my ex would bait her hooks, but only with squid strips, or dead live bait lol im like its better if it moves in the water, like a wounded bait fish, dead fish dont work so good lol she would touch them but not unhook them, teeth ya know lol chicken.
she for some reason would get a knot done right one time, then f them up all day long. pissed me off when shes like i got it good, and she'd loose the next fish she had on. just a line with a curled up end lol and we use leaders, so she lost 6 bucks. every thing has teeth in salt water. if a blue fish hit your bait on the way down for the flounder on the bottom, bam! they would cut the line right off with out a leader, or the line would come up all torn up. blues also lb for lb have the strongest jaw in the ocean. if a 20 inch'er got your finger, your not getting it back. anything smaller and your getting stitches at minimum.
thts a clean cut aint it lol