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Most salt-water spinning is done along beaches, in bays, inlets, up tidal rivers or in flats. Because of tide and wave action, salt-water fishing is largely a combination of both lake and stream spin fishing. For best results, cast into eddies and retrieve just as you would in a stream. When fishing an estuary with steep cliff-like banks, fish it much as you would a lake, retrieving along the ledges at varying levels. Where to look for salt-water fish will be amply covered in Chapter III, Reading Salt Water. Perhaps because most salt-water game fish grow faster and are more voracious and usually feed on faster-moving food, they prefer lures which are retrieved faster than those in sweet water. That goes for trolling, too. Many won't more than glance at a slowly retrieved lure. However, with a fresh bait, cast it well out and let it stay put until the cruising fish comes along and takes it. A slight tension on the bait will enable you to strike the fish when he takes it, but, here again, there are exceptions. In striper water, for example, it is usually best to let the fish pick it up and move about 10 feet with it and then strike because stripers have the disconcerting habit of mouthing their bait for some time before really taking it for keeps.
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