Whistlin’ Waters Kayak Fishing Guide Shares His Orange Beach Playbook
Orange Beach guide Scott Kennedy of Whistlin' Waters explains how to get started in saltwater kayak fishing, from inshore basics to offshore thrills and conservation.
Fall Inshore Fishing on Mobile Bay: Redfish Move Shallow as the Crowds Go Home
Fall means fewer boats and fired-up redfish: a Baldwin County guide’s late-season inshore playbook When school starts back and football takes over the weekend, the boat traffic on Mobile Bay…
‘Fish Christmas’: How the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Feeds Marine Science on Dauphin Island
Every July, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo turns Dauphin Island into the busiest fishing town on the Gulf Coast. Thousands of anglers, tens of thousands of spectators, a leaderboard…
Reefs, Research and the Anglers Who Fund Them: Inside CCA Alabama
Ask anyone who fishes Alabama’s coastal waters where to find the best artificial reef habitat in the country, and the answer comes back without hesitation: here. Alabama’s nearshore and offshore…
Alabama Plans to Sink $22.5 Million Into Gulf Habitat, With a New Big Ship Still Undecided
Alabama officials are preparing to pour $22.5 million into new fish habitat across inshore, nearshore and offshore waters, though one of the most eye-catching pieces of the plan – adding…
The Gill Net Bill Ran Aground Between Bayou La Batre and the Sport Fishermen
A bill to outlaw commercial gill net fishing in Alabama's coastal waters passed the Senate in a form the Bayou La Batre legislator said the House would kill, reopening a…