The night fishing remains totally ridiculous. I've caught 5 - 15 snook every night this week. My son goes to bed about 9 and I usally slip out for an hour and hit the lights near my place. It's been amazing and I also managed to catch some sweet pictures and a hippy shot or two.
I think a little wind is really helpful for night fishing. The line seems to spook them when the water is completely smooth. I have a canal I fish with tons of fish in it but the shelter from the wind makes them extremely sensitive to the line in the water and their buddies being pulled out by their lips. Conversely, I have a spot on the bay that you can drift right through and just continue to pull snook after snook out until they're all gone. Report follows.
Some nights you can just tell the fishing is going to be pretty good.
Hippies and Wilderness Kayak owners alike are going to like this one.
Known catfish hotspot.
Cookie cutter 26 inch snook.
Beautiful skies in September. Usually we get tarpon this time of year inshore but I haven't seen any yet.
He's a little pissed about the low tide killing the bite.
A boy and his dog and his flipflops and a bunch of no-see-ums.
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February 15 - Snook - Hippy Shots - Redfish
Hey fishing dudes n' dudettes! It's time for a Hornetbear anglin' update. I've been fishing a good bit but damn, damn, damn meddling work has been impinging upon my reporting. As you may know, it takes a lot of time to upload this crap AND it doesn't pay very well. Actually, it just plain doesn't pay. Period. Who really cares about money? you can't eat money! (unless it buys food.) That's how the man keeps us down. Someday, we all know cars will run on pictures of redfish. Toyota is surely working on this as I type.
But, enough about that obvious source of alternative energy... A sweet report is afoot. Anglers, lurkers, and mildly curious spouses just sit back. Get really FOCUSED. Here comes a grip of sweet photos. Report follows.
Let's just kick this thing off with a hippy shot. Hippy shots are for our unwashed brethren who love pictures of birds, trees, lichen, other boring crap and Jack Johnson bootlegs.
Jacks are everywhere in beautiful Sarasota! They don't take traditional lures and you have to scoop them out of the water with a pitching wedge. A sand wedge puts too much backspin on them.
I gotta tell you, Ospreys are all over the area I fish.
A Flock Of Seagulls. That'd be a good name for a band...
This is my buddy Kris from SoCal... We were catching tons of trout until the canoe was struck by a drunken rental from CB's outfitters. I'll always remember his idiotic smile.
Eco-Avenger ALERT! Notice the plug stuck up in the mangroves next to that beautiful specimen of avian life. you will be happy to know I recovered this long, lost lure before it entangled that bird. Then I replaced the hooks and perforated many types of sea life with it. Sweet, sweet irony.
These chickens taste like crap.
This is a big redfish. I saw it streaking across a grass flat and I was like, "I'm gonna get you." This is why we go fishing here in Sarasota. It's exciting!
Paddlefishing Paradise.
Ok. Ok. TIME OUT. MIRROLURE MOMENT ... I mostly fish jigs. I love them. However, I sometimes fish Mirrolures because they work. Let's play a game... What can you catch on a mirrolure in a day... here we go...
Mirrolure Snook - no Brainer
Mirrolure MULLET?!
It's like nobody can escape! Mirrolure Needlefish!
You know how to unhook a stingray from your mirrolure? Shake vigoroulsy.
thats an amazing lure! Get into it!
OK so what's next? here's a hippy shot for the sailboat set...
Hippys rejoice...
Hornetbear and Redfish
And one final hippy shot for the unwashed masses!
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July 17 - Night Snook - Trout Aplenty - Atmospheric Hippy Shots
People say that Florida is flat. This is because it is quite flat. However, when you take into account the massive thunderheads that form in the summer, you can get quite a range of visual topography. It rivals any mountain range in the world. I've been fishing and watching these massive storms boil on the horizon. It's amazing and constantly in flux.
The fishing has been status quo. Lots of snook at night. Lots of trout all day. Catfish, redifish, and ladyfish spread around the flats. It's hot by 10:00 am and you don't want to go back out there til' at least 6:00 pm unless it gets overcast. Nothing really amazing in terms of fishing, just nice steady action.
You hippies will be just pleased as punch about this report. It's more colorful than a tie-dye and has more nature and landscape shots than a Greenpeace brochure. So, tie back your dreadlocks, grab a handful of sprouts, throw on that Enya album and enjoy, dirtbag!
