Saltwater Fishing

If you were told firing up your winter fishing could be as simple as slowing down your retrieve would you believe it?  It really can be and this gets more important as the water temperature continues to drop.  Fish are more active when the water temperature is warm, but get lethargic and not willing to chase quicker moving baits...

How To Display Sea Surface Height Anomaly | Fish Mapping | SiriusXM Marine  Watch this video to learn how to display the Fish Mapping sea surface height anomaly feature on your Garmin display via your GXM 54 receiver.  

How To Display Weed Lines | Fish Mapping | SiriusXM Marine Watch this video to learn how to display the Fish Mapping weed lines feature on your Garmin display via your GXM 54 receiver.  

Fishing 101 With Bobber Stoppers I like fishing bobber stopper float rigs and I'm surprised at times when I mention them and fishermen give me that, "What you talkin' about Willis," look Gary Coleman made famous on the Different Strokes sitcom.  I know that bobber stopper rigs came from fresh water fishing, but so did a lot of fishermen that...

Fall Trophy Reds Arrive off Southern NC When the big red drum arrive off the Southern N.C. Coast each fall, calls go out almost like the young girl in the Poltergeist movie when she called to her parents and said, "They're back!"  Seriously, the news spreads faster than the warning of an imminent hurricane strike and fishermen arrive almost overnight. ...

It's rare to leave the dock thinking you may break the world record and Craig Thompson wasn't thinking that on a recent trip with long time fishing buddies Capt. Hiroki Toma, Bob Timson and Phil Moseley on Toma's boat Matias.  He certainly wasn't thinking he would break the record for a fish he had never heard of until after...

How To Display SiriusXM Marine Plankton Features In this video the Sirius XM Marine team show you how to display the Fish Mapping plankton features - concentration contours and front strengths - on your Garmin display via your GXM 54 receiver. To learn more about the Sirius XM Marine Fishing Mapping service view our podcast and article on the service here.   

Learn How To Display SiriusXM Marine Sea Temperature Features Watch this video to learn how to display the SiriusXM Marine Sea  Fish Mapping sea temperature features - contours, front strength, and 30m subsurface temperatures - on your Garmin display via your GXM 54 receiver.  

Beachgoers from Myrtle Beach, S.C. to Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. were greeted several mornings last week with dead menhaden, locally called pogies, that had washed up on the beaches north and south of the N.C./S.C. state line.  The dead fish began appearing after high tide on Sept.10.  They were thick in some places and more spread out in others. ...