A Caribbean must have…
It’s what’s for dinner…
Zero to cruising catches something…
I’m just curious about how they know what sort of mess an axe murderer leaves behind…
Projects abound…
I’m just about to do a remake of my lobster snare as the stainless wire I used took about a day to start rusting and only a couple of weeks to become unusable. The new version will use some heavy mono fishing line (200 pound test) and should make the mark two version maintenance free… …
Ciguatera blues…
The other day I was snorkeling to check my anchor and came across a rather large grouper in the process… Now grouper is one of my favorite fish but the ciguatera throughout the Caribbean makes the idea of reef fish of any sort a bit nervous making… There has been a kit available (Cigua-Check) for …
Not just a hook on a stick…
Once sailing between the Canary islands and Martinique, I hooked a monster Mahi Mahi and while trying to get him aboard saw my cheap no-brand gaff hook go from hook shape to not hook shape and watched sixty pounds of Mahi filets slide off and go bye-bye as a result… A while back I lost …
A pretty excellent guide to saltwater fly fishing…
It has what you need to know… “The Orvis Guide to Saltwater Fly Fishing“
A nice and cheapish reel…
Several readers have asked about what sort of fly reel to go with an Eagle Claw Trailmaster. As much as I like the new reels from Diesel, the Trailmaster is a cheap (but excellent) rod and as such is much happier with a good but cheapish reel to go with it. As it happens, Eagle …
Mahi Mahi…
This weekend coming back from shopping we noticed as we were leaving the dinghy dock a big fish swimming under one of the docks… Big fish here are pretty common as we have a hellacious number of real big Tarpon who hang out near the docks waiting for the sports-fisherman to clean their catch and …
Mike goes fishing…
Capt Mike from Bianka blog took a little holiday in the Maldives… Fish were caught!