Species #166 — Cortez Bonefish

Species: Cortez Bonefish (Albula gilberti) Location: San Diego Bay, California Date: August 4, 2018 So I’m in the Air National Guard. I’m in the Medical Services Corps and work as a Medical Readiness Officer. You know the whole pandemic business we’re living through? Well a part of my job includes contingency planning for such crises. In…

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Species #153 — Spottail Pinfish

Species: Spottail Pinfish (Diplodus holbrookii) Location: Tampa, Florida Date: July 13, 2018 I first “met” Ryan Crutchfield on Instagram before I’d even started species hunting. Our social circles overlapped, and I found myself following a guy on Instagram who posted some out of the ordinary fish pictures. Sure, the tarpon, snook, redfish, and bass pics I…

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Species #147 — Atlantic Spadefish

Species: Atlantic Spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) Location: Titusville, Florida Date: July 8, 2018 Every time a fish bites a baited hook, the reality is that they may be digging their own grave. I have no qualms with keeping fish, especially since seafood is my favorite. When given the opportunity to catch plentiful, good-eating fish, I’ve been known to…

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Species #145 — Common Snook

Species: Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) Location: Titusville, Florida Date: July 9, 2018 It wasn’t a tarpon. It wasn’t a Ladyfish, either. It was something lighter in color with a big mouth. It was a snook. Snook are awesome. For years, they’ve been near the top of my target list, but they always seemed so unrealistic. Every video…

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Species #146 — Atlantic Tarpon

Species: Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) Location: Titusville, Florida Date: July 8, 2018 I already wrote this one. You can find it below. Ask any angler for a list of their 10 dream species, and Atlantic Tarpon will be on it. Megalops atlanticus entered my dream species list the moment I first watched these silver slabs of muscle erupt…

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