Fishing the Island of the Dead
Fishing a reef known for its monstrous fish…and its reputation for driving men to madness.
Papa’s Cuba: Hemingway’s Home Away from Home
Cuba offers a party atmosphere: sunshine, sparkling seas and miles of white sand. It also offers some of the best cocktails and cigars on Earth. But as anyone knows who visits here, when it comes to attractions, its people are its greatest stock in trade. Cubans are...
The Specter of Tiger Creek
After passing the winter on the plantation, we moved, in the spring, down to a house on the coast, where we spent the summer, safe from malaria and other swamp-fevers . . . It was there that we did our salt-water fishing, and there that we had this adventure with a...
Tarpon Fishing & Luxury Living in Boca Grande
This magnificent Boca Grande home features 6,207 feet of air-conditioned space and 150 feet of waterfront on Gasparilla Sound. Five high-ceilinged bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths offer luxurious personal space for your family and guests. A Wolf range with double oven,...
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 25 Trailer
This week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is an adventure in the Gulf Stream as Chris Dorsey and friends are after tight lines on saltwater. The fly fishing adventure starts in Cape Cod in pursuit of striped bass, then heads south to Puerto Rico to...
Hall Watters: Rescuer and Pathfinder
Aviator, treasure hunter, sportsman and fearless rescuer, Hall Watters was as unmatched as he was widely unrecognized.
Alfred Dean: Monsters From the Deep
No other world record comes even close to Alf Dean’s great white shark. But it’s the one that got away that captivated him the most.
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 7 Trailer
This week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is an adventure in the Gulf Stream as Chris Dorsey and friends are after tight lines on saltwater. The fly fishing adventure starts in Cape Cod in pursuit of striped bass, then heads south to Puerto Rico to...
Father’s Boats
He fished for panfish, bass, and maybe, just maybe, a muskie.
Hemingway’s Pilar – Chasing Billfish and German U-boats
Papa called her Pilar and she was a fishing machine, a 1934 Wheeler Playmate, custom built to his specifications in a Brooklyn boatyard. She was 38 feet at the waterline, with a low-cut transom rigged with a roller for sliding fish aboard. She held a ton of ice, had...