In 2022 when the last attendees left the buildings and we shut the doors of the show, we knew something special had just taken place. An industry that needed a consumer show to sell products, to … [Read More...] about Pacific Coast Sportfishing Tackle, Boat, Travel and Outdoors Show March 2-5 OC Fair and Event Center
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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
Its Real that Downrigger Thing
From flatfalls to poppers to squid bars and even deep dropping for swords, there is a never-ending chase for the right tool or trick that changes the game out there. However, hunting for the magic … read more about Its Real that Downrigger Thing
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Black Box Style Electronics
Black box boat electronics give you big-boat electronics with a small-boat footprint. You would need a helm station several feet across to fit all the stand-alone units that one small black box system can put on the helm station of a small fishing boat with maybe as little as 1.5 feet of space. There is […]
Towers and Rocket Launchers
Part of the joy and part of the pain of outfitting a new boat is figuring out how to best organize everything you’re going to need to navigate, communicate, find fish, operate the fishing gear, handle fish, process and store fish as well as stow food, drinks, jackets, tackle boxes and lots of other stuff. […]
