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Originally Posted by Ray
Poppin cork along the rocks.
Sand Eel/Jerk Jr. along the rocks w/1/4 oz leadhead.
I never caught much besides Reds on the bottom.
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One of my favorite plays in passes is to put the boat in a spot where the anglers can actively fish the jetties/rocks with live shrimp or whatever under a popping cork while a piece of crab or 4-12" bait fish (croaker, pinfish, sand trout) is either lowered straight from the boat or cast toward the channel for a big redfish or drum.
To have three anglers each fishing two rods, the angler furthest up tide (front of the boat usually) needs a weight that will hold his bait to the bottom otherwise her bait keeps drifting down tide and is liable to get into the middle angler's line and the middle angler's bait on the bottom is liable to drift back and get into the bait intended to be kept furthest down tide. It there is not too much tide, we like to start with 1/2 to 1 oz and add weight until things stop drifting. But one needs to know the heaviest weight needed in the box to hold it all down in the briskest tide. Lines drifting along the bottom are also much more likely to get snagged on something on all but the smoothest sand and mud bottoms.
Thanks for the replies, it has been very informative.