Fortunately, longer rods that are capable of casting lures farther also do a better job of allowing the angler to pick up a bunch of line and set the hook on a fish at distance, while also creating increased leverage to aid in more easily bringing a distant fish back to the boat
Fishing guides and emergency room doctors cant help but recall gory wounds and pasty faces when hearing the phrase, get hooked on fishing. After all, those professionals must often remove fish hooks from the ears, hands, fingers, and other body parts of panicky victims
Yet with side-scan sonar you can mark fish that are holding just beneath the surface, and even fish that are working right on the surface
Walleye: 1st prize: $2,000 went to Bradley Stopplewort, Jamestown, ND for his 1.9 lbs
This is very effective with night-feeding species, like barracuda and squid