Bait or plastic? The question has been debated since lures took hold 30 years ago.“If you’re from Hawaii, you’re probably a lure fisherman,” says Ronnie Fields, captain of the 63 Scarborough Big OH based in Jupiter, Florida. “I grew up fishing Florida, the Carolinas and Maryland. That’s bait fishing, mostly for white marlin; blue marlin are a bonus.”In 2009, Fields placed second in the St. Thomas July Open, pulling bait in his long riggers and a dredge — both methods were unusual in the Virgin Islands at the time.Fields is definitely a bait man.Or is he?The following year he won the same St. Thomas tournament and placed second in the Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament — with one significant change in strategy: pulling lures. Fields’ techniques are now common in St. Thomas.Fields — one of those ...Image may be NSFW.
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