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re: Fishing the beach in perdido key ***updated***
Posted on 5/11/20 at 11:56 am to deeprig9
Posted on 5/11/20 at 11:56 am to deeprig9
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Catch bait with little bream hooks with a shrimp segment in the knee deep foamy wash. Put that little fish on your big hook and sling that out past the breakers. Set drag light and use circle or kahle hook. When the fish starts running, simply tighten up the drag and the hook sets itself.
SO what would be the targeted species at Perdido Key flat lining live bait? Blue Fish, Reds, Spanish and Trout? That's my favorite fishing style but I have never tried it that far north....only in areas where there are snook….but it flat out works on snook in south florida….a small pinfish, whiting, even small catfish flat lined and snook with wear 'em out if the tide is right in the morning before folks start getting in the water....nothing like a 20 pound snook in the surf!
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Posted on 5/11/20 at 5:23 pm to Gtmodawg
Shark, stingray, drum (red and black), catfish, spanish, ladyfish, tarpon, etc. but usually shark.
Posted on 5/11/20 at 9:24 pm to Success
Was just down there in OB. Went down by the jetties and saw guys catching all sorts of things. Catfish, shark, stingrays and I think I saw sheepshead .
Then down where I was staying I watched two guys wrestle stingrays as everyone on the beach cheered them on.
FWIW, there were stingrays all over the place that week
Then down where I was staying I watched two guys wrestle stingrays as everyone on the beach cheered them on.
FWIW, there were stingrays all over the place that week
This post was edited on 5/12/20 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 5/12/20 at 10:55 am to Success
Last time I went, I brought some bait shrimp and threw a small carolina rig on some bass gear. Caught a few flounder and tons of hardheads.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:24 am to deeprig9
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Shark, stingray, drum (red and black), catfish, spanish, ladyfish, tarpon, etc. but usually shark.
Sharks for certain...and for folks that don't get to fish in saltwater much, especially kids, catching sharks is exciting....stingrays also.
I was under the impression that Tarpon are fairly scarce in that area. After some research after reading your post I see I was mistaken....apparently a pretty good mid- late summer Tarpon bite in the area...that is GOOD news that deserves attention in the future LOL...I would LOVE to wind up in the P'Cola area in a few years....would prefer Stuart but I feel more at home in the panhandle. If only there were snook????
Posted on 5/12/20 at 12:51 pm to PinevilleTiger
I tore up the spanish and hard tails with one of them things. Treble hook with a drinking straw
Posted on 5/12/20 at 3:44 pm to SlidellCajun
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Was just down there in OB. Went down by the jetties and saw guys catching all sorts of things. Catfish, shark, stingrays and I think I saw sheepshead . The down where I was staying I watched two guys wrestle stingrays as everyone on the beach cheered them on. FWIW, there were stingrays all over the place that week
Stingrays on all beaches everywhere....sharks also....perfect environment for predators that feed on smell more than relying on vision...the off color water is good camo for predators.
Stingrays are not remotely fun to catch...only marginally more fun that sharks. Sting rays are akin to trying to wench a piece of plywood out of the mud with a fishing pole. Good eating though if you ain't never tried it. Also small ones make very good grouper baits in shallow water.....they will last forever on a hook and a big Gags won't pass one up....
Posted on 5/12/20 at 3:57 pm to joeyp
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hardheads.
be careful taking these things off the hook...they hurt like hell when they fin you and many people have a bad reaction.
They also make good baits...Cubrera snapper, Tarpon, shallow grouper and snook both eat them like candy....but they have to be smallish and you had better snip the dorsal and pectril fins off as close as you can or you will get a nasty finning. If it happens rub the fishes belly on the spot....it will make it more bearable. Something in the slime. Flay line the catfish on an appropriate circle hook and slowly drift across a grass flat or a reef....people will tell you this ain't so but it is....at times Tarpon especially love some hard tails...and some of the biggest cubrera snapper I have ever seen or caught were caught flat lining a catfish in 5 feet of water along a line of mangroves...a 30 pound snapper in 5 feet of water charging out of the mangroves is enough to give any fisherman a bit of a chubby!
Gafftop sail cats are fun to catch though for kids and they ain't bad eating. They are as good as a similar sized channel or blue cat, not as good as a flathead though. A big one will put a bend in a rod.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 4:02 pm to Gtmodawg
Just go to Sam's and tell Chris Vecsey what you want to do. He will have what you need and tell you exactly what to do.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 4:19 pm to lion
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Just go to Sam's and tell Chris Vecsey what you want to do. He will have what you need and tell you exactly what to do.
I imagine I'd probably be able to eke out a couple of fish other than catfish or stingrays / sharks on the beach at Perdido Key were I there...and I wish to hell I was LOL...no doubt some Spanish and ladyfish...most likely some undersized blue fish...anything beyond that would probably elude me but that's be good enough...
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