If you want to catch fish, really catch fish, live bait is the only way to go. You may catch some fish on dead cut bait, but in general they will be smaller and fewer in number. We've proven this to ourselves more times than I can remember. On a recent trip my son and his fishing partner proved this theory once again and brought fish to the boat while other anglers just watched.

Who ever heard of trolling for tarpon? We did it quite successfully and quite by accident. Waiting for the tide to change we decided to try something I had never tried before. See how it worked!

On an early season sheepshead trip, I had to move a lot to get a limit of fish. Most anglers sat in one spot and wondered why they could not get a bite. Moving makes a difference on a slow bite day.

Photo by Susan Brooks.

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