live croaker

[marshrunner757]

Any place around Hackberry sell live croakers? They are hard to find and catch.

[bgizzle]

I got some from dugals landing last year around this time

[Tomball Tiger]

Dugas Landing Bait Stand and Official Big Lake Welcoming Station is closed this summer.

[marshrunner757]

Guess I'll have to keep cast netting them. Thanks

[MikeinSlagle]

Last time I was down there, my girlfriend was catching em every cast using bits of shrimp in the surf. You couldnt walk without some sort of bait fish or shrimp scattering, of course that was last month.

And dummy me wouldnt use em for bait.

[CAMP CANARD]

Originally Posted by Tomball Tiger

Dugas Landing Bait Stand and Official Big Lake Welcoming Station is closed this summer.

Poor Lowjack

[Jadams]

Croaker suck on this lake. I have proven this several times to the texans. Texas has grassy bottoms lots of croaker feeding on the grass equals natural food supply for trout. I don't see grass in big lake. Numerous tomes I've seen em not touch croaker. Test urself put three guys in a boat throw mullet shrimp croaker... Mullet shrimp get eaten first croaker still croaking.... And I dint wanna hear any1 say I've banged em on croaker bc yea somedays they feeding like crazy. Croaker is not a dominant food source on this lake throw what they eat... Why waste time looking 4 croaker

[Bass2222]

Originally Posted by Jadams

Croaker suck on this lake. I have proven this several times to the texans. Texas has grassy bottoms lots of croaker feeding on the grass equals natural food supply for trout. I don't see grass in big lake. Numerous tomes I've seen em not touch croaker. Test urself put three guys in a boat throw mullet shrimp croaker... Mullet shrimp get eaten first croaker still croaking.... And I dint wanna hear any1 say I've banged em on croaker bc yea somedays they feeding like crazy. Croaker is not a dominant food source on this lake throw what they eat... Why waste time looking 4 croaker

Keep believing that...we smokem on croaker every trip and big ones...but yes there are times they prefer mullet

[Jadams]

I've heard this from myself and every guide I know on biglake we've all tried it the only place I've seem it wk jetties and rigs I'm not talking bout catching 15 20 I'm talking bout limits on anchor I've had numerous occasions texans bring croaker we on anchor me and other guy chunking mullet r shrimp every cast r 2 croaker guy catches 5

[Jadams]

Never in my life have I see a day that u have to have croaker r they won't eat so why look 4 em

[marshrunner757]

I don't fish for limits. I fish for size. Croaker is a great bait at the right time. Large trout and flounder.

[Jadams]

So is mullet and it works better

[SpeckleBUTTCHEEKS]

Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Any place around Hackberry sell live croakers? They are hard to find and catch.

Check out hog island gully recreation area. About a week ago the croakers were in there thick (locks were open). They might still be around there. Note: you can only throw a cast net from a boat over there.

[marshrunner757]

Originally Posted by SpeckleBUTTCHEEKS

Check out hog island gully recreation area. About a week ago the croakers were in there thick (locks were open). They might still be around there. Note: you can only throw a cast net from a boat over there.

Thanks

[Salty]

As far as a natural predator...a croaker is to a trout what a bluegill is to a bass. There are probably times that you could catch trout on bluegill on Big Lake.

[Top Dawg]

I'll take a live pogie over any live any day of the week. Next it would be mullet. They will eat croaker but I've never seen anyone catch a lot of fish on croaker. I've tried em and pogie and mullet outfish em and I'm talkin big fish too. To each his own but I prefer pogie and candy finger mullets.


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