Sea Lime Field Reference
In-depth guides to the gamefish our lures were built for. Learn how each species behaves, what it eats, the tackle that holds up, and the presentations that get bit.
Makaira nigricans (Atlantic); Makaira mazara (Indo-Pacific)
The blue marlin is the apex pelagic predator of the world's tropical and subtropical oceans, a billfish built for speed, endurance, and violence. When most anglers…
Istiophoridae Read the guideRachycentron canadum
Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is one of the most sought-after inshore-to-nearshore gamefish in warm and temperate oceans worldwide, prized for its brute strength, unpredictable temperament, and superb…
Rachycentridae Read the guideMycteroperca microlepis
Grouper is not a single species. It is a common name applied to a large assemblage of stout-bodied, predatory fishes within the family Serranidae, primarily in…
Serranidae Read the guideScomberomorus cavalla
King mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) is the largest member of the Spanish mackerel group in the western Atlantic, and if you fish the southeastern United States coast…
Scombridae Read the guideCoryphaena hippurus
Mahi mahi is the same fish anglers call dolphinfish, dorado, and dolphin, and no, it has nothing to do with the marine mammal, which is a…
Coryphaenidae Read the guideIstiophorus platypterus (Indo-Pacific); Istiophorus albicans (Atlantic)
The sailfish is the fastest fish in the ocean and, for many light-tackle anglers, the single most electrifying billfish that swims. It belongs to the family…
Istiophoridae Read the guideAcanthocybium solandri
The wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is the fastest fish most anglers will ever hook, and the first time one hits a high-speed trolling spread, you understand why…
Scombridae Read the guideFish silhouettes via PhyloPic: mahi by Richard Winterbottom and king mackerel by John E. Randall, both vectorized by Russell Engelman; wahoo by Russell Engelman. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
