baits in the surf?

[kingfish58]

thanks man if we get the weather this weekend i will be there

[SUPER SPOOK]

yep!!

[GoldSpoonGeneral]

Poor poor mullet getting drowned j/ k bro I figure the fishes are eating mullet why wouldn't it work.

[reeltime]

I think the next time i go i'm gonna get some piggies and try them.What are ya'll thought's on that?

[ubermensch1324]

I think the next time i go i'm gonna get some piggies and try them.What are ya'll thought's on that?

Funny you mention that. At a spot FP showed me we exclusively catch mullet and throw them on bottom with a weighted rig from our casts nets. It's the only live bait spot where we would fish - really big mullet too. We catch lots of reds and trout on them even on bottom.

On to my point - for the longest time we were throwing the piggies with the spikes on the back, back into the water bc we thought they were too big. Finger mullet was tough to obtain one day so we threw all piggies. Instant red action as soon as it hit the water.

Our best day yet has been off piggies fished on bottom! Had like 6 reds all over 20" and a few nice specs both over 20" as well all within about 1-2 hours worth of work. It's our spot when we want to fish the evening time and don't want to drive more than 15 minutes (kemah).

[mstrelectricman]

Hey reeltime, I will tell you a little secret the way it was told to me many moons ago by the ole salts, "Everything predatory in the salt water loves piggies, they're like candy!". Try it and you will know what I tell you is so!

[reeltime]

Well my theory is there seem to be more piggies in the bay right now.So why not show them something else in the surf.

[ubermensch1324]

My theory is that piggies work...

[reeltime]

I used to fish with this ole salt down rockport way that would allways bring some fresh dead smellly shrimp and tip it on his live mullet in bay and he would outfish most.

[ubermensch1324]

I used to fish with this ole salt down rockport way that would allways bring some fresh dead smellly shrimp and tip it on his live mullet in bay and he would outfish most.

Yeah, smell.

Off topic does anyone know the difference between how trout feed as opposed to redfish/flounder? Nvm I'm gonna make a thread to see if anyone knows. I know specks are primarily surface feeders/sound.

[reeltime]

My thinking may be jaded but the last four trips all the bait i saw in the water was mullet with a few shrimp here and there.I didn't see one piggie.I did have a turtle scare the sheet out of me.I will take a shark over a turtle any day.You can scare the shark away but you are more likely to piss a turtle off .There ain't no shoving your rod butt in a turtle nose!When that turtle surface about three feet from the stringer i yank the stringer before he chomped on a easy meal.

[mstrelectricman]

When looking for a bait that will work when most else is not try the dead shrimp that is pink and stinkin to tip other bait with both arty and live or dead natural baits. Another thing bout piggies...if I could only have one bait offshore in the deep blue give me a hand sized live piggy. I will deploy that bait with the proper weight or not depending on where I see the fish I'm after in the water column on my Furuno. I will bust his azz!

[Gilbert]

piggies work. I think they work better than croakers.

[mstrelectricman]

piggies work. I think they work better than croakers.

Tryin to get it started ain't ya. I knew someone would bring that up just to stir tha pot. While we're at it what about hardheads? Believe it or not they are an outstanding ling bait. Git em goin bean burner, I'll make me some popcorn when I finish this proposal.