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1. In the water...
2. Attached to a hook...
3. Just kidding....
Gus - it depends alot on where you are fishing from, what you are using (herring, macks,...), what environamnet (fishing from boat, bridge/pier, shore, canal...)... Where area do you live and fish, No Shore, So Shore????
One important rule for mackeral - keeping the fish alive is extremely hard and it is necessary to clean/replace the water they are in frequently. Small amounts of blood from one fish will quickly kill of the others... (Keep water cool)
One important rule for herring - Keep cooler water circulating in a round tank. Herring will die off quickly if water is too warm (even if temp is greatly different from where they were taken from), poor air circulation, like a weak pump or clogged from scales...
Really, if fishing mackeral, run a 6/0 or 7/0 bait hook just behind the dorsal fin and gently lob-cast fish out there. Too much pressure will break off the fish... Macks scream along faster than herring so always keep eye contact with how the line is entering the water take out excessive slack but otherwise let them roam free to attract the bass...
Same thing with herring but you can also run the hook through just nehind the nostrils when lining them... When the bass hits, let them run a bit, take in the slack and set the hook...
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