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106 detailed profiles covering identification, habitat, seasons, tackle, baits and technique for every saltwater fish.

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Redfish

Redfish

The redfish - also called red drum, channel bass, or simply "red" - is arguably …
Spotted Seatrout

Spotted Seatrout

The spotted seatrout - known across the South as "speckled trout" or simply "spe…
Snook

Snook

The common snook is the crown jewel of subtropical inshore fishing - a sleek, ha…
Tarpon

Tarpon

The tarpon is the "Silver King" - the most iconic and revered gamefish in inshor…
Flounder

Flounder

Flounder are the masters of disguise in inshore saltwater - flat, sand-colored a…
Striped Bass

Striped Bass

The striped bass - "striper," "rockfish," "linesider" - is the signature gamefis…
Bluefish

Bluefish

The bluefish is the pit bull of the Atlantic coast - a fast, ferocious, razor-to…
Mahi-Mahi

Mahi-Mahi

Mahi-mahi - also called dolphinfish or simply "dolphin" (no relation to the mari…
King Mackerel

King Mackerel

The king mackerel - universally called the "kingfish" or simply "king" - is the …
Spanish Mackerel

Spanish Mackerel

The Spanish mackerel is the fast, flashy, accessible little cousin of the king m…
Warsaw Grouper

Warsaw Grouper

The Warsaw Grouper is one of the largest groupers in the western Atlantic and th…
Snowy Grouper

Snowy Grouper

The snowy grouper is a deep-dwelling grouper of the western Atlantic, prized by …
Red Hind

Red Hind

The red hind is a small, colorful reef grouper common across the tropical wester…
Bar Jack

Bar Jack

The bar jack is a small, hard-fighting reef jack of the western Atlantic and a f…
Horse-Eye Jack

Horse-Eye Jack

The horse-eye jack is a hard-pulling member of the jack family (Carangidae) priz…
Rainbow Runner

Rainbow Runner

The rainbow runner is a sleek, fast pelagic member of the jack family (Carangida…
Southern Flounder

Southern Flounder

The Southern Flounder is one of the most prized inshore flatfish along the US Gu…
Sheepshead

Sheepshead

The sheepshead is one of the most distinctive and rewarding inshore targets alon…
Black Sea Bass

Black Sea Bass

The black sea bass is a hardy, hard-pulling bottom fish that has become a favori…
Cobia

Cobia

The cobia is a bruising, powerful, and uniquely solitary fish that has earned cu…
Red Snapper

Red Snapper

The red snapper is the crown jewel of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic bottom f…
Grouper

Grouper

"Grouper" covers a family of powerful, structure-loving bottom fish that are amo…
Yellowfin Tuna

Yellowfin Tuna

The yellowfin tuna is the ultimate prize for blue-water anglers - a sleek, golde…
Wahoo

Wahoo

The wahoo is offshore fishing's drag-burning speed demon - a sleek, electric-str…
Florida Pompano

Florida Pompano

The Florida pompano is the surf angler's golden treasure - a compact, silver-and…
Bonefish

Bonefish

The bonefish is the original gray ghost of the flats - a sleek, silver, almost m…
Permit

Permit

The permit is widely regarded as the ultimate prize of the flats - a large, broa…
Black Drum

Black Drum

The black drum is the heavyweight cousin of the redfish and one of the most acce…
Summer Flounder

Summer Flounder

The summer flounder - known to most Northeast and Mid-Atlantic anglers simply as…
Greater Amberjack

Greater Amberjack

The greater amberjack - affectionately and not-so-affectionately nicknamed the "…
Crevalle Jack

Crevalle Jack

The crevalle jack - often just called "jack crevalle" or simply "jacks" - is the…
Great Barracuda

Great Barracuda

The great barracuda is the silver torpedo of warm coastal seas - a sleek, toothy…
Tautog

Tautog

The tautog - known up and down the Northeast coast as "tog" or "blackfish" - is …
Lingcod

Lingcod

The lingcod - the toothy bruiser of the Pacific reefs - is one of the West Coast…
California Halibut

California Halibut

The California halibut is the West Coast's premier inshore flatfish, a sandy-bot…
False Albacore

