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The 2025 season showcased battles of all kinds. A look back at some of our favorite fishing competitions from the past year.

Sport Fishing TV: Vs.

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Panama and Miami offer epic offshore fishing, but one does so among remote jungle islands in the Pacific, and the other with the city skyline in the background.

Fishing Destinations: Town vs. Country

Shark depredation is an all-too-familiar story with recreational fishing today, and cobia and kingfish are among their favorite targets.

Shark Bait: Cobia vs. Kingfish

Their names may not ring out globally, but in their respective corners of the earth, Florida Keys mutton snapper and New England tautog are beloved by the locals.

Local Fave: Mutton Snapper vs. Tautog

How will two high-level pros handle the same fishing scenario? It's off to Marathon in the Middle Keys, one of the fishiest places in America, to chase permit offshore.

Florida Keys: Captain vs. Captain

For many hardcore anglers, these A-list game fish are the species of their dreams and come with a level of difficulty that gives them nightmares; it's the tarpon and the roosterfish, two of the world's most prized catches.

Bucket List: Tarpon vs. Roosterfish

One is a sea dragon with razor-sharp teeth; the other is one of the ocean's apex predators known for cruising the deepest, darkest waters; travelling to Alaska and the Florida Keys to battle these two very different species.

Sea Monsters: Swordfish vs. Lingcod

Two parts of the Atlantic; two species that make good table fare; from Ocean City, Md., to Palm Beach, Fla., let the hook and cook competition begin.

Tackle to Table: Tilefish vs. Vermillion Snapper

Will it be bluefin and the wicked autumnal seas of New England or running 130 miles offshore in Florida for yellowfin?

Tuna: Bluefin vs. Yellowfin

From the equator to the Gulf Stream, world-traveling game fish have arrived in the Sunshine State; is it more impressive to catch billfish or the torpedo with teeth?

Pelagics: New Smyrna Wahoo vs. South Florida Sailfish

Traveling to two destinations defined by migrations; Alaska, home of the annual salmon run; the Chesapeake Bay, the sanctuary for striped bass as they move through their life cycle.

Migrations: Chesapeake Bay Stripers vs. Alaskan Salmon

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