Redfish BayFAIR. 73 degrees. Redfish are good and firing up after the cold front. The best bite is on cut mullet, shrimp.

LIVE BAIT is cheating. If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it 10,000 times. The level of cheating, of course, varies by species and age. Any child under 15 can use live bait for whatever he or she wants.

The Viper Spoon Add your own bait and get ready to set the hook! The Viper Spoon is made for saltwater and freshwater, as well as all game fish. It's now available.

1. At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, big snook starting up late at night on live baits under the pier. A 36-inch keeper cobia caught Wednesday, along with daily Spanish mackerel and flounder. Water ...

Ever since George Fotiades was 3 years old, he had a curiosity for fish at the shore. “As he got older he would catch them with a hook and line or net them, and if that didn’t work he would throw ...