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Comments Off on Don’t Pump the Rod or Try to Lift the Fish into the Boat when Saltwater Fishing
Gulf Coast Fishing
If you’ve watched saltwater fishing TV shows, you’ll often see anglers in fighting chairs on the backs of the boats pumping the rods. When a fish is on the line, an angler generally will pull the rod up to about the 12:00 position, and then drop the rod to about the 3:00 position and wind …
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Comments Off on How to Catch More Saltwater Fish When Fishing on a Party Boat
Gulf Coast Fishing
Have you ever seen that some anglers catch more and bigger fish than other anglers? If you’re out on a party boat, notice what the people around you are doing, and how they’re catching fish. Here are some helpful hints to help you catch more fish when you’re out reef fishing on a party boat: …
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Comments Off on Reef Fishing for Saltwater Fish on the One-Thirds
Gulf Coast Fishing
If you’ve been reef fishing for snapper, grouper, amberjack, scamp, king mackerel, cobia and a wide variety of different fish that hold on natural and artificial reefs, you know that you often ride for an hour or two before you start fishing. Next you fish for awhile. Then, you ride for an hour or two …
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Comments Off on Why Does the Captain Move the Boat when Reef Fish Start Biting?
Snapper Fishing
One of the most-common questions asked by many people who go reef fishing on a charter boat is, “Why does the captain leave a spot where the fish are biting and move to another place?” According to Captain Randy Boggs of the “Reel Surprise” that’s docked at San Roc Cay Marina in Orange Beach, Alabama,
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Comments Off on How to Catch a Big Red Snapper with Captain Randy Boggs
Snapper Fishing
I felt a tap on the line, and I waited. As the tip of my rod slowly descended into the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico below me, I began to wind the reel. Immediately, the drag slipped and fed out line at a steady pace, but I kept my rod parallel to the …
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