Saltwater fishing or freshwater fishing?

Go to the Mart first. You know the one. Go to the sporting goods department and get a freshwater or saltwater fishing license, whichever you prefer. Then just walk around the fishing department for about an hour and gather what you will need. Lightweight lines, rods, reels, and sinkers are required for freshwater fishing. Saltwater fishing requires heavier versions of the same things. Some commonly caught freshwater fish are sunfish, wingfish, crappie, catfish, and trout.

Some saltwater fish that you can fish in the bays on the east coast and along the Atlantic coast are Black Drum, Bluefish, Cobia, Corvina, Flounder, Trout, Jack Cravelle, King Mackerel, Mullet, Pompano, Puppy Drum, Spanish Mackerel, Speckled Trout, Spot and Striper. Wow, you can see there are a lot more things you can fish in salt water. I admit that I am biased. Although I have fished sea bass for many years, I cannot try to make fun of the fish. I prefer to toss some chum (a mixture of ground fish) off the side of a charter boat, drop a baited hook into the mixture, and wait a few minutes for a tug. A jerk so strong you’ll think he’s trying to drag you down. It will scare you at first, but it probably won’t attract you. My little wife who weighs 5’1 “125 pounds. Once on a trip to Gulf Stream, she handled a amberjack in the 20 to 25 pound range, and she stood her ground. Not that I’m a barometer for you, but a Little woman has the heart to put the hook and roll one, I know you can.

I caught a very good sized bass, but nothing to rival a 10 pound bass. blue, or in 25 lb. amberjack has to deliver in a battle. When I compare freshwater and saltwater fishing, they don’t compare. Salt water is a much bigger challenge for me. I’ve had some pretty good battles with some blues in Ocean City MD, red snapper in Morehead NC, Atlantic Gulf Stream amberjack, and a Chesapeake Bay stripper or two, oh yeah I can’t leave out the spotted trout in the Gulf of Mexico , That was fun. Most of the saltwater species mentioned will nibble on squid. Squid is like a universal bait. You can also buy a box of squid at a mall, especially if it’s near the ocean.

Another thing about saltwater fishing, bottom fishing in particular, is that you can find some jigging, make the bait bounce off the bottom, or add something with a little color will work better. I think there really is no rhyme or reason. I’ve heard people say this and captains say that, but if a fish finds your bait, rig, or the way you move the bait in the water attractive, it will bite.

Have you heard the one about the little girl while she was fishing with her dad on a charter, she ran out of bait and started to fish for tomato slices from her sandwich? I do not doubt it. I fished from the front of the boat, both sides and the rear, and I fished all over the boat. I fished off the coast of Ocean City, MD and caught Black Sea Bass one after another after another, then a fellow fisherman noticed my constant catch and lowered his line in the same spot and I didn’t catch anything, but the water was so rough that day, Fishing was really the last thing on my mind, if you know what I mean.

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