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 | Casting Big Soft Baits to Bluefin Tuna - New England Style
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By Capt. Mike "Hogy" Hogan  Cape Cod is best known for its fantastic inshore light tackle fishing but there is also significant blue water big game fishery for palegic species such as tuna and billfish, favorites amongst big boat anglers. However, there has been a growing trend in big game inshore light tackle fishing as anglers are increasingly learning how to cast to 100-pound plus bluefin tuna that can come in as close as a  couple of miles shore. This fishery is especially exciting as it allows big and small boat anglers alike a chance at big game fishing. And regardless of boat size, the close proximity of bluefin to many ports is a welcome diversion to many fuel conscious anglers. Even better, no trolling! So in a nutshell, this budding fishery has presented an anglers dream: An interactive, light tackle, fuel saving big game fishery. | | Old Dog, New Tricks - Big Baits Prove Themselves on Snook and Tarpon
| | by Capt. John Meskauskas
We have all heard the old adage "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", and even though at 36 I do not consider myself an old dog, I am by no means a spring chicken.
You see I have been fishing in Stuart, Florida for over 20 years now, I have run a successful fishing guide service for the last 10 years, and I am pretty set in my ways especially when it comes to fishing. Sure, I have tried new lures and techniques but when your job is to catch fish you have a tendency to go back to old reliable lures and techniques. Sometimes you have to force yourself to try something new and that is exactly what happened to me a couple of years ago when I met Mike Hogan, founder of Hogy Lures.
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| Destination Cape Cod: Three Favorite Kayak Locations
| | by Gene Bourque
 As tens of thousands of anglers have discovered in the last decade or so, it's hard to beat a kayak for fishing protected waters. You're able to get into skinny water that someone in a powerboat can't even approach and do it silently. So much so that striped bass in a feeding frenzy have literally bounced off the side of my Old Town Loon 120. Another bonus is the ease of launching. No need to locate a suitable ramp and deal with the parking problems that often come with using a vehicle and trailer. Just park in a normal spot, plop in the kayak and away you go.
Read more... | | Think Big When Going Skinny For Stripers | | by Captain Ryan Samsoucy
 A tip from a flats guide's tackle box. Going big is part of the business for most anglers. The next cast is driven by the desire to connect with the trophy. Let's face it, we all love to fish, we just like the big ones better. For a full-time guide who does 80% of his business with flies from a Maverick flats boat, using big soft plastics is not as strange as you might think. | |
Keeping it Simple - Dead-Sticking Hogy's
| By John D. Silva
 The popularity of soft plastic lures has increased immeasurably among anglers of all pursuits over the last 15 to 20 years, and with good reason. There's no question that soft plastics have proven themselves deadly-effective for a wide variety of sport fishing applications. Yet, when presented with conditions that stretch beyond what one might consider ideal (mild and calm), some anglers find that they are not quite sure how to utilize their soft plastic arsenal for maximum effectiveness and efficiency.
| | Hope you've enjoyed this issue of Hogy Lures E-magazine! In the next few months we'll be bringing you more stories, fishing destinations we've visited, tips and techniques we've used with success using Hogy Premium Baits and other lures, and a variety of fishing tales. Please send us any ideas for subjects you'd like to see covered, and digital images of fish taken with Hogys will be put up in our gallery. Best of luck and Tight Lines!
Sincerely,
Michael Hogan
Hogy Lure Company | | | |
