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Hundreds of thousands of sports fishers enjoy fishing-oriented events, competitions, and fishing expeditions designed for all levels - from novices to well-seasoned game fishermen. The perfect practice for people who love being outdoors in nature, enjoy quiet solitude or building close relationships with a few friends, and thrive on the challenge of learning the skills needed to attract, catch, and land the ever-evasive fish.

Opportunities to Learn Sport Fishing Basics

Anglers (who use a hook to fish) and other fishermen at all skill levels have a variety of ways to learn their craft. While many fishers learn the sport by first-hand trial and error experience, fishing schools are a great way to learn the basic techniques, whether you're interested in game fishing, fly fishing, ice fishing, or rock fishing. Fishing guides not only teach you how to get the best results, but they show you where you can find the fish you're after. Joining a group of more experienced fishers or a fishing charter tour will help you learn from the more experienced while you enjoy a group fishing adventure. You can even pick up tips and techniques when you visit boat shows!

No matter how your learn, you're sports fishing education should include techniques for:

- Knots
- Wire Twists
- Hooks
- Tackle Maintenance
- Wind-on Leaders
- Crimps
- Splices
- Building Riggs
- Angling techniques
- Learning basic equipment

Popular Sport Fishing Spots

In the United States, locations people choose for sports fishing depend on the type of experience they want and the species of fish they want to catch. Inland freshwater fishing, where sports fishers enjoy casting, working with exotic lures, and gathering the food for a great fish fry, is best in cool-weather climates. But warm-water streams, rivers, and lakes also offer abundant rewards.

Inland freshwater fishing offers good eating species like trout, bass, catfish, crappie, minnows, sunfishes, and carp. Among many popular inland locations for sports fishing are:
- Chattooga River near Clayton, South Carolina
- Owens River near Mammoth Lakes, California
- Jacks River near Knoxville, Tennessee
- Mountain streams at Slate Run, Pennsylvania
- Deerfield River near Charlemont, Massachusetts
- Conasaugua and Jacks Rivers near Crandall, Georgia
- Cranberry River near Richwood, West Virginia
- Upper Connecticut River near Pittsburgh, New Hampshire
- North Branch of the Potomac River near Bloomington, Maryland
- South Platte River near Denver, Colorado
- Lake Eufaula near Eufaula, Oklahoma
- Great Lakes

American sport fishers who want to stay in the States and enjoy the challenges of saltwater fishing find great spots in harbors and on coastlines as well as out in deep ocean waters. Just a few of many popular locations for game fishing, where sports fishers seek the bigger, faster adversary include:
- Cape Cod, Cape Ann and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
- Charters from Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Long Island, New York
- Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
- Albemarle Sound, Cape Fear, and Cape Lookout, North Carolina
- Middle Chesapeake Bay
- Charleston Harbor and Winyah Bay, South Carolina
- Apalachee Bay and Apalachicola Bay to Cape San Blas, Florida
- East Cape To Naples Bay, Florida
- St Joseph, St Andrew and Choctawhatchee Bays, Florida
- Tampa Bay to Crystal River, Florida
- Mouth of the Mississippi River, near Venice, Louisiana
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Matagorda Island to Aranasas Pass, San Antonio Bay, Texas
- Matagorda to Aransas Pass, Carlos Bay to Redfish Bay Texas
- Mississippi Sound to Cat Island Lake Borgne, Mississippi
- Laguna Madre, Texas
- Channel Islands, California
- Baja California, Pacific Side
- Mission Bay and San Diego Bay, California
- Santa Catalina, San Clemente Islands, California
- Alaska Coastline, anywhere
- Hawaii Coastline, anywhere

Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii are among the most popular game fishing locations internationally. And sports fishing can be found near any major international port and near mature reef systems. For sports fishers who want to get experience outside the United States, just a few of many popular locations include:
- Caribbean Islands
- Offshore Mexico, particularly Baja California
- Eastern Coastline of Australia
- Costa Rica
- Egypt
- Samoa
- Tahiti

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