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re: wore out the specs in Orange Beach

Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:08 pm to
Posted by Who Me
Ascension
Member since Aug 2011
7090 posts
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:08 pm to
quote:

the McDonald's straw technique




I haven't heard this one. Care to give me the crash course.
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22408 posts
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:31 pm to
Nothing to it.

Semi-submersible clear cork you can find at Wal-Mart there, not here.

Fill it halfway with water, slide 2 inches of a red, yellow, white, McDonalds straw on your line and tie a treble hook at the end.

Pull the straw down to cover the treble, cast, and pop. Whatever is in the vicinity will hit it. Ladyfish about 90% in my experience.
Posted by KB375
N of I10
Member since Jan 2011
155 posts
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:47 pm to
You can launch the yak across the road from the FloraBama. Remember that the south side of Old River in this area is FL waters.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 12:12 am to
Good and black mirrordean wore that arse out tonight under the lights. Caught very little specs on shrimp tonight.
Totally different conditions tonight and totally different hairs worked tonight. I got lucky having those mirrordeans on me cause others back at the dock didn't have any luck.
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31063 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 12:18 am to
quote:

Semi-submersible clear cork you can find at Wal-Mart there, not here.

Fill it halfway with water, slide 2 inches of a red, yellow, white, McDonalds straw on your line and tie a treble hook at the end.

Pull the straw down to cover the treble, cast, and pop. Whatever is in the vicinity will hit it. Ladyfish about 90% in my experience.



He's right. I've caught a ton of mackerel using this same thing but when I was in Florida. Not kings, not Spanish or Cero but another kind, I forget the name. About the size of a good Spanish mackerel. You wouldn't think 2 inches of a McDonalds straw would catch any fish but it does.

I still have the rig in my tackle box.
Posted by michaelb1100
State of Confusion
Member since Aug 2007
3576 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 5:05 am to
What is screwed up about this whole situation? You and I don't seem to catch any fish when we go (behind the scenes joke people) LOL. Your wife messaged me and said yall were killing them I guess you couldn't take the pole out of your hand long enough. Fishing trip when I get back!!!!
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
81059 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 6:49 am to
quote:

I laugh at all the folks who act like the only place you catch fish is south LA



Thread title "Where to fish in Alabama, MS, FL"

first 40 relies "don't"
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
25000 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 7:31 am to
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Do it every year on Ono with plastics, it's a blast


That place is insane. My aunt and uncle just bought a house on Ono Island
Posted by greenhead11
Member since Feb 2012
929 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 8:15 am to
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KB375


Thanks, and you paddle to the lights of Ono?

quote:

Meauxjeaux


What kind of boat are you in? I know blue water isnt far out over there. I trolled 2 rattletraps a few miles off the beach and caught a king (nasty arse fish IMO but still fun)
Posted by michaelb1100
State of Confusion
Member since Aug 2007
3576 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 8:29 am to
quote:

What kind of boat are you in? I know blue water isnt far out over there. I trolled 2 rattletraps a few miles off the beach and caught a king (nasty arse fish IMO but still fun)


He has a 18' Kenner with a 115 on back.
Posted by greenhead11
Member since Feb 2012
929 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 8:40 am to
Yea I'd be offshore trolling around where the water changes color if the seas are calm. Although I'm not the most knowledgable, and may have gotten lucky in my yak, but that's all we did when I took a charter there.
Posted by KB375
N of I10
Member since Jan 2011
155 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 8:46 am to
Have in the past, but not lately. Fishing Little Lagoon mostly and off the beach for pompano.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 9:48 am to
May give offshore a try today. Not real confident in the whole single motor thing and all.

Yeah Mike,was busy helping my baby girl catch trout after trout all night. She stayed out till 12:00 fishing with me. Funny how excited they get when they're catching.
Posted by greenhead11
Member since Feb 2012
929 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 12:15 pm to
Thats sure a rewarding feeling watching you little girl catch fish. Better than catch em yourself!

Hopefully I can catch a few myself down there
Posted by GonePecan
Southeast of disorder
Member since Feb 2011
6086 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 1:06 pm to
Jlt is rolling over in his grave at the live shrimp.
Posted by lsaltee
poppin a tent, roastin marshmellows
Member since Sep 2007
3634 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 3:00 pm to
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May give offshore a try today.


just come through the canal to mobile bay and hit up the rigs at the mouth. there are some big triple tail there. and a 30 min boat ride south to the other rigs will get you some snapper(Yes i know the season is closed) and amber jack. maybe even a few grouper. easy ride if the weather works out.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 3:38 pm to
Pilgrims!! RIP JLT
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9153 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 3:48 pm to
If any of your like crabbing and our in the Fort Morgan area, there is a great saltwater brackish pond behind the fort itself. At least it was there years ago and I assume it still is. Me and friend of mine stumbled upon it in grade school while his dad was trying to catch a shark on the bay side of Fort Morgan. The lagoon/marsh/pond was shallow and clear and absolutely covered in soft shell and hard shell crab. Literally all you needed is a net and and ice chest.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27247 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 4:06 pm to
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fishing the lit piers in the bay...All on live shrimp 1 1/2' under a clip on cork


I lived on Cotton Bayou one summer and fed myself that entire summer doing this. I'd pull in specs and reds all night. Coast in to a lit dock, cast right under the light, and they'd hit within a couple seconds.

The best dock is the police dock right at the bridge. They get pretty pissy when you pull up there and they'll give you a ticket, so best not let them see you, but it's the best one in the bay. Worth the risk.
Posted by greenhead11
Member since Feb 2012
929 posts
Posted on 7/11/12 at 4:42 pm to
Is doing this better by the pass? Or do most of the lit piers hold fish?

Suggestions on where to throw a yak in?
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