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2026 Cover Contest

It’s that time of year again—time to send in your submissions for the FishTalk Cover Contest! Here’s How it Works: Submit your favorite fishing photo now through November 3, 2026. One photo per person please. (*Contest participants must be 18 years or older. Submission of photos to the FishTalk Cover Contest grants implied consent for…

Fishing Sinkers for Beginners: Getting the Lead Out

October 14, 2026

Some fishing gear can get complex, but a weight is a weight is a weight, right? Wrong! All fishing weights and sinkers are not created equal, and there are a number of rather specialized shapes and…

Fish For a Cure 2026

October 12, 2026

Pop quiz: What’s the best fishing tournament on the entire East Coast? Hands-down, no question about it, absolutely, positively, it’s Fish For a Cure. Sure, there are plenty of angling events that…

TuffTide 13: It’s a Keeper

October 9, 2026

It’s rare that I get on a boat to test it for a review, and at the end of the day I don’t want to give it back. Rare because I already have a fleet of three boats and I’m limited to three under…

Pop Quiz! How Well do you Know Your Lures?

September 14, 2026

Walk into any tackle shop and you can find lures ranging from old school to off the wall. Some look just like baitfish, others look like dead chunks of plastic, and still others look like nothing…

Notes from the Cockpit: Croaker Fishing is BACK!

September 11, 2026

They… are… BACK! Not in the numbers nor sizes we enjoyed a couple of decades ago, but in 2026 croaker have been back in the Bay in better form than we’ve seen since the birth of Instagram. Keeper-…

Hot New Fishing Gear for Fall, 2026

September 8, 2026

Okuma Makaira Gold SEa The Okuma Makaira Gold SEa is ready for offshore action. Fishing reels evolve over time, and one that’s recently evolved to a smoother revolve is the Okuma Makaira with…

The Perfect Pitch Bait

September 6, 2026

How in the heck did that stick get tangled up in the spreader bar? Wait… WAIT—that’s no stick, it’s a billfish swiping with its bill. Quick! Grab the pitch bait! Unless you don’t have a pitch bait at…

Three Classic Low Price Used Fishing Boats to Look For

September 4, 2026

We’d all love to run out and buy a big, glorious, brand-spanking-new center console, but the fact of the matter is that it simply isn’t an economic reality for many anglers out there. Or, maybe you…

September Stripers on the Chesapeake

September 2, 2026

Is it blazing hot outside, or does it feel like fall? If you live in Chesapeake Country, there’s a very good chance that it’ll feel like both at some point this month—sometimes, from one day to the…

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