One of the few fishing channels on YouTube I actually watch is Hey Skipper because he’s pretty serious about catching fish. After all, the whole idea of fishing for folks on sailboats is really about putting dinner on the table. As a side business, Hey Skipper has become a purveyor of salted bait and that …
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 …
The other day I caught this video about the L.B. Huntington company and its drone spoons. So, it got me thinking… Way back when folks actually trolled lures under oar power as a normal method of catching fish. Nothing actually surprising in that bit of knowledge but it’s so far off the norm that it …
Since we were talking about lures I really should admit that while I’m a “Use whatever’s cheap and works” kind of guy I’m not immune to the appeal of lures that approach being works of art. Which is what happens when an artist who fishes works in the medium of glass… Like this… Or …
A while back a reader asked me what sort of handline rig I’d suggest using while cruising in the Caribbean and I told him that the gear outlined in the “Any Fool Can Catch Fish Guide… Basic Kit” post would be a good place to start. Not too long afterwards he got back to me, …
I’ve been working on putting together a couple of kits that folks can buy that includes everything you actually need at an affordable price to successfully fish from a sailboat while cruising. That said, putting together such a everything-you-need-and-something-to-put-it-in grab-bag of fishing gear that work is not quite as easy as one would think. Made …
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When putting together an optimum handlining rig for trolling the first thing you need to factor in is what exactly you want to catch. For instance, if you want to catch mackerel your rig would look something like this. In my experience, this rig seriously rocks and is a perfect example of a highly evolved …
Fish & Save happens to be my go-to place for affordable fishing gear as they often have great sales. As it happens they currently have a sale on lures… This rigged squid for example often goes for eight dollars or so at places like WEST marine and suchlike. While Fish & Save list their retail …
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Every once in awhile I’ll get an email asking what sort pole-spear to get now that one I used to suggest is no longer being made. The short answer is, I’ve been giving it some thought… Part of the problem is that, for one reason or another, pole-spears have got somewhat expensive of late. Seriously, …