Although, Star Tron may cost a few extra cents every gallon averaging around 5-8 cents more each gallon. (Initial use of Star Tron will cost a little bit more due to a lower mix ratio refer to instructions on bottle) This cost is easily made up. By taking care of your boat by doing proper upkeep can save you lots of money in the long term and make your boat more reliable so, you can enjoy more life long memories on the water. The few extra cents you will spend on each gallon can easily be made up by the improved fuel economy Star Tron gives while boosting your engines performance. Star Tron works to make your engine more reliable by stabilizing your fuel for long and short term use up to 2 years and helping to prevent build up in your engine. All this means less things will go wrong with your boat saving you big bucks at the mechanic. Star tron is available for sale at dbmarinesupplies.com/collections/fuel-additives And by commenting "FREE STARTRON'' on your online order we will give you a FREE 1 oz bottle of Star Tron on any order $50 or More!!!
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]]>The New Nss Evo 3 S has the new IMX8 processor which is 2X faster and allows for quicker transitions, faster page loading time, and quicker chart updates. This allows you to now have 6 panels at a time instead of 4 panels in the 12 and 16 inch units because of the better processor.
The New Evo 3 S comes preloaded with improved US charts and C-Map reveal for Florida. The US Charts are improved high resolution inland and coastal coverage, Easy Routing™ capability and C-MAP Reveal Florida layer. This allows you to see 1 ft contours allowing you to find new rock piles, ledges and other structures you never even knew about before. This unit is also compatible with C-MAP®, Navionics®, CMOR, Florida Marine Tracks and more.
Built-in support for Active Imaging™ with CHIRP, SideScan and DownScan Imaging™,ForwardScan® and
more – plus plug-in. This allows you to see a clearer picture of what's below your boat. This is done by connecting multiple transducers together with dual transducer port to a single display that allows you to have a clearer image on your screen.
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]]>Before you will be able to impliment one of the following strategies you need to find out what might cause your bait to die. Bait can die for several reasons. One reason is from being touched to much and losing all its slime before being put in a bait pen. Another reason is lack of oxygen due to little to water flow, getting to hot, or from having to many baits in your bait pen at once. A lack of oxygen is not uncommon espacailly in the ends of canals were there is little to no current. Another scenario is you having to have too many baits in your bait pen. Also, making sure you feed your baits right.
It all starts with having the right bait pen. This is probably the most crucial part of keeping bait alive. There is a wide variety of bait pens available but you should go with one that allows for good water flow, strong, and has no sharp corners or edges that bait can get hurt on. The best bait pen that has all of these criterias and in fact outperforms all of these and more is most definitely a D&B bait pen. These bait pens are extremely strong allow for superior water flow with no sharp edges or corners for bait to get hurt on and collapse down for easy storage and are quite affordable. Without a doubt this bait pen will greatly reduce the likelihood of your bait dying. Here is the bait pen we have available to you dbmarinesupplies.com/products/d-b-47-gal-bait-pen
One of the biggest mistakes that people make is overcrowding their bait in their bait pen. Baits are living in your bait pen and they are used to having a big area to swim in and now they have been condensed into a little space and they now must live until you take them out. This becomes like their new home. Overcrowding leads to less oxygen for the bait and can result in damaging other baits such as causing lose of scales from being overcrowded. The smaller your baits the more you can put in a bait pen. The larger your baits the more space they will need. Small baits such as Threadfins, sardines, menhaden and other small baits require less space. And good rule of thumb for a week or less is 2 baits per gallon that are small. For bigger baits like blue runners, goggle eyes, ladyfish, mullet and other large baits A good rule of thumb is 1-2 gallons per bait. Anytime bait stays more than a week these rules of thumb should be doubled to ensure that the bait stay healthy stronger longer.
Another crucial thing that affects baits life short-term and especially long-term is how much they are touched. When bait is caught weather in a cast net or a Sabiki there should be LITTLE TO NO contact putting bait where you will be storing it. Emptying your bait in a bucket when using a cast net is one alternative while using a dehooking device while dehooking baits from a Sabiki is another. These are two great ways to help improve the life of your bait. When transferring bait to your bait pen you should not be touching them at all and just putting them from the place where you are storing your bait directly into your bait pen with a net. Then when you go to take baits out of your bait pen scoup them out with a net and put them where you will be storing them for the day of fishing. The only time you should now touch your bait is when you go to put it on the hook.
