Hunting and Fishing Depot Blog

You have successfully taken the family out on the water and caught your limit in scallops. Now the real fun begins! Cleaning bay scallops can be a headache for some anglers, but knowing how to do it properly will save you time and help preserve the meat. This is a complete guide for how to clean bay scallops.

One of the best inshore species to target for the whole family is mangrove snapper. Catching a limit in snapper will not only entertain a boat but provide a delicious dinner at home.

Pompano fishing during the summer months while on vacation in the Florida panhandle will keep you coming back for more. Knowing the right areas to fish as well as the correct lures can make or break a day of fishing.

One of my favorite types of fishing is for yellowtail snapper. Yellowtail snappers are some of the best eating fish you can catch. Catching them is fun because often times you chum them off of the reef. When they start biting usually you will fill a cooler full. Yellowtail snapper provides a boat full of fun and can be an excellent way to entertain a family on a fishing trip

The new Cranka Crab lure is the perfect sheepshead fishing lure that all anglers need in their tackle box. Our product review sheds light as to why the Cranka crab is so deadly when fishing for sheepshead.

Fishing the salt marshes can make for some of the best inshore fishing anglers will experience. Great for targeting game fish like redfish, black drum, flounder and speckled sea trout.

With turkey season coming to a close in some of the states, hunters are either finishing up tags or becoming frustrated with old birds that always fool them. This turkey blog will outline methods for changing up your tactics to bag that trophy late season gobbler.

Cobia fishing is popular in the Gulf and Atlantic waters. Cobia fish are a highly sought after game fish with an excellent fighting ability and excellent table fare. Anglers from Texas to Massachusetts head out in search of these prized offshore fish.

Our top 5 favorite artificial crab lures are perfect for inshore fishing.

Fishing for redfish during the spring, always incorporate blue crab into the mix whether it is artificial bait or live bait. You will never go wrong and should produce more fish.

This spring, hunters will head out early in the morning to chase a longboard. Many hunters will go turkey hunting for the first time. The best way to increase your chances of bagging a spring gobbler is to learn from an experienced turkey hunter. However, if you do find yourself being new to turkey hunting here are a few tips that will help your chances of bagging a spring thunder chicken.

Scalloping should be a fun day on the water for the whole family. Once you know the laws, where to go and have the right equipment it will equate to the time of your life. It's an activity that even small children can do in the shallows. You will experience so much wildlife and nature while scalloping it will give you an appreciation for the flats of the Florida gulf. Once you catch your limit in scallops you will have the best scallop dinner for you and your family.