The biggest problem I see in folks not catching fish is that they suffer from an inability to know what they want to catch. For instance, a cruising sailor will often just pick a lure at random, attach it to their line, and drag it behind the boat where they ignore it till they bring …
Fish&Save (one of the few places I buy fishing gear from) has an excellent deal on rigged squid lures for $0.69. a pop in their clearance section. Quite a selection in colors as well and very much worth checking out.
One of the reasons a lot of folks on sailboats don’t catch a lot of fish is that they tend to think the only way to fish on a sailboat is trolling. The fact is that there are any number of ways to catch fish that don’t require you to drag a lure or bait …
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Bucktails and various jig heads as part of a quiver of lures for your sailboat kit. They seem to make a lot of sense as they’re both effective and affordable. This lure, a Jig Head Squid by B2 Squid would really flesh out a sailboat’s quiver. Better …
Tailchaser has an outstanding deal on rigged $3.95 Cedar plugs you might want to check out. Just sayin’.
One of the purveyors of fishing gear I generally buy stuff from is Fish & Save as they offer good gear, great prices, and ship stuff quickly. They also, if you’re on their mailing list send out their deals for the day and let you know when they have sales going on. I’d say it’s …
Tailchaser (a place I buy lures from) has an interesting category of lures based on the concept of predator/prey that makes a whole lot of sense. Mainly it’s just a daisy chain with the emphasis on bigger bait fish feeding on smaller ones. Makes all kinds of sense. Better yet, most of the lures in …
Squid, for the cruising sailor, is a great resource as they are fairly easy to catch, abundant, and, cooked properly, quite tasty. Hogy lures has an excellent primer on all you need to know when fishing for squid that you should really check out.
The hardest problem where fishing under sail is concerned is how well a lure performs at slow speeds and this lure, from Hogy, looks like just the thing when you’re ghosting along. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on a couple and see just how well they work.
I’ve been perusing various lure candidates for the upcoming Sailboat Fishing Kit and came upon these Rubber Bullets from Squidnation (my go-to place for squiddy bits) and thought that they would really fill a particular niche that was missing in my quiver, They’re small, should track well, can be easily be modified, and are inexpensive …