Capt. Mike dives into bluefin tuna favorite baits and how to select lures that match the hatch with what they are feeding on.
Gear
Capt. Mike explains his picks for the best harpoons and gaffs for tuna fishing from a smaller boat in the waters surrounding Cape Cod, MA.
Capt. Mike shares his picks for the best line, leaders and terminal connections for tuna fishing via casting and jigging techniques.
Capt. Mike Hogan shres his picks for the best tuna jigging and casting rods and reels for boat anglers fishing off of Cape Cod, MA.
The best tuna casting and jigging lures — including troll scanning, slow jigging, twitchy jigging, dead sticking and other popular fishing techniques.
This time of year, it’s not uncommon to find albies bouncing between silversides, sand eels, peanut bunker and butterfish all within a one mile radius. That’s why it’s important to be prepared to match the hatch depending on what kinds of bait you’re seeing pushed up out of the water.
Offshore lures are often referred to collectively as a spread. Like just about everything in life, there is more than one-way to skin the cat(fish). Here is a rundown of three classic spreads as I’ve learned from my years fishing south of the Martha’s Vineyard.
Capt. Mike Hogan shares his entire collection of rods, including his favorite rod choice for all techniques to catch striped bass, bluefish, sea bass, fluke, bluefin tuna and more.
Capt. Mike’s Outfit Shimano Saragosssa 5000 SW (Reel) & Terez TZSW-70MH (Rod) Why this outfit? Capt. Mike Hogan To keep…
Capt. Dave Peros’ shares a few tips for evaluating your gear at the beginning of the new season.