question about fishing under the birds

[Cjleger337]

Originally Posted by saltysully

I have a 20 foot sea hunt and have tried to catch the specs under the birds. However, each time i approach the birds and no matter how slow or fast I approach them, they take to the sky. I think it may be because either the boat is bright white or the center console is kind of high, or the whole boat itself sits pretty high off the water. any of you guys have any tips or suggestions?

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.