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Q. When anchoring your boat over structure, how much rope should be let out in accordance with the depth of the water?
A. multiply the depth of the water by 3 and that is the feet of anchor line required for the average anchor to be at the required angle for optimal hold.
Q. What does the pound class on a rod refer to?
A. It refers to the pound line that the rod is designed for.
Q. How does the moon affect the oceans tides?
A. The gravitational pull of a full moon creates an extra high tide, and a new moon creates an extra low tide
Q. What species of shark is capable of sustaining life in fresh water, and is contravercially consider the most dangerous species of shark?
A. Bull Shark
Q. Define the word Thermocline.
A. A sublevel of the water table by which the water itself has a more dense mass and temp difference. The density allows the thermocline to be seen on many high quality fish finders. Bait and microscopic organisms tend to hold in the thermocline of deeper offshore waters.
Q. What unique member of the palegic fish species is primarily caught at night?
A. Swordfish
Q. What unique trait makes a circle hook the primary choice of conservation-minded anglers?
A. The specific design of the curved-in point prevents gut hooking the majority of the time, and when proper hook setting is applied, the hook primarily is set in the corner of the jaw.
Q. This species of fish is commonly mistaken for Atlantic Spadefish. It has black and white stripes and teeth that resemble a human molar.
A. Atlantic Sheepshead
Q. The Atlantic Spadefish is one of the few species of fish that feeds on these:
A. Jelly fish
Q. This species of fish is great table fare, and is caught primarily by drift fishing; as it is an ambush hunter, buried in the sand waiting for a meal to swim by.
A. Flounder/fluke
Q. An east coast favorite, slow trolling these little bait fish can produce some massive King Mackerel.
A. Menhaden
Q. What specific rig is used all over the world for jigging up live bait?
A. Sabiki
Q. If you ever reel in one of these octopusses, you'd be best to just cut the line. It is one of the most poinsoness animals in the sea.
A. Blue ringed octapuss
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