"Learn to fish WITH Mother
Nature not against her"
Don't let Mother Nature
ruin your day of fishing when the wind blows
15+. Inshore fishing for Redfish, Speckle Trout
& Snook can be very productive if you use the
bad weather conditions to your advantage.
Think of places where wind and waves hit
structures leaving calm conditions on the
Leeward sides. It's been a windy spring so far
but with using the bad conditions to help your
fishing it can be a positive and productive day.
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Warmouth
Fishing for Reds!
Many years ago as a kid, I
fished for Warmouth Perch in the fresh waters of
Orange Lake, Fl. using a can pole. Plunking the
bait in the heavy vegetation and waiting for the
fish to bite, made for a fun day.
In saltwater fishing for
Reds I always run live bait no more then 3' from
the structure (oyster bars, grasslines, etc).
But on a trip the other day with a client, he
threw his bait right in the thick grass where
you usually get hung up. It sat there about 10
feet from the boat looking stuck with the minnow
flipping around just underneath the water, when
all of a sudden this big bulge came up from
under the nearby grass and the game was on.
A 25" Redfish was hiding
right near the boat in the heavy grass in about
one or two foot of water. With at least 25 mph
winds blowing that day, it was the perfect place
to fish. And it wasn't a 'fluke' as he threw
back into the grass, let it sit for a little
while and again, another explosion and this time
a 26" Red!
We made a great day with
several more caught and released (since we
already had our limit and a good one too) for
such windy conditions and had a good laugh when
I mentioned to him about "Warmouth" fishing for
Redfish.
So as I have said before
don't let a Windy day ruin your fishing, use the
bad conditions to your advantage and you can
still have a good day.
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Catching
Speckle Trout the Easy Way
No need for the expensive
Giggle Corks or Pre-made Rigs. The fifty cent
corks (in different colors), with no weight,
using live Shrimp about 2 foot from the cork
will work nicely.
Get around the Oyster
Bars, throw bait about 10'-15' out, release bail
and let the tide pull the shrimp out covering
more water. The trout will bite in a small area.
Just repeat the technique and you will have a
successful day.
Corks that Captain Jake
fishing with and one of the Oyster Bars that he
walks sometimes (on low tide) or fishes out from for Trout
(& Reds)
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