Bent butt fish rods are traditionally for high speed trolling for marlin and tuna and wahoo. When fighting your fish standing up, they give you more leverage and comfort over the long haul. With deep dropping the bent butt rods are able to reach further out off the gunnel at a lower angle to...
Fishing rod blanks have a spine which adds strength and backbone to the rod and dictates which side of the blank faces up. On the spinning rod the spine would be on top and on a rod made for a level wind the spine is on the bottom. This way you get the proper parabolic arc for your fishing...
Yes, the quicker the fish comes in the and the quicker the release or the bleeding and into the cooler the better.
Fish have a very high metabolic rate and when you catch them they are often exhausted when you finally get them to the surface. A build up of lactic acid during this time can...
If you use a bottom paint with copper you must apply a epoxy barrier coat before applying the bottom paint. This will keep the copper from reacting with the aluminum.
You will have to sink a five gallon bucket full of concrete offshore where you want your boat to sit. Than you tie one end of a rope to the bucket and run it to a floating buoy. Tie a loop in the rope next to the buoy. Run your clothesline through the loop at the buoy and run it through a...
The developers of the Sueños resort renamed it from Bahía de los Muertos because they didn't think older rich gringos would be interested in buying property in the Bay of the Dead. All Mexicans still call it Bahía de los Muertos for the members of the Spanish navy that were killed there by the...
Make sure when you first spool up your reel with new line that you take it off the spool from the right direction otherwise you will get line twist. A sure test is to fill your reel part way and then give your reel some slack between the reel and spool. If it coils up like crazy, you have the...
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