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I have been a professional fisherman for 15 years. [...] and, these Esca products outfish everything else in the market. Read Capt. Patrick Price (Fl) latest story from swordfishing.
Thanks to Pat for the pictures!
Click here to read the story.
Capt. Patrick Price
www.DayMakerfishing.com
sailfishpat@comcast.net
(772)405-0091
Visit Esca on the Fisherman Magazine´s show 16th September 2010
 by Captain Cefus McRae, Nuts & Bolts of Fishing
I’ve always enjoyed fishing at night for several reasons. The seas are usually a bit calmer, the weather is more comfortable, and the fishing can actually be a lot better, especially on a full moon. When I was first introduced to the concept of the Esca, it made perfect sense…using bioluminescent light to attract game fish. I’ve known for years the benefits, actually the necessity, of using light to bring big swordfish up from the depths. However, the lights commonly used are simply strobes or chemical light sticks. They put out plenty of light, but they do not truly mimic the way real sea creatures use their light organs to feed, attract mates or escape predators. Sea life with bioluminescent capabilities each as a distinct color, and light pattern, much like birds of the same species have similar songs.
Esca has combined the correct light color and on/off patterns to attract predator fish in for a quick meal. And the electromagnetic field that is created around the lure light itself adds another dimension to the Esca’s fish attracting qualities…the game fish senses that the lure is actually alive.
Now I must admit, I was somewhat skeptical when I first saw the Esca, and really didn’t know how well it would work, or how much it would increase my hook-up percentage. There are a lot of products out there that claim to work magic on bringing fish to the hook. So I decided on a real-world test. I would fish with two of the same lures and rigs…one with the Esca, and one without. I really liked the fact that there’s no battery required. The magnesium anode and metal case use saltwater to provide the electrical current to make the light work. Should you loose one to a toothy critter, you can feel good about not contaminating the environment. And a coincidental by-product is the fact that this electromagnetic field is very similar to the same biological ‘electricity’ that living beings have.
The first test was going to be a hard one…high-speed, daytime trolling with big lipped plugs and skirted lures. In the clear water of the Gulf of Mexico, the light would have little effect, so we could see whether or not the electromagnetic field had anything to do with the bite. Fishing was a little slow this day, almost no current offshore, and bright sun. We caught a total of 3 fish, including one of the biggest Spanish Mackerels I’ve ever seen. Every fish hit the lure equipped with an Esca. In fairness, we did have a couple of knock-downs on other rods without Esca’s, but the fish did not stay connected. Perhaps this is a testimony to the effectiveness of the electromagnetic field.
As the sun went down, we anchored up for our nighttime Esca trial. Again, we fished with rigs equipped with the Esca, and identical rigs with no Esca. During the early part of the evening, the mangrove snapper were biting anything we would throw at them… whether equipped with an Esca or not. However, as the evening wore on, and the fish became more wary of our presence, and the current began to slow, it became clear the rigs getting the most bites, and hook-up’s, were all equipped with Esca’s. We also found this particular group of snappers preferred the blue, fading version over the green or the blinking versions. But that’s what fishing is all about. Figure out what they want, and then give it to them. We also discovered the bite was significantly stronger, and more deliberate on the rigs with Esca’s. They just seemed attack the rig more voraciously.
In this case, we found out that these fish definitely zoned in on the Esca’s. Although our study was somewhat less that pure science, it’s fair to say that the Esca out-performed the non-Esca rigs by at least 3 to 1.
This trip we went “catching” instead of fishing, and the Esca definitely made a believer out of me.
Captain Cefus McRae
Nuts & Bolts of Fishing
Nice catch in the Ambrose channel.
More fish with esca®:
Nice ling caught around the island of Ramsøy (Bergen area, Norway). Esca green multiblink and some mackerel were irresistable.
 
A 5.5 lb huge sea bass caught on an esca/slimers combo at the fishermans bouy, weighed on anthony altolbellis boga grip scale.
 
 I have been using esca on a variety of species from Panama to New England. I have found them to be extremely effective on pelagic species like Tuna, Marlin, Swordfish and Sharks. I also found them to be deadly on inshore species like Cubera Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Striped Bass and Fluke. Half of what I enjoy the most about using the esca is coming up with new ways to using while rigging. I am attaching some photos. All of he fish in the photos were caught using escas in conjunction with natural or artificial baits.
Tight lines,
Capt Jack
 
