If you pause your retrieve, they will hit the lure much better than if you keep your retrieve going. The Jacksonville charter guide keeps it simple and fishes the Boyo, Super Spook Jr, and Spitn Image on the same tackle
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You are often fishing long distances from the boat, but sometimes also in close range, and when you are fishing a large bait, there is a lot of weight on the end of your line alone from the bait itself, the moment a fish grabs the bait, the hooks need to be set also, but since you are already having some weight at your line the momentum in which you are able to do so gets rapidly shortened
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One as I eased up when the fish changed direction and I lost contact with it, and the other when I tried to horse a fish in on a wave that was much bigger than I thought