GI Mangroves
 

We put a spanking on some nice mangroves today. 5 man limit with a few over 10lbs. We never lost sight of the Grand Isle water tower.

Nice!!!!

wow............nice feesh

Nice man, what is your secret? been to fourchon twice and never even seen one. All that wanted to eat was the redsnapper

Chum em up with pogies and pitch em live croakers on fluro

very nice

Helluva trip!!!

Cut spanish sardines for chum, 40# flouro leader and 3/0 circle hooks. Throw a handful of chum to the rig leg, then throw the chum with hooks buried in them.

Crank your drags down as far as they go. When you hook up, walk the fish to the back of the boat before you start reeling. If you can stop that first run, you've got them beat.

YellaBlazer, that is exactly how we have been catching them, although we haven't been catching as many as you have in that picture.
Hell of a Mangrove Slam there!! Nice Job!!!

Another Tip
 

I generally start with 40# flouro leaders and go lighter or heavier form there. For length, I'll pull a length of leader with arms straight apart (about 5ft). Some days it's 1 pull, others it's 2. The fish will tell you what they want.

If you're lucky enough and can get away with 50lb or 60lb leader, you'll land a lot more of the stud mangroves. They're almost impossible to stop with less than 40.

What a trip, nice job.

Up current side or down current?

Down current.

I need to stop spending money on gas for the boat for a month so I can get some new rods and reels.... ;)

As much as you're using that new boat, you ought to have plenty saved up!:rotfl:

OUCH!!!!

Don't blame me! Blame Mother Nature and work!!!! :grinpimp:

I just mounted up that Croxton Razor 4.... I'm ready to try it!

Great trip! had some look this past week! put my buddy on his first mangroves all on light and medium action trout rods!
Great trip though!

how deep ya'll fishing?

The rigs we fished were in 50ft of water.