Team Esca ready to go!
- Newsletter from Nuts & Bolts -
 Almost 90% of the biomass in the world’s oceans have bioluminescent charateristics… in other words… they ‘glow’ in the dark. Why, you ask? Well, down deep, it’s really dark, and of course when the sun goes down it’s dark even at the surface. These critters, like squid, krill, shrimp, and lots of fish use bioluminescence to help them find food, ward off enemies, and to help locate a mate. If you’ve ever been on the ocean at night and motored over an area, looked behind the boat and seen a trail of illuminated water, then you’ve encounter bioluminescent lifeforms… plankton, known as dinoflagellates. It’s really neat, and amazing to see. Well, lots of the critters in the ocean use light to hone in on their prey… or attract their prey to them; the most common fish most people have seen in pictures is the Angler Fish who dangles a light-emitting organ right in front of it’s mouth to get an easy meal.
For decades, anglers have been using lights to attract baitfish, and subsequently the game fish that come along to feed. How many boat docks have lights… and big snook, tarpon or seatrout cruising around them. At sea, it’s common to see light wands suspended beneath boats to bring in big cobia, cudas, snapper, and more. These boats look like alien spaceships hovering over the dark waves. Swordfishermen have been using light sticks for years, with very good results.
Well, some very smart folks from Norway worked for years, studying the exact light frequency and pattern of a variety of bioluminescent critters and have developed a high-tech device that you can actually fish with. It’s called the ESCA lure light, and it generates a light that mimics the same kind of light living creatures emit….the kinds of critters that big game fish love to eat. And…it does it without needing a battery. Amazing? Yep.
The power for the ESCA is generated through the combination of a small zinc anode and a housing. Saltwater provides the electrolyte to let the process happen. Drop it in the water, and the light comes on. I was impressed.
But the proof is in the pudding as they say. So, we put them to the test on an overnight fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico. We fished for mangrove snapper. And, to get some semi-scientific, real-world comparisons, we fished rigs with, and without the ESCA. Even before the sun went down, we were catching BIG red snappers with the ESCA-equipped rigs. You see, the electromagnetic field that’s created when the ESCA gives off its light, is also the same type of field that living things have around them. So, the fish comes to investigate our lure… takes a bite, and then holds on, because it thinks it has a living thing in it’s mouth. I know, sounds kind of crazy, but whatever happens, it darn sure works… in the daytime and at night.
It’s hard to give an exact ratio of fish caught with the ESCA versus fish caught without the ESCA. But, the rods with the lure light were definitely busier than the rods without. We fished them with live bait, with cut bait, and with nothing more than a hook dangling beneath the light. And the results were consistent…the bite was better with an ESCA. I fished it under some less-than-ideal conditions, and it made a beliver out of me.
It’s easy to adapt an ESCA to virtually any rig you fish… jig, bottom rig, trolling rig, even flat lines. They are small, but put out quite a bit of light. We could see it blinking under a flat line rig that was 50 yards from the boat. And if we could see it, the fish could as well.
Look for an upcoming Nuts & Bolts episode where we actually used this high-tech, fish catching lure light to haul in some monster snapper and more in the coming months.
So, if you fish the salt…day or night…you ought to seriously consider adding an ESCA to your tackle arsenal. We’ll have them available in the Nuts & Bolts On-Line Store very soon, but if you just can’t wait (and I would suggest you don’t) then you can get them directly from ESCA.
 PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
An innovative new lure uses sight, sense and smell to attract fish
Bergen, Norway, June 2010 – Esca Global, the Norway-based company that manufactures and distributes Esca®, one of the hottest products in the sports fishing market, announces a new and innovative lure in addition to exposing people that have not experienced Esca® yet to the existing innovative lure light.
The new lure — Esca® SmartCatcher
Fish see it – Fish sense it – Fish smell it….. And fish can’t resist it!
The innovative Esca inserted into a unique-designed housing and placed inside a translucent soft-bodied lure with affixed bait pocket — resulting in lure that entices fish with the perfect combination of sight, sense and smell.
Features:
• Accessible and secure pouch making it easy to switch between all Esca® models
• Tail pocket for adding on bait/scent
• Soft-bodied lure made of robust translucent rubber ensuring fluid movement underwater
• Weighs 70 grams without bait
The Esca® SmartCatcher gives you a lure that fish can see, sense and smell – irresistible.
Click here to read the official press release.
By Al Ristori
Imagine catching a 12 1/4-pound fluke, possibly the largest of the season so far, and not even ending up with the weekend’s biggest at the weigh-in station. That’s what happened today to Steve Olsen of Middletown as his doormat was upstaged at The Tackle Box in Hazlet by the 14 1/2-pound rug boated by Jimmy Caltabellata of Midland Park. The two largest fluke reported to me so far were both hooked in Raritan Reach on Spro bucktails tipped with Gulp.
Phil Sciortino also weighed a 49-pound striper caught on a dead bunker off Asbury Park by Chris Hartman of Freehold; a 48 1/2-pounder on a pencil popper from his boat off Asbury Park by Earl Anderson 4th of Kearny; a 41 1/4-pound bass on a pencil popper off the beach at Deal by Shane Burke of Holmdel; and a 28 1/2-pounder on a bunker head off the beach at Sandy Hook by Martin Rooney from Pearl River, N.Y.
Dave Lilly of Hazlet went right to the scene of hot fluking on Friday. but Raritan Reach didn’t produce like yesterday. He found lots of boats, but slow action and short fluke. He eventually found better action and a few keepers up to 5 pounds on strip baits from small bluefish — and extra attraction added by ESCA lights.
Vinny Vetere of Staten Island didn’t find any more 50-pound stripers near Shrewsbury Rocks, but the three stripers up to 34 pounds caught this morning on live bunkers from Katfish Charters was an impressive score today.
Originally published on: http://www.nj.com/shore/blogs/fishing/index.ssf/2010/06/fluking_slowed_in_raritan_reac.html
Headed out this morning from Montauk to use parachute for stripers. We tried with different Esca models, both fading and mulitiblink, and did side-by-side comparisons using a bucktail without Esca and a bucktail with Esca.
We didn’t land the largest fish on the Esca enhanced bucktail – but we got way more fish with it!
Capt. Stret Whitting WAKE
Montauk, NY
Our stand in Valencia
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