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Does Your Boat Raise Fish?
All photos courtesy of our forum contributors. Click on photos for more info... Every time you venture offshore, you're riding on the best...
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Learn to Wire Big Fish Right
Galleries: The Backhand Wrap / The Double Overhand Wrap With more and more crews releasing fish without sticking them with either a tag or a gaff, the finely honed skill of wiring big fish is slowly fading away. The increase in...
Does Your Boat Raise Fish?
All photos courtesy of our forum contributors. Click on photos for more info... Every time you venture offshore, you're riding on the best teaser you could ever use. Experienced crews that use both their electronics and...
Using Big Teasers
Thanks to my position here at Marlin, I enjoy the luxury of fishing and learning from some of the best crews in the business. Most all of them know how to fish with live baits, lures or dead-bait/lure combos, and all are adept at...
What Rod Should You Use?
At its most basic level, a fishing rod is merely a second-class lever used to hoist a fish out of the water. A rod works under two opposing forces, one pulling down at the end of the rod and one pulling up where the fisherman's...
Just Tag It!
In September 1996, a crew tagged and released a healthy blue marlin off the coast of Venezuela: 513 days later, the same fish was recaptured off Sierra Leone, Africa, more than 3,000 miles away. Thanks to that little tag riding...
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Outfit Your Boat
Get Your Transmission In Gear
Back in the days before engines and gears became so sophisticated and saddled with...
Stow Away Your Gear
Show Me the Money
Water Softeners
Small Boat Tips that Matter
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Rigs & Tips
The Benefits of Using a Top Shot
One of my least favorite jobs is filling a 130-pound- class reel with new line. Whenever...
Change Your Own Drag
Rigging with the Rack
The Hooker 'Hoo Rig
Marlin Love Live Baits
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Marlin Magazine's guru Peter Wright
Stiff Versus Free-Swinging Hook-Sets
Q: I see a wide variety of hook-sets utilized by crews in my area and was just wondering...
What size reels to use when fishing in tournaments
Q: When fishing in a tournament where the biggest fish wins and you have to weigh the fish...
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User tips
Replacing Cooler Hinges
hese hinges are cheap and strong,...
Spray Your Reel
I use the Inox-mx3 to coat all my...
Building a Offset Double Hook-Set
This provides 360-degree coverage...
Add Flash to Your Lures
This little trick adds a tremendous...
Knot Insurance
We only catch about 20 billfish a...
Use Another Pulley
I’ve found that using a simple...
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