This is Why You Work Your Lure All the Way In
- By: Tony Acevedo
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You can’t get a hit if your lure is not in the water. While this fishing proverb rings true, the inverse is also true: if your lure is in the water, it’s possible you’ll get a hit.
We often talk about the importance of making long casts to cover as much water as possible, and that includes water right next to the boat. When you maximize the time your lure is in the water, you maximize your chances of getting a hit.
On a recent trip, I enjoyed a lot of success, but one catch reminded me of why it’s important to work your lure all the way in.
This is Why You Work Your Lure All the Way In
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Great comments Tony. You “bow to the little king” very well. We get a lot of tarpon in our area and you never know when you might get one on. (Prefer when I have my heavy gear and am trying to catch them.)
Also have a lot of bigger barracuda and they often follow the lures to the boat and hit when you start to lift. It’s really easy for me to get lazy and not work the cast all the way.
Great reminder!
Thanks David! Tarpon have been all over the place this year around here as well. I had a pretty big one hit a lure a few weeks ago. Probably around 80-100lbs in really shallow water. Never know what you’ll hook into!
Oh yea Tony when you mentioned about pointing your rod tip at tge tarpon to keep it from jumping that’s called bowing to the king but I’m sure you have heard that statement before but I always retrieve my lure all the way to the boat unless I see a very close active feeding fish making a splash while chasing bait then I will cut the retrieve short and cast to the active fish but that’s the only time I will do it thanks for the tip though and all you do
This tarpon was more of a prince than a king haha, but yes bow to the king!
Tony, how many Tarpon have you caught? You were as calm as could be and the way you laughed and pointed, tells me the number is a lot. I’ve lost 2 and landed 1, so my natural instinct isn’t to “bow” or point. Awesome work with that light tackle.
My ratio has been the same as yours hooked 3 landed 1 but I also don’t fish for tarpon on acct I’m a fish eater unlike alot if inshore anglers that release all there fish to me doesn’t seem logical when God put them on this earth to feed us and other creatures spending alot of money on tackle gas license and other misc items all to let it go well not me because I love fresh fish and although I do keep fish I only keep what I am allowed and no more but one of the main reasons why most anglers that really don’t truelly pursue tarpon on a regular basis only to loose them is because it’s very difficult getting a hook to penetrative there very bony jaws unless of coarse a circle hook is used that is made to travel to the corner of there mouths where there is some cartlege between there jaws where a good sharp strong hook can penetrative and a circle hook is very hard to throw but can test ones patience because instead of jerking on an upward movement to set the hook one only needs to just tighten the line and let the hook do the work just saying
I’ve caught a lot of these smaller ones. I’m just naturally calm haha