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Saltwater Fishing could be divide into two categories, INSHORE and OFFSHORE:
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1. SURFISHING: Fishing from a sandy beach, and Spinning tackle is the common tackle used. It is also possible to use others depend on the species you wish to catch. Crab, worm, shrimp, fillet, live bait and also lures can be use for bait. In a potential hotspot you may catch big fishes.
2. PIERFISHING: Fishing from a pier, jetty and wave crasher. Most of pier fisherman do it just for fun and bring along their family too. But you may try it someday, it is a possibility to catch big fishes like sharks, stingrays, barramudi, etc. The common tackle is still spinning type, because it's simple and easy to use. The bait is the same as surfishing.
3. ROCKFISHING: It's obvious from the name that the activity is doing from the rock. I have seen a movie of fishing from the rock, and the target fish is Marlin. That's not a common target, because I never seen anything like that before and exciting too. Usually rockfishing is to catch bigger fish than surfishing or pierfishing. The baits are the same and also the tackle used, but the activity is on a rock and quiet difficult to reach in some locations.
OFFSHORE FISHING: Offshore fishing also have many types, and doing from a fishing boat in the middle of the sea:
1. BOTTOM FISHING: Fishing from an anchored boat on a potential hotspot like coral reef, drop off, etc. Using a sinker to present the bait to the fish in the bottom. Common bait is shrimp, live bait, fillet, worm, etc. You may also use any tackle types as long as it comfortable. If the hotspot potential for big fishes, you better use conventional tackle. You'll have enough line using conventional, and also medium line class. But for smaller fish it's more excited using spinning or baitcasting.
2. JERKING: Same as bottom fishing, the difference is the bait. Jerking is using a lure that can be sink and usually look like a small fish, worm, shrimp, etc. Sinking the lure till it reach the bottom, and then roll the line while you shake the rod to give a living effect to the lure. After the lure reach the surface than sink it again. Do it again and again until a fish bite the lure. The common tackle use are spinning, baitcasting and conventional.
3. KITE FISHING: Fishing from the boat using a kite to make the bait reach enough distance from the boat. And also to keep the bait in the surface, because this technique is usually to catch palagic fishes. Some anglers make the line like lasso to get the fishes. The common tackle is spinning, and beside the kite you may also use a balloon too.
4. DRIFTING: It could be mean to drift the bait or the boat, both are the same. The best bait is live bait and the tackle use are spinning, baitcasting and conventional. But some anglers do this to find a coral reef that has many fishes nearby. After a hook up, usually they anchored the boat on that location.
5. TROLLING: Using the fresh or live bait and also artificial bait are common to this technique. Let the bait swim behind the moving boat at a specific speed. Recommended tackle is conventional tackle, since the target is usually a big fish.
POPPING: Using a lure called POPPER, which casts in a certain distance and then reel in the line to make the lure moves and also create sound that invites predators. This technique is effective to use if the fish are in the sea surface. Baitcasting or Spinning tackles are common to this technique.
(Thanks to Wilson from PELAGIC HUNTER, for your contribution of Popping Technique)