 When fishing near oyster bars and the fish is running your line over a bar, free line your reel and let him run the line off the bar before applying any tension or working the fish. You may still lose your catch but have a better chance of not cutting the line on a oyster shell.Depending on where you fish, the depth of water, and size of fish sought, you may have to rig a steel leader and a forged steel hook. When in an oyster bar area that produces only fish that are too short between the head and tail, lighten up on the hook size and weight of line. Just have a ball catching the snook, reds, trout, or whatever you were catching, even though they shrunk in size. |
