Mike Murciano

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Mike Murciano Articles

Fishing Fishing Reports

THE BITES GETTIN HOT! CHRIS BRITTON EAST FLORIDA REPORT 1/20/21

While most of the country is battling winter, Eastern Florida on the other hand is heating up in regard to fishing. Check out this report by Captain Chris Britton from Grey Ghost Charters, sounds like he’s in the place to be. Captain Chris Britton runs …

Fishing Fishing Reports

THE LATEST AND GREATEST: THE SPORTBOAT ROUND UP: 1/19/22

Toni Bangos delivers the news on the sporboat scene from long-range to coastal. This week it sounds like there’s a trickle of Bluefin somewhat close. If you’re scheduled for a long-range trip or looking to get on one it sounds like there is great fishing …

Backyard Adventures Fishing

BACKYARDS ADVENTURES: DOCKSIDE TUTORIALS ON FISHING TECHNIQUES

The Channel Islands while diverse all share a main component when it comes to fishing and that’s squid. Squid is a quintessential component of any fishing outing in the Channel Islands. Often referred to as “Candy” because of the insatiable reaction to it being presented …

Bay Slay BD Featured Videos Fishing

BAY SLAY: San Diego Bay, CA

San Diego Bay is the third largest of the natural bays in California, plainly put it’s big and deep. The main channel of the bay being able to handle in and out passage of the largest cruise ships and military battle ships. The bay holds …

Bay Slay Fishing

BAY SLAY: Raritan Bay, NJ

Fall time in Raritan Bay is a special time of year. Marinas are beginning to close, less boats on the water and migrating striped bass coming into local waters. Raritan Bay is a body of water located between the northern coast of New Jersey and …

Bay Slay Fishing

BAY SLAY: Terrebone Bay, LA

Terrebonne Bay is located in Louisiana, in fact, it was ground zero for the last big hurricane to hit the gulf, hurricane Ida. as told by long-time local captain Tommy Pellegrin, although the area sustained incredible amounts of damage, the fishing surprisingly bounced back quickly.

Bay Slay Fishing

BAY SLAY: Onslow Bay, NC

Onslow Bay in North Carolina runs from Cape Lookout to Cape Fear, and is over eighty miles long. Ten different inlets feed into Onslow Bay, giving anglers so many fishing opportunities. for the sake of this editorial piece we’ll be focusing on one of the …

Bay Slay Fishing

BAY SLAY: Key West, FL

While Key West doesn’t exactly fit into the “Bay” description it’s a region we’d be crazy not to mention with so many similarities in fishing and conditions to bays.

Bay Slay Fishing

BAY SLAY: Mobile Bay, AL

he Mobile Bay fishery consists of several distinct fishing zones. From north to south, the Mobile Tensaw Delta, which is fed by five rivers that drain from north and west Alabama, flows into Mobile Bay. This trapezoid shaped tidal bay extends approximately 28-miles north to …

Bay Slay Fishing

BAY SLAY: Tampa Bay, FL

Extending over 400 square miles, Tampa Bay is Florida’s largest estuary. Tampa Bay has four freshwater rivers flowing into it and is also connected to the Gulf of Mexico. With an average depth of 12-feet, the bay’s topography consists of sand, seagrass, oyster beds, and …

Salty Spotlight

Matt Meola

If you’re familiar with Matt Meola, you’d be well versed that he’s one of the best surfers in modern day surfing, meaning his recognition is based off tackling some of the biggest, heaviest waves as well as helping to spearhead a new age of surfing …

Salty Spotlight

Quentin Turko

Quentin Turko, a North Carolina Outer banks local, taps into a waterman’s lifestyle most of us only dream of.

Salty Spotlight

Duane Diego Mellor

Duane “Diego” Mellor is regarded as one of San Diego’s best captains. From grom to career fisherman, his journey has been a lifetime commitment.

Salty Spotlight

All Things Salty

A new guard of watermen tapping into all the sea has to offer

Video Recipes Water To Plate

Grandpa Lauro’s Cioppino

As a kid I worked at El Pescador Fish Market in La Jolla, CA, which is where I met Lauro Saraspe for the first time. Lauro would come in through the backdoor, a bear of a man standing in the 6’4″ range, he’d wrangle in …

Video Recipes Water To Plate

Deconstructed Lobster Roll

In Southern California, Lobster Season coincides with the kick-off of Fall and more importantly the Holidays. Whether you’re diving, hoop netting or supporting the local commercial fleet to get your lobster, make sure it’s on the menu this Holiday. Make sure to impress your guests …

Video Recipes Water To Plate

Baked or Grilled Oysters with Bacon Butter Compound

When it comes to Holiday recipe’s I think we all look to get “wowed” in some fashion whether robust smells and scents, an assortment of textures, and story of the product from sourcing to plate, in this case, WATER TO PLATTER. Even the biggest naysayers …

Recipes Water To Plate

Tuna Crudo with Pomegranate and Blood Orange

As one of our key species of gamefish in Southern California, Bluefin Tuna is at the top of our list especially around the Fall Holiday timing. We often get Bluefin well into November and some years even into December, allowing many of us to pull …

Recipes Water To Plate

Fancy Canned/Jarred Tuna Dip with Wavy Potato Chips and Caviar

Let’s be honest, it can’t all be Lobster and Swordfish, but there’s some secrets in the most basic of ingredients that can get a rise out of our taste buds. In this recipe Tanner Saraspe uses a most basic item, canned tuna and for those …

Recipes Water To Plate

Fried Swordfish Sandwich with Pepper Mayo and Castelvetrano Olive Tapenade

For the Southern California Bight, Fall and the transition to Winter means the Holidays but for many of us more importantly it means Swordfish season. The yearly migration of Swordfish into the Bight allows for some of the best table fare around. Who better to …

Conservation Fishing News

Huntington Beach Oil Spill Prompts Fisheries Closure

Take of all fish and shellfish is immediately prohibited from Huntington Beach to Dana Point in Southern California, including the shorelines and offshore areas and all bays, due to the Huntington Beach oil spill on Saturday. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has …

Fishing Reports

10 Days On Shogun – Fishing Lower Banks Of Baja

On the second day we landed two fish of a lifetime, a 230 and a 250-pound yellowfin tuna, with an assortment of cooler-filling 70 -100-pounders. Little did we know the following days would decimate this accomplishment and make for a collection of memories and firsts …

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