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This is a follow up to talking about jigging, but figured I'd start fresh with this one.


When I arrived the tide was still trickling out. A few swings of a bomber elicited no hits or interest and that's about when my new companion for the evening arrived. He asked if I'd caught anything to which I replied, "I just got here."

He came over to my side and started chatting. Nothing like the talker from the night that began this whole jig theory thing, ...

He suggested that the jig was swimming sideways through the water as it swept back due to the angle of my line relative to its trajectory (he didn’t use the words relative or trajectory but it’s what he meant), pulling out and away from the fish as they moved in to grab it.

I’ve since expanded on his theory…

If you’ve never spent any time fishing from a boat jigging wire you should. It’s not everyone’s idea of fun or even the sportiest way to catch bass, but it is definitely ...

Some people like to talk a lot. They have different reasons. Some just like to hear themselves, others are uncomfortable with a silence, and others are trying to sell you something. There are other reasons too. I’ve been guilty of all three mentioned from time to time, but a couple months ago I met a guy who to me appeared to be guilty of the second to the point it was almost absurd.

He turned out to be a hell of a nice guy, but I was not all that happy to see him at first. He was ...

Thought this one would be appropriate given the current conditions...

The sea was a perfect angry mess Friday morning and in it, the fish came out to play in a big way.

When I arrived that morning at the Gun Mount I'd like to say I thought twice about fishing it. But I didn't. I only thought once and geared up and headed down. There were a couple other brave souls venturing out and the handful of us started working the rocky stretch. The 6-8 foot chop broke over the ...

I-phones are not waterproof…

August is a wonderful time in RI. The air is hot and soggy and is filled with complaints begging for the heat to end. If we could only hear ourselves in August this past June. I’ll continue to sweat it out with minimal complaints.

When a ball is tossed vertically in the air there is a moment in time, a brief instant of zero velocity, when the ball ceases to rise and has not yet begun to fall. It appears to suspend motionless, hanging in ...