Guy Harvey On — The Great Barracuda
There are twenty species of barracuda in tropical waters around the planet, of which, the great barracuda is the largest. The IGFA all tackle world record is 85 pounds, but the largest recorded...
View ArticleMy Latest Trip to Panama
When the staff of the Tropic Star Lodge tells you it is a fairly hard 35 minute walk/climb from the lodge, across the peninsula, to the white sand beach, believe it! And that is each way, NOT over and...
View ArticleOld Dog New Tricks
A big bonito was splashing along from the left outrigger leaving a hefty wake. A small mackerel-like scad trailed from the right outrigger and was swimming beautifully below the surface of the Coral...
View ArticleBoat-Shy Bluefin Off Southern California
The past few years in Southern California, we have been plagued with the “La Nina” condition, which keeps our offshore waters cooler than normal in the summer months. Our typical warm-water run of...
View ArticleWorld’s Greatest Fishing Hole
When John Rafter asked me “Pete, if you knew tomorrow was going to be the last day you ever got to fish in your life, but you could be wherever you wanted to be, and in the prime time or season, where...
View ArticleSatellite-Tagged Striped Marlin
The line snapped out of the Roller-Troller outrigger clip and the rod just barely bent, but no line was coming off the reel like you would expect with a typical striped marlin strike. My son, Zane,...
View ArticleFish of a Lifetime
Every father who fishes can understand how happy Guy was when he was there with daughter Jessica for her catch of a 600 plus pound swordfish. Below is Guy’s account of the catch. - Bill Shedd I was on...
View ArticleOld Tricks Renewed
Years ago I bought a fishing reel and a planer from a man I saw walking along a beach on the Indonesian island of Lombok. I first noticed a wake a hundred yards or so offshore, moving parallel to the...
View ArticleFishing the Nest
During the spring months in Southern California, before the tuna and billfish arrive, we spend much of the early season targeting yellowtail, white sea bass and halibut in areas where the market squid...
View ArticleYou CAN Fish in Rough Water
The weather forecast was for 25 to 30 knot winds as a strong high pressure system south of the Australian continent built a strengthening ridge along Australia’s Queensland coast. Yesterday had dawned...
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