Boca Grande tarpon
Boca Grande Pass and Pine Island Sound, Florida
silver king
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Lake Erie walleye charter
Lake Erie, Ohio
eyes
Read the trip ↗Texoma stripers
Lake Texoma, Texas and Oklahoma
stripers
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Gulf red snapper season
Gulf coast: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
red snapper
Read the trip ↗Chesapeake rockfish charter
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia
rockfish
Read the trip ↗Miami canal peacock bass
Miami-Dade canals, Florida
peacock bass
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Ontario fly-in fishing
Northern Ontario
walleye · pike
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Fraser white sturgeon fishing
Lower Fraser River, British Columbia
sturgeon
Read the trip ↗Cabo striped marlin
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur
marlin rayado
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Florida Keys Grand Slam
Florida Keys, Florida
bonefish · permit · tarpon
Read the trip ↗Louisiana bull reds
Hopedale and Venice, Louisiana
bull reds
Read the trip ↗Seward halibut and salmon combo
Seward, Alaska
halibut · silver salmon · rockfish
Read the trip ↗Kenai silver salmon
Kenai River, Alaska
silvers
Read the trip ↗Buoy 10 salmon
Columbia River estuary, Oregon and Washington
kings · silvers
Read the trip ↗San Diego night-jig bluefin
San Diego offshore, California
bluefin
Read the trip ↗Grenada slabs
Grenada Lake, Mississippi
slabs
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Lake of the Woods sleeper-house ice fishing
Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
walleye · sauger
Read the trip ↗Detroit River walleye jigging
Detroit River, Michigan and Ontario
walleye
Read the trip ↗Texas Slam
Matagorda Bay, Texas
redfish · trout · flounder
Read the trip ↗Lowcountry Inshore Grand Slam
Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry
redfish · speckled trout · flounder
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Montauk fall run
Montauk, New York
stripers · albies · blues
Read the trip ↗New Jersey tog fishing
New Jersey wrecks and structure
tog
Read the trip ↗Okeechobee wild-shiner bass fishing
Lake Okeechobee, Florida
bass
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Pyramid Lake ladder fishing
Pyramid Lake, Nevada
cutthroat
Read the trip ↗Prince Edward Island giant bluefin
Prince Edward Island
bluefin
Read the trip ↗Mag Bay bait balls
Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur
marlin rayado
Read the trip ↗Ascension Bay Grand Slam
Bahía de la Ascensión, Quintana Roo
bonefish · permit · tarpon
Read the trip ↗El Salto lobina fishing
Lake El Salto, Sinaloa
lobina
Read the trip ↗Andros bonefishing
Andros
bonefish
Read the trip ↗Rio Negro tucunaré-açu
Rio Negro basin, Amazonas
tucunaré-açu
Read the trip ↗Iberá golden dorado
Iberá wetlands, Corrientes
dorado
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Mongolia taimen on mouse flies
Mongolian rivers
taimen
Read the trip ↗Top End barra run-off
Northern Territory floodplain rivers
barra
Read the trip ↗Cairns heavy-tackle black marlin
Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef
black marlin
Read the trip ↗Costa Rica FAD marlin trip
Central Pacific coast
blue marlin
Read the trip ↗Steelhead Alley
Lake Erie tributaries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York
steelhead
Read the trip ↗Kona blue marlin and the grander tradition
Kona, Hawaiʻi
blue marlin
Read the trip ↗North Carolina delayed-harvest trout
Western North Carolina designated streams
trout
Read the trip ↗Madison River salmonfly hatch
Madison River, Montana
rainbows · browns
Read the trip ↗Lake Winnipeg greenback ice fishing
Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba
greenback
Read the trip ↗Outer Banks drum run
Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks, North Carolina
drum
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