| The adrenaline rush you get from fighting huge | | | | meal. Also keep in mind the size of fish you are |
| predatory fish out in the open ocean is like nothing | | | | trying to catch. If you want to catch large fish, you |
| else. You have a boat, rod, and line and are up | | | | need to put larger bait or lures on the end of your |
| against an animal finely adapted to its own habitat. | | | | line. |
| But before you get to fight against a shark, marlin, | | | | Depending on the type of fishing you are doing, live |
| halibut, or whatever other fish you are stalking, you | | | | bait will generally work best. This is because nothing |
| must first get it to strike at your line. The only way | | | | really mimics live bait quite as well as the live bait |
| to do this is by using the correct bait for the | | | | itself! However, lures also work very well and out |
| situation. | | | | perform live bait in some situations. One of these |
| Picking bait for fishing out in the open ocean is not | | | | instances is in trolling. When you're trolling the motion |
| too much different than picking bait for fishing on | | | | of the boat will cause your lure to spin and move in a |
| inland freshwater streams. You need to first find out | | | | unique way that will intrigue many fish. While live bait |
| the most you can about your fish, what it eats, | | | | will also work for trolling as well, it is most times not |
| when, and where. Armed with this information, you | | | | nearly as effective as lures designed specifically for |
| can stalk your fish and present them with bait that | | | | trolling. |
| they are used to and will see as a very appealing | | | | |