teach me how to fish with cracked crab

[keakar]

Originally Posted by duckman1911

What were you using before you started your crab quest and did it work? If it worked stay with it. Aint broke dont fix it. I fish the beach with mullet for reds and do well. Others swear by crab for reds. Put something out there you have confidence in.

$6 a pound 25-30 count shrimp is all the reds wanted.

you go out there with 40-50's and all you catch is puppy drum. I know it sounds strange and hard to believe but I did it with another guy and after 3 trips in a row with him catching 6 or 7 big reds and all I caught were 10-12" drum and hardheads each time so 3 times with the same results each time and I had to admit there was something to the saying "big bait big fish"

I just cant stand buying big frying shrimp to use for bait so I figured I had plenty of crabs for free so I wanted to make that work if I could. I do plan to buy some mullet for cut bait next time im down in golden meadow but here in laplace there is no source to buy that.

[BradleyPrejean87]

Here ya go! all you need to know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIJCc9T3X4

[bayouchub]

Originally Posted by keakar

$6 a pound 25-30 count shrimp is all the reds wanted.

you go out there with 40-50's and all you catch is puppy drum. I know it sounds strange and hard to believe but I did it with another guy and after 3 trips in a row with him catching 6 or 7 big reds and all I caught were 10-12" drum and hardheads each time so 3 times with the same results each time and I had to admit there was something to the saying "big bait big fish"

I just cant stand buying big frying shrimp to use for bait so I figured I had plenty of crabs for free so I wanted to make that work if I could. I do plan to buy some mullet for cut bait next time im down in golden meadow but here in laplace there is no source to buy that.

Not trying to be a smart*** but you could save yourself a lot of headache and get some 1/2 oz. johnson weedless gold spoons and fish some shorelines of gm lakes and bays with a little grass and catch all the reds you want.

[keakar]

Originally Posted by BradleyPrejean87

Here ya go! all you need to know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIJCc9T3X4

yes but that IS how I was fishing only to find my bait wasn't grabbed within a few seconds of hitting the water and the minnows quickly sucked all the meat out.

im sure the method works if you have active fish feeding in the area to grab it quickly before the minnows clean it out but that doesn't seam to be the case for me and a slower bite results in the bait becoming an unattractive empty shell far too quickly.

Originally Posted by bayouchub

Not trying to be a smart*** but you could save yourself a lot of headache and get some 1/2 oz. johnson weedless gold spoons and fish some shorelines of gm lakes and bays with a little grass and catch all the reds you want.

no, I get it and I understand the comment but ....

well im living in laplace right now and lake ponchartrain is 20 minutes away including stopping to get gas and launching the boat plus just a short 10 minute boat ride from the launch to the power lines so im fishing in 30 minutes after leaving house.

yes I fish GM all the time but that's a near 3 hour round trip driving plus $20-$25 gas in the truck.

lake ponchartrain red fishing is also easier because you dont have to get up early, you fish from 10am to 2pm when the sun is high and the shadows caused by the sun are tight to the powerlines. the fish use the shade and that is where you catch them and in the middle of the day they hold tight to the powerline poles.

so the question is why go down south when the fish are biting right in your own back yard? granted it doesn't require expensive bait to fish but other expenses out weight the bait costs