With your left hand put landing net in the water 20-30 cm from the surface
J-hooks are popular because they fit nicely into a fishs mouth
As I got further enmeshed into the saltwater fishing obsession, and started heavily researching popping and jigging, I started seeing braided lines and the tackle meant to use them rated not by their breaking strength in pounds, but rather by a system of PE ratings
The ball bearings in the BG, for one thing, are the very same Minebea bearings that Daiwa loads into its offshore, big-game-ready line of Saltiga reels, which typically run in the $1,000 range, and which John McMurray almost exclusively employs on his tuna charters
Youll generally want to go slightly heavier when fishing a cut bank, and slightly lighter when fishing a gentle sloping gravel bar