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Even though we do it for fun, we all know what a challenge fishing can be.  But most of us know only the recreational side of things.  Imagine the pressure we might feel if getting skunked on the water meant we might have trouble paying our family’s bills. 

In that situation, wouldn’t you pay a little extra attention to what does and doesn’t turn fish on?  Would all your knots and crimps be just a little tighter?  And maybe your hooks a little sharper?

That extra attention is what makes Capt. Jodie Gay’s Blue Water Candy different from any other line of tackle.

For 23 years Capt. Jodie knew the pressure of fishing for a living, and the rewards that come when everything you put in the water is just right.  He specialized in hook-and-line fishing in the open ocean, trolling for tuna, dolphin, wahoo and king mackerel in pretty much the same way sport fishermen do.  He also made money bottom fishing for grouper and snapper, on trips that might keep him on the water for two or three days and nights.

By the time he decided to quit commercial fishing, in 2002, Jodie Gay had figured out a thing or two about what kind of rigs and techniques help fill up a fish box.

by Robert J. Wiebel DriGrip Kayak Fishing Team Member & Director of Fishing Products

July 16th through the 18th, 2008 the American Sportfishing Association held its annual ICAST sportfishing trade show. The show was sold out for the seventh straight year. ICAST was held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This show is where the “Who’s-Who” of the global sportfishing industry gather to show their fishing products. All the big companies were there, Pure Fishing, Johnson Outdoors, Shimano, Rapala, Pinnacle Fishing, and Daiwa just to name a few.