While the fishings been very good, it is feeling a lot more like winter these days, with night temps hovering in the high 20s and mid-30s, and daytimes topping out around 60 degrees
The rod (and reel) did a fine job fighting the fish, and I hauled it out of the mess and up to the boat
You can place these hooks in a compartment in your utility box, attached to safety pins for separating sizes, kept in their packaging or you can glue a small magnet to stick the hooks to inside your tackle box
Figure 55
A 5-pound or so bonito hit the teaser, and a sea bass took the jig and took quite a ride courtesy of the speedy bonito
In the past, this species was widely distributed throughout much of the Mediterranean basin, where it was well known (Tortonese 1956