Anglers Journal

Anglers Journal celebrates the best writing, photography, illustration, design and sporting art on the topic of fishing. Come join some of the most prolific fishing editors and writers in the industry for the best angling experience on the water.

Sporty • Sailfish Venezuela

Lineup • Locals Rule Satellite Beach, Florida

Rhythmic • Custom Carolina Sportfish North Carolina

Twilight • Farm Pond Fishing Athens, Georgia

Like a Smithy’s Hammer

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Angler's Journal • Summer 2021 Vol. VIII, No. 3

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The Armchair Angler

The Power of Fishing • PROFESSIONAL BASS ANGLER AND TV HOST RONNIE GREEN ESPOUSES A PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH WE CAN ALL FISH TOGETHER

The Gateway Billfish • NO OTHER FISH REELS IN OFFSHORE ANGLERS LIKE THE ATLANTIC SAILFISH

American Summer • ALTHOUGH THE WRITER DIDN’T SHARE HIS FATHER’S PASSION FOR LARGEMOUTH BASS AND JITTERBUGS, HE GREW TO UNDERSTAND HIS OBSESSION WITH FISHING

Double Play • BORN IN PERU, ASTRID DEGRUCHY DISCOVERED HER PASSION FOR FISHING AND SPORTS AFTER MOVING TO THIS COUNTRY AS A CHILD

FISH HIPPIES • FOR A BRIEF WRINKLE IN TIME, A BAND OF COSMIC COWBOYS FROM THE ’70S REVELED IN A WESTERN TROUT PARADISE

The Artist’s Eye • SAVIO MIZZI SAYS IF HE PUT AS MUCH TIME INTO HIS WORK AS HE DID FISHING, HE’D BE RICH OF PURSE BUT NOT OF SPIRIT

Four Skiffs, 1,300 Miles No Sleep • SKIFF BUILDERS PUSH THEMSELVES AND THEIR BOATS TO THE LIMIT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR EVERGLADES RESTORATION

Memory-Maker • SO WHICH FISH IS STRONGEST RELATIVE TO ITS WEIGHT? OUR SURVEY OF CONTENDERS SHEDS LIGHT ON SIX OF THE BADDEST AQUATIC HOMBRES ON THE PLANET: MAKO, BLUE MARLIN, ATLANTIC SALMON, BLUEFISH, BONEFISH AND BIGEYE TUNA

Pent-Up Violence

An Acrobatic Prize Fighter

Chaotic Fierceness

Speed, Power and Grace

Unmatched Stamina

Guide Types • THE EVER-CHANGING CROP OF NEWCOMERS TO THE GUIDING TRADE CAN BE GROUPED INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES

My Boat My Life