7 Beginner Saltwater Fishing Mistakes To Avoid

When I first started fishing with my father back in the early 70s that’s all he taught me to use was live bait nightcrawlers, crawdads, live shiners for mostly smallmouth bass in western central mich I lived on a small lake that had a channel that went into lake mich only on the big lake did my father use lures to troll for Chinook salmon, brown and steelhead trout but if we fished on the small lake for bass or pike we used live bait and I really never caught on or had good confidence in bait I caught some fish but not many then after reading fishing facts magazine and bass master I starred teaching myself on using lures like spinnerbaits and crankbaits and jigs I also watched alot of fishing shows and talked to some of the bass anglers that would come to our lake for small tournaments they showed me and taught me alot and when I started applieing my knowledge in using lures my catch rate skyrocketed as well as my confidence I started teaching my father how to use jigs and the old mister twister curly tail grub in white with a white quarter ounce jighead for smallmouth bass we had a blast my father soon bought into a sporting goods store and stocked it with alot of the lures that the bass anglers were using but as fatr as tackle goes we always used 6lb test trilene xl mono line on medium action spinning rods and reels and also ultra light rods and reels for crappie only on the big lake did we use heavier tackle trolling rods rigged with Penn 209 class level wind trolling reels rigged on down riggers with spoons or plugs for lures my father had a 1975 penyan tunnel drive 25 ft boat with a small block 250 Chevy engine that would push it about 55 mph top speed plenty fast on the water and she would troll like a dream I remember tons of times limiting out on salmon and trout both although for me small mouth and northern pile and big slab crappie were more my preference species to pursue I think my knowledge of lures and the species I used to pursue taught me alot and has helped me in catching inshore saltwater fish I have also found that freshwater bass and pike are caught very similar to inshore saltwater fish in fact alot of the lures I used to use I still use in the saltwater like for instance the spinnerbait one of my favorite lures for both reds and flounder the only difference is I no longer use a skirt just a paddletail grub or sometimes a curly tail anyways you get my meaning thanks for the info and all you do 😀👍