They could be liar gulls. Not every group of birds that is diving is diving on shrimp. The laughing seagull is the bird youre looking for, and there are usually a bunch of them when the bite is on under birds. If you cant see shrimp popping the surface, then its also probably not worth your time because there arent any fish below driving them to the surface. There may still be fish there but you might just have to fish slower to hook up with them.

Also keep an eye out for gulls who are just sitting on the surface and picking at the water, these spots can be productive too.


All in all I think the most important part of fishing birds is to make sure they are diving on shrimp or else youll just most likely catch gaftops and bull reds if youre lucky.

One thing's for sure you don't know till you try.

Have you tried fishing the birds behind the shrimp boat? I never have a problem with them leaving. Usually some solid trout under them

Shrimp boats an ships seem to have the most solid amount of birds that seem comfortable enough to not leave, you can usually run on step right up to them.

lmao!!! I remember when yall told Jordan to do that

And look what happen. Dude caught a 4 ft Sailfish 20 miles out of Cameron, 60 trout, a limit of ling all 60+, and his red snapper.

Lol, dude you gotta bring that thread back, I missed that.

try robo gull ............awesome

lololol,,,,


bird splashing attracting the fish? lolol.....u gotta be kiddin


could of swore it was the bait both are chasing from on top and underneath haha...

They made a cork that is claiming to attract fish by making feeding sounds. Why not birds diving to attract the fish.

I always keep some rocks in the boat for when the seagulls leave. The diving seagull sound not only attracts but disorientates the shrimp. When the seagulls bunch up and hit the water real hard the shrimp come to the surface and jump out of water.

Y'all need to try this: Next time a group of birds leave, start throwing rocks in the area they left. This will keep the shrimp disoriented and the specks feeding. I get some weird looks on the water sometimes but it works.

This would confuse my dog, better leave him at home.

You guys better stop this madness. Have you not seen enough retards chasing birds to know that they don't possess the sense to figure out you guys are being less than serious. If I get hit by a rock or get some gull feed in my impeller I am blaming you guys.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Im dying over here:help:

yeah, i can see the headline now...Rock fight at the Cove ends with 8 arrests. charges ranging from Assault, no fishing licence, over the limit on speckled trout, and criminal inbreeding. :spineyes:

That's why you can't thro a cast net off the docks anymore!!!! That same headline kept being in the news!!

hilarious!

Haaaa I see what you did there.

I like to bring mine to baseball games, but I always have to bring a little blind fold for her so she doesn't start hunting for spoons on the infield after seeing the first pitch. Apply this method to your training, and you should be fine....

I think it's a good opportunity to work on Sport's bad habit of breaking early.

Also helps to bring different color rocks, I use white limestone for duck hunting and blue painted rocks for fishing.