BL baits
 

I'm about to head to Academy to pick up a few things for a trip friday.. What are a few baits that are a must for a trip to BL. Thanks

Well I'm sure most will say vudu..............

Yea I thought so but I'm not overnighting any for tomorrow....

Voodoo mfin shrimp lol

Sand Eels, jerk jrs, gulp swimming mullet in chart and white, sparkle beetles, salty grubs, catch 2000, mirrodine

been killing trout over 50 years

W whats ur fave way to fish the sparkle beetle? Ive actually never used one... Seems like i been missin out. From what i been hearing

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1/8oz jig head from Dec to March..........1/4 oz from Late March till Nov

bounce like a sand ell or any other plastic............. I have used it under a cork before in the winter but you don't need a cork right now!! If water is under 65 throw a 1/8oz jig head

this is purely a numbers bait and has out fished any bait for over half a century

for bigger trout use cork like baits (corky, manic Mullets or bigger plastic etc.)

Spent over 10 years (bout age 11-25) catching ice chests of specks, lots of limits, with my dad in Grand Isle using nothing but double rig Glow or White Sparkle Beetles with red jig head bounding off the bottom, or faster retrieve twitching. Don't ask me why, but it always seemed RED was a must for that jig head. We've seen people use the white or green jig heads with same sparkle beetles and for some reason not catch much when we were catching them 2 at a time on our rig. We would catch lots of numbers...not many real bit trout, though.

Started fishing Big Lake area a few years ago after moving a bit west of Lafayette after marriage, and started off fishing that same Glow rig in that region. Did well, but I've transitioned a bit towards the Glow/Chart eel, jrs.

Going to rig up two rods tomorrow for Turner's, one with a sparkle beetle/sand eel double, and the other with a Vudu Shrimp to try (Pack & Paddle is out, but a good buddy is graceful enough to lend me a couple to try).

We'll see...hopefully get good conditions. Still trying to get the hang of BL. I've maybe launched in that area 10 times are so. Had some success catching big trout and flounders on the eels a few mornings this past summer standing on the rocks towards the end of the ship channel. They've definitely been bigger than I used to catch in G.I., but not nearly the numbers.

Lose the Double rig and your catch ratio will go up!!!!

sparkle beetlle in glow or chartruse gold spoons and a few top water

Thanks!

Does jig head color seem to matter?

I have never in my life as far as I can remember used a color jig head (for trout) !! just lead

i used to use chart heads only when I was young but I think it can help in some situations but it can hurt in some too. Thats why Ive used unpainted for the last 15 years or so

Chart will not hurt if it matches but can't go wrong with lead for any color

Thanks thats good to know.

I look for every color and spend more time trying different colors.

Thanks guys... I loaded up the tackle box... I'll give a report tomorrow... Hopefully with pics.

I like sparkle beetles under a cork but for tightline for some reason I do better with the salty grubs. If you can find some glow manns grubs,money. The H&H version works too. Small bait but I have caught several 3-4 pound trout on em.