About Jan
As an author, therapist, and world traveler, Jan Maizler specializes in writing about human potential, exotic angling travel and technical light tackle fishing. All of his endeavors are passionate commitments to a very definite way of life. Though the presidency of Allied Steel Products -with 150 employees- awaited him upon his 1968 graduation from the University of Miami business school, Jan soon headed off in his own direction lured by the pulses of the human mind and the deep blue sea.
Jan has been a veteran psychotherapist practicing in Miami for thirty years. He has written numerous articles on human behavior and is the author of “Griefwork Transformation”, “The Transformation Handbook”, and “The Relationship Handbook.” His work is quite well known for a style that includes a commitment to insight based on responsibility and a lively intelligent form of engagement with individuals, couples, families, and groups. His relationship therapy with all forms of couples is on an Expert Therapist level of skill.
As an angler, author, and writer, Jan is also a past IGFA world record holder for bonefish on two-pound test line (8 pounds, 4 ounces) and permit on four-pound test line (23 pounds, 15 ounces). He has caught and released over two thousand bonefish and one thousand tarpon in his angling career. Jan has been fishing in salt water since 1962.
In 1977 he published his first flats fishing book entitled "Flats Fishing". Since then, he has written eight books, which include “Flats Fishing II: A Shoalwater Handbook”, “Fishing Florida’s Coast”, and “Fishing Tips, Tales, and Travels.” His latest book is “Fishing Florida’s Flats” by University Press of Florida.
Jan is the Travel Blogger for BassPro1Source.com. He writes and is a photo contributor for Sport Fishing Magazine and BassPro Outdoor Site Library. He has written for Center Console Angler Magazine, Florida Game and Fish Magazine, Florida Sport Fishing Magazine, Salt Water Sportsman, Florida Sportsman, WaveLife Magazine, Destination Fish Magazine, Marlin Magazine, Voyages de Peche Magazine, BoatU.S. Trailering Magazine, Adventure Fishing Magazine, The Gulf Coast Fisherman, South Carolina Sportsman, FinTalk.com and BigFishTackle.com. His articles and photos for magazines and websites number in the hundreds.
Jan is also a published author of fishing books, including " Flats Fishing II: A Shoalwater Handbook", " Fishing Florida's Coast," and " Fishing Tips, Tales, and Travels, " and "Fishing Florida's Flats: A Guide to Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit and Much More".
On Facebook, he produces and hosts two FB pages- Jan Maizler and Jan’s Fishing Florida’s Flats, each page having 5000 followers, with over 1500 total high-resolution, high quality angling travel/light tackle/travel images.
He has also sold photo images to publishers John Wiley and Sons, and the UK for Henry Gilbey’s Book, “Ultimate Fishing Adventures”. He also sells scenic and angling images on "Fine Art America" or through his web site www.flatsfishingonline.com.
He has been a long-time angler and resource of Miami's Biscayne Bay, a fishery that offers some of the largest bonefish in the world. In his home state of Florida, he has been fishing from Titusville to Key West to Captiva Island since 1968. Jan has traveled the world over in his angling pursuits. Besides residing in Cozumel, Mexico and Ocho Rios, Jamaica, he has fished in Alaska, Belize, British Columbia, Baja California, Pacific Mexico, the entire Yucatan, Costa Rica, Panama, Patagonia/Argentina, Roatan, The Cayman Islands, all over the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, the British Virgin Islands, and many other West Indian Islands. Jan has fished in far-off Fanning Island's atoll in the South Pacific and continues to have an active involvement on that island through Fanning fishing and surfing guide Chuck Corbett.
As a traveler, Jan has journeyed through a huge swath of the globe, including every country in Western Europe, and the entire Mediterranean from Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Barcelona in the west all the way to Istanbul and Israel.
Jan is an active member of the Florida Outdoor Writer’s Association (FOWA) and the Southeast Outdoor Press Association (SEOPA).
Jan has been a veteran psychotherapist practicing in Miami for thirty years. He has written numerous articles on human behavior and is the author of “Griefwork Transformation”, “The Transformation Handbook”, and “The Relationship Handbook.” His work is quite well known for a style that includes a commitment to insight based on responsibility and a lively intelligent form of engagement with individuals, couples, families, and groups. His relationship therapy with all forms of couples is on an Expert Therapist level of skill.
As an angler, author, and writer, Jan is also a past IGFA world record holder for bonefish on two-pound test line (8 pounds, 4 ounces) and permit on four-pound test line (23 pounds, 15 ounces). He has caught and released over two thousand bonefish and one thousand tarpon in his angling career. Jan has been fishing in salt water since 1962.
In 1977 he published his first flats fishing book entitled "Flats Fishing". Since then, he has written eight books, which include “Flats Fishing II: A Shoalwater Handbook”, “Fishing Florida’s Coast”, and “Fishing Tips, Tales, and Travels.” His latest book is “Fishing Florida’s Flats” by University Press of Florida.
Jan is the Travel Blogger for BassPro1Source.com. He writes and is a photo contributor for Sport Fishing Magazine and BassPro Outdoor Site Library. He has written for Center Console Angler Magazine, Florida Game and Fish Magazine, Florida Sport Fishing Magazine, Salt Water Sportsman, Florida Sportsman, WaveLife Magazine, Destination Fish Magazine, Marlin Magazine, Voyages de Peche Magazine, BoatU.S. Trailering Magazine, Adventure Fishing Magazine, The Gulf Coast Fisherman, South Carolina Sportsman, FinTalk.com and BigFishTackle.com. His articles and photos for magazines and websites number in the hundreds.
Jan is also a published author of fishing books, including " Flats Fishing II: A Shoalwater Handbook", " Fishing Florida's Coast," and " Fishing Tips, Tales, and Travels, " and "Fishing Florida's Flats: A Guide to Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit and Much More".
On Facebook, he produces and hosts two FB pages- Jan Maizler and Jan’s Fishing Florida’s Flats, each page having 5000 followers, with over 1500 total high-resolution, high quality angling travel/light tackle/travel images.
He has also sold photo images to publishers John Wiley and Sons, and the UK for Henry Gilbey’s Book, “Ultimate Fishing Adventures”. He also sells scenic and angling images on "Fine Art America" or through his web site www.flatsfishingonline.com.
He has been a long-time angler and resource of Miami's Biscayne Bay, a fishery that offers some of the largest bonefish in the world. In his home state of Florida, he has been fishing from Titusville to Key West to Captiva Island since 1968. Jan has traveled the world over in his angling pursuits. Besides residing in Cozumel, Mexico and Ocho Rios, Jamaica, he has fished in Alaska, Belize, British Columbia, Baja California, Pacific Mexico, the entire Yucatan, Costa Rica, Panama, Patagonia/Argentina, Roatan, The Cayman Islands, all over the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, the British Virgin Islands, and many other West Indian Islands. Jan has fished in far-off Fanning Island's atoll in the South Pacific and continues to have an active involvement on that island through Fanning fishing and surfing guide Chuck Corbett.
As a traveler, Jan has journeyed through a huge swath of the globe, including every country in Western Europe, and the entire Mediterranean from Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Barcelona in the west all the way to Istanbul and Israel.
Jan is an active member of the Florida Outdoor Writer’s Association (FOWA) and the Southeast Outdoor Press Association (SEOPA).
