FAST DRIFT FLUKING

While bucktailing has risen to the top as the preferred fluke fishing tactic lately, there is a time when bucktailing won’t be effective, mainly when the winds start blowing, the drift picks up big time, and you cannot hold bottom anymore. That’s the time to switch up your fluke tactics to adapt to the swift […]

SNAPPER ZAPPIN

Jersey’s bays and surf are loaded with baby bluefish right now, more commonly known as snapper blues. While these snapper blues range from 3 to 6 inches long, they are an absolutely blast to catch to introduce somebody new to the sport of fishing, to get a kids juices flowing or to gather as prime […]

SURF SHARKING

No doubt, its shark time in Jersey. The first two weeks of August always usher in all sorts of beasties to the surf line. Not only are big game sharks around, such as blacktips, spinners, browns, sand tigers, and even a hammerhead or two, but some behemoth rays such as butterfly rays, roughtail stingrays and […]

POPPIN JACKS

Some fish dole out crushing hits, put up a pretty solid fight and may even give you some head-thrashing shakes. And then there are jack crevalles. Every time I fish Florida’s east coast off of Cape Canaveral, Pt. St. Lucie and Sebastian Inlet area waters I am reminded of the knee-buckling, explosive topwater strikes jacks […]

NIGHT PROWLIN’

Right now in New Jersey, there is a viable night fishery for bottomfish on the wrecks and reefs that include the likes of ling, cod, porgies, sea bass and even squid. Under the guise of darkness, bottom beasties lurk along the sea floor. Many party boats are making nightly runs to the 3 to 12 […]

ICAST 2017 Recap

Well we are all back from ICAST 2017 in Orlando Florida, and it was a busy one for our TackleDirect crew. We said we would get all of you 150+ videos, and we sure did with 200 product videos from all of your favorite brands with new for 2018 reels, rods, line, lures, apparel, accessories, […]

STRUCTURE BUCKTAILING FLUKE

Heading into the crux of summer flatfish fun, fluke are now situating in the mid range depths of 35 to 75 feet. The largest of flatties will be hanging around structure piles as various wrecks, reefs and rocks provide cover for fluke to lay low and ambush baitfish as they swim by. Structure fishing by […]

CHASING COBIA

Florida’s east and west coasts have a bad ass fishery when it comes to chasing down the brown clowns, or cobia. Hardcore battlers and inquisitive by nature, cobia are suckers for whacking topwater and subsurface lures. Usually, you can happen upon a pack of 2 to 5 fish or so hanging around on the water […]

ICAST 2017 Video Library

From Tuesday, July 11 – Friday, July 14, TackleDirect will be bringing you over 200 product reviews from the best brands in fishing at ICAST 2017. Check back hourly for updates, or if you want a live feed, tune into our Facebook and Instagram Live! Go ahead, stalk us:

ICAST 2017 Preview

One week and we’ll be back in Orlando, FL for ICAST 2017! ICAST or International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades is the world’s largest Sportfishing trade show. This is where all your favorite brands showcase their latest in fishing gear, accessories, and apparel. Prepare yourself for non-stop action from us including: • 150+ Product Videos […]

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