Johnson Silver Minnow….Manufactured in Amsterdam, Missouri. Over the years the company has expanded its line to meet the angler’s needs and desires and to remain competitive. Now be honest, who among us has never fished with a MirroLure MR17? It’s the lure of choice for countless guides and anglers. MirroLures has been a strong name in artificial bates and still is today. It’s the first lure I gave my grandson and he sports their hat today. The Clark Spoon is the lure many of us cut our fishing teeth on. Their customer service and reputation are “Old School” just like their lures. They offer lures for many species beyond Spanish Mackerel. The product has changed little over the years but the company continues to expand its line on the lure that made them great. This company is nearly 100 years old and still the king of Spanish Mackerel lures. So they continue to make them in ways they always have and are adding newer concepts to their line.īelow are a few of the “Old School” lure masters that are still popular today:Ĭlark Spoon…….Based in Morehead City, NC. Many are kicking with a new twist to the older, tried and true creations. However, even with the added amount of lure makers combined with the innovations, there are a number of the “Old School” lures still alive and kicking. Innovations in the areas of scents, plastics, noise-making, and more are common day occurrences. The development of lures has been at a rocket pace for the past 10 years. I guess it is always good to practice your safety drills.Today’s tackle shops are filled with the latest and greatest in the way of saltwater fishing lures. Ugh…this is our track doing the MOB exercise. I grabbed the boat hook as Matt kept a watchful eye on my floating hat (yep it floated).Īs Matt maneuvered Sugar Shack near the hat, I grabbed it with the boat hook and we continued on our merry way. We hit the MOB (Man Over Board) button, doused the jib, tightened up the main and made a slow turn to avoid tangling the fishing lines. We were under full sail (no engines) and had 2 fishing lines trolling behind us. But, I happened to turn backwards to look at a silly bird going after one of our fishing lures and whammo – the hat went flying into the ocean. My hat has a strap under my chin and for the most part stayed on my head. I bathed in sunblock, put Band-Aids over each spot and wore long sleeves, long shorts, and a huge hat. That required me to stay out of the sun which is really hard when you are under passage. They were not cancerous, but they were suspicious and she wanted them gone. I will spare you the details, the dermatologist froze about 15 “spots” off my body. Motor Time: 2.5 hours across the Tikehau lagoon and 2 hours across the Toau lagoon.We reefed both sails and weathered through the squall, then unfurled the sails and continued on. 05m swell and only one three-hour period for a squall. We had decent winds, no big gusts, less than. It was not as brilliant as the passage to Tikehau, but it was nice. So, we do the waiting game and when a window opens up we jump on it. Unfortunately for us, the prevailing wind is SE and guess what direction we need to go? Yep, SE. We have to wait for a good weather window that doesn’t have a lot of rain, or big seas and is not on the nose. You see, we can’t just hop on our boat and go to our destination (like a car, or plane, or train). You are probably thinking, well, Christine you have 2-3 weeks, what is your rush? Our goal is to get to Gambier by early December (it is mid-November as I write this blog). We really wanted to enjoy a week in Tikehau but a good weather window to Toau presented itself and we had to take it.
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