Red Snapper Fishing off Destin: Reefs, Rules and Tactics
Running East Pass in your own boat for red snapper? Here is where the structure is, how to fish it, and which agency's rules apply on each side of the 9-mile line.
By Breakpoint Team
Red Snapper Fishing Guide: Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
A field guide to red snapper covering identification, depth and structure, spawning and growth, standard rigs and release gear. It also explains how federal and state rules divide across the Gulf and the South Atlantic.
By Breakpoint Team
Red Grouper Fishing Guide: ID, Habitat, Tactics and Rules
How to tell a red from a gag, where red grouper hold on the West Florida Shelf and beyond, how to catch and release them, and which agency's rules apply at your numbers.
By Breakpoint Team
Red Grouper Fishing in the Florida Keys: A Local Guide
Where to launch, which Keys bottom holds red grouper, and how the Monroe County rule and the state-federal lines decide what you can keep.
By Breakpoint Team
Reading the Water: Temperature, Color and Current
Sea surface temperature, water color and current each answer one question and fail in one predictable way. Here is how to read them together, choose between observed and higher-resolution temperature, and narrow a whole region down to one edge.
By Breakpoint Team
Reading Soundings and Depth Areas on NOAA ENC Charts
What the numbers, small digits, shading and contour lines on an ENC actually say, how to do the tide math, and why a blank patch on the chart is not deep water.
By Breakpoint Team
Reading the Bottom: Structure, Contours and Charts
Every bottom map is a compilation of surveys, grids and datums. Learn to read contour spacing, see why your chart and sounder disagree, and find the official public data behind the lines.
By Breakpoint Team
How to Plan a Fishing Trip with Breakpoint in 7 Steps
The order we use to plan an offshore day in Breakpoint, from home port and species to the layers, the official forecast, the route and the log. Start where your situation puts you.
By Breakpoint Team
Pacific Southwest Fishing Guide: Central and SoCal
How Point Conception, the Bight, the islands and banks, and the landing fleet fit together from Monterey Bay to the border, with links to every species and local guide.
By Breakpoint Team
Pacific Northwest Fishing Guide: WA, OR and NorCal
One coastline, three states and three rulebooks. Learn how upwelling, bar crossings and agency rules shape halibut, salmon, bottomfish and albacore from Westport to Eureka.
By Breakpoint Team