All articles from: September, 2009

Venting

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 […]

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Sinkers and Swivels

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 […]

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Leads to Better Catches!

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 […]

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Stay Sharp!

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 […]

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Circle Hooks Ahoy!

Oh yea tips to catch more fish, yea, yea I remem­ber. You might not think some of my other tips the most impor­tant, but they are the ones that insure you and your chil­dren will be fish­ing tomor­row and beyond.
Okay, on to the good stuff…Use cir­cle hooks. Bet­ter for the fish and bet­ter for you. […]

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Bag YOUR limit

I for one would like to con­tinue to catch fish on a daily basis which brings us to another thing I would say this is extremely impor­tant. Pay atten­tion to bag lim­its and size lim­its they are there for a rea­son.
Keep only what you are going to eat. Don’t keep extra fish for friends and […]

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