Health - Live to Fish

Armed with two brand-new Gamigatsu J-hooks, a treble hook laden Yo-Zuri lure, and the necessary tools for removing them, we took the time out from a productive grouper fi shing trip to test both methods of hook re- moval. My initial hypothesis was that my original method of pushing the hook...

Suffering Along with the Fish. All of my life I have heard about episodes of red tide. I never gave it much thought, though, except I knew I wasn't going fishing or to the beach for a while.Now that I am a physician, there are many things I pay attention...

Though news of coastal shark attacks seem to preoccupy the media lately, there's something even more dangerous--and a lot more common--that gets much less notice. Its name: shallow-water blackout, a condition which commonly results in death by drowning. This is a very important topic this time of year as our...

Here we go again. It's that time of year, with beaming sun and fresh white skin. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people in the emergency room with painfully blistered skin, fever, nausea and chills, often referred to as "sun poisoning". In a few days to weeks,...

If you are reading this article, chances are you love to eat fish just like I do. Unfortunately there are several things you should be aware of before consuming certain types of fish. I could eat fish on a daily basis, but some of the things that I will show...

I like to fish when I have a rare day off and my honey-do's are done. Rarely do the seas cooperate. ...

I can't tell you how many times I have been poked, bitten or stung while fishing. Over the summer I was finned by catfish six times in two hours while taking a boat load of kids night fishing. I think they found it more fun to sling the flopping catfish...

Every time you go fishing, whether offshore, inshore or from the shore, you should consider it borrowed time. There ...