The tunas and marlin might be long gone by the time snow starts falling, but there are still predators lurking at the Mid-Atlantic canyons.
Will those big bluefin make a run down the coast in the winter of 2024/25 like they did last year? If they pull off a repeat performance you’ll want to be fully prepared to head out and hook up. Here are three top tactics that produced banner catches last year.
Offshore, structure is a very different thing than it is inshore. Most of us know to look for three key elements: flotsam, temperature breaks, and bathymetric changes. Is there also a fourth you should be on the lookout for? Some savvy anglers say chlorophyll can be key.
King mackerel may be most popular well south of the Mason Dixon line, but annual invasions north present an awesome angling opportunity for Mid-Atlantic anglers in late summer through early fall.
As fall’s cool weather moves in and wahoo migrate down the coast, a “poor man’s downrigger” is one of the very best ways to get ‘em on the line.
Daytime swordfish fishing in the Mid-Atlantic Canyons is no small endeavor, but the potential payoff is utterly spectacular.