Keep your Hooks sharp. More fish have been lost because the hook did not pen­e­trate than any­thing else. First he’s there then he’s not. Sharpen the hook it is very easy and I guar­an­tee you it will make a dif­fer­ence. Try to avoid steel files first time it gets wet it is done throw it [...]

You should use a leader that is right for the clar­ity of the water. It also must be right for the type of fish you are look­ing for. If you are fish­ing for Kings using 40 pound test mono leader would not be con­sid­ered real smart if you want to get any fish to the [...]

A good thing to remem­ber is the smaller the sinker usu­ally the bet­ter you are. The sinker is to get your line down to the bot­tom. Too much sinker gets you down to the bot­tom but makes you fight the sinker instead of the fish. When the fish is not at the bot­tom but run­ning [...]

Vent the fish before return­ing them to the water. It is now state law in Florida to carry a vent­ing tool on your boat. Vent­ing the fish allows 85% of the fish returned to sur­vive when returned to the water. It keeps them from flop­ping around on the sur­face until they die. When you return [...]