaneers and Bones

Michael Keaton, Liam Neeson Battle Bonefish and Lionfish on Buccaneers and Bones

Where Hollywood the Tropics and Fishing combine, you get Buccaneers and Bones, the iconic bonefish show on the Outdoor Channel, that brings movie stars to the causes of the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust.This year, they spent their times in the Bahamas, and the cast of Michael Keaton, Tom Brokaw, Lefty Kreh, Yvon Chouinard and Bill [...]

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Ice Fishermen Bemoan Warm Weather on Lake Erie

In places like Ohio's Lake Erie, a lack of sufficient ice is preventing hardwater enthusiasts from busting out the shanties, and the local economies are feeling the hit, according to Ohio's WTOL News.  Some anglers are making a break for Canada to get their hardwater fix, while others are moping around at home while the [...]

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale Take Kids Fishing in California

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale Take Kids Fishing in California

Not every pop star can bait a hook. Singers Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale took their two children fishing today at Troutdale Ponds in Los Angeles, Calif. Armed a spinning rod and a cane pole, one of the biggest couples in music targeted some of the freshly stocked trout with their children Zuma and Kingston. [...]

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Big Bonefish Off Christmas Island

Big Bonefish Off Christmas Island

Hefty bonefish on shallow flats, running with no place to go but straight out, peeling drag all the while. Christmas Island flats fishing looks like some of the best in the world. – Rick BachLike this story? Be sure to share it on Google Plus, Facebook, and Twitter by clicking on the logos above. Via: [...]

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Protected Belize Fish are Illegally being Slaughtered

Protected Belize Fish are Illegally being Slaughtered

Permit, tarpon and bonefish are some of the most sought-after and respected game fish in the southern seas. But in Belize, from the looks of these images, the fish are not getting the protection the government has supposedly given them. According to the San Pedro Sun, despite obvious evidence that fishermen are killing these fish [...]

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Boy Brings in Huge Crayfish in New Zealand

Boy Brings in Huge Crayfish in New Zealand

Talk about a (cray)zy catch! William Mackenzie, 8, was fishing with his family in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand when he got this amazing 9.8 pound crayfish on his rod. One observer said, the crayfish "could easily be 50-years-old." This think looks more like a lobster. -Robert Frawley  Check out this 14-pound bonefish.

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