LIP GRIPPER


LIVE BAIT IS HARD TO GET, HARD TO KEEP AND HARD TO RIG, BUT A FRANTICALLY WRITHING LITTLE


FISH IS HARD FOR PREDATORS TO IGNORE. PHOTO: JASON ARNOLD


[TACTICS]


BAITING MONSTERS PRO


LOCATION KEVIN NAKADA


HOBIE FISHING TEAM MANAGER, PRO GUIDE:


SEASAMURAI.COM


TY SOUTHERLAND HOST OF


30MILESOUT.COM Galveston, Texas


A double-hook king with a single live bait hook through the bait's nose and a #4, 4x treble through the tail. Add a skirt to the nose of the bait for more flash.


JOE HECTOR


OWNER OF EXTREME KAYAK FISHING TOUR- NAMENT SERIES


28…KAYAK ANGLER


Pompano Beach, Florida


For sailfish use a 4/0 circle hook with 40-pound fluorocarbon leader. For meat fish, use 35-pound


titanium leader with a 3/0 J-hook in the nose and a #2 treble hook stinger.


San Diego, California TIPS FOR PLEASING THE SEA GODS WITH A LIVE SACRIFICE


The ocean is a cruel place. Everything is trying to eat everything else and there is nowhere to hide. Dangle a writhing baitfish in the ocean and violence will follow. Unfortunately, storing, rigging and fishing livies is one of the biggest challenges in kayak fishing. We asked three pros to soften the learning curve. RIC BURNLEY


RIG


Use a #4 or #6 Sabiki rig to load the bait tube or live well with greenback mackerel or sardines. Rig the bait on a 2/0 ringed live-bait hook attached to 40-pound fluorocarbon leader.


TACTIC


When using braided line, don’t set the hook. Braided line does not


stretch like monofilament. Pulling too hard could yank the bait out of the- fish’s mouth. Instead, crank the line tight and apply steady pressure.


Catch live blue runners or cigar min- nows with a Sabiki rig. Keep baits alive in a bait bucket or bait tube. Slow troll live baits for king mackerel, tuna and cobia.


Drift live goggle eye over structure and along temperature breaks for wahoo, dolphin, tuna and billfish.


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