False Albacore

The false albacore - known up and down the coast as "little tunny," "albie," "fa…
California Yellowtail

California Yellowtail

The California yellowtail - simply "yellowtail" or "yellows" to West Coast angle…
Pacific Halibut

Pacific Halibut

The Pacific halibut is the giant of the cold North Pacific bottom - a massive, d…
Vermilion Rockfish

Vermilion Rockfish

The vermilion rockfish - called "red snapper" on California party boats even tho…
White Seabass

White Seabass

The white seabass is one of the most prized inshore gamefish on the US West Coas…
Atlantic Spadefish

Atlantic Spadefish

The Atlantic spadefish is one of the most distinctive and underrated fish on the…
Gray Triggerfish

Gray Triggerfish

The gray triggerfish - known to bottom anglers across the US Atlantic and Gulf a…
Atlantic Croaker

Atlantic Croaker

The Atlantic croaker is one of the most familiar panfish of the East and Gulf co…
Weakfish

Weakfish

The weakfish is a beautiful, hard-hitting inshore gamefish of the Atlantic coast…
Mangrove Snapper

Mangrove Snapper

The mangrove snapper - also known as the gray snapper - is a smart, structure-lo…
Gag Grouper

Gag Grouper

The gag grouper is a bruising, structure-loving reef predator and one of the mos…
Mutton Snapper

Mutton Snapper

The mutton snapper is one of the most prized reef and flats snappers in the trop…
Yellowtail Snapper

Yellowtail Snapper

The yellowtail snapper is a sleek, fast, beautiful reef snapper with a devoted f…
Atlantic Bonito

Atlantic Bonito

The Atlantic bonito is a small, fast, hard-charging member of the tuna and macke…
Tripletail

Tripletail

The tripletail is one of the ocean's true oddballs.
Scup / Porgy

Scup / Porgy

The scup - known up and down the Northeast simply as "porgy" - is a small, scrap…
Hogfish

Hogfish

The hogfish is one of the most sought-after reef fish in the Southeast and the C…
Atlantic Cod

Atlantic Cod

Few fish carry the history and prestige of the Atlantic cod.
Pollock

Pollock

Pollock are the cod's harder-fighting, faster-moving cousin - a member of the sa…
Sailfish

Sailfish

The sailfish is the crown jewel of light-tackle offshore fishing - a slender, el…
Blackfin Tuna

Blackfin Tuna

The blackfin tuna is the smallest member of the true tuna family and, pound for …
Atlantic Mackerel

Atlantic Mackerel

The Atlantic mackerel is a small, fast, gorgeously marked schooling fish that sh…
Southern Kingfish / "Whiting"

Southern Kingfish / "Whiting"

The fish surf anglers up and down the beaches call "whiting" is not a whiting at…
Goliath Grouper

Goliath Grouper

The goliath grouper is the true giant of the reef - a broad, slab-sided grouper …
Red Grouper

Red Grouper

The red grouper is one of the most prized bottom fish on the reefs and hardbotto…
Winter Flounder

Winter Flounder

The winter flounder is the classic cold-season flatfish of the Northeast, a smal…
Bonnethead Shark

Bonnethead Shark

The bonnethead is the friendly little cousin of the hammerhead family - a small,…
Black Grouper

Black Grouper

The black grouper is one of the most prized reef fish in the tropical western At…
Lane Snapper

Lane Snapper

The lane snapper is the friendly, colorful little cousin in the snapper family -…
Pinfish

Pinfish

The pinfish is the small, sharp-spined workhorse of inshore saltwater fishing - …
Ladyfish

Ladyfish

The ladyfish is one of inshore fishing's great underrated thrills - a slender, c…
Sea Robin

Sea Robin

The sea robin is one of the ocean's odd, overlooked characters - an armored, bot…
Haddock

Haddock

Haddock is a cold-water cousin of the cod and one of the North Atlantic's most i…
Pacific Cod

Pacific Cod

Pacific cod, often called "true cod" or gray cod, is a cold-water bottom fish of…
Black Rockfish

Black Rockfish

The black rockfish is one of the most abundant and accessible members of the Wes…
Yelloweye Rockfish