See? Every day it gets like this.
I've been watching these mangroves grow for like 10 years. It's not the fastest process, mangrove growth.
As you can see, I caught this redfish on a black and white clouser I tied myself. The pinnacle of angling achievement. I am awesome.
The anvil tops of thunderheads are from scraping against high winds as they expand upwards.
Hippy photography discussion: "Whoa." "Dude." "Whoa." "Dude." (repeat 10x)
I tried and tried to revive this fish. Finally, I just added it to my creel.
If you look closely you'll see the paragliders.
I like to fish lures until they're completely torn apart. A lure without a tail is just a shorter lure with less action. It's all about presentation!
This is a 280 lb. tarpon. I caught it with a purple and white deceiver I tied from my own hair. I used a fly rod I built out of bamboo. I grew the bamboo myself and watered it with tears. I spun the line out of lawn clippings and spider silk. This photo is actually a drawing so the fish would not be harmed in any way. I am such a tool.
Millions of these under the lights and out on the flats at night. I need to start bringing out a big rod with a circle hook. Ladyfish are incredible bait.
These were swarming through the lights and jumping in the boat from all over the place. I found one in my shirt pocket!
Artsy!
This snook was actually not under the lights but hanging out on a oyster bed in the dark.
Snappah!
Hippy shot 27411.
Hippy shot 27412.
Trout on strike king jerkbait with cloud reflection.
Oysters are sharp but quite tasty.
Abstract trippyness.
Nice cool blue sky. Ironically it's about 95 degrees out.
Ye ole' seatrout shot.
I love the fishing and weather in July. Amazing time to be anglin' in Sarasota.
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May 29 - Giant Trout - Sea Monsters - Hippy Shots - Night Snook
My buddy Randy from La Jolla was in town for the memorial day weekend and we managed to get in some fishing while he was here. I'd been chanting how much better the fishing is in Florida than in San Diego so the pressure was kind of on to put my friend into some fish or risk looking like a real idiot. We managed to catch a huge variety and number of fish which made me pretty happy. The species count while he was here included redfish, bluefish, snook, trout, ladyfish, lizardfish, mangrove snapper, and the wily sailcat. Randy totally outfished me but when you're guiding it's better to focus on your guest. In fact, some people claim that its HARDER to guide someone to fish than to actually catch fish. This must be the case because god knows I'm a much better fisherman than Randy. Report follows.
How's this trophy trout? The trout fishing was completely off the chain.
We were in fish right from the first cast which was a huge relief considering I'd mentioned how good the fishing would be like 400 times the night before.
You have to give this needlefish points for trying. How are the teeth on these things?
Sadly, at the end of the day, Randy was eaten by a huge lizardfish. That's what happens when you outfish the Hornetbear. Really bad stuff. Remember this at tournaments.
I styled this osprey with a hairdrier to get this shot. Notice how nice and poofy he looks.
I told randy this was a huge snook and to pose for a picture with it. Joke's on you buddy.
Action! Non Stop Action!
Pretty nice flounder! This flounder was lucky I didn't have a cooler or ice wih me. I think if you don't have ice to preserve the fish you're being a real putz by keeping it. keeping a dead fish on a stringer or cooking in the Florida sun is a great way to make them taste like crap. The secret to preserving fish is mix the ice with sea water. This makes a super cooled salt slurry which makes the fish preserve perfectly. Seriously. It's the best way to ice down a fish.
You just never know what you're gonna get out there...
Hippys love sunrises. They also love goofy hats. Therefore they love this photo.
Got out night fishing too. Didn't get anything huge but had some really big blowups. Actually, the night fishing was the toughest of all the fishing we did. Night fishing is usually a total slam dunk but it was pretty tough going.
Another massive trophy fish for Randy. Well... He though it was.
Lots of mullet under the lights, too. Lights with lots of mullet don't seem to have that many snook.
Tons of bait everywhere but the snook just were not there yet. The tide was the last part of a incoming which just wasn't doing it. I think outgoing is better at night.
That was it for the fishing. I am going to say we pretty much scored. Super steady fishing and lots of variety. Now to dazzle you with some Jacques Costeau style stuff. read on!
the conditions were quite clear in this spot.
