Fishing Guides

How to Rig and Fish a Jig for Offshore Bottom Fish

The first time you hook a grouper on a jig 120 feet down, you'll understand why some guys never go back to bait. The bite is unmistakable - a sharp,...

How to Rig and Fish a Jig for Offshore Bottom Fish

The first time you hook a grouper on a jig 120 feet down, you'll understand why some guys never go back to bait. The bite is unmistakable - a sharp,...

How to Rig a Spreader Bar - Why It Works and Ho...

A spreader bar is the simplest way to make your trolling spread look like a school of baitfish instead of a single lure swimming alone. It's a metal bar with...

How to Rig a Spreader Bar - Why It Works and Ho...

A spreader bar is the simplest way to make your trolling spread look like a school of baitfish instead of a single lure swimming alone. It's a metal bar with...

Spinning vs Conventional Reels for Offshore - W...

Spinning vs Conventional Reels for Offshore - Which One Do You Actually Need? Someone on a fishing forum told you that you need $2,000 worth of conventional reels before you...

Spinning vs Conventional Reels for Offshore - W...

Spinning vs Conventional Reels for Offshore - Which One Do You Actually Need? Someone on a fishing forum told you that you need $2,000 worth of conventional reels before you...

Albacore Tuna Fishing Guide: Pacific Coast Tactics

Albacore are the gateway tuna. They run the Pacific coast every summer, they'll eat a cedar plug trolled behind a boat at 7 knots, and when you find a school...

Albacore Tuna Fishing Guide: Pacific Coast Tactics

Albacore are the gateway tuna. They run the Pacific coast every summer, they'll eat a cedar plug trolled behind a boat at 7 knots, and when you find a school...

How to Use a Planer for Trolling: Rigging, Dept...

Your trolling spread is running perfectly at 8 knots - four lines out, baits tracking clean, everything at the surface. But the fish are 40 feet down, stacked on a...

How to Use a Planer for Trolling: Rigging, Dept...

Your trolling spread is running perfectly at 8 knots - four lines out, baits tracking clean, everything at the surface. But the fish are 40 feet down, stacked on a...

King Mackerel Fishing Guide: How to Catch Kings...

The rod bows and line starts peeling off the reel in a screaming left-hand circle. If you've fished for kings, you know that run - fast, angry, and unmistakable. King...

King Mackerel Fishing Guide: How to Catch Kings...

The rod bows and line starts peeling off the reel in a screaming left-hand circle. If you've fished for kings, you know that run - fast, angry, and unmistakable. King...

Swordfish Fishing Guide: How to Deep Drop, Nigh...

The electric reel is screaming line off the spool and you're staring at a rod tip that just went from dead stick to full bend in about two seconds. Fifteen...

Swordfish Fishing Guide: How to Deep Drop, Nigh...

The electric reel is screaming line off the spool and you're staring at a rod tip that just went from dead stick to full bend in about two seconds. Fifteen...

Solunar Fishing: What the Moon and Sun Actually...

You Google "best time to fish" and right there in the search results is a little widget showing moon phases, major periods, minor periods, and a rating from "average" to...

Solunar Fishing: What the Moon and Sun Actually...

You Google "best time to fish" and right there in the search results is a little widget showing moon phases, major periods, minor periods, and a rating from "average" to...

How to Set Up Outriggers for Trolling

Outriggers are the single biggest upgrade you can make to your trolling game. They spread your lines wider, prevent tangles, create a more natural bait presentation, and let you run...

How to Set Up Outriggers for Trolling

Outriggers are the single biggest upgrade you can make to your trolling game. They spread your lines wider, prevent tangles, create a more natural bait presentation, and let you run...

Chumming Guide - How to Build a Slick That Brin...

A good chum slick is the closest thing to cheating in saltwater fishing. You're literally ringing the dinner bell across hundreds of yards of ocean, pulling fish to you instead...

Chumming Guide - How to Build a Slick That Brin...

A good chum slick is the closest thing to cheating in saltwater fishing. You're literally ringing the dinner bell across hundreds of yards of ocean, pulling fish to you instead...

How to Rig and Fish a Sea Witch

A sea witch paired with a ballyhoo is one of the most proven offshore trolling combos ever created. Captains from Hatteras to the Bahamas have been pulling these things for...

How to Rig and Fish a Sea Witch

A sea witch paired with a ballyhoo is one of the most proven offshore trolling combos ever created. Captains from Hatteras to the Bahamas have been pulling these things for...

Blackfin Tuna Fishing Guide: Jigging, Trolling,...

Blackfin Tuna Will Make You Forget About Trolling Ballyhoo Last winter off Cape Hatteras, we boated 23 blackfin tuna in a single day using nothing but vertical jigs. Not one...

Blackfin Tuna Fishing Guide: Jigging, Trolling,...

Blackfin Tuna Will Make You Forget About Trolling Ballyhoo Last winter off Cape Hatteras, we boated 23 blackfin tuna in a single day using nothing but vertical jigs. Not one...