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Oct 30, 2024 · This article provides some context for soft plastic rigging and how to use them effectively. For more tips on how to catch more fish on soft plastics, this feature is great. Match the Hatch. This rule is great and it’s nearly universal. You are always well served to use a lure that mimics what fish are actually eating.

Nov 8, 2024 · Best Topwater Striper Lure Overall: Musky Mania Saltwater Doc Best Soft Plastic Striper Lure: Lunker City Slug-Go Best Striper Popper Lure: Nomad Tackle Design Chug Norris Best Striped Bass Pencil Popper Lure: Guides Secret Poppa Pencil Best Walk the Dog Lure for Stripers: Joebaggs Skipper Best Value Striped Bass Topwater Lure: Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper

Jun 13, 2022 · Whether you’re fishing inshore or offshore, you want to make sure you’re casting with the best saltwater fishing lures available. Rather than spending countless hours testing a variety of saltwater fishing baits and lures, we’ve gone ahead and …

Aug 2, 2019 · Reels get loaded with a minimum of 40-pound braid. Narrow spools are favored on conventional models. Speed jigging requires both hands, one on the side plate of the reel and the other on the reel handle, winding, so laying line on the reel is not an option.

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May 23, 2024 · Flats boats enable anglers to pole stealthily in shallow water, in search of game fish. SWS File. If you intend to stalk bonefish, redfish, permit, snook, striped bass, tarpon or any other inshore game fish on the flats, salt marshes, or other shallow water areas, flats boats and flats skiffs — designed precisely for that style of saltwater angling …

Dec 26, 2024 · Legendary marine-industry veteran Early Bentz—founder of Stratos and then Triton Boats, both premium lines of saltwater and freshwater fishing boats—created fishing-focused Caymas Boats in 2018. Caymas models are designed and built for hardcore offshore and inshore anglers, while also pleasing ...

Apr 29, 2023 · “The strike—there’s nothing like it. You’re pitching the jig and it just stops,” says Ortiz, stating the ideal rod for slow-pitch jigging is between 6 feet and 6 feet, 8 inches long, much shorter than the 8-footers ­typically employed for ­other jigging techniques on long-range boats.

Feb 3, 2023 · Flying fish take off like a plane, powered by a spectacular tail. Once airborne, they glide like a bird. Wikimedia Commons. Yes, poor Wilbur and Orville Wright’s historic flight of 120 feet can’t hold a candle to flying fish, which have been known to glide more than two football fields in a single flight.