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Mingo
 
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| I'm not sure if this has been posted yet or not, it probably has, but I'll mention it anyways... When Free lining with live bait, I tie a bread tie around my rod between the bail of my reel & the 1st eye of my rod. I then put a kink in the end of the other side of the bread tie, kind of like a hook. I lay my line in the crease of the kink..& open my bail of my reel to go into free spool. When a fish takes the live bait & pulls the line tight, the bread tie straightens out, & you automatically go into free spool, allowing you time to get the rod & the fish time enough to eat down the bait...Then jack him up... Sorry if I'm reposting a dead horse.... Good Luck All 
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Sailfish
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Nice tip JR. We still need to link up and do some fishing!!!!!
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Mingo
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| Is your rod in a holder when you do this and would it work on a pier ?
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Mingo
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Yes my rod is usually in a holder, but given the bread tie gives before the tension could pull your rod over the edge of a pier I guess it would work..just don't pinch the line between your rod & the edge of the pier, that may render the bread tie useless..If you try it on a pier watch your rod & let me know how it worked out..
"Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends"-
The Old Man & The Sea - E. Hemingway
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