You hippys know you're all freaked out over this shot. You love it.
I felt pretty safe even though these were everywhere...
Sawfish! You never see those. What a tremendously skilled diver I am.
Jacks everywhere! What an incredible dive.
Whale Shark! Amazing! This is the dive of a lifetime!
Hey! What the hell are all these people doing standing around 50 feet under water? I've discovered Atlantis!
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May 8 - Barracuda - Snook - Manatees - Trout
It's been a while since my last report. I've been in beautiful New York and San Diego for most of April. Went fishing in Mission Bay in San Diego and caught a sweet banded bay bass. She was about 13 inches long and freaking vicious. Like a 13 inch sea tiger, she was.
Anyhow, I'm back, and the trout fishing has been just wide open here in Sarasota. I've been using lures that were in goodie bags from tournaments and you know those things never work. I've STILL been able to catch tons of fish... When the free stuff is working you know the fishing is on. The fish have been mostly in about 4 feet of water usually with some mullet hanging out in shallower water nearby. Well. Lets get on with it.
Wow! Shocker. That's a barracuda! I never catch those. This one hit this Mann's Jerkbait about 2 feet away from the kayak. Theyre a strong fish. Some people like to eat these but I find them to be a little slimy and gamey.
A common sight in Sarasota these days.
I read that needlefish get so big in the South Pacific that people get speared by them when they jump out of the water. That would suck. That's why I wear Teflon body armor whenever I'm fishing. And a helmet. And blow a whistle continuously. Safety first!
People often talk about "matching the hatch" when fishing. This is directly counter to the funky chicken lure school of fishing which dictates "anger the fish with non-natural and annoying color." Here, the funky chicken school gets another vote. Or there was a hatch of hot pink and green minnows. I don't know but funky chickens sure work.
Ye ole funky chicken claims another victim.
Yet another trout falls for the ol' pink and green.
One nice thing about the state of Florida being on fire is the pretty sunrises...
Small pods of bait were all over the place. When the wind is calm you can really see what is going on. Also a hippy shot. Twofer!
I got into a HUGE group of manatees. I'd say there were 15 of them cruising around in a huge school of mullet. That's a lot of giant mammals to be next to in a kayak.
A manatee sneeze. They do this a lot. They also fart almost continuously. What you guys eating? Cabbage? Phew!
The heads are so little compared to the massive bodies. I noticed this when I was riding them around the bay like Aqua Man. I love riding manatees. Can't get enough of that.
This one was very good to eat. Ummm. Garlic manatee kabobs. Love em'.
This snook pulled me right into the mangroves with it. I caught it anyhow. You're going to have to do better than that to trick the Hornetbear, Mr. Snook.
This is a root beer colored 5 inch Manns Hardnose claiming a victim.
This is the first tailing redfish I've ever seen in Sarasota. They're really big, I guess.
It's pretty sad how beat up ALL the manatees I've ever seen in the wild are. Look at these prop scars. People need to stop running and gunning the flats and keep their 300hp bass boats in the fricking channel. It's just lame.
Thats it. Fishing is great.
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March 26 - Red - Snook - Trout - Howling East Winds
You know what would be awesome? Three weeks of steady 18 knot winds with no rain and no end in sight. That'd be really, really terrific from a fishing standpoint. Oh wait! Great news! there HAS been 3 weeks of wind and more in the forecast! Sweet! I hope you sailboat owners are enjoying this because I'm a little sick of it. They say March is the windiest month of the year in Florida and they appear to be 100% on target with that statement.
The fishing has been good and the nature photography has been swell too. The high pressure and whipping winds make for lots of cloudless skies (which all look kind of the same) but taking a camera out at sunset is basically a can't lose proposition for nice photos. Everything is better at sunset. Sunsets make fat people look tan and skinny. Small fish look bigger. Even a Yugo looks kinda nice at sunset. If you can't take nice pictures it's because you're not taking them at sunset. With that said, lets get on with this blustery fishing report.
Staying in the mangroves is a pleasant alternative to being beaten up in the ongoing maelstrom in the bay. I caught several jacks right in this very spot.
Once again, I have gotten the paddle into crystal clear focus but the actual subject of the photo is all whacked out. Nice one, Ansel.
