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 …
I often bemoan the disappearance of the cheap two hooks, a sinker, some green seine twine on a wooden frame that you could buy for a buck. Being curious I wondered just what it would cost you if you wanted to build or buy one in 2024 money. So, let’s see… Apparently, these days a …
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 …
A DIY Poor Man’s Downrigger that would be a great addition to any sailors fishing arsenal.
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 …
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 …
Fin + Forage has an excellent article and video on how to build a simple, inexpensive, and practical dive board. Here’s the video…
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?