Soft lures can come off the hook, hard lures with the hooks attached can get caught on underwater debris and force you to cut your line, and both can be lost when youre battling a fish
The hook should catch somewhere between your pointer finger and thumb on the back of your hand or in the webbing between the two fingers
I use a Berkley Bait Wallet, which has individual zip-lock style envelopes inside, to store various pre-tied traces, making it a simple task to change out my rig
Instead of using a heavy rod and reel to cast a heavy weight and stick the rod in a rod holder, the Rockaway Surf and matching rod series are built light and comfortable to cast and work soft plastic jigs and hardbody plugs
You can disconnect one circuit at a time (removing the fuse is a good way) and watch for a change in the natural voltage reading
Replaced with this and new 250ft cable and it works perfectly