Fishing from a jetty can be fun, productive, and… quite dangerous. Most of us will, of course, be interested in the awesome fishing that jetties can provide. Species like black and red drum, sheepshead, flounder, and many others are attracted […]
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Is the kid in this picture crazy for cobia? It would certainly seem so – and we don’t blame him. These are hard-fighting, awesome-tasting fish. That’s why we’ve talked about them before, in Galveston Cobia, and Tuesday Tip: Lures/Baits for Ling
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When it comes to choosing the best saltwater fishing reel for your needs, there are a number of considerations to take into account. Naturally, price is a biggie. Construction quality, the smoothness of the drag, and how smooth the reel
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Okay, so maybe black drum aren’t the most beautiful fish swimming in the sea. Nor are they the tastiest once they surpass 30 or 40 pounds (though smaller ones are quite good in the frying pan). They don’t tail-walk, and
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When the original three-day federal red snapper season was announced for Gulf anglers, many of us were understandably a tad bit perturbed. The federal regs have been out of whack for quite some time, which not only harms recreational anglers
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Sharks are awesome beasts – both to look at, and to fight on the end of your fishing line. And while you can catch them at any time of day, there’s no doubt that night fishing produces the best. Naturally,
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If saltwater inshore fishing is your game, you almost certainly like chasing after speckled sea trout. This species can at times seem easy to catch, but at others, specks can be frustratingly difficult to get on the end of the
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It’s rare I’ll make an unqualified statement like this, but: 3M 5200 is the best boat goop ever, period. In fact no other sealant/adhesive even comes close. This stuff can be used above the waterline, below the waterline, and in
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Many of us get a new boat and are perfectly happy with its performance, but a few years later, notice that it seems a bit lackluster. Can a boat lose power in that short a time period? Nope—but a combination
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Recreational boaters and their boats turned out to be some of the heroes of the recent spate of hurricanes, including Harvey. It was jon boats, bass boats, and skiffs that were used to rescue countless people from flooded neighborhoods. But
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Last week we told you all about the new Yamaha F25 outboard, which has battery-less EFI. But this system is important enough, and is showing up on so many new portable outboards, that it deserves further discussion. Just what is battery-less
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Yamaha introduced a new F25 outboard earlier this year, and recently we had the chance to spend a day with one out on the water. The engine was mounted on the transom of an AlumaCraft Escape 145, a small and
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Evinrude has come out with a new joystick system for boats powered by G2 outboards, called the iDock. We had a chance to put the system through its paces, on a Scout center console and a 30-foot twin engine pontoon
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You want to ruin a day of fishing? Of course not! But look at what I found, when I flipped open the bait cooler on one offshore fishing trip: Now mind you, this was to be a day of offshore
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Rocket launchers may all look the same at first glance, but anyone who’s owned a boat with imperfect rocket launchers lining the T-top or arch knows that several small details can make some great, and some others terrible. This is
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Nothing is worse than buying bags of ice for a day of fishing, coming home empty handed, then dumping the unused ice over the side of the boat. Why doesn’t someone invent a cooler insert, that would allow you to
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I recently spent a day riding along with the new WOA fishing team, and believe me, you’ve never seen a tournament fishing team like this before – WOA stands for Woman’s Offshore Alliance, and this team is 100-percent female. How
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Boat trailering can be a bit stressful, with your pride and joy zinging along at highway speeds mere inches from asphalt, and why in the past we’ve covered Boat Trailering Tips, and told you about 5 Trailering Disasters to Avoid.
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From tiny canoes to massive offshore convertibles, there are a million and one fishing boats out there. Some of them, however, break all of the molds. They fit into no categories. And they may leave you scratching your head, wondering
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With Yamaha offering the F350C, Mercury offering the Verado 350 and 400, and Seven Marine offering the monstrous 557 and 627 outboards, Suzuki has been playing a bit of catch-up ball lately. Their Df300 is a well-respected engine, but many
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