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Walleye Jigging on the Columbia River
Fish Camp 2018 This year I had the opportunity to attend Fish Camp up on the Columbia River. Fish Camp is a media event where several media types are invited from around the country. The event takes place at Peach Beach Camp Park in Goldendale Washington along the famed Columbia River. The goal every year is to get up and spend some time with a variety of media folks and talk about and demo new products while fishing for salmon, sturgeon, bass and walleye. And its called Fish Camp for a reason. We do just that, camp. Tent and sleeping bag provided. Over the past several seasons, hover fishing for…
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Komodo SS by Okuma – An In Depth Look
Okuma Komodo SS I get a lot of questions about the Komodo SS by Okuma. For those that don’t know, these are their low profile family of reels built specifically for saltwater use. These reels are tough! The SS stands for Stainless Steel. With Stainless Steel gearing, pinion gear, drive and spool shafts as well as aluminum side plates and frame this reel was designed from the ground up for extreme saltwater use. These reels were built for the fight getting up to 30lbs of pure fish stopping power. The 350 size was the first to hit the market a couple of seasons ago putting out over 25 pounds of…
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Fresh Bluefin Tuna Jerky – Super Easy Recipe
Making Fresh Tuna Jerky With the fishing so incredible and the giant Tuna just off the coast, you now need to decide what to do with your catch. There are many ways to prepare fresh Tuna, but one of my favorites is making fresh tuna jerky. Of course, you can use just about any fish for this, but tuna is one of my favorites. The Catch The first step in creating delicious, fresh jerky is catching the fish. Clearly you can use just about any fish you would like, but my go to is fresh caught tuna. I caught the below Bluefin Tuna recently and had plenty of fish to…
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Magnum Squish Jig by Savage Gear- Tuna Killer
Savage Gear Magnum Squish Jig- Tuna Killer! At this point we all know the tremendous fish catching potential of the Savage Gear Squish Jig. They have been deadly on a variety of fish including tuna, yellowtail, bonito and even dropped down for big, gnarly ling cod. The erratic fall of these jigs is amazing and drives fish absolutely crazy. Now Savage Gear has introduced its bigger, badder brother. The Magnum Squish Jig! Having topped out at 180 grams, the standard Squish Jigs were phenomenal. Now the new Magnum Squish Jigs come in at a whopping 250 and 280 grams. This is what the anglers have been asking for. They still…
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Cedros Island- Disaster Averted
Disaster Averted! After an incredible trip down to Cedros Island off of the Pacific Coast of Mexico, I was looking back at the footage I captured with my GoPro Hero 5 and found a pretty funny clip. Disaster was certainly averted this time. The Trip I was down at Cedros Island fishing with Cedros Kayak Fishing and Jeff Mariani and the fishing was pretty incredible for Calico Bass. The yellowtail bite was a little slow, but the bass were non stop and we put the Hobie Mirage Kayaks to work this week. The Fishing After a day of throwing big baits for yellowtail and swimbaits for calico bass, Jeff and…
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Barramundi Fishing with Osceola Outback Adventures Florida
Barramundi Fishing with Osceola Outback Adventures I recently had a pretty incredible opportunity to check another fish species off of the bucket list. After this years ICAST show in Orlando, we had the chance to get out and fish with Osceola Outback Adventures for Australian Barramundi. We didn’t even have to travel all the way to Australia to do it. In fact, we hopped in our rental and drove about 45 minutes to St. Cloud Florida which is just outside of Orlando. This is the only place in the northern and western hemispheres that you can actually fish for Barramundi. For those of you that may not know, Barramundi are…
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Jigging for Monster Cutthroat Trout on Pyramid Lake
I recently had the opportunity to get up to Pyramid Lake in Nevada to chase giant Cutthroat Trout. I got the call from Denis Isbister of the television show Wild Fish Wild Places that the fishing is good and we need to get up there right now. Giant cutthroat trout? You don’t really have to tell me twice. We booked our flights and were on the way! Pyramid Lake is just east of Reno and an easy 45 minute drive right to the lake. We landed in Reno, grabbed our rental car, made the quick drive and were on the water by 2pm. As you drive east and finally make…
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Pirates Cove Resort & Marina- Stuart Florida
The sun slowly rises over the horizon as you sit on your patio sipping a delicious cup of coffee. You watch a variety of boats pull in and out of the dock out in front of your room as you listen to the hum of the motors. You find yourself with a variety of options for morning festivities as you walk down to the main hub of Pirates Cove Resort in Stuart Florida. Stuart is located along south eastern coast of Florida just a couple hours north of Miami and a short drive north of West Palm Beach. Pirates Cove Resort is tucked in to the harbor along Indian River. …
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Chasing a Dream
If you are a die hard fisherman like I am, you probably have a bucket list fish that you have dreamed of catching. For me it was a big striped bass. This past week I had the opportunity to chase after that dream fish out in Tennessee with the guys from Tennessee River Monsters. The monster striped bass has been an elusive fish for me for some time. Living in Southern California we hear of the occasional monster, but they are few and far between. With lakes like Silverwood, Pyramid, Perris, Castaic and Diamond Valley in our backyard, we have ample opportunity. You’ll hear of fish over 20 pounds over…
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Squish Jigs by Savage Gear Dominate the Bluefin Tuna Scene
Squish Jigs by Savage Gear have been dominating the local tuna scene. The Bluefin Tuna fishing off of the coast of Southern California has been incredible for the past few years. Heck, I’d say seasons, but it seems as if the fish have never left. The fish seem to be circulating around our local banks and islands. I’ve heard fisherman say that these are the years that we will look back on ten to twenty years from now and say, “those were the days.” And I don’t disagree. The bait that has really been getting these fish going is the Savage Gear Squish Jig. Half Squid, Half Fish, these little…
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