Yelloweye Rockfish

The yelloweye rockfish, once called "red snapper" on the West Coast, is a large,…
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the giant of the tuna world and one of the ultimate…
Albacore Tuna

Albacore Tuna

The albacore is the "chicken of the sea" - the true white-meat tuna and a premie…
Skipjack Tuna

Skipjack Tuna

The skipjack is the small, blazing-fast tuna that fills the world's canned-tuna …
Blue Marlin

Blue Marlin

The blue marlin is the king of billfish and the most coveted big-game fish in th…
Swordfish

Swordfish

The broadbill swordfish is a powerful, deep-dwelling gladiator of the open ocean…
Spiny Dogfish

Spiny Dogfish

The spiny dogfish is a small, abundant coastal shark that schools in enormous nu…
White Marlin

White Marlin

The white marlin is the acrobatic lightweight of the Atlantic billfish, prized f…
Striped Marlin

Striped Marlin

The striped marlin is the most acrobatic and widespread billfish of the Pacific,…
Bigeye Tuna

Bigeye Tuna

The bigeye tuna is a deep-diving heavyweight prized for its size, its dogged fig…
Pacific Bonito

Pacific Bonito

The Pacific bonito is a hard-fighting little tuna relative that thrills nearshor…
Blueline Tilefish

Blueline Tilefish

The blueline tilefish is a deepwater bottom fish of the outer continental shelf,…
Scamp Grouper

Scamp Grouper

The scamp is widely considered the best-eating grouper in the sea, a smaller, de…
Almaco Jack

Almaco Jack

The almaco jack is a powerful, deep-bodied amberjack relative that gives offshor…
California Corbina

California Corbina

The California corbina is the prize of the West Coast surf, a wary, hard-pulling…
Cabezon

Cabezon

The cabezon is a big, comical-looking sculpin of the Pacific Coast, a hard-fight…
Kelp Bass

Kelp Bass

The kelp bass, or calico bass, is the signature nearshore gamefish of Southern C…
Shortfin Mako

Shortfin Mako

The shortfin mako is the fastest shark in the sea and one of the most spectacula…
Thresher Shark

Thresher Shark

The thresher shark is instantly recognized by its enormous scythe-like tail, whi…
Blacktip Shark

Blacktip Shark

The blacktip shark is a fast, acrobatic coastal shark famous for its spinning le…
Sandbar Shark

Sandbar Shark

The sandbar shark is a stocky, powerful coastal shark of bays and nearshore wate…
Blue Shark

Blue Shark

The blue shark is a sleek, deep-blue open-ocean wanderer, one of the most widesp…
Roosterfish

Roosterfish

The roosterfish is the iconic gamefish of the eastern Pacific surf and one of th…
Queen Triggerfish

Queen Triggerfish

The queen triggerfish is a gaudy, powerful reef fish of tropical Atlantic waters…
African Pompano

African Pompano

The African pompano is a large, powerful jack of tropical and subtropical seas, …
Red Porgy

Red Porgy

The red porgy, or pink snapper, is a handsome deepwater bottom fish of the Atlan…
Cero Mackerel

Cero Mackerel

The cero, or cero mackerel, is a swift, streamlined mackerel of tropical Atlanti…
Great Hammerhead Shark

Great Hammerhead Shark

The great hammerhead is the largest of the hammerhead sharks, a powerful coastal…
Bull Shark

Bull Shark

The bull shark is a stocky, powerful inshore shark famous for tolerating fresh w…
Lemon Shark

Lemon Shark

The lemon shark is a stocky, yellowish inshore shark of shallow flats, bays, and…
Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

The nurse shark is a slow, docile bottom-dwelling shark common in warm US Atlant…
Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

The tiger shark is one of the largest predatory sharks an inshore US angler can …
Spinner Shark

Spinner Shark

The spinner shark is a slender, fast coastal shark named for its signature feedi…
Cubera Snapper

Cubera Snapper

The cubera is the largest snapper in the Atlantic, a thick-shouldered reef and w…
Dog Snapper

Dog Snapper

The Dog Snapper is a large, hard-fighting reef snapper of the western Atlantic, …
Schoolmaster Snapper

Schoolmaster Snapper

The schoolmaster snapper is a hard-fighting reef and mangrove snapper prized by …

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