The question today is; "Do freshwater tactics work in saltwater?" The short answer is yes. The long answer right after this brief commercial break:
Yeah that was gorgeous and the reds were busting the water all around me too. What a gorgeous start. But I was in the thick of the grass and was feeling lazy. But this is when your freshwater tactics can really kick in. You can put on a weedless frog and skim along the top, you can throw a weedless worm even (or just rig a typical satlwater bait weedless).
Problem: Hookup rate with reds on topwater - just not that great - for me I'd say it's less than 50% and I just can't handle it emotionally. You may love watching big bronze fish come charging out of the water and crashing your bait repeatedly and swimming away. It makes me crazy. I think I should catch every fish I see.
But recently a fishing buddy from Arkansas put his freshwater skills to work catching reds and even a nice trout:
We spent the day throwing the Black Spoon of Death (new and improved version) at reds and trout and eventually we caught both of our limits and a few trout to boot. The key was working that little spoon through and around weeds beds much like you would for bass. Truth is a redfish will hit most anything that a bass will hit and often fished the exact same way. You just have to be ready for what is often a much larger fish that you must allow to run before you board him.
Today it was yet another windy day (forecast missed it again by at least 5mph) and I had to work the edges of the weed beds to pick up four reds before I just called it a day at 10:30am. I was just scouting as I'm taking some more fishing buddies out next week - Praise the Lord.
Here's some more of God's glorious creations (all of whom got released today to fight again):
Today all reds were caught on a Silver Johnson Silver Minnow 1/8th ounce.
Have a great day and go take a spiritual adventure!
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| The Rear View Mirror This Morning |
Problem: Hookup rate with reds on topwater - just not that great - for me I'd say it's less than 50% and I just can't handle it emotionally. You may love watching big bronze fish come charging out of the water and crashing your bait repeatedly and swimming away. It makes me crazy. I think I should catch every fish I see.
But recently a fishing buddy from Arkansas put his freshwater skills to work catching reds and even a nice trout:
We spent the day throwing the Black Spoon of Death (new and improved version) at reds and trout and eventually we caught both of our limits and a few trout to boot. The key was working that little spoon through and around weeds beds much like you would for bass. Truth is a redfish will hit most anything that a bass will hit and often fished the exact same way. You just have to be ready for what is often a much larger fish that you must allow to run before you board him.
Today it was yet another windy day (forecast missed it again by at least 5mph) and I had to work the edges of the weed beds to pick up four reds before I just called it a day at 10:30am. I was just scouting as I'm taking some more fishing buddies out next week - Praise the Lord.
Here's some more of God's glorious creations (all of whom got released today to fight again):
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| Nice Red one of Four |
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| Nice RevRedfish (forgot to turn the halo off - lol)! |
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