My struggles with marine battery management issues spanned years, mostly when powering onboard systems such as livewells, lighting, audio, anchor windlasses, and more. The house batteries of the time ...

Underwater objects—natural or man-made, large or small—create rich saltwater habitats that act like magnets for marine life. Anglers refer to such habitat as “structure.” It’s a fitting moniker, as ...

Fishing is a sport of learning and evolving. Every skill and technique in your arsenal is an adaptation for situational necessity that makes you a better angler. Here are 16 tried-and-true tricks from ...

I’ve spent decades fishing my South Florida home waters, as well as throughout the Bahamas and Florida Keys. I’ve traveled for Salt Water Sportsman and the World of Saltwater Fishing television series ...

We left Freeport, Texas, in the late afternoon and headed offshore to a deepwater drilling ship to look for tuna. We arrived after dark, but the rig lights had the surrounding water lit up like the ...

High-capacity marine battery banks have grown increasingly critical aboard today’s saltwater fishing boats in order to power the growing number of demanding onboard electrical systems. Equally ...

You can always tell when a boat is designed by people who actually fish, and the Pathfinder 2300 HPS leaves no doubt that its builders know what works from firsthand experience. Since its introduction ...

Retrofitting a Seakeeper Ride system to an older boat brings the benefits of modern tech like auto-trim and boat-leveling ...

Salt Water Sportsman first published my “Preferred Temperatures of Popular Marine Game Fish” in 2000. While most of the numbers haven’t changed since then, some have been updated via input from ...

From the moment I stepped aboard the new SeaVee 370Z, I was struck by the massive amount of deck space, but I was soon equally impressed by the smooth-riding performance of the twin-stepped hull ...

Learning about the history of a fly and its originator gives the fly its soul. In the case of the Toad, probably one of the most significant tarpon flies to come along in the past 50 years, I’ve ...

I gingerly lifted the heavy cannonball sinker and leader over the gunwale, and after pausing briefly to make sure the flasher and bait were spinning properly, I counted off pulls of line aloud as the ...