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14OctOctober 14, 2015

Hunting Wahoo in the Southern California Bight.

Rob and Dallas with their payoff after five weekends and 110 miles of trolling. The 2015 saltwater fishing season brought southern California an abundance of exotics never seen in local waters. The first push of gamefish were Yellowtail that bit through the holidays and are still biting in a lot of inshore haunts. They were followed by mass numbers of Bluefin that ranged from schoolies in the 20 to 40 lb range, to bigger models in excess of 200 lbs. The...

By Ben SecrestFishingAccurate, boat, california, fish, fishhard, fishing, marlin, reel, rod, saltwater, southern california, troll, tuna, wahoo, yellowtailComments Off

09OctOctober 9, 2015

Calstar 6-day Red Rooster III Trip Report

Congratulations to 1st place Gary Sax 33# yellowtail, father Ralph holding son Tim Hughes 49.5# trolling jackpot wahoo, 2nd place Tim Hughes 31.9# yellowtail, 3rd place David Koehler 30.6# yellowtail We had another great trip, with Calstar Rods the primary sponsor and Accurate Reels, Izorline and Baja Fish Gear secondary sponsors. We fished Jeronimo Island the first day and found near limits of 20# yellowtails. The dropper loop method also caught (and released) four Black Sea Sass. Moving on to Benitos...

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29SepSeptember 29, 2015

Conservation through Fishing: Future of the Sport

Marlin being released with a Billfish Tag Recently we put out a poll regarding how many people practice some type of catch and release ethics. The poll was created to start a dialogue with anglers to see what views they have towards self replenishment of the stocks (Catch and Release). We received some interesting replies, but the main focus was to get some type of response, which we did. We saw that the following percentages applied to a mid range sampling...

By Ben SecrestFishingAccurate, catch, conservation, dorado, fish, fishing, marlin, release, tag, tuna, yellowtailComments Off

18SepSeptember 18, 2015

The 2015 MABT Experience on the Kea Kai

Good Morning Anacapa Island The 2015 Master Anglers Billfish Tournament(MABT) saw the team of Kea Kai skippered by Jock Albright and comprised of Charlie Albright (Cousin Rods), Bill Buchanan (Cousin Rods), Dave Elm (AFTCO), and myself getting on the boat Wednesday night with good information on fish up at Anacapa Island and traveling all night arriving at daybreak. Within an hour of our arrival we started to see life up in the area that was the tell tale signs that what...

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09SepSeptember 9, 2015

Master Angler Billfish Tournament 2015

Accurate BX-500N with 12lb IGFA mono and FX2-500 with 16lb IGFA mono ready for action The MABT is Friday and Saturday September 12 & 13th. Check with us next week for Ben's full report on the tournament fishing aboard "Jock Albrights" 44 Pacifica "Kea Kai".

By Ben SecrestFishingaccuratefishing, fishhard, lighten, MABT, marlin, socalmarlinfishing, stripe marlin, twindragreelsComments Off

09SepSeptember 9, 2015

The Aspects of New Product Development and Time on the Water

The Twins of TwinDrag, Dave and Doug Nilsen Here at Accurate Fishing Products, being a relatively smaller company versus other reel manufacturers definitely works to our advantage in our eyes. We find that product communication with us is often direct, and the ability to get first hand knowledge in our new product development helps us put out the best possible products. Not having to work with the production off-site or be hampered with communication problems either with language, or by time...

By Ben SecrestFishingaccuratefishing, fishhard, fishing, reels, socalfishing, tuna, twindrag, yellowtailComments Off

04SepSeptember 4, 2015

July 2015 Accurate 5-Day Trip; American Angler

The annual Accurate sponsored 5-day trip on the American Angler started out fishing kelp patties for 20# yellowtail and school size yellowfin tuna. Day 1 finished with everyone catching near limits of both yellowtail and YFT. Day 2 was at Cedros. More 25-30# yellowtail and 5 white sea bass. Day 3 had us north of Cedros fishing in the same area as day 1. With all the passengers having as many yellowtail and YFT as they wanted, we went "trophy...

By Gary TeraokaFishingAccurate, american angler, fishing, tunaComments Off

31AugAugust 31, 2015

How to Choose Your Next Reel

Working at Accurate we get daily calls from consumers on "Which reel will work best for me in my area". Here are a couple suggestions to help you in researching your next reel purchase. By answering the following questions listed below you should have a clearer idea of what reel will be better suit your fishing needs. What area do you live in and what are your targeted species? This is the first question we ask consumers. The diversity of fishing on...

By Ben SecrestFishingAccurate, braid, choose reel, fish, Fish Hard, fishing, reel, reels, saltwater, troll, tunaComments Off

27AugAugust 27, 2015

Fishing with the Family

Little Summer and Dad in the early years. Summer's fat Yellow from last week. Recently, I was fortunate enough to spend a few days fishing with my daughters who were home from college on break. I forgot how much fun it was to spend time on the boat with them enjoying what we love to do. They have been fishing since they could walk and truly enjoy the time on the water. All this is a result of investing time fishing with...

By Ben SecrestFishingAccurate, family, Fish Hard, fishing, fun, kids, yellowtailComments Off

19AugAugust 19, 2015

Yellowtail on TwinSpin SR-20

Accurate ProStaffer, Sgt. Matt Elash, went fishing on a private boat Sunday, August 16 and had a great trip using the Accurate SR-20 to catch yellowtail ranging from 30 to 40 pounds. Matt said: "The reel was great for this class of fish. I have nothing but praise for this reel. Can't wait to get back on the water."

By Matt HarperFishingAccurate, Catalina, fishing, saltwater, SR-20, twinspin, yellowtailComments Off