Ensure that your hooks are sharp and well-maintained, as a sharp hook is more likely to secure a solid hook-set in the tough mouths of bottom-dwelling fish
The fish that race around the corner of Montauk after running the south shore of Long Island are loaded with sea lice, which will stay attached to stripers for several days until they fall off in the lower-salinity waters of Long Island Sound
Wall, I reckon not, but thot it mought do here. Upon suggesting to him the necessity when sinking a hole of keeping its full size to the bed rock, especially in a ravine of that character, he concluded to act according to the advice, and sure enough he found that he had run across a very fair claim, from which he succeeded in getting gold enough to take him back again to his Eastern home
If you are targeting large fish like bull reds or sharks, dont be afraid to step up in hook size and use whole mullet or very large pieces, in the 10-12 range
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