Need help with schooling reds.

[keakar]

a trick I like to use is I put a straight hook in a cocahoe tail so its a slow suspending sink (dying baitfish) and I throw it out there and wait for the reds to come by, then I give it a twitch and as its sitting there suspended they often will fight over it until one grabs it.

I just assume when reds seam to not want to hit anything its because they are chasing minnows and only want something they target and chase down and not something that plops in nearby.

I have also gotten a few hits with a jig fished the same as the plain hook and cocahoe but I just swim it off the bottom as they approach.

in both cases the point is not to "land" the bait but have it already sitting there when they arrive.