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Hooker Electric’s Deluxe Livewell Sea Chests are essentially plumbed boxes installed in the bilge by the boat builder or dealer.  One or two supplies fill the sea chest that contains two to four live well pumps that, in turn, deliver clean, bubble-free seawater to the individual bait live wells. There are many advantages to this type of system. It helps to remove air and prevent air locks, especially if you have a lot of aeration […]

We began by engineering it with all the functions that commercial and green stick fishermen are accustomed to. We designed it for ease of use and the durability that you count on to keep fish on your deck. Use it for bluefin or yellowfin tuna, swordfish, deep-drop rigs, for snapper and large grouper.

The Bandit Reel Includes:

• Powerful 4hp brushless 24 VDC motor
• Heavy duty 1.25” stainless steel shaft
• 6061 billet aluminum construction
• Gear-driven for durability and reliability
• Spool 7½” width, […]
  

As a fisherman, we all know how hard live bait can be to find and sustain. Since seasonal weather patterns change the way fish are biting, fishermen require a variety of bait types to assure success. Bait fishing is so important that fishermen spend weeks prior to tournaments catching bait, then keep them penned up for a couple of days of epic fishing. The last thing you want is for your bait to die because […]

By George Poveromo, October 6, 2013

Daytime sword fishing has been the rage for several years now off South Florida and the Keys, and is rapidly expanding into the Gulf of Mexico and off the mid-Atlantic – and for very good reason: when your bait is pulled precisely through the right crevice or within 100-feet above prime structure – and the fish are there – you’re virtually guaranteed a bite, followed by a tough, long fight, […]

By Chris Agardy,

As a charter captain, I am always looking for ways to keep the rods bent for my customers when the fishing gets slow. This time of year, the offshore fishing for pelagic species often shuts down for us by 10 am when the air temperatures reach 90 degrees. When this happens, I like to take my customers to one of the many local shipwrecks to fish for the giant Goliath groupers that have […]

Hooker Electric made it on Bass2Billfish, TV fishing show. Check it out!

Bass Pro Shops, Spring Fishing Classic winners Korie and Josh, join Peter Miller down at the famous Hawks Cay Resort in duck key for some serious fishing. They hit the gulf wrecks for some dinner, then went offshore and caught Barracuda, Dolphin, Shark and Daytime Swordfish. They used the barracuda that they caught for the swordfish as bait […]