Three lucky anglers are now in the top of the books in Mississippi's Commission on Marine Resources fishing records.The most controversial of which was a 550-pound shortfin mako shark. Tim King landed the shark, but had to use a handgun to shoot the fish before getting it in the boat. Mississippi rules do not prohibit [...]
Conventional Tackle
Retired Navy Pilot Battles 455-Pound Swordfish in Islamorada, Fla.
You can sense the excitement in this video as Nick Stanczyk and his crew help this angler battle an enormous swordfish. We told you about the fisherman, John White, from Rochester, N.Y., that recently retired as a Navy helicopter pilot. The 455-pound brute is one of the largest ever taken on conventional tackle in Florida. [...]
Notre Dame’s Big Bass Lake
The outdoor writer for the South Bend Tribune, home to Notre Dame University, thought that GoFISHn member Josh Lantz was over-confident in how good his private bass lake is. Until he fished it for himself. From the South Bend Tribune: When Josh Lantz referred to the private lake where he guides as a world-class fishery, [...]
Simple Question: Does “Fly” Mean Trout?
Do you think fly fishing is 99.9% focused on trout, as a species? Or do you think you can catch anything you might otherwise catch on conventional tackle with the long rod? What's the most "atypical" fish you've caught with a fly?
Desmond Favorite Fishing Pictures
These are some of my favorite fishing photos in recent years. There are so many great guides, friends, family and FISH I've had to pleasure to spend time with on these trips.
40.0in Striped Bass
I was fishing with live porgies and chunking with my friends Larry Conway and Tim McKenna off the Elizabeth Islands and the Devil's Bridge off Gay Head with charter skipper Nat Chalkley. This may be the biggest striped I've ever caught, and it may not. I don't usually measure them and Nat didn't have a [...]
Striped Bass fishing off the Elizabeth Islands with Nat Chalkley
On Sunday Oct. 4 we went out from Woods Hole with Nat Chalkley
Jetta’s 150 pound bluefin tuna
My regular customer from Seattle, Jetta, an her friend Jamie, came out in late June for Jetta's annual fishing blitz. First day would we got into stripers off Monomoy point and caught 70 fish. I thought their arms were going to fall off and that was enough. But no, we went out again the next [...]
