Stuff that works
On the cost of stuff…
Back when I was a kid you could hit the tackle shop on the pier and buy a hand line for a buck and they’d throw in a few dead anchovies for free and you were in business. These days it’s a whole different story. A while back I did a post on putting together …
Well this makes all kinds of sense…
A DIY Poor Man’s Downrigger that would be a great addition to any sailors fishing arsenal.
Don’t burn me at the stake…
This salmon jig was in my email this morning… Now, my addiction to fishing came about when I was a kid living on Catalina and in northern California. Fishing for salmon up north and tuna in southern California were the backbone of my angling education. The fact that fishing techniques for salmon and tuna differed …
A good deal
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.
In the “It’s not just trolling” department…
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 …
A simple DIY dive board…
Fin + Forage has an excellent article and video on how to build a simple, inexpensive, and practical dive board. Here’s the video…
and in the “Need to read” department…
S/V Violet Hour has an excellent article on fishing from a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest you should really check out. You’re still here?
A really good idea…
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 …
an affordable solution…
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 …