Golden Tilefish Fishing Guide: Habitat, Rigs and Rules
Golden tilefish live in mud burrows past the shelf break, and the right plateau shows on a chart before you drop. Here is how to identify them, find their bottom, rig for depth and stay legal on both sides of the Virginia/North Carolina line.
Getting Started with Breakpoint: Home Port to First Hotspot
Set your home port, choose a species and a trip date, and open the top-ranked hotspot. Here's what Breakpoint does, what it doesn't, and how to read your first pin.
Gag Grouper Fishing off Tampa Bay: A Local Guide
Which pass to run, which public reefs and ledges hold gag as the Gulf cools, how to fish them, and how the FWC and federal rules apply on either side of the 9-mile line.
Gag Grouper Fishing Guide: ID, Habitat, Tactics, Rules
How to tell gag from black grouper, where adults sit from 60 to 250 feet, how to keep them out of the rock, and how state and federal rules divide by zone.
Fishing Guides by Region: Gulf, Atlantic and Pacific
Five coasts laid side by side: where each starts and ends, its structure, ports and season shape. Pick by port, target, season or trip, then open the region guide.
Fish Intel: How Breakpoint’s Species Pages Work
A section-by-section walkthrough of a Breakpoint Fish Intel species page, and what each part tells you about where a species' hotspot score can apply. It also covers where to check the rules and what the score can't see.
Cobia Fishing off Destin: Ramps, Reefs and Rules
Where to launch, how East Pass behaves, which named reefs hold cobia, and which rules apply on each side of the 9-mile state line.
Cobia Fishing off Charleston: Buoys, Jetties and Reefs
Where to launch, how to run the Charleston jetties, which buoys and SCDNR reefs to check, and how the 32°31.0' N zone line and federal rules apply to your trip.
Cobia Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico: Run, Rigs and Rules
Follow Gulf cobia from the spring beach run to the rigs and the Keys, put the right structure on your map, and know which agency's rule applies where the fish comes aboard.
Cobia Fishing Guide: ID, Seasons, Tactics and Rules
How cobia move with warming water, where they show up from the Gulf to New York, how they are caught, and how state and federal rules divide.