Freshwater: Heat Wave Wacky Riggin’
When the first real warm-up of the spring arrives, a wacky-rigged Senko is the ticket for hefty bucket-mouths.
April 2019
Surf Fishing: Put Some Snap Into Your Bucktailing
Adding the snap jigging technique to your bucktailing repertoire will add a whole new dimension to your surf game.
The Running of the Blues
Sometimes with the blues it’s feast or famine; here’s hoping for a feisty little feast this season.
Mirror, Mirror
“So, how many saltwater anglers are there in the United States?” If you ask the folks from NOAA Fisheries they’ll say there are approximately 9 million recreational saltwater anglers nationwide.
Daiwa LT Series Spinning Reels with Zaion
Daiwa’s LT Series of spinning reels includes a trio of models featuring new, lightweight Zaion housing. Developed by Daiwa, Zaion is a “high density” carbon strain material that is 20 percent stronger and 50 percent lighter than traditional nylon and aluminum construction.
Fishing’s Code of Conduct
Fishing is ripe with its own set of unwritten rules. There is a code of conduct that is well entrenched in the minds of veteran surf and boat anglers who frown on those who display callous disregard for lessons taught and shared by a generation of anglers who came before us. Somewhere along the line, this “code of conduct” seems to have lost its way.
NJ’s Access Fight
Waves crashing onto a sandy beach; standing on the rocks of an inlet jetty; casting into the shadow lines of one of the many bridges we have crossing over to the barrier islands; perhaps just walking the muddy marsh and sod banks to get to where a feeder creek dumps into a larger body of water.
More Challenges Facing Striped Bass
It is very obvious to most anglers what is happening in their home waters when it comes to striped bass fishing.
Profiles in Angling: Capt. Al Anderson
A fish tagging legend whose career spanned more than 50 years.
Offshore: Tweaking the Tuna Spread
Bluefin tuna will be here again soon enough, how’s your spread looking?
Surf Fishing: Six Surf Essentials
A sixer of must-haves, not including your tackle, to be kept in your surf ride.
Inshore: Ramp Scouting
Pre-gaming for the spring and summer run, whenever and wherever it occurs.
Plano Rustrictor Stowaway Tackle Boxes
Every once in a while I get to review a product that is right in my wheelhouse. The new Plano…
Fishing Is More Than Catching Fish
There’s no getting away from the news these days. It attacks you from all angles – TV, I-phone, I-pad, your laptop, radio – and sadly, it is mostly bad.
Calling the ACLU!
I’m not joking, I have already been in contact with the New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) about this one!
Back to Business
This week’s issue marks the annual return to the weekly print schedule, which begins in April and runs right on through November (the primary open-water fishing season here in Southern New England).
