Techniques of live bait presentation on heavy tackle

For the west coast stand-up angler bait presentation at any time, is paramount. Whether we are sitting at Hurricane bank or drifting over a school of 100+ pound bluefin, the object is to get your bait as far from the boat, as fast as possible and in the most pristine manner. Presentation is the single most important item to getting bit that we have to consider. The problem with presentation is that it's not a single thing, but rather an accumulation of knowledge through written material or personal experience. Presentation is something that changes by the day, hour, even by the minute. What was working yesterday, doesn't always produce today. This is why we keep coming back, because we never quite learn everything on how to get a fish to bite. We never will, that is why they invented purse seine nets. Heavy stand-up gear, 80 pound and up, hinders us even further, in this article we will broach some of the overlooked techniques, less fished areas, and being different.