Florida Sportsman

Florida Sportsman is the complete fishing magazine for Florida and the Tropics. Devoted to fishing, boating, and outdoor activities in the Sunshine State, Florida Sportsman is the authoritative source for Florida's most active fishermen.

Florida Sportsman

I’m Seeing a Shrink • Dolphin tournaments: Is 30 pounds the new 50?

Build It, And They Will Come

Cudjoe Key • AN EYE IN THE SKY AND A LOTTA GREAT FISHING ATTRACTIONS AT SEA LEVEL.

Notes from Nosara • Tips on getting the tactical edge in ultra-clear water.

Dissecting a Dock • Where and how to cast for structure-hugging species like snook, seatrout and redfish.

The Truth About False Casts • There’s a right time and wrong time to make them.

A Better End • Inside Florida’s Vessel Turn In Program, helping declutter our waterways—and courts.

Topwater Bassin’ • Casting a noisy surface plug close to and over bass habitat is a deadly trophy tactic.

Save Your Hull • Kayak maintenance is pretty simple, but takes on extra importance in the summer.

MOTV Digest • Tips and tactics selected by our editors from episodes of popular fishing, hunting, and shooting series streaming now at My Outdoor TV. www.myoutdoortv.com

NEW GEAR

Venison Salad with Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette • Thaw out some venison loin and make a tangy, protein-rich summer refresher.

Grass-Roots Effort • A team of unlikely allies is jump-starting eelgrass recovery on the St. Johns River

Studying the Spins in Florida Keys • Byproducts of algal blooms investigated as possible link in months-long “spinning fish” episode in Lower Florida Keys.

NEW REEFS 2024 • ADD THESE NUMBERS TO YOUR GPS FILES AND CATCH BIG FISH ON A FRESH NEW REEF

Raising Coral • Teams in the Florida Keys work to enable the best reef-builders of all, corals, to sustain work in a sea of change.

REEF TACTICS REVIEW • When to drift, when to anchor. When to jig, when to fish bait. Some days, it’ll be all of the above!

ANGLES ON SUMMER SCALLOP SEASON • BY MIDDLE OF JUNE, DIVERS ARE INTO THE ACTION OFF MANY PARTS OF FLORIDA’S BIG BEND—WITH NEARBY WATERS OPENING SOON.

BULLY NETTING • AN EXCITING AND PRODUCTIVE WAY TO TAKE SPINY LOBSTERS.

Pasadena Redfish ROUNDUP • SUBTLE DETAILS AND VARIED HABITATS KEEP THE FISHING LIVELY IN THIS CORNER OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

SCOUTING SECRETS FLORIDA WHITETAILS • PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE, WHEN AND UPON WHAT DEER ARE FEEDING WILL PAY DIVIDENDS WHEN HUNTING SEASONS OPEN.

ACTION SPOTTER

Permit Back On the Flats

Summer Schools on the Gulf Stream

Ooohs and Aaahs on the Fishing Grounds

Fish Livies for Sails, Snappers

Get Fishing Before the Thunder Rumbles

Big Tides and Big Crowds

Scalloping Delight

Bait Schools are Blooming; Snappers are Snapping

Hot Fishing Inshore and Off, Day and Night

Beat the Heat Scalloping, Surf Fishing and More!

Summer Fishing is a Snap

Pomps and Circumstance • Celebrating a busy start to the summer tournament season, with pompano action in the Panhandle and a decent dolphin run in the Keys.

JULY 2024 FLORIDA TIDES POWERED BY

Having a Big Mouth Doesn’t Always Help • A near-death experience for predator and prey on a Central Florida lake