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Reef & Bottom 🪸

32 saltwater species in this group - identification, habitat, seasons, tackle, baits and technique for each.

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Black Sea Bass

Black Sea Bass

The black sea bass is a hardy, hard-pulling bottom fish that has become a favori…
Red Snapper

Red Snapper

The red snapper is the crown jewel of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic bottom f…
Grouper

Grouper

"Grouper" covers a family of powerful, structure-loving bottom fish that are amo…
Tautog

Tautog

The tautog - known up and down the Northeast coast as "tog" or "blackfish" - is …
Lingcod

Lingcod

The lingcod - the toothy bruiser of the Pacific reefs - is one of the West Coast…
California Halibut

California Halibut

The California halibut is the West Coast's premier inshore flatfish, a sandy-bot…
Pacific Halibut

Pacific Halibut

The Pacific halibut is the giant of the cold North Pacific bottom - a massive, d…
Vermilion Rockfish

Vermilion Rockfish

The vermilion rockfish - called "red snapper" on California party boats even tho…
White Seabass

White Seabass

The white seabass is one of the most prized inshore gamefish on the US West Coas…
Gray Triggerfish

Gray Triggerfish

The gray triggerfish - known to bottom anglers across the US Atlantic and Gulf a…
Mangrove Snapper

Mangrove Snapper

The mangrove snapper - also known as the gray snapper - is a smart, structure-lo…
Gag Grouper

Gag Grouper

The gag grouper is a bruising, structure-loving reef predator and one of the mos…
Mutton Snapper

Mutton Snapper

The mutton snapper is one of the most prized reef and flats snappers in the trop…
Yellowtail Snapper

Yellowtail Snapper

The yellowtail snapper is a sleek, fast, beautiful reef snapper with a devoted f…
Scup / Porgy

Scup / Porgy

The scup - known up and down the Northeast simply as "porgy" - is a small, scrap…
Hogfish

Hogfish

The hogfish is one of the most sought-after reef fish in the Southeast and the C…
Atlantic Cod

Atlantic Cod

Few fish carry the history and prestige of the Atlantic cod.
Pollock

Pollock

Pollock are the cod's harder-fighting, faster-moving cousin - a member of the sa…
Goliath Grouper

Goliath Grouper

The goliath grouper is the true giant of the reef - a broad, slab-sided grouper …
Red Grouper

Red Grouper

The red grouper is one of the most prized bottom fish on the reefs and hardbotto…
Black Grouper

Black Grouper

The black grouper is one of the most prized reef fish in the tropical western At…
Lane Snapper

Lane Snapper

The lane snapper is the friendly, colorful little cousin in the snapper family -…
Haddock

Haddock

Haddock is a cold-water cousin of the cod and one of the North Atlantic's most i…
Pacific Cod

Pacific Cod

Pacific cod, often called "true cod" or gray cod, is a cold-water bottom fish of…
Black Rockfish

Black Rockfish

The black rockfish is one of the most abundant and accessible members of the Wes…
Yelloweye Rockfish

Yelloweye Rockfish

The yelloweye rockfish, once called "red snapper" on the West Coast, is a large,…
Blueline Tilefish

Blueline Tilefish

The blueline tilefish is a deepwater bottom fish of the outer continental shelf,…
Scamp Grouper

Scamp Grouper

The scamp is widely considered the best-eating grouper in the sea, a smaller, de…
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Cabezon

The cabezon is a big, comical-looking sculpin of the Pacific Coast, a hard-fight…
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Kelp Bass

The kelp bass, or calico bass, is the signature nearshore gamefish of Southern C…
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Queen Triggerfish

The queen triggerfish is a gaudy, powerful reef fish of tropical Atlantic waters…
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Red Porgy

The red porgy, or pink snapper, is a handsome deepwater bottom fish of the Atlan…

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