PICKING MAHI OFF THE POTS

The warm weather lately has us thinking about summer days offshore. Don’t forget your lighter spinning tackle to bring home some serious table fare with some mahi off the pots. Its pretty common knowledge that mahi tend to gravitate around floating debris, flotsam and jetsam drifting in the ocean, as well as by lobster pot […]

TROLLING SPEEDSTERS

From Florida to New Jersey to Cabo San Lucas, small-boat anglers can easily be into some reel-screaming speedsters including false albacore, Spanish mackerel, mahi, skipjack tuna, and bonito. It’s easy to rig right to tackle inshore speed demons. Smaller, large capacity reels are the way to go, matched with lightweight trolling rods such as a […]

WRECK JIGGING PREP

When the bite offshore gets slow, why not drop down a jig to bring something tasty home for the table? Luckily, I’ve been blessed to fish around the Eastern hemisphere from St. Lucia to Montauk to Cabo San Lucas, and sure the glamorous species of marlin, tuna, and other pelagics are the main fare on […]