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anyone got any mangrove tips?
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:30 pm
Was down in Fourchon this past weekend and with the weather so calm we decided to hit the first rigs off of the beach for some mangroves. In 2 days we landed 20 nice ones, but probably broke off three times that many. Also we would get them going and then they would go up to the live croaker, mullet, pogy, or whatever and just look at it and turn away. We were only in 50 feet of water and being that all I've got is a 22 foot Bay Boat I don't wanna go out any further than that, but the mangrove thing would be fun to do a few times a year, anyone got any tips on how to catch limits of these things? Every time I have done it, we are happy with 10 or so a morning
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Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:32 pm to lbarfi1
Brah. If you'd waited ten seconds earlier today, I'd have told you how.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:34 pm to Motorboat
yeah but you are always talking on the phone dude, I've got work to do
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:40 pm to lbarfi1
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:54 pm to Motorboat
quote:well tell me
Brah. If you'd waited ten seconds earlier today, I'd have told you how.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:58 pm to lbarfi1
Small hooks and fluorocarbon leader.
I find a rig with really light current and use a 2/0 or 3/0 circle hook (Mustad Demon or Gamagatzu) on a 4 foot 40 pound fluorocarbon leader tied to braid with a uni knot. If the water is really clear I go down to a 30lb leader.
I free line it and have a little bit of slack in my line so the croaker swims naturally. Throwing right into the rig with slack in your line leads to a lot of break offs and frustration but this is the method that has worked best for me and my buddies off of Fourchon. I also snell my hooks.
I find a rig with really light current and use a 2/0 or 3/0 circle hook (Mustad Demon or Gamagatzu) on a 4 foot 40 pound fluorocarbon leader tied to braid with a uni knot. If the water is really clear I go down to a 30lb leader.
I free line it and have a little bit of slack in my line so the croaker swims naturally. Throwing right into the rig with slack in your line leads to a lot of break offs and frustration but this is the method that has worked best for me and my buddies off of Fourchon. I also snell my hooks.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 5:48 pm to voros79
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Small hooks and fluorocarbon leader.
I find a rig with really light current and use a 2/0 or 3/0 circle hook (Mustad Demon or Gamagatzu) on a 4 foot 40 pound fluorocarbon leader tied to braid with a uni knot. If the water is really clear I go down to a 30lb leader.
I free line it and have a little bit of slack in my line so the croaker swims naturally. Throwing right into the rig with slack in your line leads to a lot of break offs and frustration but this is the method that has worked best for me and my buddies off of Fourchon. I also snell my hooks.
We did all this over the weekend and caught a nice mess of snappers out of grand isle. Believe it or not, we also used live shrimp that worked just as well as the croakers.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 6:10 pm to JohnnyBgood
I have caught them with live shrimp as well . I don't think I have ever caught an undersized mangrove with a croaker but have plenty with shrimp.
I like croakers because they naturally swim down to the bottom and sometimes the mangroves are hanging out in deeper water.
This article explains it all
LINK
I like croakers because they naturally swim down to the bottom and sometimes the mangroves are hanging out in deeper water.
This article explains it all
LINK
Posted on 7/26/16 at 11:50 pm to voros79
I've heard the best way is to use 25 pound braid with a number 6 hook with a frog leg, but thats just what the internet said so idk
Posted on 7/27/16 at 11:43 am to lbarfi1
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anyone got any mangrove tips?
If you aren't cleaning the cheeks and throats, you're doing it wrong.
Posted on 7/27/16 at 2:08 pm to lbarfi1
A ball of Evangeline made bread, free lined no weight. Chicken wings, or any other small human food that will cover the hook.
Rig fish eat people food baw!
Rig fish eat people food baw!
Posted on 7/27/16 at 2:20 pm to lbarfi1
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anyone got any mangrove tips?
Not I.
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