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Research Magazine 3 - Salt Water Sportsman

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"Salt Water Sportsman" is an outdoors magazine about recreational marine fishing throughout the world. Created by Bonnier Corporation, Originally published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1939 in Winter Park, Florida. "Salt Water Sportsman" features many different categories of articles including Fishing Boat Buying Guides, Boating Safety, 2018 Marine Electronics Guide, Fly fishing, Holiday Gift Guides, and How To Guides. "Salt Water Fishing" ensures that each page is very simple, attention grabbing photographs that encourages the reader to continue being engaged. The layout is clean and modern. We could create a more beneficial Sport Fishing Magazine for the reader by incorporating topics such as the best bait sports near or in Sarasota. The cover is a full detailed image of a mullet being held by hand off the side of the boat. The Attention of the reader is drawn to the bold and italicized, tilted text. The attention of the reader is spread throughout by the Yellow, Black, and White text. The magazine includes advertisements that promote Yeti, Fishing rod and reels, marine electronics, fly fishing gear, and Fishing Clothes. The total circulation as of Dec 2012, was 137,086. 

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