Sea-breeze circulations most often occur on warm sunny days during the spring and summer when the temperature of the land is normally higher than the temperature of the water. During the early morning hours, the land and the water start … Continue reading →

Without taking into account difference in depth the outgoing tide makes a current that you have to paddle against and maybe makes the waves a little steeper but the incoming tide may make the wave a little bigger adding to … Continue reading →

These trouts, that often sustain themselves by feeding on human poop, are now having their foraging and mating patterns disrupted thanks to meth-contaminated human waste. Is there any fish that eats poop? What fish eat poop? As far as we … Continue reading →

The way I fish this rig is to cast it into likely flounder holes and slowly work it back in. Fish it as you would a Texas rigged plastic worm. Slowly lift your rod tip, dragging the bait across the … Continue reading →

Again, the “crawlers” were cheap and easy to come by. Actually, it took only a few flounder trips to prove that nightcrawlers are a very effective bait in the salt, and equally as effective as other marine baits. Can you … Continue reading →

Some allow passage through the windfarm, others don’t. Keep an increased lookout for shipping, as sailing around windfarms may force small yachts into channels also used by larger shipping. Watch out for turbulence and sudden gusts when passing downwind of … Continue reading →

Most mullet fishing rigs are #2 or #3 hooks tied 8 to 10 inches apart along a fishing line with a float about 4 inches above the first hook and a sinker (or sinkers) attached near the bottom hook. One … Continue reading →

The key to going is having the waves far apart as you can get them. A 3 foot sea and 6 second wave period is almost calm. It’s just a big swell and it’s safe and enjoyable to go. If … Continue reading →

How do fishermen keep fish alive? Keeping Fish Alive Placing fish on a stringer and lowering it in the water. Putting your catch in a wire mesh basket and placing it in the water. Using a live well that accommodates … Continue reading →

States in which an Alabama rig with three hooks or more is considered illegal include New Hampshire, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Nevada, Vermont and Maryland. Are umbrella lures legal? All controversy aside, the castable umbrella rig is legal across … Continue reading →

Rigs for Catching Flounder ›› Sliding Sinker: Place a slip sinker flanked by noise-maker beads above a swivel linking the main line to a fluorocarbon leader. ›› Dropshot: A dropshot rig has the sinker suspended below a hook, ideal for … Continue reading →

Red or Orange Beads Can Serve to Imitate Spawn (Fish Eggs) Colored fishing beads are also used to imitate fish eggs (aka roe, skein or spawn). So, the choice of color often is made to match a particular fish species’ … Continue reading →

A perfect surf-fishing sinker, its “legs” dig into the sand. Plus, you can bend its pliable wire legs to any desired position. What are spider sinkers for? Stellar Spider Surf Sinker is a great surf and drop weight. The top … Continue reading →

Many marine fishes are caught using cyanide fishing. Divers will get cyanide tablets, dissolve them into a water bottle, and take the cyanide solution to find fish. When the desired fish is found, the diver will squirt the cyanide solution … Continue reading →

Sure big fish can eat bigger bait than smaller fish can. But that doesn’t mean that is necessarily their habit to do so. Maybe really the only benefit in using bigger lures is that the hooks are stouter so you … Continue reading →