Saltwater Fishing Requires Special Gear, Knowledge

For those hoping to do some saltwater fishing, it is important to decide ahead of time if you want to go after grouper or sea trout for the eating or larger game fish for possibly the fight of your life. Unless you participate in saltwater fishing on a regular basis, you can go out on a charter boat where the equipment and bait is supplied.

All fish have certain habits, whether they are saltwater of freshwater, that you need to be aware of to experience a successful fishing trip. Heading onto the ocean or one of its leading rivers is no different. To enjoy saltwater fishing you have to understand the habits of saltwater fish. An alternative, however would be to hire a charter boat captain who does understand the fish.

There is different equipment required for saltwater fishing which will vary by the waterway you are on and fish you are trying to catch. It only makes sense that the bigger the fish you are after the bigger the tackles that will be required. There is an old fishing axiom that says if you want to catch bigger fish you need to use bigger bait.

Learn About Different Habits Of Fish

While a charter boat captain or a fishing guide can generally help you catch the fish, it will not hurt you to understand a few of the species when you go saltwater fishing. For example, the grouper is touted as one of the best tasting saltwater fish you can catch and to be successful, and to save your tackle, you should know their eating habits.

They are drawn to live bait or small fish, crustaceans or crabs and they are not fond of having to chase it down. They prefer to hide under rocks or a sunken vessel and ambush their prey as it swims past. They will then try to return to their hiding place and if it near rocks or coral, your line can get tangled in the mess and you will either lose it or cut it off on purpose in order to try again. When saltwater fishing the grouper is one of the best fighting fish you will encounter as once you set the hook it is your strength against the grouper’s strength.

Seatrout can offer good food as well as a good fighting experience, but landing them can be tricky. Hooks usually used for saltwater fishing are typically not very sharp and when you hook a seatrout and have to apply force to direct it, the hooks often pull free of the soft tissue into which they sank. Simply changing the hooks to the sharper freshwater hooks can help them penetrate deep when set and reduce the chance of them coming loose.