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CAPT. LAUREL DAVID The middle child of Debbi and Jimmy, Laurel also grew up on the east coast of sunny South Florida and has been fishing since before she could walk. DEPARTMENTS • In terms of deliverables, the one thing Marlin Expeditions guarantees is that you will have full access to some of the most competent and experienced instructors in the industry. With two salty parents, younger brother Chris, and older brother James, the David family eats, sleeps, and breathes fishing, and Laurel picked up the lifestyle quickly. [Extracted from the article]

Before the Strike Players After nearly six decades, Australian skipper Capt. Peter Bristow is still on the hunt for giants. After a week of fantastic black marlin fishing, I managed to secure a job on Marlan for the following season. - John Ashley Capt. Peter Bristow began his storied career charter fishing aboard Avalon on the Great Barrier Reef in 1970, and fished there for the next 24 seasons (right). [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES That old axiom - location, location, location - certainly applies to Bud N' Mary's Marina in Islamorada, Florida. Afterward, oceanfront parcels went for bargain prices, the reason why Capt. Everett Fowler was able to purchase the natural boat basin that would become the site of Bud N' Mary's at mile marker 79.8 on the Overseas Highway. No one believed you could catch sailfish in 15 feet of water back then, but Starr did, says his then-mate, Capt. Alex Adler, now the veteran captain of Kalex at Bud N' Mary's. In 2003, Scott led an experimental daytime expedition for swordfish initiated by Richard and inshore guide Capt. Vic Gaspeny, who Richard says has a "fetish" about swordfish. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURE ARTICLES TF&G Staff Report THE PRIVATE RECREATIONAL ANGLER RED SNAP-per season opens Monday, June 1, 2020 for a projected 63 days in federal waters. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has granted the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) the authority to establish the opening and closing of the red snapper fishery in federal waters off the Texas coast for private recreational anglers fishing from their own vessels. At this time, the Covid-19 pandemic is not expected to affect the red snapper season, but TPWD will continue to monitor the situation and anglers should follow guidance from local authorities. [Extracted from the article]

FOR 16 SUMMERS NOW, Capt. Mike Puller has been teaching Miami's youth the art of sport fishing. Key West No. 1's are known as solid, commercial-style fishing platforms that were also used to smuggle drugs in the 1970s and '80s, but as a Miami charter boat, it had served the Puller family well for the past 12 years. "Nowhere in their lives can kids so quickly learn the benefit of these virtues than from a hard-earned great day of fishing - as well as a really crappy day of fishing", Puller says. There's no denying that sport fishing is an expensive sport, and Puller never had the vision of his program as being a moneymaker and just for the "rich kids.". [Extracted from the article]

The ship is underway, cutting through the ink blue waters of Prince William Sound with a course charted to Culross Passage. Onboard the 58-foot boat, our group of five adventurous skiers have signed on to one of the first commercially guided ski boat tours of Prince William Sound (PWS). A pioneer of boat-assisted ski touring in the area, Captain Alex has been commercially fishing and chartering in these waters with her brother and business partner Brad von Wichman for over thirty years. [Extracted from the article]

The ship is underway, cutting through the ink blue waters of Prince William Sound with a course charted to Culross Passage. Onboard the 58-foot boat, our group of five adventurous skiers have signed on to one of the first commercially guided ski boat tours of Prince William Sound (PWS). A pioneer of boat-assisted ski touring in the area, Captain Alex has been commercially fishing and chartering in these waters with her brother and business partner Brad von Wichman for over thirty years. [Extracted from the article]

Highlights from the article: In 2018, Smith and Shafer spent 12 days in Mag Bay, releasing 317 striped marlin on fly. If you spot a collection of frigates in Mag Bay between late September through early December, they are most likely on striped marlin actively balling bait. There are so few boats in Mag Bay that there is never any fighting over bait balls - but Shafer doesn't chase them at all because he feels that it puts the fish down. The fish at Mag Bay are also well-fed, but the lack of boat harassment and sheer numbers of marlin make it an exceptional destination, especially for fly fishing.

Presents updates related to saltwater fishing in the South and Gulf part of the United States. Information on the regulation of Coastal Fisheries, division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, on recreational fishing; Schedule of recreational fishing in Louisiana; Withdrawal of the proposed plan of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management to limit the number of charter boat permits for federal waters.