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I have absolutely zero doubt! The only thing that's stopped me in the past is just the financial commitment. Wouldn't think twice if I was just fun fishing, but the thought of spending a decent chunk on some setups that could easily be cut to shreds by people who don't move with their fish has...

This has been an interesting winter for me. Lots of stuff outside of fishing that has been receiving the bulk of my focus, namely the failing health of my mother. But no matter what is going on, my mind and my heart are never far from a bait stop. My official prep for the 2025 albacore...

Really really sad to read this. Never met Roger in person but always admired him greatly. I still have a multi page, hand written letter he sent me years ago detailing how he has his boat set up for fly casting. I always appreciated that he took the time to send me that. Used to cross...

Was this before, or after, we had to turn around for your hat?

I do use the perfection loop when tying with 80+ lb mono and have never had any issues. I just don't have any confidence in it with lighter line. Still, my biggest issue with using the perfection loop is that I can tie a non slip loop just as easily, and nearly as quickly, so I just don't...

Used to be a pretty big Sage fan, but have drifted away from them over the years. They just haven't released any newer rods that really spoke to me. That, combined with the shift of their customer service quality, I just haven't seen much reason to buy any of their rods in quite a few years...

Good question. I daydream about these scenarios often. Personally on a charter I'm not truly set up for handling something big. I've carried a harpoon in years past but after never having an excuse to use one, it eventually got eliminated from the program just because having extra junk on...

Well, ran the last tuna trip of 2024 yesterday. There's still a few fish around, but haven't seen the volume in a few days of searching far and wide, and after a season of very few weather cancellations we didn't have the typical bunch of reschedules booked in October that we normally do...

Saw this earlier. Very sad news. I spent so much time reading his stuff when I was younger. When I took up fly fishing at age 15, I knew nobody that fly fished. I spent countless hours reading and re reading all of his books that I could find at the time. I remember thinking that what he...

Probably ought to just form a committee lead by the captains of those commercial vessels. They are, after all, the true stewards of the resource.

Yep, this is true. Pollock is a mid water fishery. In the late 90s, early 2000s when I worked on Pollock boats the by catch was surprisingly minimal. At times we ran into large numbers of sole, or cod, but overall it was quite clean. Catching salmon was not unheard of, but the amount of...

Absolutely drives me nuts. This is awful and I feel terrible for this man's family and all those affected, but this simply did NOT have to happen. There is absolutely zero reason to not wear a PFD. The inflatable ones these days are comfortable enough that you put them on and forget they are...

Ya the reel likely didn't help much there. But to be fair, if it's a fish that is unstoppable on a 6, a 7 isn't likely to do much better. Most likely a Chinook, and if it was a larger one isn't really gonna be "stopped" with an 8 wt either. I've yet to encounter a coho in the sound that...

Happened during a decent bait stop so didn't see the initial hookup or how long it was on, but first took interest when it ran way up ahead of the boat and the guy was commenting about running out of line. He had way more line than he thought, but I started paying attention. It didn't sound...

I spiked quite a few fish when I was deck handing, but moved away from it. Just never saw any evidence when I was cutting fish that it was worth the effort.

It's definitely not over. After a handful of weather days we got back out today. Took a while to find it, and unfortunately our other boats were too far away to capitalize when I did find it, but oh boy. Pic doesn't do this fish justice but it's the single biggest albacore I've ever put...

99% of all fish that come into my boat get bled before they ever come off the gaff. Occasionally we have to drop one in certain scenarios, but any fish that we drop gets cut as soon as possible. Bleeding them as quickly as possible is always a huge priority. Personally, with very, very...

@jasmillo ran a pretty good test for us yesterday ;) God that was funny.

The biggest difference between this forum and the forms of social media that "influencers" use is that criticism can't simply be blocked/removed. Funny how that works.

Too much social media is unhealthy....Except YouTube and Facebook where things can be monetized. Got it. Guess we'll just have to continue being negative without ya. Doubt this place will survive the next year without it's most popular subject to focus on, but such is life.