| Today, the chief trend in salt-water
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| | for bass in fresh water. You pick a
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| fishing is toward the use of lighter
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| | likely target, cast, and start your
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| tackle. Although the time-honored heavy
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| | retrieve slowly, just in case a
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| outfits still have a place, great numbers
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| | wide-awake fish happens to be there. Play
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| of salt-water anglers are finding that
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| | the lure very slowly, let it sit quietly
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| they have more fun - and catch as many
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| | for half a minute, then give it a slight
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| fish - with outfits no heavier and little
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| | twitch by lifting the rod tip.
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| different from those used in fresh water.
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| | After about six hitless casts, start
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| Actually, most fresh-water gear can be
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| | increasing the speed of the retrieve.
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| used for light-tackle salt-water fishing.
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| | Sometimes you will get a strike on the
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| On light tackle, many small- to
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| | fifteenth cast and sometimes it takes
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| medium-size inshore game fish, such as
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| | forty. But if the fish is there, you'll
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| striped bass, bluefish, sea bass, shad,
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| | almost certainly get action eventually.
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| yellowtail, mackerel, and croakers,
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| | Plugs of various designs, spoons,
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| provide thrills rivaling those of the
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| | spinners, metal squids, and feathered
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| big-game species. While you can use still
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| | jigs are all good underwater lures. But I
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| lighter conventional tackle, the term
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| | don't want to leave the impression that
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| "light tackle" generally means the use of
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| | top-water artificials should be ignored.
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| bait-casting, fly, push-button, or
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| | Surface plugs such as darters, injured
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| spinning tackle.
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| | minnows, and plunkers are sometimes more
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| Part of the fun of light-tackle fishing
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| | valuable in salt water than the
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| is the element of surprise; in salt water
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| | underwater types.
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| nearly anything can happen. You may be
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| | Most salt-water species seem to prefer a
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| fishing for weakfish, expecting fish of
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| | straight, darting action rather than the
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| around a pound or two, and a 25-pound
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| | wiggles and wobbles to which many
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| channel bass may decide to take your
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| | fresh-water fish respond. Be that as it
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| bait. Snook of around 5 to 10 pounds are
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| | may, remember that salt-water fish are
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| great sport on light tackle, and it takes
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| | very unpredictable and are apt to take
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| all the skill you possess to handle them;
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| | almost any cast-and-retrieved artificial
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| but when a tarpon of 60 to 70 pounds
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| | lure - that is, when they're in the mood.
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| decides it likes the same lure - brother,
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| | Casting techniques, whether employed in
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| you've got thrills, and plenty of them.
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| | fresh or salt water, are the same. But
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| The first type of light tackle used in
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| | since the way of playing a lure varies
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| salt water was the bait-casting outfit;
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| | somewhat according to the species of the
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| it is still very popular today, and with
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| | fish, only experience will teach you
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| good reason. Of all light tackle,
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| | which retrieve to use for which
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| bait-casting gear is best able to cope
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| | salt-water fish at which time - and even
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| with large game fish; the short rod
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| | then you can often count on coming a
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| (about 5 feet, 2 inches in length) and
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| | cropper.
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| relatively heavy lines are suitable
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| | If you are after bottom live-bait feeders
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| weapons for big fish.
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| | such as sea bass, tautog, tomcod,
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| This form of salt-water fishing may be
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| | porgies, halibut, cabezon, sheepshead,
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| done from rowboats, from the shores of
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| | corbina, bocaccio, pompano, and kingfish,
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| inlets, bays, and lagoons, and from
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| | you will need the right terminal tackle,
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| bridges and piers. Wherever fish
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| | the proper live or cut bait, and the
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| congregate along the inshore waterways -
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| | right weight to get down where the fish
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| and there are thousands of these spots
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| | live. One general rule to follow is that
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| dotting the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific
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| | the bottom-feeding fish that live mainly
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| and Atlantic coasts - plugs, spinners,
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| | on shellfish will not take artificial
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| spoons, or bait hurled out by the
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| | lures very readily.
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| fresh-water (or special salt-water)
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| | With time and experience you will have
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| casting rod will bring a sizable catch.
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| | great success in this type of fishing.
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| The procedure for awakening a drowsy fish
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| | Good luck!
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| in salt water is the same as that used
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