Jetty Report 2/19

[MathGeek]

Couldn't find crab, so went out with mullet. Placed the boat in the usual spot 50 yd N and 50 yd W of the cut in the west jetty. Met out usual average of one bull per hour (on cut mullet) for two hours, then headed in due to growing discomfort with swells, predicted wind increases, and fog.

Found a nice spot right across from the ferry launch where the old river channel meets the ship channel by a red channel marker. Managed one more bull in 15 minutes and then called it a day due to some personal discomfort most likely related to spicy food the night before.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Good deal. Can you buy mullet? Or do you catch it?


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[MathGeek]

You can buy mullet just about anywhere you can buy other bait. Cajun Fast Mart, Brown's, and Cormies are some of our favorite places. We use cut mullet that was bought frozen.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by MathGeek

You can buy mullet just about anywhere you can buy other bait. Cajun Fast Mart, Brown's, and Cormies are some of our favorite places. We use cut mullet that was bought frozen.

And you fish it Carolina Rigged?


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[MathGeek]

Something like a Carolina rig in that the bait and hook are below the sinker, but not exactly a Carolina rig. We usually have a barrel sinker tied to the braid above a snap swivel, and then a mono leader from the snap to the hook. I like a 1 oz barrel sinker on the 8' rods and a 4 oz barrel sinker on the 12' rods. If the 1 oz barrel doesn't hold the bottom, we'll go ahead and add a 2 oz pyramid sinker on the snap. Some of the kids have their own preferences for how much weight to get the casting distance they want, so they snap on different pyramid sinkers in addition to the barrel sinker.

I don't think the sinker arrangement matters much at the beach. It is more important at the jetties where we're working a lot harder to reduce snags. Our beach fishing rigs are basically the same as our jetty fishing rigs.

And as long as we're talking tackle: J hooks, not circle hooks, and offset Js are preferable to non-offset. I like a 7/0 for cracked crab or cut mullet, except sometimes I'll go all the way up to a 10/0 or 11/0 for a big mullet head. I prefer more the medium sized mullets where the heads fit on a 7/0, though. We've moved to Gamakatsu octopus hooks, but Mustads and Eagle Claw have served us well in the past.