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Tackle Tips: L-Bar Bottom Rig

November 30, 2022 By InTheBite Magazine

Diagram of an L-Bar bottom rig.
Capt. Bill Buckland, Fisherman’s Center

Supplies Needed: L-Bar, 250 lb mono, 11/0 circle hooks, three-way swivel, deep drop gang rig and sash weight.

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Fishing, General News, News, Tackle Tips, Techniques Tagged With: accessories, from the archives, golden tilefish, leader, swivels, Tackle Tips

Tackle Tips: Removable Inline Planer System

November 7, 2022 By InTheBite Magazine

By Tommy Greene, Owner, Custom Rod and Reel, Lighthouse Point, Florida

Planer fishing is an effective way to target wahoo. Traditional systems utilize a planer that is permanently fixed to the line. In this case, the angler reels the swivel to the rod tip before handlining the wahoo and 75’ of leader to the boat. This tip makes the planer removable, allowing the angler to reel the planer to the rod tip, easily remove it and reel the fish and leader to the boat—no more handlining.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Featured Stories, Fishing Accessories, General News, News, Tackle Tips Tagged With: custom rod and reel, planer fishing, Tackle Tips, Wahoo, wahoo fishing

LP Level Wind Storage

October 26, 2022 By InTheBite Magazine

A level wind on deck.

Although they are seemingly indestructible, Lindgren-Pitman’s SV-1200 and SV-2400 electric reels shouldn’t be neglected altogether. You generally only need to rinse thoroughly with water to wash away salt and grime. Sometimes soap is in order, but the one-piece aluminum frame is anodized to prevent corrosion so there’s never a need for harsh cleaners.

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Filed Under: Equipment, Featured Stories, General News, News, Tackle Tips Tagged With: Electric Reels, lindgren-pitman, new fishing product, reel storage, Tackle Tips

Tackle Tips: Two Sharpies are Better than One

September 28, 2022 By InTheBite Magazine

By Capt. Tucker Colquhoun

Speed is everything when it comes to tournament fishing. One of the easiest, most simple ways to insure your baits are positioned quickly is to mark your lines with a Sharpie marker. Capt. Tucker Colquhoun likes to add a second color marker into the mix to distinguish between short and long rigger positions. In this case, red color is used for short, and the long rigger position is black color. Regardless of different rods being rotated through the cockpit positions, each angler can easily position a bait by looking for a specific color.

Filed Under: Featured Stories, General News, News, Tackle Tips Tagged With: rigger, Tackle Tips, tournament fishing

The Best Billfish Lure

November 16, 2021 By InTheBite Editor

The moment we live for

The moment we live for

By Nick Smith

It occurred to me that this billfishing-with-lures thing we do is a lot like what I’ve done most of my life in the automobile business. It’s about attracting customers and eventually closing the deal. The oldest marketing adage in the book is AIDA. It was coined by some marketing genius way back in the late 1800s. It stands for: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action.

Isn’t that exactly what we’re trying to do with our spread of teasers or lures? These hunks of plastic and rubber have to accomplish AIDA and do it consistently for us to have success with the billfish that we pursue so fervently.

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Fishing, Tackle, Techniques Tagged With: billfishing, fishing lures, fly fishing, Nick Smith, Tackle Tips

Bait School: Four Captains, 20 Tips for Better Live Bait Fishing

September 22, 2021 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: baiting advice, Charter Fishing, live baiting, Offshore Fishing, Tackle Tips

Tackle Tips from the 90-foot Jarrett Bay, Jaruco

August 4, 2021 By InTheBite Digital Editor

Staff Report

Modern dredge fishing has evolved tremendously, with multi-tiered teasers complementing intricate pulley systems mounted to towering outriggers. Mono has been a reliable choice for dredge line and outrigger halyards for years and is still popular today, but woven superlines comprising ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers provide significant benefits including high strength, low stretch and resistance to flex-fatigue and abrasion. Here’s how superlines are in use for outrigger halyards, dredge leashes and bridge teasers on the 90-foot Jarrett Bay, Jaruco.

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Fishing Tagged With: Dredge Fishing, Jarrett Bay, jaruco, Offshore Fishing, Tackle Tips

Capt. Bart Miller—His Take on Lure Hook-Up

March 16, 2021 By InTheBite Editor

In early 2018, sportfishing legend Capt. Bart “Black Bart” Miller passed away. Bart left behind a lure company bearing his name and a list of marlin fishing feats that will likely never be duplicated. Miller was a veritable legend in the sportfishing industry and InTheBite is proud to have published some of Miller’s perspective. Here, from the archives, is one such piece.

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Tackle, Techniques Tagged With: Bart Miller, Black Bart, hook rig, Tackle Tips, Trolling

Single Hook Fly

September 9, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Tackle Tips Tagged With: billfishing, flyfishing, flyfishing circle hook, Tackle Tips

Tackle Tip Showcase From Jose “Poncho” Brenes and Steven Fallas, on the Sea Fly

September 2, 2020 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Tackle Tips Tagged With: Costa Rica fishing, rigging bait, Sea Fly, Tackle Tips

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    Capt. Bill Buckland, Fisherman’s Center Supplies Needed: L-Bar, 250 lb mono, 11/0 circle hooks, three-way swivel, deep drop gang rig and sash weight. The L-Bar is an excellent accessory to utilize when deep dropping for bottom fish. It is especially effective for catching tilefish. With a traditional five-hook gang rig, the hooks are suspended in the water column. Utilizing the... [Read More...]

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