On to Fishing!

Okay, now here is where I am lacking! You've successfully caught bait and it swims in the bait well. You will now sail to deeper waters, 100 feet plus. To catch something like a Black Tipped Shark or Grouper you will need to use a heavy weight rod and a different hook, add weights to your line and put your live bait on the hook. If I have not mastered knotting to catch bait, I'm not even going to try to explain knotting for heavier fish as for this type of fishing you will also add weights to your line so that the line makes it deep into the water. Ask for help! Once your rod, line, hook and bait are ready to go, cast your line by releasing your bail. You don't really have to throw it out; you can simply drop in front of you. Once you see slack on the line, lock your bail and reel in a bit. Try to drop your line at a distance from where your buddies drop their lines to avoid getting tangled, especially when catching the big ones! You will not be able to see the fish approaching your live bait this time and the tugs are really noticable. I use a rod holder, looks like a belt and prevents the soon to be heavy rod from digging into your body. If you feel a strong pull, enough to where a fish can be potentially hooked on, pull your body back a bit along with the rod and reel in. The fish will fight it and will try to swim back down, KEEP REELING IN! You will continue reeling in each time you pull the rod up (it will go down as the fish is fighting) and this is as far as I have gotten. I have not been able to bring a fish on to the boat and into the cooler =( shall I talk to them like Bert and Ernie?