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When fishing hard baits around kelp youll need to find beds with sparse enough kelp stringers that you can make long casts and fish the bait in the open water lanes between them

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We discuss fishing line breaking strength (knots), casting distance, wind knots, and the science behind the braid (the line, not Lukes hair)

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