Trolling for tuna with bali and C hooks

[Captain Fred Archer]

AH, WE GET CLOSER, AND CLOSER, AND CLOSER TO THE TRUTH THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF US WHACKOS (INCLUDING SOME "JOISEY BOYS, YO, BADA BING...AND THAT INCLUDES ME!) HAVE BEEN PREACHING HERE! THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT PART ISN'T WHO THE PIONEERS WERE (ALTHOUGH I FOR ONE, APPRECIATE THE HELL OUT OF THEM), IT'S THAT WE ARE GROWING PAST THE BULLSHIT AND MUMBO-JUMBO ABOUT CIRCLE HOOKS AND GETTING DOWN TO THE SIMPLE, TRUE NITTY-GRITTY THAT SOME OF US PLAIN, OLD, REGULAR MEMBERS HAVE DISCOVERED, RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS. THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR BOTH THE FISHERMEN AND THE FISH, SO THAT IS ALL GOOD.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MISSED MAHI'S EXCEPT THAT AT LEAST ONE PICKED UP A FLOATING BAIT AND THAT KIND HAS TO BE TREATED AS A REGULAR BAIT BITE. MY WAY OF REACTING IS TO SIMPLY DRIVE AWAY FROM THAT FISH A BIT WHILE I AM FIGHTING OTHERS AND HE GETS NAILED...NOBODY ON THE ROD OR ANY OF THAT STUFF.

WHEN I STARTED USING CIRCLES IN LURES, WHICH WAS A HELLUVA LOT OF YEARS AGO, I THOUGHT THE MAHIS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HOOK ON THEM, BUT FROM THE VERY FIRST ONE ON (AND THERE IS A PICTURE OF HIM BELOW), I FOUND OUT THAT WASN'T TRUE. THEY GET HOOKED THE SAME AS THE TUNA, WAHOO AND BILLFISH DO, EXCEPT FOR THAT DEAD BAIT BITE AND IF YOU HANDLE THAT THE WAY I'VE DESCRIBED HERE, YOU WILL HOOK EVERY ONE ON A BALLY, BAR, OR WHATEVER.

NOBODY ELSE MIGHT REMEMBER YOU EARLY CIRCLE PIONEERS, BUT I SURE AS HECK WILL! FISHING WOULD STAND STILL IF IT WEREN'T FOR GUYS LIKE YOU. KUDOS!

I THINK THAT REPORT IS BIG GAME BOARD STUFF. THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE GUYS WHO DON'T COME TO THIS ONE, I THINK, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THE REAL SKINNY TOO.

I REMIND ALL, I DO NOT FISH THAT LIGHT STRIKE DRAG. I GO LOCKED AND LOADED AND HOOK 'EM ON THE FIRST BITE OR THE INEVITABLE RE-BITE. AND CONSIDERING DORADOS' SLASHING BITE STYLE, THE STOUT DRAG MIGHT BE PART OF WHY WE MURDERED THEM ON CIRCLES. EVERYTHING ELSE, TOO.

THE PICTS....WAHOOBAR PRICE PAGE FROM CATALOG.

THAT VERY FIRST CIRCLE/LURE MAHI.

COVER FROM CHUNKING BOOK, DRAWN IN '92. SEE THE HOOK I PUT IN THERE?

A CABOTIGER WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF C-HOOK, RIGGED RIGHT.

THE COVER OF THE NEW WAHOO BOOK, WHICH WILL BE OUT IN TEN DAYS OR LESS AND THAT, ALONG WITH THE NEW MARLIN BOOK, IS LOADED WITH CIRCLE/LURE/BAIT INFO.

[Captain Fred Archer]

SQUIDLY N,

I APPRECIATE YOUR INVITATION TO POST THE BAIT AND SWITCH AND CIRCLE HOOK INFO HERE, BUT i CANNOT DO JUSTICE TO LITERALLY MANY HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF INFORMATION, PHOTO'S, ILLUSTRATIONS AND TEXT ON THIS, THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL, OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE. THERE ARE MANY SUBJECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, THAT ARE FAR TOO COMPLEX AND TAKE TOO MUCH TIME AND SPACE TO POST ONLY PART OF ON THE WEB. THAT IS WHY BOOKS REMAIN THE VERY BEST, IN-DEPTH AND VERY POPULAR TEACHING AND LEARNING TOOLS OF THEM ALL AND PROBABLY WILL STAY THAT WAY.

I WORK TOO HARD AND TOO LONG TO WIND UP PAYING SHORT SHRIFT TO A SUBJECT ON THE WEB THAT I COVER FROM A TO Z IN MY BOOKS. THAT IS NOT AN ECONOMIC THING...IT IS ABOUT HAVING THE ULTIMATE RESPECT FOR THE FISH, THE NEW AND EVEN OLD WAYS OF CATCHING THEM, AND OF COURSE, THOSE WHO YOU ARE PASSING KNOWLEDGE ON TO.

SOME WILL SAY, "ALL HE'S INTERESTED IN IS SELLING HIS BOOKS AND LURES". YES, OF COURSE I AM INTERESTED IN THOSE THINGS: THEY ARE THE SOLE WAY THAT I MAKE A HUMBLE LIVING. BUT IT IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I GIVE THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME EVERY SINGLE DETAIL THAT I CAN IN AN ORGANIZED AND LOGICAL MANNER. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT IS IN MY BOOKS.

HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. AND I REALLY DON'T GIVE A RODENT'S POSTERIOR WHAT THE TURD HURLERS THINK OR HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT...NOT A ONE OF THEM HAS PROBABLY READ EVEN ONE OF MY BOOKS, SO THEY ARE BITCHING ABOUT A PERCEPTION, NOT A FACT...THE LAND OF FOOLS, THAT.

CIRCLE HOOKS. BAIT AND SWITCH. BAR POWER. KNOWLEDGE..THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE INVITE, BILL. HOPE I HAVE EXPLAINED MYSELF CLEARLY AND WITHOUT BRAGGADOCIO.