Thread: Rules for courteous newbie

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When you have a king on,instead of following it around the pier just free spool it a couple seconds and the fish will do a 180.There is no need running back and forth once the fish is 20' from the pier.

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When you have a king on,instead of following it around the pier just free spool it a couple seconds and the fish will do a 180.There is no need running back and forth once the fish is 20' from the pier.
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EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS AND TAKE NOTE


also works if a fish is heading under the pier most of the time. and also, if a fish is still green coming into the pier, dont be afraid to free spool a few more times, if only a few are fishing its not a big deal, but if alot are on the rail a green king at the pier can cause a serious mess

Screw that, lock the drag down and bring them in green. It's alot more fun gadding them that way.

haha thats true, i guess i do both, just depends on how bad you wanna land the fish,

or if your just being dumb and snobbling with wayy too light of line lol

No light line here. Got to keep them away from the big toothy critters.

^^^
Until I land a "whole" fish this year. I am only fishing my 750ss spooled with 30lb test on my beefstick Star rod that was a stand up rod converted to a spinning rod. Its the only setup I will be bringing the next few trips.

Its been pretty well covered.
My pet peeve is the people who just stand there and dont move when you are following a fish down/around the pier.
Lost a nice king last year because two guys just stood there: I hooked it 1/2 way between the T and the Octi, as I tried to follow the fish, theses guys were catching bait annd they never moved, stood right in my way. It aint rocket science; get out of the way when someone is fighting a king or other big fish. You can get back to catching bait when I get past you.

This is not a pet peeve but a rule.It happened this morning and if the person that did it is reading this I hope you now understand why I said something before you got tangled up with Shorty's king.Only fish one rod at a time.Don't cast out live bait out set your rod down, go catch another bait and put out another rod.

I like Wilson dont have that problem of people getting in the way! ;-) I do feel bad for knocking the guy down while trying to freespool the 1st king out of the pilings. I gave a good coming down warning....