have you tried greys tackle in perdido or gone fishing off of lillian hwy

 

Sabiki next to any dock with a little squid works wonders for me..

 

bbarton I have not tried those and didn't know about them. I'll try and track them down and call them tomorrow. thanks.

 

I got pinfish in OB at Cotton Bayou for.50 each ! PM me

 

Goto alabma point with a small hook and shrimp and fish along the rocks you will find all the pin fish you need!

 

Ditto what many above said, there are plenty around the docks and off the wall at perdido pass. They also sell live pinfish periodically at Romar Harbor marina on Cotton Bayou

 

whats sad is no one has live pin fish in orange beach...hell you goto FL they have em at every shop...everything closes at 7pm in AL

 

yea I have called around and found no live pinfish or croakers at any baitshops or marinas west of Perdido Key. But I think amarcafina may be hooking us up.

 

We used to carry both pinfish and croakers at Top Gun Tackle years ago when I first started working there (at Sam's now) and when you broke down time/demand/cost/etc it did not pan out in our favor in the least bit. Most fishermen here catch there own pinfish and croakers and the majority of our baits would die before we could sell them. Pinfish were hardier than the croakers but we found ourselves using up valuable livewell space in the shop that was better put to use keeping more live shrimp and bull minnows on hand.

As far as closing times, I'm with you there. We close at 9PM here but don't carry live bait.

 

I never knew that. Thanks for the info Chris.

 

Yeah thats true why have something takeing up space if it dont sell....shrimp sell like hot cakes.