Learn to Fish on Every Fishing Trip
Can an old dog learn new tricks? If he's fishing he can! We all can learn something about fishing on every fishing trip we make. Here's how. Read More
More on Learning to FishA Mother's Day Treat!
Captain Dave Sipler took his mom Diane Sipler out on her usual Mother's Day fishing trip. It was very windy, but mom caught several nice seatrout before the gusts got bad enough it was time to head in.
The Perfect Redfish Bait
Can we find the perfect bait for redfish? We can, but that perfect bait may change depending on a variety of factors. Here's my take on the perfect redfish bait. Read More
Cary and Company's Seatrout Trip
Cory Neatrour and his girlfriend, who both work at the Jacksonville Zoo handling the big cats and elephants, along with Cory's dad from Maryland, filled the fish box with tasty speckled seatrout on Monday 5/7/2012 while fishing aboard Capt Dave Sipler Sportfishing's, Jettywolf boat in the St. Johns River in Florida.
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Which Fishing Sinker Do I Use?
Deciding what type and size fishing sinker to use can make a difference in what you catch. Here are the three fishing sinkers I use almost exclusively. There are a lot more than three available, but these three are all I need. Read More
Bluefish Anyone?
My friend Sam lives in North Carolina. He travels to the coast to fish the Outer Banks, and at one time was a guide there. He lives on a small lake about 100 miles inland from the coast. One Sunday afternoon he brought back an ice chest full of croakers and spots, and about fifteen very nice bluefish - about 5 pounds each.
While he was cleaning the fish, he looked down the 300 feet of his property to the lake and saw a couple of young boys fishing from the bank on the wooded property next door. "Watch this", he said, and he strung all of the bluefish on a small fish stringer. He headed out the front of his property, down the road, and then cut back into the woods toward the lake. The boys did not see him until he came toward them walking down the edge of the lake. He had a small Zebco 33 reel and rod and this stringer of five pound bluefish in tow.
"Caught anything?" he asked as he walked by the boys. The boys were speechless. Their jaws dropped to the ground. They said nothing and simply watched him walk the edge of the lake back to his house.
An hour later two cars were parked on the street down from Sam's house. Fishing from the bank in that wooded area were about four men and the same two boys who saw Sam walk by.
To this day I don't believe those boys or the grown men ever figured out what happened!
How to Repair a Broken Fishing Rod
When you break a fishing rod, do you just throw it away? If you do - don't! You can repair that broken fishing rod literally overnight with a few simple tools and parts. You can be fishing with that broken rod the very next day. Read More
Dave's First Seatrout
Dave from the Mandarin area of Jacksonville Florida, caught his first big seatrout, a 5 pounder on the first spot. Then, on the second spot, he set the hook on another 5 pounder. He was out fishing with his friend Art aboard Captain Dave Sipler Sport Fishing's boat the "Jettywolf", out of Mayport, Florida.
Setting Up Your Terminal Tackle
Terminal tackle is the most important part of your fishing equipment and yet it is often the least understood. Here are some basics on your terminal tackle. Read More
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Grouper Season Opens Tomorrow!! Woooo!
The four month season closure on the south Atlantic grouper fishing ends on Tuesday, May 1. The season will remain open until January 1, 2013 when another four month closure is scheduled. So, grouper fishermen up and down the southeast Atlantic coast will be out in numbers on Tuesday.
The fact is that many grouper have been caught over the last four months, it's just that they had to be released. Diver friends tell me about seeing more grouper on their dives than they have seen in a long time. And, with the exception of the several unscrupulous anglers who kept them anyway, the grouper caught over the last four months were released. But tomorrow we can all take home some fresh grouper to eat! It doesn't get much better than fresh grouper filets!
Here's some grouper fishing help for you: