On the Water: Fishing

Rigging for tautog fishing is unlike any other form of bottom fishing. Since I had the chance to fish with a serious die-hard last week, John Unkart (the author of a how-to fishing book, Offshore Pursuit, at www.getgup.com) and get his rigging tips, I thought I’d pass them along. Green crab is the favored tog bait. [...] …Read More

Yesterday the carbon fiber outriggers arrived from Tigress for this season’s outrigger test, along with a pair of rail mount outrigger bases. (See my old post at http://www.boats.com/boat-content/2010/03/a-new-breed-of-outrigger/ for a run-down on the new carbon-fibers I saw at the Miami Boat Show; Tigress agreed to send me a pair to test out over the summer.) The [...] …Read More

The first boat I ever owned was built of polyethylene, and it was a good fishing boat. In fact, it was awesome – for a 10-footer, that is. You can’t find a boat much smaller then the Leisure Life Bass Tender, and you sure wouldn’t want to take one of these out into an open [...] …Read More

The Huntington Drone has been around forever and a day, and this trolling spoon is a stand-by for fish like Spanish or king mackerel, striped bass, bluefish, and many others. So, how do you improve on a lure like this? Can there be anything “new” about a spoon that’s existed for eons? You bet – [...] …Read More

There's a guy from New Zealand known as the "Extreme Fisherman," and I'm buying the nickname after watching him land this marlin from a Sea-Doo. His name is Mark Watson, and he hosts a program called The Ultimate Fishing Show. …Read More

Braid fishing line made from Spectra and Dyneema has changed modern fishing as we know it, but which is best? That’s a question that I researched heavily for (insert shameless plug here!) my latest how-to fishing book, Rudow’s Guide to Modern Jigging (available at www.getgup.com). Braid is an awesome invention for us anglers, because its reduced [...] …Read More

ESPN Outdoors announced it will broadcast its first ever completely live fishing show. The press release is right in that there’s nothing like being out on the boat, chasing fish. But I can’t think of anything I’d less like to watch than other people waiting around for the action. With “no editing, no setups, and no [...] …Read More

Since Penn Fishing Reels was bought out a few years back, we knew there would be some changes made in their rods, reels, and rod and reel combo packages, like the 440SSg. Pure Fishing is now their owner, and they also own Shakespeare, the maker of Ugly Sticks. As a result, the “new” 440SSg combo [...] …Read More

I considered it a crime against the boating and fishing community when the Bimini Big Game Club closed its doors a while back, crushed by the economic downturn. Founded in 1947, the Big Game Club is a legendary outpost on the first stop across the way from Florida. With that and the Compleat Angler, Hemingway’s [...] …Read More

I saw one of these frozen bait vending machines near a local tackle shop and posted a photo here the other day. I wondered, who came up with this idea? And how does it work? So, in the spirit of bringing you news and information you can’t find elsewhere, here is the story behind the [...] …Read More