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| Short Description | Fighting Big Fish In The Surf |
| Tip | There are 3 cardinal rules for fighting big fish in the surf: 1.) Stay in front of the fish at all costs. If the fish goes left, go left. If the fish goes right, go right. This goes hand-in-hand with cardinal rule #2. 2.) Walk down to the waterline and fight it from there. Keep the distance between you and your fish as short as possible. The advantages to this are that it a) provides you with leverage over the fish, and b) lesstens the probability that in a crowded fishing area your line will accidently get tangled or cut by another fisherman's line or lure. 3.) Don't try to "horse" the fish in. Know the breaking limits to your line. You can catch 100 lb. fish on 15 lb. line. You just have to be careful. Let the fish run. |