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Deep sea fishing is a wonderful and extremely enjoyable activity. Here are some tips that will make your salt water fishing adventure even better.

1. Watch the signs

If you see birds e.g. Seagulls that are feasting on small bait-type fishes, there are probably larger game-type fish below the surface of the water. Also, look for floating wood or debris. In most cases when you chance upon a large floating wood, you would find a large game fish in the area even encountering dolphin.

2. Stop, Snook and Listen

Fishing for snooks is quite similar as fishing for bass. Snooks like to be around ledges, posts and rocks.

3. Crabs for full moon

During full moons use soft crab imitations as bait. That’s the time when crabs shed their shells and stripers come looking for them.

4. If you’re looking for tunas, find the dolphins

Yellowfin tuna are usually found schooling with dolphins. So if you see a group of dolphins, chances are there are some tuna in the area.

5. Cut and Burn

If you have trouble cutting through a spiderwire braid, try using a lighter or a match.

6. Good Reef

The best place to fish is near reefs since big game fish feed on fish that live on reefs.

7. The Circle Hook

Use a circle hook if you would like a higher hook up ratio. These hooks guarantees more catch, because of the minute gap, and the reverse point. They are generally better for the fish since they do not hook in the gut just the lip.

8. Don’t have sea legs

Watch the horizon and stay on deck. These would generally help you if you’re having trouble with sea sickness: Stay away from the boat fumes, breathing it only exacerbates the problem.

9. Anchors away

When your anchor is stuck at the bottom, try attaching a float to it. Return after the tide has changed in direction. This should be enough to loosen the anchor.

10. Fish where the fish are

A lot of fisherman have the idea that they should be catching their live baits over the reefs before going to deep waters. If the live baits are not in the area you’re planning to catch the larger games, then why would you come up with the idea that the large fish are there. Wouldn’t they be in the area where the bait fish are?

Travis Clemens is a life time fisherman and he knows the ins and outs of gettinem on the hook! You too can gettem on the hook with Travis as your guide! www.best-fishing-tips.com

Well Princess and I headed to the Sky way Friday night after getting the brakes fixed on the pathfinder, if you call them fixed, I think we were real close to doing the fred flinstone on the way home. Anyway, we got to the skyway firday night @ about 9pm. Puck, Pierfish and myself quickly got my 12/0 rigged and floated out half a sting ray, Thanks for the STINGRAY Guys. After getting set up, me and Pierfish got caught up on everything going on. The girls, i don’t think stopped talking all night. Anyway, after a while, puck caught a nice little snapp so of course me and pierfish, and i think lynn all got out the snapper rigs, the first cast I had a great hit but missed the fish, pierfish got stuck in the rocks, then after rebaiting my hook, I went to cast agaiin, only to have my rod snapp in half, and pierfish nearly loosing an eye. Well I just gave up after that, owe and the fact that I’m wearing a robotic looking boot on my foot so I just took a seat and chilled. I then ended up getting the 12/0 stuck in the rocks trying to pull it inn to end the night, so then I wrestled that for about 10 minutes and pierfish getting a good laugh, it finally broke the line, and I probably lost a good 150 yards of line. Well that’s the 1st adventrue of the year, May 19 2007, South Pier. Stay tuned for more. Check out FishingRecreation fishing community for great fishing pictures.