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May/June 2009
Big Game Fishing Journal
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Read Captain Len's Editorial -- New Tactics in the Enviros
Grass-Roots Manipulating Toolbox
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May/June SHARKING SPECIAL
Feature Articles |
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SHARK TOURNAMENT STRATEGIES
By Captain Stephen Rhodes |
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Tournament! That one word draws the competitive fire out of the best crews everywhere you find big game species. There are innumerable opportunities in the Northeast to pit your crew against the best in the game and if you’ve never fished a shark tournament I encourage you to do so (with an experienced captain and crew first). Competition breeds excellence. I have made a ton of friends over the past 17 seasons fishing tournaments from the Bahamas to New Bedford and that is really the name of the game – having fun, and not the expectation that you are going to place in the money. More
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BACKYARD PREDATORS
By Captain Gary Graham
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Your first encounter with a mako shark is an unforgettable experience. Intense, quick, vicious, and dangerous, they leave you with the notion that they are not to be messed with.
It’s not a surprise that Conway Bowman, an intense young man himself with sportfishing etched into his being, would be one of the first to build a charter fishing business pitting himself and his clients against the formidable mako with only a flyrod between them. More
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BAHAMAS SPRING TUNE-UP
By Captain Trey Rhyne & Captain Joe Trainor
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“It’s better in the Bahamas” goes the saying. Well, never is it better than in the springtime as far as big game sport fishing is concerned. Springtime in the Bahamas is one of those special fishing opportunities that keeps people coming back year after year. The likelihood of being able to catch tuna, dolphin, billfish, and wahoo all in the same day, is what springtime Bahama fishing is all about. More
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PHONE COMMUNICATION AND DATA TRANSFER AT SEA
Get those ocean temperature charts
100 miles offshore
By Joe Kasenchak
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We’ve all taken risks while traveling offshore to the fishing grounds and I’m no different. As an avid offshore fisherman, I’ve done overnighters to the Hudson Canyon on a 26’ Mako center console during the 90’s and on my 32’ Regulator center console from 2001 to present. Both vessels are terrific fishing machines. The lure of the big one keeps us all coming back for more and sometimes clouds our decision making process. During the early years on the Mako, I carried an Epirb and a hand-held VHF. As the years have worn on, I’ve become a more careful and wiser mariner with the addition of a life raft and satellite phone to my life safety gear. More
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NO PROBLEMO'
A Tales From The Edge
By Kelly Cocoran |
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It was about 90 degree’s that day in June. Our plane just landed at Loreto, Baja, Mexico. It was our first time here and Peggy and myself just wanted to get through customs, find the marina and get into some great fishing the area offered. In the airport the talk was all business—yesterday’s catch; they’re not here yet, should have been here last week. We flagged down a taxi, and headed for B&B LaPlaya, the place we were staying for the next seven days. It was located right on the beach. As the owner Paulette was trying to give us the keys to our room, I was gazing out into the Sea of Cortez watching bait fish schools so big I could only imagine what fish were here awaiting us. More
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A SALUTE TO THE WAY THE CAROLINA BOYS GITTER DONE
By Captain Damon Sacco
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If there’s one place on American soil to claim legendary status in the world of big game fishing it’s North Carolina. Some would venture to call the Outer Banks the fishing capital of the world. I am one of those people. It is here where opposing currents, clashing ecosystems, and challenging weather collide. The result—gamefish, and lots of them. I have experienced this world class fishery first hand and have been lucky enough to fish alongside some of the best captains in the business. In this neck of the woods, and I do mean woods, fishing is not just fishing, it’s a way of life. Some of the captains around here build their own boats in their own backyards. More
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