SNAKES AND STRIPERS

I had the pleasure – well let me be real here – a lifelong wish fulfilled this week when I was able to take one of my old school WWE wrestling idols, Jake the Snake Roberts, out to catch his first striped bass. Being that it’s late July in Jersey, you would think there would […]

TRICKING TRIGGERFISH

In the past decade, Jersey’s wrecks and reefs have begun to colonize with summer visitors in the form of gray triggerfish. Previously known as a relative bycatch on the structure piles, triggers are now carpeting inshore wrecks and reefs, sometimes by the hundreds. For those that don’t know, triggerfish contain a sweet white, flaky meat […]

PARTY BOAT FLUKE CHECKLIST

I literally have squid strips stuck to my backpack and Gulp! Juice stains on my shirt as I write this, reason being I just stepped off the deck of the 90 foot party boat Gambler in Point Pleasant www.gamblerfishing.net from a half day fluke trip. A beauty 7.5-pound flatback took the pool and plenty of […]

ICAST 2018 Video Library

From Tuesday, July 11 – Friday, July 13, TackleDirect will be bringing you over 400 product reviews from the best brands in fishing at ICAST 2018. Check back hourly for updates, or if you want a live feed, tune into our Facebook and Instagram Live! Go ahead, stalk us: