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Teach Me Some Mo Spec Stuff
Posted on 10/22/13 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 10/22/13 at 6:07 pm
alright gang, doing Cocodrie again this weekend...
We catch fish every trip, but I never feel like we're fishing with the optimum setups.
Our typical rigs are about 2' leaders with live or dead skrimps under popping corks.
Sometimes we try a plastic skrimp like a Vudu or DOA, either under a popping cork, or with maybe a weight in front of it with no cork.
Suggestions?
One other thing... in the canals where we find 10-15' of water, what should we use to get down in the depths?
Just trying to learn...
We catch fish every trip, but I never feel like we're fishing with the optimum setups.
Our typical rigs are about 2' leaders with live or dead skrimps under popping corks.
Sometimes we try a plastic skrimp like a Vudu or DOA, either under a popping cork, or with maybe a weight in front of it with no cork.
Suggestions?
One other thing... in the canals where we find 10-15' of water, what should we use to get down in the depths?
Just trying to learn...
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Posted on 10/22/13 at 6:12 pm to Grassy1
I don't fish canals and I rarely fish artificial under a cork. I do fish moving water through cuts and along the shore. I like soft plastic moving slow during the winter, topwater however they hit it and minnows under a cork if I have to.
Always good to find a rocky/oyster bottom.
Always good to find a rocky/oyster bottom.
Posted on 10/22/13 at 6:57 pm to Grassy1
1/4 oz lead head with a 4" H&H cocahoe. I prefer avocado/red tail and pumpkin seed/chartreuse tail.
Posted on 10/22/13 at 7:04 pm to QuietTiger
quote:
I don't fish canals and I rarely fish artificial under a cork. I do fish moving water through cuts and along the shore. I like soft plastic moving slow during the winter, topwater however they hit it and minnows under a cork if I have to.
Always good to find a rocky/oyster bottom.
Thanks QT,
Seems like you're always trying to help me.
So you fish the lakes/bays and look for cuts? Are the specs usually in the cut, right outside the cut, further away in deeper water? I bet it varies, huh?
Example of a good topwater bait?
Posted on 10/22/13 at 7:05 pm to El Jefe
quote:
1/4 oz lead head with a 4" H&H cocahoe. I prefer avocado/red tail and pumpkin seed/chartreuse tail.
Thanks El Jefe... I'm guessing not under a cork?
Posted on 10/22/13 at 7:08 pm to Grassy1
quote:
I'm guessing not under a cork?
Nope. Troll the grass, cast to the bank, with steady retrieve, popping (nothing major) every few seconds. Also, fish points of islands. Clean, moving water is the key, preferable a falling tide.
Like the poster above said, slow down the retrieve in colder water.
Posted on 10/22/13 at 7:15 pm to El Jefe
Thanks...
Posted on 10/22/13 at 8:59 pm to Grassy1
Yea I'll be heading down there this weekend as well. Wondering what anyone recommends for the unseasonably cold weather forecasted. We normally fish the sulphur complex north of last isle this time of year, but haven't been in a while and aren't very sure where the fish are right now.
Posted on 10/22/13 at 9:04 pm to Grassy1
Winter
Corky
Slow
=
Big specks
Corky
Slow
=
Big specks
Posted on 10/23/13 at 7:49 am to Grassy1
quote:
Example of a good topwater bait?
I like Rapala's in a light color, most people use Mirrorlure's. The one I use attracts birds too, so be alert.
Posted on 10/23/13 at 7:55 am to TJP
quote:
We normally fish the sulphur complex north of last isle this time of year, but haven't been in a while and aren't very sure where the fish are right now.
It is going to be too windy this weekend to fish the sulfur mines (at lest according to the forecast for this am). The fish are inside as well in the marsh. Try the lower lakes and canals. Not sure if I'm going down yet, but probably.
Posted on 10/23/13 at 8:05 am to Grassy1
different areas = different baits and techniques.
Big Lake= Corky's and Mirrodeans in the cold weather
Lake P = Dudleys and Matrix tightlined at the base of bridge pilings. Trolling rattletraps and soft plastics also work certain times of the year.
Grand Isle,Cocodrie,Point Au Chens,lake Boudreaux area seems to like tandem rigged soft plastics with 3/8 oz jigheads
Big Lake= Corky's and Mirrodeans in the cold weather
Lake P = Dudleys and Matrix tightlined at the base of bridge pilings. Trolling rattletraps and soft plastics also work certain times of the year.
Grand Isle,Cocodrie,Point Au Chens,lake Boudreaux area seems to like tandem rigged soft plastics with 3/8 oz jigheads
Posted on 10/23/13 at 8:06 am to Motorboat
quote:Boudreaux canal should = money
lower lakes and canals
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