b'The work ups this day were fast and skirted lures were best hard on the bottom.skirts will work best when dancedpuzzle here is to keep working theI would certainly recommend in a vertical motion, If the boat is noreel and releasing line, so the lure longer straight above the lure whenkeeps hitting the bottom, hard onmaking sure your knots are you start working the jig, it will losethe bottom. Sometimes the snapperfreshly tied at the beginning its effectiveness. You have twowill be hitting the lure 5-10m off the options - cast further upwind so thatbottom but if they are in that kindof the day and your hooks you get a better drift and the lureof mood, the fishing tends to be redare sharp, especially when works in a more up and down motionhot, and you dont need to sharpen or change to a skirted lure or softbait. your technique to get a feed. fishing skirted lures with Kabura/Slider lures are goodIf you want to throw softbaits intosmaller inchiku style hooks.for these situations because theythe mix, then a 1oz or heavier ball can be quite a long way from thesinker threaded onto the top of boat and still be bouncing on thethe lure can help you get into the bottom and working effectively.strike zone faster and stay therefleshy so when a snapper mouths In fast drift situations, knife/fingerlonger. Casting up wind may stillit, they will often try to inhale jigs have a much shorter window ofbe necessary but softbaits alsothem further into their mouth or effectiveness. The other part of thehave the benefit of being soft andcome back for a second go. /FISHINGINGODZONE31'