Is it something you find in general from the leeries or just this season?
Maybe water temp or fish condition?
I've found the cold water fish tend to fight much harder, more oxygen, and given that this is probably towards the northern extent of the leeries range they may not be as game as in more temperate waters?
Free swimming bait fish means there is no sinker. so nothing to drag along the bottom of the ocean floor nothing to enhance the fight.
What we have seen is that they tend to feed and then when something goes wrong, they end up in the shore break and then it is too late.
Both garricks on free swimming bait did not even run out to the back line.
Both stayed in the 160 to 220 meter range, which is before the backline in st lucia.
Its like your bait is sitting in a rip with a light pull to it.
Then you would start reeling your baitfish in, i just do it slowly as i want to see its condition.
When your baitfish reaches the lip, then only does the garrick wake up and see there is a problem.
With a slight drag.....the garrick is in the wash and its all too late.
Next up is on its side and out onto the beach.
I will deal with tackle etc, and why i do certain things.
But a gut hooked garrick on steel and stainless steel hook will possibly not make it.
