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Striped Marlin Fishing Guide: Where, How and the Rules

Striped Marlin Fishing Guide: Where, How and the Rules

A field guide to striped marlin in US waters, from telling them apart from other billfish to the temperature and structure that hold them. It also covers how anglers raise and pitch to fish and how California, Hawaii and federal rules divide.

By Breakpoint Team
Striped bass fishing off Montauk, New York: rips and runs

Striped bass fishing off Montauk, New York: rips and runs

Current over broken bottom makes the fishing at Montauk Point. Here is how the rips set up, when the runs come, how boats fish them with eels and jigs, and which state and federal rules apply.

By Breakpoint Team
Striped Bass Fishing Guide: ID, Range, Methods and Rules

Striped Bass Fishing Guide: ID, Range, Methods and Rules

How to identify striped bass, where they live from the Chesapeake to the Bay-Delta, how they feed and are caught, and how federal and state rules divide.

By Breakpoint Team
Striped Bass Fishing in the Atlantic Southeast: A Guide

Striped Bass Fishing in the Atlantic Southeast: A Guide

Southeast stripers are a river and sound fishery at the southern edge of their range, with a winter nearshore bite off North Carolina. Here is where they hold, how anglers fish them, and which agency's rules apply.

By Breakpoint Team
Striped Bass Fishing in the Atlantic Northeast

Striped Bass Fishing in the Atlantic Northeast

From the Race Point drop-off to the Woods Hole rips, here is why stripers hold where they do, how anglers fish that water, and where the 3-mile line changes the rules.

By Breakpoint Team
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico: Guide

Spanish Mackerel Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico: Guide

Follow Spanish mackerel from the spring run up Florida's west coast to the Texas jetties, and learn why a fish legal in federal waters can be short at a Texas dock.

By Breakpoint Team
Spanish Mackerel Fishing Guide: ID, Range, Tactics, Rules

Spanish Mackerel Fishing Guide: ID, Range, Tactics, Rules

How to tell Spanish mackerel from king and cero, where the 68°F water carries them from the Gulf to New York, and how to catch them from a pier or boat. It closes with a clear breakdown of state and federal size, bag and season rules.

By Breakpoint Team
Spanish Mackerel Fishing in the Atlantic Southeast

Spanish Mackerel Fishing in the Atlantic Southeast

Where the 68°F edge, clean green water and nearshore structure put Spanish mackerel from the Outer Banks to Florida's east coast, how to fish them from boat or pier, and how the rules divide at 3 nautical miles.

By Breakpoint Team
Solunar Tables and Bite Times: How to Use Them

Solunar Tables and Bite Times: How to Use Them

The moon math behind bite times is exact, but the evidence on fish is mixed. Here is how solunar windows are built and where they rank against temperature breaks, tide and structure.

By Breakpoint Team
Saltwater Fish Species Guides: Offshore and Nearshore

Saltwater Fish Species Guides: Offshore and Nearshore

Sort the fish you chase by where they live, from nearshore gamefish to canyon tuna and deep-drop tilefish. Then jump to the guide that fits your boat, your range and your coast.

By Breakpoint Team