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even though it may be your first instinct never throw the drag up on a screaming wahoo you could lose a 30 dollar ilander rig and a nice fish *cough cpt mike cough cough*
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its peanut butter jelly time
Split Bill ballyhoo baits will swim infinitely better if you fully remove the swim-bladder from the ballyhoo. When you're pooping your hoos and don't see the swim bladder fully come out, separate that bait into a section for skipping baits (where an air-filled hoo won't matter). Just a small thing that's easy to do when you're prepping your baits, but it makes all the difference when you're trying to get your flat lines to swim just right.
Tight Lines
Ed
There is NEVER just 1 Sailfish in you spread when you see one...drop back all the rods you can...
When using a "Mouse Trap", use the opposite color of your riggers. If your pulling blue and white on your riggers, use pink and white or (my favorite) black and orange.
When you think you have dropped back far enough and still not bit...drop back some more & then some more...
thank you for the tips
its peanut butter jelly time
Three tips to always heed:
1 NEVER bring bananas on the boat
2 always watch the spread so you know if the lures are working right and if the knock down was legit
3 always bring something irish for luck
Don't follow me, I don't know where the fish are.
"I drink in victory because I deserve it, I drink in defeat because I need it." -- Winston Churchill
keep a bag of #64 rubber bands in your takle at all times, they are good for a ton of stuff.
"In the end there are just two ways to go, it all comes down to living fast or dying slow"
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I guess there are many very detailed and tactical tips that have helped... including many I have gotten from the teachers on this website. However, I would say the higher level, strategic tips have helped the most. They have changed the way I think about things and apply to all types of fishing.
A few of the most important ones -
1. Rule Number One - you can't catch what isn't there. Fish where the fish are. Find them first and make sure you know they are there before focusing your efforts. Don't start fishing because you are where you think the fish should be, because you have been running for a while, you are where they were yesterday, etc. If the fish aren't there, it doesn't matter if you are using dynamite... your catch will always be the same. I credit Fred Archer for this tip - sounds like a such a simple concept, but once I started thinking about this all the time, it helped a lot.
2. Get the Hit. If the fish are there, but they aren't biting what you think they should bite, make a change. Whether you have to change tackle, presentation, bait size, or leader, do what it takes to get in the game. Even if it means going down to tackle you consider "too light" - if you aren't getting the hit, you aren't even in the game to begin with, so you don't even have to worry about breaking something off. Get the hit first, then worry about landing the fish.
3. Don't leave fish to find fish. This has been covered already. When you have found fish, stay with them and figure out how to catch them. Don't leave fish to find "other" fish that might respond better to whatever you are doing... Finding them is more then half the battle... stay on the fish and get them to bite.
Be confident in your spread. If you question what you have out, so will the fish.
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