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Southern Hospitality, Gulf Coast-style
Making visitors feel at home is a point of pride in the South, especially in the friendly fishing villages that line the Gulf coast. You’ll find no shortage of hotels, inns, and lodges that offer a...
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Bullish on Big Lake
The conditions were all wrong. The season's first big cold front — a bit ahead of schedule for late October — decided to come roaring south on the same day I went flying west, and the two of us met up...
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Gulf Charters Worth Booking
There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but if you can’t find ’em, you can’t catch ’em. That’s why a top-rate captain is as important as the gear and bait you’re using — and can be the difference...
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North of Cape Sable
The big Yamaha outboard pushed Capt. Jim Wilcox’s classic 1988 18-foot Action Craft bay boat farther and farther into the mangrove jungle. We were nearing the end of a mesmerizing journey, now...
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Fun Off the Water
Although one of our experts seemed baffled by the idea of doing something for fun that didn't involve fishing, millions of people venture to the Gulf coast every year for all kinds of revelry. And on...
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2013 Gulf Tournament Season
20th Annual Original Big Pine & Lower Keys Dolphin TournamentMore than $35,000 in cash and prizes awaits anglers targeting dolphin in the 20th annual Original Big Pine & Lower Keys Dolphin...
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Best of Gulf Fishing: Great Catches
The Gulf teems with an abundant variety of fish. Snapper, trout, dolphin, redfish, cobia, tuna — you name it, you can most likely catch it somewhere off the Gulf coast. But where, exactly? After...
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Chandeleur Soaring
The author, and pilot/fishing guide/lodge owner Theophile Bourgeois (right), circles high overhead Breton Island, a remote slice of heaven in the northern Gulf that teems with hungry game fish. Breton...
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