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  Saltwater Bottom Fishing Videos

  2026, Bottom Fishing Rigs for Red Snapper, Amberjack and Triggerfish

  24:55  ·  Capt. Vlad Moldoveanu

  The knocker rig looked like a joke to Capt. Vlad Moldoveanu the first time he saw it. Now his first-timers fish it. Here are the four bottom fishing rigs he runs on Alabama’s artificial reefs, which bait goes on which, and the bite mark on a squid that tells him to switch to a triggerfish rig.

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  Saltwater Reef Fishing

  2025, Catching Triggerfish on Atlantic and Gulf Reefs

  Seth Horne

  Triggerfish steal bait for a living, and standard hooksets feed them all day. The fix is precision: a smaller hook, a tougher bait, and reeling instead of lifting to drive the hook home. This is where they hold, when they bite, and how to turn taps into fish.

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