Cast netting for invasive species in the Florida Everglades is straightforward fieldwork until the alligators decide to investigate, at which point the operational calculation changes in real time.

An efficient and effective means of catching fish, a cast net is a circular net with a string of weights around the edge and a hand line in the center. Like the name suggests, it works by throwing the ...

Employing frisky live bait indigenous to the water fished is almost always the most effective way to catch fish in fresh and saltwater. Bait shops do a good job of providing live baitfish or shrimp to ...

Mullet fishing with a cast net is a tradition that’s lasted many generations along the Gulf Coast, especially in the Florida Panhandle. It’s a common sight to see a net fisherman waiting patiently ...

Capt. Chuck Rogers of Tampa said cast-netters catching greenbacks for fishing in Tampa Bay this summer should be on the alert for skipjack fish. Rogers has been stung by the spiny fins of these small ...

Under a lead-gray sky on a cold, rainy November morning, James Whelan follows a small procession of trucks on a bumpy, rutted-out road along the Klamath River in northern California. Driving a stick ...

The single most sought after food source for the gamefish in our local reservoirs is the shad. We have two species of shad in both Belton and Stillhouse Hollow lakes — gizzard shad and threadfin shad.

Best action last week was the continued buildup of flounder. They started moving into the area a few weeks ago and have now become a fish that you can target on a day’s outing. Most of the flounder my ...

City councilman Gene Gallo led the charge Wednesday morning to revise a proposed ban on fishing along the walkway at the Riverwalk to only prohibit cast netting. The originally proposed ordiance would ...

The Florida Everglades have a serious invasive species problem that most people only read about. This video shows someone actually doing something about it — wading into heavily populated gator ...