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Doug Olander is former editor of Sport Fishing magazine and world-traveling photographer and writer. In all his travels to exotic locations, his closest encounter with dangerous animals was with a manatee in his hometown of Orlando, Florida.

Silver King: Expert Tactics For Tarpon Fishing

With bright chrome scales, an upturned mouth and a long dorsal fin, it’s easy to identify a tarpon. Found in most tropical and subtropical...

Kentucky Lake Bass Fishing: Big Water, Big Challenge

Eric Siddiqi is a pro kayak angler from Cincinnati, Ohio. He’s won events in the Hobie Bass Open Series (BOS), Kayak Bass Fishing (KBF)...

Expert Tips To Catch Coho Salmon

Coho salmon are one the most widely targeted species of Pacific salmon. Coho are also known as silver salmon; in addition to their silver...

Go Cold, Dark And Deep For Trophy Lingcod

Their frightening countenance notwithstanding, lingcod are a great fish to target from a kayak. The fish are found near shore from southern California to...

Find A Man-Made Bass Heaven At Fellsmere Reservoir, Florida

At first, the marshy floodplain one hundred miles south of Orlando was empty scrubland. In 2010, state and local agencies set out to turn...

Expert Tips On Fishing For Yellowfin Tuna

M ore colorful than most species of tuna, the yellowfin lives up to its name. Their backs are dark black fading into bright yellow racing...

Scariest Wildlife Encounters: Honorable Mentions

Warning: The true accounts you’re about to read might scare the fishing pants off you. In reality, the odds of facing a frightening wild...

Rule The Reef: How To Catch Mutton Snapper

Mutton snapper are widespread in the tropical western Atlantic and common from Florida to South America making them a prized game and food fish....

Scariest Wildlife Encounters: Alligators

Warning: The true accounts you’re about to read might scare the fishing pants off you. In reality, the odds of facing a frightening wild...

Scariest Wildlife Encounters: Manatees

I have to admit, this series on the scariest wildlife encounters was inspired by my own meeting with a sea monster. Don’t laugh, but...