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I don't know what it is about them that makes fish want to hit them. I can recount several instances night fishing lighted docks with my flats boat on the inside around Haulover Inlet throwing everything we had at snook and smallish tarpon and they sometimes wouldn't even take a sniff, including live pilchards and shrimp.

Put one of those Yo Zuri's on and it's like they're pissed at it and want to make sure it doesn't make it back out of the hit zone. Funny.

Capt Hank Brown jigs are another excellent artificial. They don't make Wild Willie's any more (with the hammered flat head), but these are very effective, especially when tipped with a squirt of Pro-Cure shrimp or crab scent.


As LeakyWaders said, use loops to tie all your artificials. You'll get more natural action on your retrieves and more hits.


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gulp peeler crab fished under a popping cork or Carolina riged and worked slow has been good in early season.


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Didn't want to let this thread die without once again saying thanks for the input. I've got a smattering of Matrix Shad, Yo-Zuris, Mirrolures, Vudu Shrimp, and H&H minnows and spoons either in hand or on the way. I'll hit the local bait shops for whatever else that may me required. Looking forward to this trip big time.

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My wife took our youngest son and a friend fishing in the gulf whilst I was pounding away at work in Korea. No I idea what they used but I assume this is a redfish?

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Originally Posted by EdM
My wife took our youngest son and a friend fishing in the gulf whilst I was pounding away at work in Korea. No I idea what they used but I assume this is a redfish?


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That's an AWESOME redfish!!

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Yep, that's a big red, Ed. They'll get full of worms as the water warms up in the spring around the gulf coast.

But hey, worms are protein, too!

Kidding aside, they're a lotta fun to catch. Pull real hard. Best to keep the smaller ones to eat, though.

Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse's blackened redfish recipes didn't do these babies any favors.


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If you haven't left on your trip yet be sure to add a couple of Mirrodine and mirrominnow twitchbaits. On more than one occasion I've had inshore success with them when even live shrimp didn't produce bites.

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Originally Posted by AFTERUM
and maybe a gold sea sprite spoon for the reds....

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