Catching Live Bait

Beau F · 08-11-2012, 05:35 PM

So where/how does everyone catch (or buy) thier live bait? Particulary Hard Tails, Menhaden, Cigs, pogies????

Play'N Hooky · 08-11-2012, 06:55 PM

Sabiki rig with a 1/2 oz lead weight.

Red seems to the the best color. Early in the morning and late in the afternoon when the schools of menhaden and threadfin are feeding on the surface in the bay I'll just run up current of them and drift along with the school jigging the sabiki rig (about 1/2 to 3/4 the depth of the water column) or casting it in amongst them if I can get that close. Around the bouys outside of the pass is usually good or around the Mass. in the morning.

Mudigger · 08-11-2012, 08:58 PM

Low tide at the entrance to the Gulf Breeze canal.

08-11-2012, 05:35 PM	#1
Beau F Member Ruby Red Lip Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Gulf Breeze Posts: 45	Catching Live Bait So where/how does everyone catch (or buy) thier live bait? Particulary Hard Tails, Menhaden, Cigs, pogies????

08-11-2012, 08:58 PM	#3
Mudigger Captain of the Boat Snapper Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Gulf Breeze and Louisiana Posts: 518	Low tide at the entrance to the Gulf Breeze canal. __________________ *"Get da Net!"*

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08-11-2012, 06:55 PM	#2
Play'N Hooky Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Andalusia, Alabama Posts: 1,317	Sabiki rig with a 1/2 oz lead weight. Red seems to the the best color. Early in the morning and late in the afternoon when the schools of menhaden and threadfin are feeding on the surface in the bay I'll just run up current of them and drift along with the school jigging the sabiki rig (about 1/2 to 3/4 the depth of the water column) or casting it in amongst them if I can get that close. Around the bouys outside of the pass is usually good or around the Mass. in the morning.

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