Are there actually worms in the water the size of the artificial ones we use as bait?
Dec 3, 2019 23:14:39 #
Dec 4, 2019 00:15:15 #
Tryting to remember, it has been a long time, If you go North from Corpus Cristy on the Gulf Coast highway (Rt.90)?, you will cross a bridge over an inlet. The old bridge was blown out by a hurricane and was made into a State Fishing Pier. Go out there at night on th elong side and by one of the lights catch some small bait fish. Put those on a Popping Cork and cast it out ot the edge of the light from one of the old street/bridge lights on the Bay side. See you can still find so good sized Sea Trout, 2-3 feet long. Good Luck and let us know.
Dec 4, 2019 04:51:35 #
We used to stay in Port Aransas, on Mustang Island, which is north of that pier. The pier is actually on the south end of Mustang Island. We fished it during the daylight hours and we caught very few, but I did hear that it was better at night. Trout and reds.
Dec 4, 2019 08:57:27 #
Dec 4, 2019 10:28:33 #
I learned about it from a friend who did that. He fished all night and in the morning walked down to the State run "bait shop" to rent a shopping cart. Them,"Just want to make one trip?" him,"No I don't want to drag the fish on the concrete." Them, "What?" He rented the shopping cart and when he came back to the bait shop the guy said,"Wait we need to take a picture! We haven't seen them like that in years!" He had like 6 Sea Trout 3 feet long. That was back in the early 90's. Won't say they are there now, but it might make life interesting if they are and the Dolphins don't come by. He told me he was on the North side of the Pier almost to the channel at the end.
Dec 4, 2019 10:51:35 #
audigger53 wrote:
I learned about it from a friend who did that. He... (show quote)
Those are big "gators", he was probably striping his stringer and 6 was the limit then. That was before the red tide hit that area.
Dec 4, 2019 13:11:22 #
[quote=FS Digest]It's more of an instinctive bite to hit something dropping through the water column/bouncing on the bottom in front of them my dad always told me. Why they're stand offish from less realistic hard baits like crankbaits but will hit a 10in purple worm always had me confused tho Haha
heck
I've seem swimmin snakes vanish with a splash
plastic worms arent that big
bass are natural predators
they are attracted to movin objects,and prolly think it's food
I'd think a 10 inch worm could be mistaken for a snake
heck
I've seem swimmin snakes vanish with a splash
plastic worms arent that big
bass are natural predators
they are attracted to movin objects,and prolly think it's food
I'd think a 10 inch worm could be mistaken for a snake
Dec 4, 2019 17:45:01 #
FS Digest wrote:
It’s obvious that jigs represent crawfish and swim... (show quote)
For most predators, if it moves it's food. Life is simple if you're a fish.
Dec 4, 2019 19:45:57 #
Dec 4, 2019 20:27:09 #
teabag09
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
audigger53 wrote:
I learned about it from a friend who did that. He... (show quote)
There was a time in the early 70's we'd catch 3' and bigger grey trout at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in numbers you could almost sink you boat. Trolling was the favored way. I never kept but two because what would you do with a boat load? A lot of guys sold them which was illegal so I didn't. Haven't seen trout that big in years, mostly 12 to 16". I think the destruction to the menhaden fishery may be the answer. Mike
Dec 4, 2019 21:30:52 #
Plastic worms also mimic eels work good for saltwater too, 12" crawlers are good for cutbait just hard to find call them in with shallow buried cornmeal
Dec 4, 2019 22:00:00 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
There are salt water worms that get as big or bigger than a senko worm. They are a light to dark brown color. I never dove into shark infested waters to see them for myself but I toured the huge fish market in Seoul, korea & they had a ton of them. People bought them to eat. I just couldn't bring myself to crunch down on one of the creepy little buggers.
Dec 5, 2019 22:32:12 #
In the ocean there are worms so big that you can put a saddle on them and ride around the islands lol.
Dec 5, 2019 23:26:25 #
Juancy1954
Loc: 76048 Granbury TX
I have used night crawlers and big red worms in the Tampa Fl area and work good of the peers and surf they do not last long alive but they don't need to they don't last long on the hook
Dec 8, 2019 20:47:35 #
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