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Need help picking a go-to redfish and trout rig.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:05 am
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:05 am
I'm a novice saltwater fisherman, going on my once-a-year saltwater fishing trip. I plan on using live shrimp, but expect to try my hand at some of my plastics. I typically use a drop shot rig for redfish, and a version of a Carolina rig for trout. The results are often varying. Should I continue to stick with these rigs, or are there better options out there I should try?
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Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:09 am to Black n Gold
Where will you be fishing? What type of landscape/structure? Have you tried using a cork with the shrimp or with plastics? How about a gold spoon for reds?
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:10 am to Black n Gold
I primarily fish my soft plastics tight lined with a 1/8 oz jig head, reds and trout. Sometimes I'll go up in weight if i'm trying to fish deep or in a current. Also can't go wrong with a gold spoon for reds.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:10 am to Black n Gold
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I typically use a drop shot rig for redfish, and a version of a Carolina rig for trout.
I would swap these. Carolina rig keeps the bait closer to the bottom and is a horizontal presentation. Both of these qualities make it ideal for bottom feeding fish like reds and drum. Drop-shot keeps the bait off the bottom and is a vertical presentation which I find more effective on suspended schools of fish like specs.
Also try free-lining or split shotting.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:10 am to Black n Gold
Popping corks, slip corks, freeline all work for live bait or plastics. I've never used a drop shot for redfish (or ever for that matter). What is a "version" of a Carolina Rig? That's pretty much what I use 90% of the time with live bait.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:13 am to commode
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Where will you be fishing? What type of landscape/structure?
Delacroix or Breton Sound.
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Have you tried using a cork with the shrimp or with plastics?
I often use a cork with the Carolina rig. Although I'm sure it is called something else once a cork goes on it.
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How about a gold spoon for reds?
Sparingly. No weight is needed when using the golden spoons, correct? Just cast into cover and slow real out?
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:22 am to Black n Gold
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No weight is needed when using the golden spoons, correct? Just cast into cover and slow real out?
No weight needed. Some people will put a swivel on the spoon so it doesn't twist line. I either reel mine in steady or twitch it.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:22 am to Black n Gold
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I often use a cork with the Carolina rig. Although I'm sure it is called something else once a cork goes on it.
Yeah that doesn't make sense. A carolina rig is fished on the bottom. Sounds like you're just fishing it under a cork. Doesn't really have a "name" per se.
When I fish a c-rig, I usually have 12-18" or sometimes more from the bait to the swivel and weight. Under a cork, it's usually a lighter weight (split shot often times), with no swivel and the weight is much nearer the bait if I use any weight at all.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:35 am to The Last Coco
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Under a cork, it's usually a lighter weight (split shot often times), with no swivel and the weight is much nearer the bait if I use any weight at all.
And you use this for specs?
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:41 am to Black n Gold
Under a cork I throw live shrimp either free-lined or with a small weight, and dead shrimp on a jighead. Also throw plastics on a jighead or the pre-rigged artificial shrimp.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:54 am to Black n Gold
Gulp shrimp or swimming mullet on a jig head bounced along the bottom has caught me hundred of both.
Soft plastic jerk bait (zoom super fluke, DOA fluke) on the flats fished about 3" below the surface has caught me hundreds of both
Same gulp shrimp/jig head rig under a Cajun thunder cork has caught me hundreds of both. We call this a cheater rig and I prefer this if the grass is really thick along the bottom so I'm not cleaning my hook every cast. Long enough leader to keep it just above the grass. Pop. Pause. Pop. Set the hook
Soft plastic jerk bait (zoom super fluke, DOA fluke) on the flats fished about 3" below the surface has caught me hundreds of both
Same gulp shrimp/jig head rig under a Cajun thunder cork has caught me hundreds of both. We call this a cheater rig and I prefer this if the grass is really thick along the bottom so I'm not cleaning my hook every cast. Long enough leader to keep it just above the grass. Pop. Pause. Pop. Set the hook
Posted on 7/20/16 at 10:59 am to Black n Gold
I've always kept it simple and done very well. When fishing top, I use a plastic rattle cork and a Kahle hook. No weights of any type (though I use the weighted rattle cork). For reds when fishing the shoreline, I use a 3/4 oz. gold spoon. Much easier to cast and even small reds have no trouble swallowing it.
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