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Trolling Basics
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Trolling means driving in your boat, dragging plastic or other lures around the ocean.
Here are a few elements, common to all trolling:
- Keep your eyes open and aware of the situation around you
- Always have the reels strike alarm or noise maker on while trolling
- Always know who is taking the next fish (who is on strike)
- When a lure goes off, hit the throttle and speed up (for about 5 seconds), making sure the hooks get solidly in the fish
- Slow down, but keep the boat moving forward while other rods are cleared and until whoever is on strike is ready to fight
- With a fish on, rods can be harder to remove from rod holders. Remember - they always come out exactly the way they went in
- Be organised, know where the gaff is, the donger, pliers etc before adding the confusion of having a fish on
- Make sure the deck is cleared with no hooks or sharp items in the way
- Don't forget to enjoy it when you are fighting your fish, thats why we came in the first place!
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Rigging Basics
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Stong connections and tidy rigging will improve your chances of success.
- Use good quality, sharp tools for cutting line and wire
- A clean cut allows you to use the smallest possible crimp, and strongest possible connection
- During fishing, always check leaders for wear and replace if needed
- Pre-make as many leaders as you can and spend more time fishing
- The lightest possible leader should be used
- Use a shackle rig for hooks in skirted lures
- Take the hooks off the lures when in storage
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Barracuda Basics
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The rule when trolling is that green water equals Barracuda.
- The good news is that its working, you are getting hits and are close to the right area.
- The bad news is that you are wasting time picking Barracuda off your lures.
Work a bit wider of the structure, in the deeper, bluer water.
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