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By having a fiberglass fish mount made of your trophy catch, you can have the best of both worlds: a fish for the wall that you didn’t have to kill!
A mounted trophy from a past trip is an awesome addition to an office, sports room or den – and they’re not as expensive as you’d think.
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With winter steelheading in full force along the West Coast and portions of the Great Lakes right now, it’s time to talk plugging!
Backtrolling plugs such as Hot Shots, Wiggle Warts, FatFish, Tad Pollies and the like is extremely deadly at times and is a great way to get inexperienced or young anglers who don’t cast well into some fish.
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You can have the world’s hottest new steelhead plug in fishiest color of all time, but if that thing isn’t tuned right, you’d be lucky to catch a squawfish….
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It must be steelhead season because I’ve been getting a bunch of “how do I tie an Egg Loop?” emails lately. So, I drug an old classic back outta the vault…
See how to tie the “Pimped-Out” Egg Loop here.
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Save yourself from yourself…put those rods in the holders and wait until the line is ripping off the reel!
Salmon and steelhead plug bites: wait, wait, wait! from Fish with JD on Vimeo.
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Ever wondered how to tie the egg loop — aka “roe knot” or “egg snell?” Well, if you’re into steelhead and salmon fishing, this one’s a must! Hit the play button for a quick lesson…
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One you’ve got the hang of tying the basic Egg Loop, try the pimped version. It’s great for back-bouncing, side-drifting, mooching and more!
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No doubt you’ve read about boondogging or “dragging” for steelhead in the local fishing rags but you’re not totally clear on the definition, right? Well, Grasshopper, let me enlighten thee…Boondogging is the act of dragging roe downstream from a drifting boat. It’s fairly easy to get the hang of and, because you drift at the speed of the current, you can cover a lot of water in a short period of time — which can be key when chasing sea-run rainbows.
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