Saltwater Fishing Tackle - What Is It?

By Jesse Stevens

Saltwater fishing requires many types of fishing tackle due to the amount of fish there are to be caught. For offshore fishing you will need heavier tackle than if you were inshore fishing in almost every case. Here I will briefly go over what kinds of saltwater fishing tackle there are.

For inshore fishing some light fishing tackle would work well. By this I mean either a spin casting rod and reel, or a spinning rod and reel set up. I would recommend the spinning rod and reel set up, and look for a reel that can support 5 to 20 pound test fishing line.

The two most common types of fishing lines that are used now a days by anglers are braided and monofilament. If you are just beginning saltwater fishing monofilament line will be a better choice for you, as it is cheaper and you will be able to tie fishing knots easier with it.

Braided line is more expensive to buy then the other kinds of fishing line out there, but it is with good cause. Braided line is very strong and is thinner than other fishing lines out there. It is also easier to cast and reel in, and you will have less chance of getting tangled up at the reel when fishing with braided line.

The line that you use at the end of the line on the reel is called the leader line. Leader lines can be made out of many types of material, even steel. The leader line is made to absorb initial striking from the fish, and they are usually 3 times stronger than the line that is wrapped around the fishing reel.

Some of the things you might have on a leader line would be weights and sinkers. The leader line is connected the fishing line by a swivel and clip, or by tying a blood knot. The last thing on a common leader rig is the fishing hook or a fishing lure.

Hooks are sized by number, 1 being the smallest for inshore fishing. For inshore fishing you will be using sizes 1 through 10, 10 being big enough to catch a medium sized shark. If you are deep sea fishing you will need to use much larger hooks if you are going for big game fish that are 50 pounds and up.

An alternative to using live bait would be a fishing lure. Fishing lures can come in many varieties, while some are designed for a certain species of fish and some are for a wide range of fish. Every angler should have a good collection of fishing lures in their tackle collection.

The most important thing to have whether you are fishing deep sea or on the flats inshore, is a tackle box. These are completely necessary to keep all of your sinkers, line, hooks, lures, rigs and other terminal tackle neatly organized. They are made in every size imaginable and most fishermen have several of them.

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