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Ruby Red Lip
 
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| i see people tying balloons on the line while fishing with live fish as bait. why do they do this?
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Sailfish
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To try and keep the bait at the proper strike zone within the water column.....Or to use tide, wind and current to help get the bait further away.
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^ ^ yup, what he said
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White Marlin
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If you use them, get the ones that are environmentally friendly. Latex balloons last approx 10-14 hours.
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Trigger
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| Must agree on the environmentally friendly bit too. Several species of fish and turtles will eat a balloon and its not good for them. Now if you are using them to get lines out only, tie a lifesaver candy to your line and tie the balloon to that. It disolves real fast and then you are freelining a few hundred yards out . To me its simpler than using a kite(wind is always the major factor for both). I use them in outlets of power station cooling stations (working for power co has its plusses) in winter to get to stacked up fish. No boats allowed!
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Ruby Red Lip
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