I'm looking to try saltwater fishing with some of my baitcasters, targeting flounder off piers and in creeks. Any tips?
I want to use my baitcasters because all my spinning reels are big shore reels that aren't very low profile and I see plenty of people catching flounder with their lightweight rigs so I wanted to give it a try. Do you guys have experience with this? What line, and what flounder bait/rigs work? Thanks!
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by Heyohmydoohd
I use a 1/4 oz jig head with a gulp shrimp and bounce off the bottom. 20 lb braid with 15lb flouro leader. For piers and such I like to look for rocky areas or oyster bars. But best way is a boat/kayak in the marsh creeks. Cover tons of ground. For live bait, I like the equivalent of a drop shot with a lip hooked mud minnow, however I find the gulp (or other soft plastics) method to be more enjoyable and it tends to produce more for me. I have also seen people use bucktail jigs with little strips of bacon as trailers
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by ArkansasBowhunter
Thanks for the info man!
How do you feel about the gulp Swimming Mullet? I heard a bunch of people hyping it up a ton but I rarely ever use lures in saltwater.
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by Heyohmydoohd
They aren’t bad but I stick with the shrimp, usually. WyzeGuys tackle makes some really good saltwater swimbaits though!
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by ArkansasBowhunter
Alright cool. Thanks again my man
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by Heyohmydoohd
Good lure for salt is the lucky craft surf pointer. It'll catch about anything out there. They're not cheap, but they're very effective.
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