heavy mono leader. anything under 25" ya can go out about knee deep and bring it to ya. grab the leader/swivel and haul em out(pull em out of the water). anything bigger. do the same, but then almost run it back to shore (with out taking it out of the water). let it get beached before attempting to get it out of the water. i learned that the hard way.
also learn how to tackle (pounce and wrap up) fish in 1 ft of water
