and in the “I want” department…
A quiver of mylar wrapped cedar plugs from Tail Chaser Lures.
A quiver of mylar wrapped cedar plugs from Tail Chaser Lures.
So, let’s see how much we can save by buying our own basic fishing kit a la carte… The $60 kit we’re trying to beat is basically just some line (150 feet of 150# test), two lures (rigged), a teaser, a shock absorber, and a small bag to put them in. For handline line my …
a simple (less expensive) basic sailboat fishing kit… Read More »
The other day I came across this rig for fishing from a sailboat… Which is pretty much the basics of what you need but, at nearly $60, a little pricey for my tastes. Tomorrow we’ll talk about what’s good about this kit and look at the sort of basic kit I’d put together and what …
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What’s working at the moment… The wingie spinner thingie is really an inspired bit of design by the folks at Mack’s Lure.
I’ll be the first to admit that my tackle bag has way too much stuff in it, a veritable cornucopia of lures to entice and seduce the most shy pelagic prey. I could certainly get by with about a dozen or even less. The zen take of less is more where fishing from a sailboat …
This is just so frelling cool… Amazing White Marlin Dredge Cam from The Wild Lyfe on Vimeo. Thanks to Moldy Chum for turning me on to it!
A while back, a reader wrote asking why trolling lures were so expensive and, as an example, he gave me a couple of links to one of those “HIP” fishing outfitters with silly expensive lures… Now, as someone who makes lures and flies myself, I realize that there is both labor and materials involved in …
Phil and Laura, friends of ours who charter the Roberts 44 “Storm Petrel” reposition every season from the Virgin Islands to New England and on the way up they fish. Well, actually Laura is the one who fishes… Tuna Mahi Wahoo Wahoo Laura mentioned that the fish were caught using a cedar plug and “something” …
In the past I have bemoaned (well OK, ranted) the fact that most production made lures for trolling are not designed for sailboat speeds… For most of us the answer is to make our own or modify existing lures but every once in a while someone actually gets the fact that all fishermen are not …
Spin off being a good thing… A near perfect sailboat lure? Read More »