TackleWebs Bags
Wild Fish Wild Places 03.13.13
As a diehard outdoorsman living the dream day in and day out, I use and abuse every bit of equipment I own. Part of that abuse is a result of neglect and being slightly unorganized while on the water. When I am fishing, I am so intent on catching fish everything else takes a back seat, sometimes even eating.
I have been using a product the last six months that is so innovative and easy, it has simply made my time on the water more organized and fun. Instead of throwing all of my tackle throughout the day under my feet and wherever else it lands, only to get stepped on and crushed at some point, my boxes and tackle end up safe and out of the way. What a novel concept!
After I installed one TackleWebs bag in my boat, I had to add another and finally now have five on my fishing boat and one on my duck boat. TackleWebs’ innovative products are simple to install but they fit like they were a custom made storage option. Freshwater boats, skiffs, saltwater, ski boats, duck boats, kayaks, paddle boards and more–these handy storage systems are a must have in any craft.
Crafted out of high quality UV- and marine-rated materials from start to finish, TackleWebs’ suspending storage bags are built to resist the sun, salt, and other harsh elements of the outdoors and the sea. The patented design is lightweight, easily stored, provides secure storage for any items that fit in the bag, and are designed to provide additional safe, secure storage for items onboard a marine vessel and avoid the hazards of items being stored on the deck where they can shift, slide or injure passengers. Installation is fast and easy and TackleWebs offers an installation video on its website.
If you are looking to get a little more organized while on the water this year, check out www.tacklewebs.com.
I did, and it changed the way I fish.
FISH AND FISHING. TWO WORDS HAVING A MYRIAD OF MEANINGS TO A MYRIAD OF PEOPLES. TO FISH FOR FOOD, FOR LIFE, FOR SURVIVAL; OR TO FISH FOR FUN, FOR SPORT, FOR MONEY.
When, almost 5,000 years ago in China, man first attached a hook and line to a bamboo rod to catch carp a little further from the river’s edge, little did he know that this creation would evolve into an industry which at the early part of this, the twenty-first century, is worth over $108 billion annually to the US economy in terms of sport fishing alone!
The variety of fish species is infinite. From cold water inhabitants such as members of the Salmonidae family, to warm water, tropical dwellers like the Cichlids. From the gigantic Tarpon of the Florida Keys to the gentler Arctic Charr spectacularly attired in their vivid courtship colors in the frigid rivers and streams of the arctic tundra. Take the celebrated Coelacanth, over three hundred million years old and still found today in the warm seas of the Indian Ocean around Madagascar, or the seemingly ubiquitous Golden Orfe, or the goldfish, which completes endless circuits in so many glass bowls in family homes in every corner of the world.
In this series, we will seek out great predatory fish. Fish that are much revered, fish that strike terror at the very mention of their name and fish that are the staple diet of many peoples subsisting along the shorelines and riverbanks of the great waters we will visit during our odyssey. Positioned at the very top of the food chain, these apex predators reign supreme in their own domain, be it mighty river, great lake or ocean.
Our quest will take us across cultures and continents to exotic locations of immense beauty and wealth as well as lands poleaxed by poverty. We will explore not just these wild and wonderful places, but the significance of our target species to the different groupings of peoples in terms of social, economic and cultural values.
Our travels in search of extraordinary predators will take us from the cold, unforgiving waters of the West of Ireland to the steaming jungle swamps of India. From the frozen, pristine wilderness of the Canadian subarctic to the sun-baked backwaters of Northern Australia. This will be a series of contrasts and comparisons where we will meet people who live to fish and people who fish to live.
