Two Fish of a Lifetime in 24 Hours and Other Top Stories from Fishing on SI

A roundup of the most read fishing stories on Sports Illustrated highlights three pieces, led by “Two Fish of a Lifetime in 24 Hours: Panama Fly Fishing at Its Best.” The account describes catching a 65-pound yellowfin tuna and a 90-pound sailfish within a 24-hour window on a fly rod, pointing to Panama as the key location after taking the trip about a month earlier. A second story, “How to Fly Fish for Brown Trout In the Moonlight,” focuses on nighttime tactics for brown trout and explains how visibility challenges change the approach for anglers using dry flies. The third feature, “The Big Guns,” details a family’s crappie-focused system built around a Skeeter center console described as loaded with rods up to 20 feet long, with lines rigged for a precise depth. The article frames these narratives as popular reads among SI fishing readers from the past week.