Nicholas Haddad holds a yellow eye snapper caught off the coast of Key West, FL in February 2025. Reef fish like this can experience injuries from dramatic pressure change. Specialized devices help ...

Pick a social media platform and a fishing-related hashtag, say #patroutfishing on Instagram. It’ll turn up thousands upon thousands of posts. Anglers have long posed for photos with their latest and ...

After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

Fish are slippery by nature and holding them can be tough. You want to ensure that you get a good grip on the fish so it doesn’t get away (or fall and injure itself). At the same time, you don’t want ...