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Dan: Alright, well we're right here in the in the first cast. And Mario is our skipper and our deckhand today, a long time deckhand with the first cast is Pedro. And Pedro’s going to demonstrate for us one of the knots that they use out here. Lot of times when we talk about larger fish, we talk about crimping and stuff. But down in Mexico, lot of the Mexicans, the crew guys, don’t like to use crimps. And part of the reason is, it’s just hard for them to get it because it’s expensive. And they like to use knots a lot. And one of the knots that you guys use is what you call a professional knot. It looks pretty much like professional loop. Pedro: Yeah, okay. You hold with the right hand, put over here. Make a loop like this. Give around. Hold one over here. Dan: 1 ½ times. Pedro: Yeah. You put the hole inside of the loop. The head of this line, but don’t tie this loop. Keep it a free line. Things like this make a professional, almost everybody use this thing. Dan: Makes it real tight like that. Pedro: Yeah. We can use different hooks or any kind of baits. It’s a very strong knot. Dan: It works out really good. And the bait can swim a little bit to. Pedro: Yeah. Dan: That’s okay. Here’s the hooks that we're using. These are the brand new Mustard hooks. And these ones are in a black nickel, the model numbers are 10827BLN. And they're called designer hooks. They're really nice and sharp and work great. And far as lures, what we're using today for billed fish. For the sail fish, I have a lot of luck with this small lures, 3.5 by Zooker. For the bigger fish, I like to fish like a 5.5. And then for the blue marlins, 7.5. It seems like most of them, the big blue that I have taken in the past have been on the 5.5. You see a lot of fish on the 7.5? Pedro: Yes, the purple colors are very good for blue marlin, black marlin. Any kind of fish. Dan: What kind of heads do you like? You like the flathead or do you like the pointed one? Pedro: Well, these kinds of lures are too heavy. If we're using it close to the boat, we're using like a teaser. Dan: Big ones. Pedro: Yeah, the big ones. Dan: And the blues will come up and eat it? Pedro: Yeah. It’s very close to the boat. Dan: This is another lure, brand new lure. It’s got a rattle in it. Pedro: We don’t use too much this kind of lure. But I think this work, because it looks like a squid. But not many here. Dan: The rattles. Pedro: Yeah. Dan: And this is pretty much how all the lures are rigged up. They have a double hook rig. And this one’s got wire in it in case a wahoo. But using the same knots and stuff, they can go ahead and make this for you here on the boats. And then this is a chaos lure here, which shoots the water out. Makes a nice big bubble. Pedro: Yes. This one looks good. Good color too. Dan: And the other thing you shouldn’t be afraid to use, we use this quite a bit, these are the Jaw Breakers by Revell. And this works pretty good for the sail fish. If you're going to slow troll, if you come across a tuna, this will work out good too. Hooks up pretty good.