Trigger a feeding frenzy to load the boat with blackfin. Pound for pound blackfin tuna fight like banshees and while they might not be the biggest tuna species around, they certainly count among the tastiest. Better yet, you can absolutely clobber these fish—if you have the right bait, and present it in the right way… READ MORE
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Fishing offshore all night long can make for the trip of a lifetime. Spending the night offshore is a blast in more ways than one, but nothing hurts more than an empty cooler after 36 hours at sea. You want to stack the deck in your favor? Of course you do—and these five tips will… READ MORE
When bluefin tuna are sitting deep, speed jigging is fire. You can see bluefin tuna on the meter down deep, and they won’t hit baits trolled on the surface? This happens a fair amount in some areas, such as in the Mid-Atlantic region when the tuna are feeding on sand eels over humps in a… READ MORE
Why do all those marlin seem to be window shopping? Few things are as frustrating—excruciating, even—as marlin that appear in the spread but refuse to eat. Whites are particularly guilty, sometimes going from one offering to the next and checking out every bait in a spread before turning tail and disappearing without ever making an… READ MORE
Golden tilefish are big, tasty, and tough to catch—but they’re even tougher to find. You know the golden tilefish are out there, but you don’t know exactly where? The ocean is a vast desert and the oasis that hold golden tiles compromises a relatively tiny swath of oceanic area, so the very best way to… READ MORE
Do you love it when kicking mahi are piling up on the deck so fast that a river of red goes running through the scuppers? Of course you do! These five tips will help turn a “normal” day of fishing into cockpit chaos that dyes your socks red. 1. Set up the Bucket Brigade Most… READ MORE