9 Pieces of Fishing and Travel News to Start off 2025

Sunrise over Lake Anna Virginia December 2024

As we enter a new year of fishing travel and get set to conclude five full years of blogging, we remain committed to helping you plan for and enjoy trips of your own. We scour the internet daily to find information that we believe might help – if it inspires you or helps you avoid a mistake then we’ve done our job. Here are nine items that we feel should appeal to our readers, listed in no particular order: 

  • CLEAR Expands To Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Airport’s International TerminalWe continue to use CLEAR (paid for by our AmEx Platinum) to save time, and occasionally to save our trips. By extending it to one of the biggest hubs in the country, this makes it far more applicable for far more fliers, especially the Delta loyalists. 

  • Bristol Bay Sockeye Run Trending Toward Big 2025We won’t be going back to Bear Trail Lodge until 2026, but if you want to get in on what is expected to be a banner season of sockeyes (or any of the other trout and salmon available there), we’re happy to get you booked. 

  • Which Airlines Have The Best Business Class?We don’t regularly fly business class, but on those occasions we’ve been fortunate enough to do so, we’ve seen marked difference. Based on those experiences, we agree that “Qatar Airways sets the standard for business class, plain and simple,” and in many cases the US carriers’ products aren’t worth the extra cost on short hauls. 

Limit of Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon
  • Weekly Round-Up: You Booked a Destination Trip… Now What?Jess McGlothlin is a more frequent and experienced fishing traveler than us, and this simple guide is a fantastic resource for first-time travelers as well as a great refresher for veterans. Number One reminder “Don’t be that guy.” 

  • Angler Catches Likely World Record Yellowfin Tuna Off the Coast of Southern CaliforniaWe’ve tangled with multiple 200-pound-plus yellowfin (often for multiple hours) in Panama and it has been physically debilitating. I simply cannot imagine fighting a tuna that weighs twice that much. 

  • 36 Hours in DubaiDid you know that Dubai has some great sportfishing? Even if that’s not the purpose of your trip, or it’s not your ultimate destination, this is a valuable guide. It looks like an amazing place to visit, and it’s also a stopover point to dream fishing locals like the Seychelles and Maldives. 

Beach and Boats Isla Paridas Panama
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