Being able to swim at speeds up to 60 mph, marlin are extremely powerful predators and sit near the top of the food chain
His affinity for angling is infectious and the amount of time he spends on the water adequately supports his knowledge of reels and how they should perform
With the extreme bouyancy of the balsa body, even if it momentarily got caught in the fork of a tree branch, using a slight popping motion with your rod tip, the lure would back itself out and float to safety...that is, if a monster bass hadn't grabbed it as it backed away from the cover, which happened frequently enough that you anxiously gripped your rod for a couple of seconds as the lure came free
The sleeping bag compartment is accessed through a zipper (the design of which is different on the new 2013 Redcloud 80) and has an optional panel to separate the compartment from the rest of the back pack
On our guided sessions, we use just four different baits for surf perch fishing: fresh sand crabs, artificial sandworm grubs (curlytail-style or straight worm shape) , live bloodworms / sandworms (various localized names - they're the worms with legs like a centipede) and FishBites Bloodworm scented strips
