On the Water: Fishing

I’m not exactly an iPhone lover (no, I don’t have one of my own) but there’s a new fishing app called First Mate, which my kids tell me people will be interested in. My kids? You bet – call it trickle-up intellegence if you like, but it’s my pre-teen daughter who usually gets me in [...] …Read More

Digital chartography is an incredible help to modern anglers, and C Map has expanded its fishing map coverage for 2010. Max and NT+ chartography for this year also includes thousands of updates. Yeah, yeah, we know: they’ll boost your safety margin as you navigate. But of more interest to the scale and slime club is [...] …Read More

Discover Boating, that "national awareness campaign" funded by the North American recreational boating industry, recently revealed seven ways for all of us to become more "eco-friendly" boaters. I'm passing them along not only because I think the environment could use a little help, but also because they're so simple...and some of them will even save you money. All good thing, right? …Read More

I have to admit, in the past I haven’t been a big Loomis fishing rod guy and its been rare for me to review one. After all, don’t they built those fancy, long, whippy rods used by fly fishermen? One of whom, I am not? But last month they sent me one of their Pro Green spinning [...] …Read More

The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is one of the leading stewards of flats species conservation. Dr. Aaron Adams, the organization’s spokesman, has a lot of insight into the protecting bonefish, tarpon, and permit. I recently asked him a few questions for my fly fishing blog. Here’s the link to the full Q&A that I posted there. …Read More

Man, I forgot how bass boats fly. Spending some time on the water yesterday with Don Demott, who is a tournament bass angler down in Florida, reminded me in a hurry what a bass boat can do. They are designed to carry more than their weight and fly around on a keel pad the size of [...] …Read More

I know it’s been on the market for a few years now, but I thought a review of the Penn Torque jigging reel was in order. Why? Because I’ve covered a lot of Shimano’s gear on the blog, the other day we talked about an Avet (http://www.boats.com/boat-content/2010/04/avet-hx-high-speed-jigging-reel-review/ to read the full article) and I don’t want [...] …Read More

How to sneak up on and not spookthe fish is a topic full of controversy, and sadly lacking cold, hard facts. It came up the other day when we were wreck fishing, and I revved the engine while repositioning the boat. My nine-year-old son chastised me, for probably spooking all of the fish within a [...] …Read More

Last week, you may have seen my post on rigging for tautog (http://www.boats.com/boat-content/2010/04/rigging-for-tautog-fishing/) And we put those tog fishing tips to work yesterday, 12 miles off the coast on a wreck out of Ocean City. Since it was a successful adventure, it seemed appropriate to follow up this week with some tips that go beyond [...] …Read More

You’d like to see an unbiased review of the Avet HX high speed jigging reel? I don’t have one of these reels, I don’t know the Avet guys (for some reason we’ve never connected), and they didn’t send me one to check out – but I did get the chance to play with one while fishing [...] …Read More