The little black dots along the nose and face of the common snook are called meyopores and allow the snook to communicate with its kind and sense motion and mass in the water column around it. Just kidding. I don't know what the hell those things do.
Someday when you're older, like 6 or 7, you will start an Ebay store and support your old man.
This is the earmark of a truly great nature photographer. Note how I have quietly snuck up on the legendarily skittish great horned owl and captured this amazing photo. Lesser photographers will need a lot of patience and practice before they start achieving this kind of National Geographic quality result.
See? Sunset photo. Can't fail. You'd have to be a soulless monster or power drunk forum moderator to not like one of these.
Action! Dangerously close to that mangrove too!
Ye olde redfish hole produces another sweet fish.
It's funny that an animal that freaks and jumps all over the place when you catch it chooses to just hang out on your thumb until you shake it off. Perhaps, when snook are young, their mothers don't give them enough attention which makes them thumbsuckers. (Insert drum and cymbal sound HERE)
Ha! That channel marker has on a funny little party hat. I bet the other markers hate it when he goes to the cocktail parties...
Ok hippy, here you go. Show your girlfriend too. Now tell your dolphin story. Good.
It's blurry but its pretty cool.
I don't keep many fish but this one was gut hooked so badly that I decided to bring him home. I hate to waste them and trout are some of the best eating.
This is sweet snook/sunset/kayak fishing shot. Kind of sums it all up I think.
Thats it. Fishing remains steady. Enjoy the breeze!
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March 1 - Nice Snook - Pompano - Reds - Trout
Finally found a canoe for the family to cruise around in. Thanks to Noles for making me a smoking deal. It's a 16 ft. Mad River kevlar and weighs much less than my kayak. He also hooked me up with the bent handled bending branches paddles and a seat. Thanks again dude. We had friends in town this weekend and we really got to use the canoe as a fishing machine. The fishing, while not electric red hot has been steady. The cold winds have driven the fish up near shore and we've been catching nice fish in canals and shallow shorelines. Check it out!
This is a classic family fishing shot.
Hippys, you're going to love this canal. Its real pretty.
The cold weather makes the water so clear. It's much harder to catch fish when its this crystal clear. They see everything.
Caught some of these sunning themselves on a shallow bank.
The wily Jack Crevalle made a cameo.
This is yours truly with the elusive pompano!
Attention FL hippies - nature shot and potential idea for a nice big tattoo - I think you should go for it, nature boy.
Best empty seawall picture ever.
That kid was born to angle and surf professionally and be a major investment banker. No pressure though.
I get the feeling this crab trap has been here a long, long time.
Trout fishing remains sick.
My buddy Kris, through some miracle of my guiding expertise, managed a snook in the slot with two two year olds in the boat. Amazing.
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February 14 - Snook - Reds - Tons of Trout
Hola amigos. The fishing is great. I was in Washington DC, our capitol, where the fishing totally sucked. I'm back and it's real nice again.
I've been getting out and enjoying some darn steady action. Trout, snook and even the elusive Sarasota redfish have made an appearance. The snook are in the canals and trout are in the deep potholes and redfish are kinda in-between those two places...
Anyhoooo... all I use is jerkbaits on a 1/8 leadhead. Spoon? Nope. Topwater? Nah. Texas rig, doa shrimp, live kitten? No, no, no. I've been just going with what works and its been killing it.
Just put a dab of peanut butter on your thumb to catch snook.
Ahh. The beautiful sea trout. These little guys are thick right now.
You catchy the reeedfeeesh then you don't. They are a wily breed.
This, friends, is a massive trophy lizardfish.
Small redfish are all over the bay these days.
This is the first pinfish I've caught in the last 2 years. Amazing. When I was growing up this is what I exclusively fished for.
Funky winter weather makes the clouds do this... Totally different than the thunderstorms of summer...
Catching fish from the dock rules. It's the minimalist in me. I call this photo "hobie, cat".
I think it's a little crazy to not touch the fish at all. Grab em' carefully but with authority. Get the hook out. release.
I love the XTOOLS unhooker. It's like a endoscopic surgery instrument for deep hooked fish.
The best hippy shots occur at sunset. Even a mostly cloudy one will fire up those crazy mothers...
