Learn the Advantages of Artificial Bait in Offshore Fishing

Video Transcript

"On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Captain Rafael Mayans down here in South Florida with Sea Cross Sports Fishing Inc. Today we are going to explain to you offshore fishing techniques. Okay, now natural baits are excellent. While you are fishing offshore especially sight fishing, it is very important to be constantly to be looking for birds, debris and busting fish on top of the surface. One of the advantages that artificial baits do have over the natural baits is that you can grab these baits, rig your bait up and actually fish these baits while sight seeing. At the same time, if you do come up on a school of birds 300, 400 or 500 yards, you don't have to reel in your bait to get it to those fish. You actually pin down the motor, run up to the fish without worrying that the bait is going to wash out. They won't wash out because you don't have nothing but a hook, leader and line which I am going to demonstrate on how to rig these baits in a little while. "