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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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After years of using only rod and reel, New England groundfish fisherman Tim Ryder has upgraded to automated jigging machines from the Icelandic company DNG. Asher Molyneaux photo.

High-tech hooks

Completed in 1973, the Bonnet Carré Spillway dumped a record 1.35 trillion cubic feet of nutrient rich water from the Mississippi River into the rich oyster and fishing grounds of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Corps of Engineers photo.

Disaster relief for gulf fishing communities

Patti Marine has just given the family's flagship, the Captain Joe, a complete makeover. Owner Frank Patti Jr. calls it the most photographed boat in the country. Patti Marine photo.

In service to shrimp

Fishfinders July 2020 — Furuno combines increased processing capacity and new software with its FSV25 to give fishermen a user-friendly visual. Furuno photo.

What you see is what you get

Collier Brothers — Ready for launch, the newly sponsoned Collier Brothers was built with inverted chines, where the new chines are lower than the original, creating improved stability. Giddings Boatworks photo.

Stick-built sponsons for a West Coast trawler

Small boats have big pull

Underwater cameras: Eyes on the prize

Pop-up pots and the search for ‘whale-safe’ gear

The forward fish hold, engine room and some of the forepeak of the old B.J. Thomas are incorporated into the rebuilt F/V Dauntless. Justin Yager photo.

Resurrecting Dauntless

Electric Sunbeam: Alaska DIY hybrid boat