When the fishing is really good you can catch em' on a bare jig.
Ahh. Canal fishin'. The fall leaves. The avian life. The grocery bags and plastic chairs caught in the trees.
Hornetbear's Anglin' Gear Corner: This little anchor is the best. It holds in all but a freakin' gale and you can knock it over the side with your elbow when you catch a fish drifting. I love it.
Hornetbear's Rigging Info: You cannot have a soft bait that spins around in the water. Make sure you drag it through the water at a good speed and watch the action of the lure. You want it to stand or wobble slightly when retrieved. If it's hooked badly it spins and just doesn't look like a fish swimming in the water column. Don't let your bait spin through the water. Fish like a natural presentation.
Fishing remains steady.
Note to Anglers Everywhere:
It's a fine line between knowledgeable fisherman and know it all jerk. Do the right thing. Be cool. Teach by example. Make friends.
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Dec 2 - Reds - Snuke - Trout - Night Shots - Hippy Shots
Greetings anglers of the Atlantic, Gulf and some hangers-on from the Pacific! I am thoroughly bummed to report that some of the finest pictures I've ever taken in my favorite month (October) I ran over with the lawnmower. That's right. The camera was waterproof but was NOT lawnmowerproof. I will definitely seek out that feature in my next camera. I had thrown the camera up into the grass after a late night of dock light fishing and I atomized it the next morning. There were some hippy shots on that thing which would've made Jerry Garcia tear up. But, alas, that's how it goes.
I can now report my new camera purchase is the new Pentax OPTIO W20. It's 7 mind warping megapixels and I got 2 batteries for extended trips into the everglades or outer space or whatever. The grand total with a 1 GIG memory card was $320.00 -- I did not buy the warranty because my experience with the OLD Optio was so good and the camera itself had improved so much in 1 year that I felt that the warranty didn't equate to the improvements in the camera and it's resolution. If it breaks I'm screwed. That's the devil may care kind of person I am.
The pictures I had included these highlights:
1. HUGE jacks under a dock light. The jacks had pulled me so close to the light that the photo was a illuminated with the light from the dock light instead of the flash. It was some Ansel Adams photography I was layin' down.
2. Big Ol' SLOT snooks. Really. Lots.
3. Snook everywhere. Just plain old everywhere.
4. Snappers, lizardfish, hippy scenery aplenty and other aquatic bric-a-brac.
5. The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot and Paris Hilton totally sober watching CNN at 2 in the morning. It was HOT!
Oh Well.
This brings me to the belated November installment of the report. I have been travelling all over the place which has, annoyingly, cut into my fishing. Las Vegas has no fish except at the Mandalay and the Mirage and there is no access there to speak of. I heard about an easement but security is quite tough there... I finally managed to get out a few days and shoot enough pictures to make a decent report. The weather has been cold and windy but the fishing has been strangely awesome. When the air temp gets under 70 I usually assume a total skunking but, amazingly, the fishing was really good. The howling winds, wildly low tides and freezing temperatures really piled up the fish into deep channels. The wind also creates a pretty predictable current which, if you're all zen tuned in, you can pretty much ESP the exact location of the fish. Lets get on with it.
This is a 20 inch trout. I was fishing next to some guide with some clients who were getting skunked. He was all tucked out of the current and just not where the fish were. So I staked my kayak out and started fan casting like a psychopath to mark my terrain. I was catching tons of redfish and trout right here. Nothing huge but steady action...
This is a release shot. These are good for several reasons. 1. It means you actually released the fish an didn't kill it during a 30 minute photo shoot. 2. You can't show the same fish over and over being released. You basically know this is the only shot like it. 3. You just never know what you're going to get. Sometimes a artsy underwater shot. sometimes just your hand. Unpredictable! Adventure!
One thing a photo does a pretty bad job of doing is showing how cold and windy it is. Suffice it to say it was quite cold and windy.
Night fishing is just so easy. You just cruise over to the light and get to catching. I can catch fish in an hour and be back by 9:30. Sweet.
Kind of a hitchcockian hippy shot right here. Sometimes you take a photo that's a little disquieting to the typical hippy. That's the breaks, dirty hippy. Live with it. It's not all sunshine and moonbeams out there.
