b'Feature you start hooking kingfish and larger snapper then the chances of release improve when they can be brought to the boat quicker.It also gives a bit more insurance if there is some abrasion from other lines over the course of a days fishing. I would certainly recommend making sure your knots are freshly tied at the beginning of the day and your hooks are sharp, especially when fishing skirted lures with smaller inchiku style hooks. They are designed to easily penetrate not just the jaw but the lips or face, basically any part of the fish they encounter.They are meant to be needle thin in the tips so if a fish brushes against it, they will be hooked. I have certainly noticed these small but deadly hooks have improved my hook up and retention rates but so have my rates of hooking myself as the hooks come in pairs and are designed to latch onto anything they come in contact with.Great are the days when you can throw any lure over the side and it gets eaten. When the frenzy is on, this is how it goes down but This skirted lure lost its skirt onwhat about when the work ups a longer drift. Skirted lures can fish short and long drifts whereasarent producing? What about knife jigs have a shorter drift. when they fizzle instead of sizzle? I t certainly warms the winterIf the predators arent pushing bait to the surface, fish the bait balls instead. heart to hear that the seasonsThe fishing is slower, but it can be your best bet for a feed.have changed, and the fish are breaking out into springtime feeding fever. There is really nothing like speeding up to a work up in full progress, carefully positioning the boat and seeing everyones rods load up in unison when their lures hit the strike zone.OVERHEAD COMBOMy favourite set up for this kind of fishing is an overhead rig with 25lb (PE1.5) braid and 25lb fluorocarbon leader. It may seem a little on the heavy side but when 28FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'