Making sure baits get enough water flow is important because it provides oxygen to baits. Often times the greatest amount of water flow is off the end of the dock rather than at the beginning of a dock. Sometimes if you can put your bait at a neighbor's or friends dock that has more water flow is not such a bad idea.
Sometimes in the summer time when it gets hot especially and areas like Florida. The first few feet of the water column can get super hot and cause your baits to die. This can easily be solved by keeping your baits under some shade like under a boat lift or under your dock. Also another solution is sinking the bait pen below the surface where the water is cooler. Keep in mind this may not be the best idea for all baits because certain baits do better on the surface then being deeper in the water column.
Baits should be fed what they are naturally feeding on. Feeding your bait can help them be stronger for when you use them and cause more vibrations in the water often causing a fish to bite sooner or be more willing to bite. Great things to feed bait is often a chum block, frozen shrimp/squid/fish or other types of dead baits. Sometimes when keeping larger baits it is okay to feed them other small live baits. Also, it is a good idea to feed your baits at least every other day. Sometimes it is better to give baits a little bit more food than you think you should be feeding them especially the first time you fed them.
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]]>Gag grouper can weigh over 50 lb. The Gag Grouper is extremely powerful and aggressive. Grouper have the power to bend hooks and even break rods. Anglers need every advantage possible to catch these amazing powerful fish.
Tip 1: Know Where the Fish Are
Gag grouper can be caught in a variety of different places, from a few feet to a couple hundred feet of water. They can be caught in inshore, nearshore, and deep offshore waters. In the summertime when the water is hot Gag grouper, move into deep offshore waters where the water is colder. A good way to find what depth range the grouper are in is by simply staying up to date with the local fishing report or even contacting a local charter boat and asking what depth they are getting the most grouper in. Although, going in deeper water in the summertime increases your chances of catching, that is not to say that you still won't also be able to catch them in shallower water. As the water gets colder these fish will start moving into shallower waters. In the winter they will move in shallow water. You can then target these fish in shallow nearshore water and even inshore waters. Any time of year that you go after grouper, make sure to target them around structure such as artificial reefs, wrecks, hard and live bottom areas, ledges, rock piles, springs, and other structures. Inshore your best bet would be fishing deeper dock, pilings, buoys, holes, bridges, rock piles, and even grass flats. Having a newer and bigger fish finder makes finding these spots much easier. Here is a link to all our fish finders available for you: https://dbmarinesupplies.com/collections/marine-electronics
Tip 2: Have the Right Bait
Gag grouper are not very picky eaters, they eat almost anything that fits in their mouth. Often the best bait for Gag's is live bait. Although, it is not a bad idea to start with cut bait or whole dead baits, then switching to live bait when the bite slows down. This is a highly effective tactic to fire up the grouper. Good dead baits include squid, shrimp, octopus, sardines, bonita strips, threadfins, pilchards, pinfish, sand perch, cigar minnows, and really any other bait fish. Good live baits include pinfish, sardines, cigar minnows, pilchards, threadfins, sand perch, grunts, and any other fish that they naturally prey on. Often the best bait is the bait you catch on the spot
you're fishing because it is the fish they naturally are preying on. Bait can be caught in a cast net or using a sabiki rig.
Tip 3: Rig for Success
Often a trip is decided by how well you prepare at the dock. How you rig your gear and your boat will determine how likely you are to be successful on the water. Everybody should have a plan that is subject to change for when they go out fishing. The conditions and the bottom will determine how you will fish which could be trolling, drifting, or anchoring. If you are fishing a big area you should start trolling or drifting until you find your desired area to set anchor or you might find the tactic that you were using was producing the desired result and continue doing it. You should have several strong rods for grouper with reels that can output a lot of drag to pull grouper off the bottom is very crucial. Here is a list of our recommended reels for grouper: https://dbmarinesupplies.com/collections/grouper-reels It is a good idea to have a few rods rigged with big lipped plugs or some other type of bait that you can troll. Make sure to have a variety of different things you can troll that way you can switch up spread until something starts working. It may not even be a bad idea to bring your down riggers or planners so it can be easier to present your baits at the bottom were the grouper are. Also, make sure you have rods rigged up with rigs for drifting and anchoring. Some of the best rigs for anchoring are D&B Knocker rigs because they are highly stealthy, strong and give anglers a great advantage edge over the fish. Here is a link to all our grouper rigs available to you: https://dbmarinesupplies.com/collections/grouper-rigs
Tip 4: Chum Effectively
Using chum while fishing is a great tactic. This gets fish fired up and can often lead to many bites. How you chum will be decided by the current. Chumming can be as simple as cutting up chunks of fish or dropping a chum block to the bottom. With little to no current dropping down chunks of fish can be effective. When there is lots of current dropping down a chum bag or chum cage with a brick in it close to the bottom is a great idea. Also, creating chum balls by mixing chum and sand can be a great way to get chum to the bottom while chumming the whole
water column. In addition, shallow water chumming with live bait can also be effective. Chum can be bought from the store or made at home. How you chose is up to you.