Caught tons of small to mid sized redfish. Schools of them would chase the unlucky winner to the boat. Really. I couldn't buy a redfish this time last year. What a difference a year makes. I bet in 2 more years ther'll be tons of nice fish hanging out in Sarasota.
Note the oysters beneath this here redfish. Right after this I cut my thumb wide open on an oyster I caught. I pulled it in like you do when you catch the wily shellfish. I was briefly excited, then denial, anger, and finally acceptance. I grabbed it like a real dummy and started bleeding copiously. You should have seen the blood. Final destination III blood. Video game blood. I tried to keep fishing but it was just too gnarly. I was all casual in grabbing it and I swear it was razor sharp. I don't carry much in the way of first aid (read: none) with me and I was a little concerned to tell the truth. So I applied some pressure a gingerly paddled back to shore.
We debated the virtues of polarized amber glasses for awhile then Mr. Redfish mentioned that he was choking to death so I let him go. But I still think amber is the best color. I don't care what that stupid redfish said.
Tons of these. Man, I wish you could see the pictures I lost. Imagine this fish but part dinosaur, part cougar and part rabid ferret... that's a jackcougferrasaur! very dangerous... Borat like...
HIPPY! Up and atem! That's a blurry feeding osprey shot!
Dock light trout. Simple. Beautiful. Like a haiku.
Is this a mangrove snapper? It looks a little different? If there's a snapperologist out there please reply...
I've switched to light Penn gear for all my anglin' needs. This picture captures all the fishing gear I use except for a 25lb bag of fertilizer and a stun gun and a thermos and a big dip net and a 3wt fly rod spooled with phone cord. that is all I need. really.
This is a picture of my beautiful leg. Too bad that small snook got in the way. Otherwise, I bet Tyra from Americas Next Top Model would send me an email. You know she's on all these fishing forums. She's into legs... She's just too busy to post. Tyra! I know you're reading this. It's Steve! Text me...
And that friends is it except one final aside...
My website http://www.hornetbear.com is getting ready to expand it's boundaries. As you may or may not know traditional fishing forums discard your wildly valuable fishing reports. Seriously. I know. that's crazy talk but it's TRUE! So, if you're into it I would like to archive all the good fishing reports (cubs, prowler13, Minnow, DaveR, Monkey, Slowride, Slingshot, Texas Anglers, Anyone who is funny, ET AL!) I'd like to have a rough location, season and other info to store the photos. I prefer funny reports but if you're humorously challenged, I understand. Big fish are awesome. As are super hot chicks, hippy shots and people sinking their boats at the ramp. I want to store, with permission, great reports. It's the coolest thing about fishing forums (except arguing over idiotic ethics, politics, and bait preference which is really cool and super smart) Please PM me or email me at steveschadt@gmail.com. brothers and sisters, fish on.
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- Jack Handy
September 10 - Big Redfish - Night Snook - Excellent Fishing
Aloha anglin' afficinados. Fishing has been hot. Check it out.
The sun rises...
More primo habitat.
Trout have been hitting well all over the bay.
The Marina has finally been torn down. Now, I kinda miss it.
There have been thousands and thousands of mullet everywhere lately. You tend to get excited when you see mullet because they're so active on the surface. I mean, if you see mullet, it means there's some fish out there. Mullet = not a total dead zone. You can cast lures into mullet all day and catch nothing. Fun.
An interesting juxtaposition of sea and land or my camera went off by accident... not sure...
Dock Light Fishing: This picture shows how far away from a dock light you should be to catch fish. Get too close, no fishes. I've found you should just cast right at the light and hopefully go past it. Lately, the edges haven't produced like right in the middle of the light. Also, pausing your retrieve doesn't work for me. Once you stop a quick retrieve the fish are like "Woah dude, that's a piece of plastic." you have to create competition under the light and a quick and getting quicker retrieve helps.
Good casts make it happen. Once you get good at skipping your lure way up under the dock,you will start really catching fish. When your first cast wraps around the dock light it just ruins your mojo.
Hippy shots are everywhere.
Cast into about 20 wakes and felt the lure being knocked around. This sweet redfish finally smacked it. 30.5" was the measurement. That's the biggest redfish I've ever caught on a jerkbait.
Thats it!
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