Slow Pitch Jigging in South Florida/Dry Tortugas

Slow pitch jigging is a relatively new fishing technique pioneered in Japan that expands, and hyper-specializes, saltwater lure fishing.  Let’s not kid ourselves, jig fishing has been around for years and years, and the obvious question is “why is slow pitch jigging special?”  The answer is simple: it’s amazingly effective for nearly every fish that swims – especially in South Florida’s rich and productive Dry Tortugas/Pulley Ridge. Located approximately 100-150 miles west of Key West, the Dry Tortugas and Pulley Ridge...

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Jig Rigging For Bluefin Tuna

Over the last 4 years anglers have developed many ways to catch the Bluefin that have become the go to target for the Southern California sportfishing fleet. The Yummy flyer, popper, surface iron, double trouble balloon rig, the sinker rig, the flying fish balloon rig, and the deep jig. We wanted to really get specific and focus in on one. There are many ways to fish the jig. There are many different jigs to choose. The options can be a bit...

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Accurate Tern Reels And Valiant Rods – A Winning Combination

Check out the Tern Reels here. Check out the Valiant Rods here. Fish with Bryan Zulka on the El Gato Dos. Original article courtesy of The BD Staff at BD Outdoors.            

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Epic Kayak Fishing at Los Buzos Panama

Cubera snapper, black marlin, and monster roosterfish are some of the gnarliest fish in the ocean. There is no sport fisherman on earth that doesn’t have one or all of these fish on their bucket list. At Los Buzos, these are our specialty! After close to 100 roosterfish, many pushing 80 pounds, dozens of massive cubera snapper and the largest black marlin ever landed from a kayak, we have to say we love our gear. To give our clients the...

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Time to Rock: Bottom Fish Basics

Time to Rock: Bottom Fish Basics    For years, bottom fishing has been a staple focus of coastal fishermen looking to load their freezers with excellent eating table fare. The innovation of braid and smaller, more efficient reels, has made this fishery a lot more enjoyable for the average angler. In the past 20 years we have went from fishing heavier, bigger reels with larger glass rods that made the entire experience one of fighting your tackle more than the fish to the...

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Accurate 14-day American Angler Trip (Jan 12-26, 2019)

We had another great time on the Accurate sponsored 14-day trip on the American Angler skippered by Ray Lopez.  We landed several good size tunas but really did well on the wahoo.  Most of the wahoo were in the 40# range.  There was a lot of action with the Albacore style run and gun wahoo fishing.  I would like to tank the following manufactures for supporting this trip.  Accurate Fishing Products (demo ATD and Boss reels), Calstar (demo rail rods),...

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Accurate Holiday Gift Buying Guide

Accurate Tern Reels The Tern is Accurate’s first ever star drag reel. Star drag reels are inherently lacking in the drag department. The creators of TwinDrag set out to make a TwinStarDrag and a new innovation was born. The first ever TwinStarDrag (patent pending) is our answer to the problem. This reel features CVX to make it the lightest, strongest and most castable star drag on the market. Accurate Valiant Rods Anglers often have questions about what rod to pair with their new...

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Accurate And George H.W. Bush – United By A Love Of Fishing

With the unfortunate passing of former president George H.W. Bush, we would like to share some interaction we had with him in something I think we all share and that is a love of fishing...   Years ago, my sons and I had the good fortune to meet George H.W. Bush at a Safari Club convention. We learned that President George H. W. Bush was going to be at key note speech at a dinner at the end of the show. We...

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Sept 2018 Calstar (Accurate/Izorline) 6-Day Red Rooster 3 Trip Report

Andy Cates took the Calstar sponsored 6-day trip to "the Ridge" area for 2-days of yellowfin tuna fishing.  On the way back, we stopped at San Pablo for yellowtail fishing.  The last day was spent kelp paddy hopping for Dorado and some filler yellowfin tuna. Calstar provided over 20 of their latest model graphiter loaner rods for the passengers to try out.  Accurate also provided a few reels to allow for a couple of complete demonstrator outfits with 30# and 40#...

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American Angler July 2018 Accurate 5-Day Trip

We had a very successful Accurate sponsored 5-day trip on the American Angler.  This turned out to be a tuna, shark and whale watch trip (no extra charge for the whale watch).  We caught lots of yellowfin tuna, some great whites caught some of our yellowfin tunas and on the way home we were on a whale watching trip.  Check out some of the photos.  Captain Ray Lopez took us to Guadalupe Island for some very nice grade yellowfin tuna...

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