Tip 5: Getting Unrocked
Sometimes even when you are doing everything right you will still get rocked up. There are several tricks you can use to help get the fish in the boat. One way is to simply put the real in free spool and let your line go slack. Once you start to see your line get tight reel down on it with max drag and get it off the bottom. This is like a second chance. After the Grouper, first bite, they go down to the first place that they can hide until they no longer feel any pressure. By letting your line go slack it often tricks them and they will swim back to their desired place. The second trick is by thumping the line. This irritates them and causes them to swim out.
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Using Lures Around Structure: When you use a lure or some other type of artificial bait, being able to have your lure closer to your rod tip will allow you to cast under structures like docks, trees, and bridges easier. You will be able to cast your lure further under the structure where the fish may be. This will help you to catch more fish. Also, this will also improve your casting accuracy because you won’t need to use a swivel that will dramatically affect your cast. In addition, you can use a longer leader without it affecting your cast; this way you can catch more fish without being broken off on the structure. With an albright knot you will be able to cast further, so you may be able to skip a lure further under a structure.
Casting Lures Offshore: Using lures can be a great way to catch big game fish, especially if you can't catch bait. The albright knot can be used for casting a lure very effectively. When you are casting a lure for game fish, having a long leader is important to entice a bite from game fish, and using a swivel will make it much harder to cast. However, when you use the albright knot casting is much easier, and it can go through your guides on your rod very smoothly. This will improve your casting accuracy if you are sight fishing. When casting around a school of bait, accuracy is important when trying to place your lure in the right spot to get the bite. Also, when you are fishing a weedline or some other floating structure, casting your bait in the right spot so it goes in the strike zone is very important. Again, with an albright knot you can use a longer leader that often leads you to get the bite. In addition, if you are just merrily casting a lure in an area that you know fish are there using the albright allows you to cast further.
Trolling Lures Offshore: Trolling with artificial lures is the great way to put a lot of fish in the boat, while also covering a lot of ground. Many people who are trolling with lures offshore will use swivels and planners. In these cases, the albright knot might not be needed for this type of fishing. However, when I troll with lures offshore I like having a long leader usually about 25 ft and using an albright knot to connect the leader to my main line. Then I connect my leader to my lure with a regular knot. I normally don't like using swivels because they might get bit by other fish because it is shiny and sometimes I believe having a swivel near my bait may cost a bite. Also, I like using a long leader, so I can't have a swivel connecting my leader to my main line. Although, when I am trolling for grouper, I will attach a swivel to the ring on my lure to be able to change lures more easily and quickly.
Casting Live Bait: Just like when you are casting a lure, having a long leader for when you're using live bait is important to catch more fish. Using an albright knot and having a longer leader without having your cast messed up from a swivel is crucial. Now, you are able to put your bait in the strike zone and get the bite. You have the ability to cast your bait further. This means you can cast it further under a structure. If there is a big bait ball on the surface, and you don't want to spook them, you can cast further away. Also if you are mahi fishing weedline you can cast further along the weedline where the mahi might be.
Trolling, Drifting, or Anchoring with Live Bait: In any of these situations, when you are using live bait, using a swivel still may not be the best option when using a long leader. In any of these situations, if you have a big fish, you can reel down to the fish, and if the fish makes a run, you won't have to worry about your swivel getting stuck in one of the guides and popping the fish off. Also, because you can cast further you can set out a spread when trolling faster or when you are anchoring or drifting. You can put more lines out faster, leading to you to maximize your fishing time.
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