Live Shrimp Kill in May

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

or pogys ... If you can keep em alive

that too

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by "W"

I aint never had luck with croaker...never had a bunch to use but a few years back we had some and they were killing the mullet better, but I'm not much of a pro to live bait just use maybe 3 times a week on channel in August

["W"]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

Ha .....NOT......

Now I know how to cast net.....I might soak all month of Aug. This year

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Now with my 11yr old if they catching them on live shrimp i will go get some to make sure he has a good time, and puts fish in the chest.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by "W"

Ha .....NOT......

Now I know how to cast net.....I might soak all month of Aug. This year

you got you a 4 foot net with the easy open ring? lol

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by DUCKGOGETTER

Now with my 11yr old if they catching them on live shrimp i will go get some to make sure he has a good time, and puts fish in the chest.

yep when I got kids and women on the boat I just want them to have fun. So I give them the option of live bait if they want it

["W"]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

you got you a 4 foot net with the easy open ring? lol

Hell no son...5ft...I'm a semi pro....Mullet beware coming this Summer to a csstnet near you

[DUCKGOGETTER]

I don't fish saltwater like i used to i'm more of a green trout man now. My little boy loves to fish saltwater, but i really don't know the lake like i used to and don't have a bay boat to really be comfortable. I really don't like fishing the lake in my marsh rig.

[Purple Back]

Here we go again.

Its not about what you can catch on artificial, its what can the client can catch with artificial. You try to increase there chances of catching fish. Some people are very inexperienced.

[chief paul]

I hear a lot of talk about sparkle beetles.I would like to know how ya'll use them cause I never have any luck with them. Don't appear to have any action to them.

["W"]

Originally Posted by chief paul

I hear a lot of talk about sparkle beetles.I would like to know how ya'll use them cause I never have any luck with them. Don't appear to have any action to them.

Best plastic of all time..... Use on jig head or under a pop n cork (u east side guys)

[cmcnabb]

Why does a 1/8 jig head work better than a heavier one? Is it bc they don't drop as fast?

["W"]

Originally Posted by cmcnabb

Why does a 1/8 jig head work better than a heavier one? Is it bc they don't drop as fast?

Yes

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by cmcnabb

Why does a 1/8 jig head work better than a heavier one? Is it bc they don't drop as fast?

Use 1/4 oz when water gets warmer. And sometimes in the winter I even use a 1/16 oz

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by Purple Back

Here we go again.

Its not about what you can catch on artificial, its what can the client can catch with artificial. You try to increase there chances of catching fish. Some people are very inexperienced.

Yep

[cmcnabb]

A guy who really knows what he is doing took me on a trip where we used plastics. It was my first time and I had no clue what I was doing. I kept reeling down when I had a bite like I was rippin pickles in lacassine. We used 1/8 oz and he said he liked them the best and he uses 1/4 when fishing the channel in the summer

["W"]

1/8 is good all summer long in the lake....I use 1/8oz until july ..... Now if your fishing with more tide or winds is blowing you might need to go heavier but 1/8oz is plenty for fishing in 3-5ft of water

Now if you get on channel with strong tides u might need 3/4 and 1/2 oz

[cmcnabb]

Good info. Thanks. I just need a lot more experience to know what I'm doing

[Clampy]

I remember when right before the limit change we had bought 100 croakers to go to the near shore rigs one august afternoon and made a stop at the jetties. You could see 4ft down and bait was every where tried croakers for a hour and caught 2 bull reds. Switched to a sand eel glow and chart on 3/8oz (strong tide) and had 100 trout in the boat in a little over an hour 4 rods doubled every cast all over 2#s then we started reeling in half of a fish. managed a few sharks , spanish ,and 2 pompano. Any of you guys ever caught pompano out there before?

[Clampy]

moral of story was they wouldnt touch a croaker but in grand isle they seem to love em