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Best saltwater spinning reels for 2026

Here’s an observation I've picked up over five decades fishing the Virginia coast: spinning reels and saltwater do not mix.
GOOD. 84 degrees. The incoming north winds will improve the bite for all species. Redfish are biting in about waist deep water on cut mullet and live. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport ...
I split my time between smallmouth and muskie in rivers, largemouth in reservoirs, and a wide variety of saltwater game fish in the Chesapeake bay. I also travel down throughout the east coast to fish ...
GOOD. 87 degrees. Redfish are good on cut mullet in the shallow flats on wind blown shorelines. No sign of drums. Trout can be caught on piggy perch and sand holes. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, ...
Hello folks. This video has quite the mixed bag of wonderful saltwater fish. We geared up with Flexi Jigs tipped with artificial baits and jigged them along the bottom. With the great action and the ...
OCEAN CITY, Maryland — For saltwater fishing buffs, both inshore, offshore and back bay, now is the time to be on the water. Two weekends ago marked the 38th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament, where ...
If you’re a saltwater angler living on the Mid-Atlantic Coast through New England, you understand the draw of flounder. Commonly referred to as “fluke” in the Northeast, these flatfish are the most ...
For saltwater fishing buffs, both inshore, offshore, and back bay, now is the time to be on the water. Last weekend marked the 38th Annual Ocean City (Md.) Tuna Tournament, where participating anglers ...
Sea bass season opens Saturday with a 10-fish limit and a 12 ½ inch minimum size. Fluke fishing has been slow in the Manasquan River and Sandy Hook Bay, but some keepers have been caught. Bluefish ...
Flounder fishing along the seaside is being described as some of the best in years. It took a flatfish weighing at least 7 pounds to place in the top two of a recent tournament held out of ...
Perhaps celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns said it best in his poem ‘To a Mouse’ where he declared “The best laid plans of mice and men do often go awry.” I submit that this prophecy especially ...
The only time I ever went winter flounder fishing was in college. Racked with boredom during the doldrums of February, a buddy and I jumped on a New Jersey party boat that motored up the Manasquan ...