Well, it’s official, I’ve been a kayak angler for three full months! As you can imagine I have some insights to share with all the aspiring kayak anglers out there. First and foremost, I’m blown away by the amount of … Continued
The fishing didn’t start off as hot as it had when I’d visited Collins with Jason Graves and Andrea Kukulka a couple weeks before. On this early May trip, Fish Sniffer webmaster Wes Ward was my partner. Wes was in … Continued
I was using the “hybrid leadcore outfit” I’ve written so much about in the pages of the Fish Sniffer consisting of a short fluorocarbon top shot, 3 colors of 17 lb. leadcore and 20 lb. braid backing spooled on an … Continued
My wife Gena has caught a lot of big fish, including 100 pound tuna, 30 pound yellowtail, a 40 plus pound striper and a huge jack crevalle that was within a pound of the world record! The one fish that … Continued
It doesn’t matter if you’re trolling for ocean salmon, river run salmon, reservoir trout, landlocked kings or kokanee, rolling baits are some of the best offerings you can employ. For many years, I’ve been rigging plug cut herring, slipping whole … Continued
You should have been here yesterday! That’s a phrase all of us anglers have heard, at times in jest and at other times with earnest sincerity. Yesterday, that one day of the week or month when the stars line up, … Continued
So, I recently had a Fish Sniffer reader reach out to me and ask several questions about trout fishing. I had every intention of publishing it here and then answering him, but I can’t seem to find the message…Hmmm. As … Continued
It’s was more than 40 years ago, but for some reason I remember the comment like the conversation took place yesterday. I was probably 7 years old and my dad was talking about hunting over a cup of coffee with … Continued
At the end of the day, I’m a trout fisherman. My first fish was a rainbow trout and my last fish will likely be a rainbow as well. However right now my mind isn’t on trout fishing or sturgeon or … Continued
Do you remember 1989? That was the year when the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake devastated the Bay Area and the Oakland Athletics led by Ricky Henderson devastated the San Francisco Giants in the World Series! While the earthquake and the … Continued