Equipment

Product Review: Berkley Gulp Alive Jigging grub

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This post uses amazon affiliate links. I receive commission from any sales at no additional cost to yourself. Berkley Gulp Alive jigging grubs are a small soft plastic lure impregnated with Berkley’s scent.I have used these grub extensively fishing winter flounder, and have experimented fishing for brook and rainbow trout with them. The Berkley product page states … Read more

How to Fish A Bucktail Jig for Winter Flounder.

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Fishing for winter flounder can be tons of fun. They may not present the challenge of steelhead fishing, or put up the kind of fight you can expect from a striped bass, but winter flounder fishing is a fun way to spend an afternoon at the beach or on the dock. Don’t let the name … Read more

Barbed vs Barbless hooks

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advantages of barbless hooks fishing

Everyone that has been fishing for any amount of time will eventually come across the topic, should I be using barbed or barbless hooks? Many will use barbed hooks when they begin fishing, usually because 99% of flies, lures, and hooks come with barbs on them, and they never really give it a second thought.

It is only when they are talking to a seasoned fisherman, or perhaps come across a body of water with a barbless hook only policy that the new fisherman will stop and think about what they should use.

There are a number of advantages to using either barbed or barbless hooks. Let’s see which option is best for the type of fishing you are doing.

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