Florida Sportsman

Florida Sportsman is the complete fishing magazine for Florida and the Tropics. Devoted to fishing, boating, and outdoor activities in the Sunshine State, Florida Sportsman is the authoritative source for Florida's most active fishermen.

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Hunting, Fishing, More: Get MOTV Motivated

Stop Bad from Getting Worse

Cedar Key • All kinds of great fisheries—for sport and table—beckon at this Gulf Coast outpost. Midmonth seafood fest offers a taste.

NEW GEAR

Free-Sliding Livebait Rig for Gag • As the fall grouper bite heats up, it pays to use a rig that’ll appeal to the biggun’s.

Net Benefits • Maximize your returns: Bring the landing net.

Find ’Em on the Troll • No obvious holding points? Get that pedal-drive going and locate the bite with trolled plastics.

Correct Connections • You have that beautiful new fly reel; now let’s set it up right.

Sunshine on My Shoulders • Hard-fighting hybrids add fishing excitement and the prospect of great dinners.

Ghost Shrimp • A surf fishing bait so abundant and so productive it’s almost … spooky.

Toting Downed Game • Tips for transporting deer or wild hog.

Garden Fresh Baked Whole Largemouth Bass • Yep, they’re good to eat. They’re also prized gamefish, so cook ’em whole and let nothing go to waste.

Checkpoints for Conservation • Port investigations plays a behind-the-scenes but vital role in preserving Florida’s fish and wildlife resources.

The Emperor’s New Clothes

An Absorbing Subject • Sponges are an unsung foundation of Florida’s marine systems, especially coral reefs.

Things That Go Bump… Offshore • Terrifying and true tales from the logbooks of Florida captains.

SNAPPERS ON THE DARK SIDE • Be there with hooks in the water when mangroves and more go on their late-night feeding binge.

Headwaters Hot Streak Continues • FISHING HAS BEEN EPIC ON THIS MANMADE IMPOUNDMENT IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A LOCAL PRO REVEALS SOME FAVORITE TACTICS.

Highway to Fish • The Tampa Bay Shipping Channel holds snapper, grouper, mackerel, tarpon and just about everything else.

A WEEK IN Nosara • NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW FOR A FISHING TRIP WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

IN DEFENSE OF THE Antediluvian Gar • There’s nothing pretty about gar fishing, but they do pull line and they do play rough.

WHO WANTS FRESH SHRIMP? • EVERYONE, OF COURSE. HERE ARE THE PROVEN TACTICS FOR CATCHING YOUR OWN ON FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS.

REDS OR HENS • MASSIVE FALL HIGH TIDES OFFER BOTH MARSH HEN HUNTING AND CASTING FOR TAILING REDFISH ON NORTHEAST FLORIDA’S FLOODED SPARTINA MARSHES.

DEER HUNTING IN FLORIDA • Celebrating a vital, sustainable tradition with deep roots and evolving management.

FIFTY YEARS AT FLATWOODS • An essay on the unsung connection between hunting and private land management.

Snook • FALL IS PRIME TIME FOR THIS FLORIDA INSHORE PRIZE.

Pilchards are Here

Couldn’t Wait for October

Snook, Tarpon, Redfish on the Move

Inlets Prime for Mullet Run Mania

Adjust for Those Morning Low Tides

Bring Your All

Expect the Unexpected

Solid Fish in the Surf

Changes After the Chill

Fish Creeks on the Falling Tide, Flats on the Riser

Great Month to Release a Trophy Redfish

Big Bill Payoff

Roughing It • HOT WEATHER, WINDY WEATHER, RAINY WEATHER: THE FISH KEEP ON FEEDING, AND THE SUCCESSFUL ANGLERS KEEP ON FISHING.

OCTOBER 2022

On His Skiff, School’s in Session • Jonathan Moss is a coach-turned-captain, but his passion for educating others remains the same.

Live and Learn • They...