Product Profile: G. Loomis IMX-PRO Blue Series Rods
G. Loomis has a well-deserved reputation for turning out quality rods and I can say that speaking from experience.
May 2019: Issue 11
Tackle Tip: Freshwater Change-up
A little tweaking in either the presentation or appearance can go a long way at upping the livewell count.
Offshore: Catch What’s Available
So you leave in search of tuna and still come home with a full fish box, what’s wrong with that?
Surf Fishing: Swimming With Needlefish
More than just a pencil with hooks, a needlefish plug should swim, wiggle, dart and glide.
Inshore: The Ponytail
Ponytails are a simple and effective favorite amongst fishermen targeting bluefish.
Big Apple
Back in 2006, the folks at The Fisherman headquarters in Shirley, NY asked me up to join the Long Island team at our home office.
Striped Bass Do Si Do
Call it the Striped Bass Do Si Do, or maybe a little Hokey Pokey; I’m not 100 percent up on what dance moves the kids are doing these days since I stopped doing the “Running Man” and the “Cabbage Patch” a long time ago, but this feels like little more than a square dance gone wrong to me.
Striped Bass Update
Results of the preliminary stock assessment have fishery managers looking for answers to help rebuild the striped bass fishery.