After another year of huge growth in vendors and attendance, the PCS Show returns with huge anticipation for 2025. "The show continues to grow year over year and has become the largest Fishing Tackle, … [Read More...] about PCS Show will return to the OC Fair and Event Center March 6-9 2025!!!
HOW TO FEATURES

SoCal Swordfish Revisited
With the sun cresting over the horizon and the expanse of calm seas, the anticipation is undeniable as the clicker screams (keeping tension on the line) as we set out a deep drop rig, bumping the boat … read more about SoCal Swordfish Revisited

Giant Bluefin Tuna: The True King of Game Fish
Steaming out of the North Lake Harbour on Prince Edward Island, your mind can only imagine what you may encounter. Articles you may have read, videos you may have seen and stories that sound like pure … read more about Giant Bluefin Tuna: The True King of Game Fish

Captain Pete Groesbeck…..Receives IGFA Tommy Gifford Award by Gary Graham
On March 24, in West Palm Beach, Florida, the International Game Fish Association (I.G.F.A.) bestowed the prestigious Tommy Gifford Award upon six recipients, among them West Coaster Peter Groesbeck. … read more about Captain Pete Groesbeck…..Receives IGFA Tommy Gifford Award by Gary Graham
TRAVEL DESTINATIONS

A Boys’ Trip to Sitka
Sitka has been a destination that holds a special place in my heart since the first moment I laid eyes on it. I can remember my first landing at the airport, where the Pacific Ocean engulfs both sides of the landing strip. Of course, the fact that it has some of the world’s best salmon […]

Dial up the action, turn up the commotion…..
Every few years a new technique comes along that changes the way we fish on the West Coast. Interestingly however, many of these “new” technique are really not new. They have been fished all over the world for years, but we, at times, have been slow to adopt them. While some of our angling cadre […]

Small Boat, Long Runs By Erik Landesfeind
Over the weekend, my boat partner, Matt Kotch and I were returning to Newport Beach after an unsuccessful check for bluefin tuna around the 43-fathom spot. During the run, we passed the time talking about just how much smaller the ocean had become over the last 15 years. When we bought our first boat, a […]
BOATS AND ELECTRONICS

Interview with Daniel Spencer on the new 62′
The Miami Boat Show is the best in the world. There are literally miles of the finest sportfishing machines ever built. Imagine a row of 50 yachts all lined up–boats that just scream blue marlin fishing! Then cross over to the next dock and see another row of 50 in the same class or even […]

Bertram 35 A storied design reaches new heights
It was July 16, 1958, when Richard Bertram laid his eyes on the first Ray Hunt designed hull. It was Ray’s prototype 23–foot deep vee. It was cutting through the six–foot seas at 30 knots with ease. It handled the seas like no other hull Bertram had witnessed and he knew this design would change […]

Tuna Can by ACI Boats
A Navy flattop bristling with fighter jets glided into San Diego Bay on a rare early spring morning when the sun was bright, offshore winds pushing the last of the fog offshore to bedevil the bluefin fleet. A perfect day for a boat ride, and what a boat! It was easy to pick out the […]
