Pro Anglers Pick Top Fishing Spots
October 3, 2007. For those who love to fish, luxury vacation rentals are the obvious choice. They provide enough room to store the gear and adequate kitchen facilities to fry up the catch. Forbes Traveler recently asked top anglers for their favorite places to fish, so we thought we'd share their picks.
Baja - Kip Adam, guide and owner of World's Best Big Game Fishing Inc. of Oakland, Calif., pulled a 120-pound sailfish and a 200-pound striped marlin out of the waters off the East Cape. Blue marlin, the most prized sport fish of all, also thrive here.
Columbia River – The fourth-largest river in North America is home to the largest fish species on the continent, the white sturgeon. Matt Straw, an editor at In-Fisherman magazine, landed an 8-foot-long white sturgeon from the Columbia, which may explain why he picked this river. Set up shop near Portland, Oregon, and Mount Hood.
Puerto Rico – Believe it or not, outdoors writer Greg Breining chose a location that was once a part of a Naval bombing range. Vieques National Wildlife Refuge, off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, has been reclaimed and now teems with record tarpon that tip the scales at more than 200 pounds.
