Sunday, May 19, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
In the waste not want not department...
The other day I was looking at a guy cleaning a big Mahi Mahi and thought to myself just how to go about tanning fish skin and could you make a pair of boots from a big Mahi...
As it happens, one of my favorite blogs The Monkey Face News has a pretty good post on the subject. Not nearly as difficult or problematic as I expected!
Note to self: must stock up on Borax!
As it happens, one of my favorite blogs The Monkey Face News has a pretty good post on the subject. Not nearly as difficult or problematic as I expected!
Note to self: must stock up on Borax!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Well, I've always had a soft spot for black light posters...
The other day I got some promotional material for some interesting lures...
Yeah, it sorta kinda looks like a spinner, does it not? What makes it interesting is the thought process that went into it. Since fish don't quite see stuff like we do maybe we should think about how they do see.
Geared more to the UV light spectrum, Panther Martin's new FishSeeUV spinners might actually be on to something... I'm certainly going to get a set and see what they do.
More about them after I've had a chance to see what the fish think...
Geared more to the UV light spectrum, Panther Martin's new FishSeeUV spinners might actually be on to something... I'm certainly going to get a set and see what they do.
More about them after I've had a chance to see what the fish think...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Yeah consider me pissed off...
Moldy Chum talks about the rather horrific practice of spear fishing for Tarpon and links over to someone spearing a large tarpon using scuba...
You should go read it and check out the video but I warn you it is ugly and very depressing.
Personally, I feel the only sporting way to spearfish is free diving and that killing for the simple act of killing something is just plain wrong... there is simply no reason whatsoever to spear a tarpon.
In the old bad days of spearfising where slaughter was the order of the day, scuba-equipped divers using spearguns were even then considered to be less than sportsmen, losers, and as my dad used to say "Bottom feeders might as well fish with a hand grenade". He also said a lot of other things about guys like this but as it involved cutting certain body parts off, we'll refrain from going into detail.
I spearfish because it gives much more choice in harvesting, involves no by-catch, no catch & release mortality, and all things considered, it is the most sustainable method of catching a fish to eat.
Done right...
What these Helldiver folks are doing is simply not right and about as sporting as shooting a tethered deer from six feet away.
You should go read it and check out the video but I warn you it is ugly and very depressing.
Personally, I feel the only sporting way to spearfish is free diving and that killing for the simple act of killing something is just plain wrong... there is simply no reason whatsoever to spear a tarpon.
In the old bad days of spearfising where slaughter was the order of the day, scuba-equipped divers using spearguns were even then considered to be less than sportsmen, losers, and as my dad used to say "Bottom feeders might as well fish with a hand grenade". He also said a lot of other things about guys like this but as it involved cutting certain body parts off, we'll refrain from going into detail.
I spearfish because it gives much more choice in harvesting, involves no by-catch, no catch & release mortality, and all things considered, it is the most sustainable method of catching a fish to eat.
Done right...
What these Helldiver folks are doing is simply not right and about as sporting as shooting a tethered deer from six feet away.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
A site you may want to bookmark...
The Home Made Lure Blog is a great read. There's always lots of excellent ideas and very clear instructions on how to make awesome lures...
Like this Flying C Spinner...
Just a thought but this would make a great trolling lure for sailing speeds if you made it about twice as big.
Like this Flying C Spinner...
Just a thought but this would make a great trolling lure for sailing speeds if you made it about twice as big.
Monday, March 25, 2013
The zen of fishing from a moving sailboat...
I'll be the first to admit that my tackle bag has way too much stuff in it, a veritable cornucopia of lures to entice and seduce the most shy pelagic prey. I could certainly get by with about a dozen or even less. The zen take of less is more where fishing from a sailboat is concerned, is always something to keep in your mantra bag.
That said, I could probably get by with something like this...
It pretty much covers all the bases with a couple of lures each devoted mahi, tuna, and sailfish. Truth is, I expect they all have a pretty equal chance of pulling in whatever is pelagic and following your boat and I doubt the tuna/sailfish/mahi will make any distinction...
Is it the perfect minimalist bag of lures for sailing off into the sunset? Nope, but it does have the advantage of having proven lures for pelagics, a nice bag to keep them organized, and a price that is not going to break the bank... Not a bad mix to get started with.
That said, I could probably get by with something like this...
Is it the perfect minimalist bag of lures for sailing off into the sunset? Nope, but it does have the advantage of having proven lures for pelagics, a nice bag to keep them organized, and a price that is not going to break the bank... Not a bad mix to get started with.
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