The Flasher vs Dodger Challenge.

This is the second year my fellow anglers have taken up the challenge. It's a fun challenge, and win or lose, the boat gets two Wigglefin Hellrazor Dodgers and two Amundson outdoors trolling salmon spoons as rewards for participating. The sponsors are Amundson Outdoors, which produces the TMX5 reels, the TMX Mooching rod, the Savvy [...]

Anglers Nets Pro & Con

Pro and Cons of Anglers' Nets By Gil d’Oliveira At the beginning, the fishing nets, relatively thin threads, are knotted into meshes. Several fibrous plants were originally used to weave early nets, including grasses, flaxes, and mosses. It was later replaced by cotton. Most nets are made of artificial polyamides, such as nylon. Nets -Good [...]

Amundson Outdoors Hook Challenge

2 x 15 pounds and 2 x 7.5 pounds canon balls = 45 pounds In May 2021, another challenge was presented to me, and I accepted. See how strong the Amundson Outdoors hooks are. I took advantage of the rod fixture used for the rod test and clamped a #2 hook to a horizontal pipe. [...]

Amundson Outdoors Rod Test

In May 2021, Amundson Outdoors presented me with a unique challenge—testing the breaking point of seven rods. I devised a fixture to withstand extreme pressure to meet this challenge. My solution? Using my two-story home as a platform, I assembled a scaffold and suspended the units from the upper deck. The goal was to have [...]

The Soft Bead- BnR Tackle

2024 was an amazing year for challenging the BnR soft round and their Burr beads against other optional gear setups. The main challenge was to compare the soft beads' catch rate against natural roe. I noticed the roe had a better catch rate in the early morning during twilight. Like the famous race between turtle [...]