2025 Summertime Fishing Travel Links and Likes
Just because you’re ensconced in a bubble of your own making, too busy to stay up with the news, doesn’t mean that info stops flowing. Indeed, fishing travel is a rapidly-changing landscape, and we try to stay on top of it.
Here are some recent nuggets that caught our eye from both endemic and non-endemic media. We hope they help inspire and inform your upcoming trips.
'Game-changer' alternative to Global Entry now available at 8 US airports this summer – Anything that makes reentry to the country quicker easier as you come home from an international fishing vacation is a net plus in our books – especially if you need to catch a tight connection. Enhanced Passenger Processing seems like a huge step forward.
TSA Lets You Bring These 11 Full-Size Liquids Through Airport Security – In the ever-changing world of airport security, it pays to stay on top of what you can do, what will get confiscated, and what might put you in a gulag. Hint – pack your live lobster in breast milk.
Capital One to Curb Lounge Access for Some Cardholders – We saw our AmEx Platinum guest lounge privileges decreased after getting the card (which we’ve kept) so it’s not surprising that other loyalty programs are similarly cutting back.
How To Upgrade to First Class on Alaska Airlines – Alaska isn’t terribly far from many places in the lower 48, but we’ve taken multiple redeye flights home, so comfort may be key. We’ve loved our limited experiences on Alaska Airlines, too.
Panama Introduces Tax-Free Incentives to Boost Nautical Tourism – Obviously, Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge is one of our favorite destinations, and it’s hard to know how, if at all, this will benefit those trips, but it seems distinctly positive amongst a world of often tough news for anglers.
How the U.S. State Department's Travel Advisory Actually Works—and Whether or Not It Should Shape Your Travels – We often get questions about whether particular fishing destinations are safe. We’re not the experts in that, but this article explains the nuances of the warnings that often seem alarming.
Destination Fly Fishing on the Cheap – Even if you don’t rely on the long rod, this article contains tons of good advice on how to get the most for the least – the more you save, the more trips you can take.
8 of the best outdoor experiences in Guatemala – They somehow left off the incredible sailfishing, but as we’ve learned in trips to Antigua and Atitlan, Guatemala offers lots more for the intrepid traveler.
What did we miss? What topics interest or concern you? Drop us a line to let us know so we can follow them more closely.
