Replacing Cooler Hinges
hese hinges are cheap and strong, and they last about 10 times longer than the original hinges!
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Spray Your Reel
I use the Inox-mx3 to coat all my reels after each day on the water...
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Building a Offset Double Hook-Set
This provides 360-degree coverage and is sure to snag any critter that gives your lure a chomp...
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Add Flash to Your Lures
This little trick adds a tremendous amount of flash to the lure...
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Knot Insurance
We only catch about 20 billfish a year, but this little bit of insurance and leader system works great on every species...
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Use Another Pulley
I’ve found that using a simple ball-bearing roller pulley on bridge-teaser halyards and attaching it to the outrigger eliminates almost all the friction at the points of contact...
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Fixing a Softhead
Fishing pro Clay Herndon showed me a quicker and stronger trick to keep your Softhead together...
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Seperate your plastic
Various kinds of plastics may interact in ways that can damage any lures that come in contact with each other...
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Throw out a tosser
By tossing a baited float, you are placing a bait right where the mahimahi are and not relying on them to follow their buddy...
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Color code your spots
A great way to track desired information without keeping a detailed log is to use the colors on your boat's GPS machine to specify certain conditions...
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Find marlin down deep
Drop live mackerel down deep using lead sinkers attached to the trace with rubber bands...
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Line Spooler
Simply thread the rod through the spool and slots, and while pressing the spool down against the carpet...
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Save Your Superbraid
Just keep passing the pointed end through the loops and store the line in the body of the needle as you go...
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Let the Fish Keep the Lure
Control the fish on the gaff, and put it directly into the fish box — lure, hooks and all...
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No Need for Shrink Wrap
After crimping the leader to the eye of the hook, Bristow picked up some electrical tape and bound it tightly over the end of the trace and partway down the hook shank...
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Glue Aid
Figiel applies a thin coat of Super Glue or Zap-A-Gap..
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Get an Assist
Just attach the loop of a pre-rigged jig-style assist hook to the bend of the main hook...
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Another Kite Tip
But whenever you break out the kites, you can also get a headache trying to keep them flying when the wind drops...
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Sweat Bands
Most reel handles found on heavy-tackle reels are rather slick...
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Use Wire on Live Baits
As a bonus, 400-pound wire is almost invisible and cuts through the water much easier than mono...
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