FISHING A NOR’EAST SURF

A Northeast weather pattern has been sitting on Jersey for the past few days, and with it surf striped bass fishing has gone bananas. Heavy water demands you switch up your tactics a little bit for more effective bait fishing. Start off by bringing larger rods and reels to handle the swashing surf. I employ […]

POPPIN BAY BLUES

The first wave of bluefish moved into Jersey’s bay systems and surf zone, and you’re hard pressed to find a more exciting way to score gators than with topwater poppers. Blues have been of mixed size so far from choppers of 5 to 7 pounds to slammers upwards of 15 pounds, but both size classes […]

SODBANK STRIPERS

I literally just got off the water with TackleDirect pro staffer Captain Brian Williams of the Badfish, mainly to get out and prove that stripers were loaded in Jersey’s backwaters. Water temps ranged from 53 to 60 degrees while we worked over the backwater sodbanks. We were on the hunt to utilize lighter tackle for […]

BUNKER CHUNKING BLUEFISH

Spring choppers are ripping up the Eastern Seaboard shores as we speak, with action on bluefish coming from North Carolina up to New Jersey. The bluefish bomb usually hits Jersey in May and its prime time to target the gators in the surf using bunker chunks as hungry blue dogs are keyed in on the […]

FLORIDA KEYS BRIDGE BASHING

There cannot be a more satisfying moment in fishing then when cruising a worn out highway in the Florida Keys and pulling up to a bridge without a plan, casting a line and coming up big. On a recent trip through the Keys, Sean Reilly and I were heading from Oceans Edge Resort in Key […]

ISLAMORADA REEF MIX

I just walked in the door from a sunny week in the Florida Keys and the smile is still plastered on my face. The reefs were alive. Cruising out on the 34 foot Bn’M battle wagon with Rich Stanczyk, owner of legendary Bud ‘N Mary’s Marina in Islamorada, Captain Charlie Scoble put us up over […]

TRICKS TO CLAMMING SPRING SURF STRIPERS

Before bunker schools move into the area, fresh or salted clams are a solid bet to score your first fish from the surf in April. Jersey’s spring striper run is just kicking off. Generally shorter in stature, April bass average in the 20 to 26-inch bracket and can be fickle when feeding at the start […]

GULF RED SNAPPER AND GAG GROUPER

Along Florida’s sleepy “Nature Coast”, the port of Crystal River offers easy access to red snapper and grouper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. On a recent trip, I hopped on board with Captain TJ Shea of 2Shea charters http://fishanddivetampa.com/captain-shea/ and after running 40 miles, we were in an incredibly shallow 50 feet of water […]

OUTER BANKS SURF REDFISH

I cruised by the Saltwater Fishing Expo in New Jersey this past weekend and was stoked to see some old familiar fishing industry faces, and that’s where I ran into Ryan White of Hatteras Jack in Rodanthe, NC. White is the owner of the North Carolina based Century rods and as we got to jabbering, […]

2018 Bassmaster Classic Video Library

The TackleDirect Production Crew is heading to Lake Hartwell, Greenville, SC for the 2018 Bassmaster Classic from Friday, March 16 – Sunday, March 18 to film all of the hottest and latest products from bass fishing’s largest tournament of the year. We will be posting all of our new product videos here, so make sure […]

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