My Magma table came with the boat. The original builder had it installed, and when I first looked at it, my initial reaction was somewhat negative. In all my years on the water, I had never had a boat with anything like that on the transom, so at first glance it just looked like it would be in the way all the time. In fact, even after finalizing the purchase, as the boat and everything on it was virtually brand new, I told him outright that he could remove the table and keep

Fishing with spoons is one of the easiest and most effective methods for catching Pacific salmon.  Spoons can be fished “naked” that is, just on their own, or behind a flasher, or on their own with a dummy flasher below. In most instances, spoons are as effective, if not more effective than bait. One simple reason that spoons (and other types of artificial lures) can work better than bait is that they can spend longer periods of time in the fishing zone. When fishing bait, if

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of polarized sunglasses for anyone who works or plays on the water. Whether you’re searching for tarpon on a saltwater flat, or just driving your boat, getting rid of surface glare can either make you or make you or break you. And this of course is where polarized lenses come in. I’ve relied on the Oakley Holbrook Metal frames with their patented PRIZM and HD Polarized lens technology for at least the past decade. In fact, I keep

If there is one thing more plentiful and colourful than the sheer variety of flashers for salmon fishing, it would be the opinions of salmon anglers on which ones are best. In fact, this has to be one of the deepest rabbit holes in all of salmon fishing. But before falling too far down that hole, here are my four top flasher recommendations that I know, without question, will catch salmon. Based on 30 plus years of fishing and guiding for salmon from literally one end of the

Although you may be using your phone/txt for on the water communications more and more, a good fixed mount VHF is still a vital part of your standard onboard kit.  Even in highly populated regions, your boat can get you into areas of sketchy or non-existent cell coverage very quickly. And today’s VHF radios provide a suite of safety features that far exceed just the ability to chat to others. The first and most useful example of that for me is the AIS capability of the Standa

Our ICOM handheld VHF lives mostly on the deck of our cabin, which is situated on an island on the north coast of BC just west of the middle of nowhere. We are about 100 nautical miles south of the Alaska border, and 65 NM from the nearest road to anywhere. Cell coverage out here will likely never happen. But even if you’re not this far out, there are still many places your boat can take you where you find yourself out of cell coverage. So often it’s back to the good old VHF