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Without a doubt, a good mate—or team of mates—can be the difference between a good operation and a great one. It takes a lot to excel as a top deckhand in the sport-fishing industry today. Being ­well ...

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One of fishing’s ­greatest and most universal traditions is that of nostalgia for “the good ol’ days.” For as long as there has been sport fishing, young captains have sat awestruck, listening to ...

With a positive species ID now confirmed, we readied the gaffs and prepared for the endgame with a 200-pound swordfish. We were fishing aboard the 72-foot F&S Second Wind, and were gently drifting in ...

For most of Capt. Daniel Espinoza’s career, a life on the water was all he ever wanted. From a 10-year-old boy catching dock snappers with a hand line after school to running one of Costa Rica’s ­best ...

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In 1964, Dennis Smitherman, the sports editor of the Mobile Press, wrote in a column, “Big game fishing was likely to develop into the newest industry along the Gulf Coast.” Smitherman admittedly wasn ...