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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject:

I wasn't saying that dead shrimp wasn't great for them, only asking if anyone had TRIED squid!?

I've fed MANY 100s of lbs of dead shrimp to trash fish while waiting for something decent to get to the bait. Squid lasts MUCH longer on the hook and might be a great drum bait if anybody gave it a fair shot.

Funny................................... that's what the offshore boats use for bait. Wink

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RedFish Chaser · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:44 pm Post subject:

Landlocked, I've tried squid and sea lice. Dead shrimp seems to attract Black Drum better and faster. Yes, dead shrimp will get eaten more and faster by skunk fish. But, it takes many trials and error to learn to know where to cast the bait so that it won't get robbed. Fishing main channels where there's lots of fish traffic will certainly get highway robberies by those pesky whiskered fish and sting rays. I like to cast where there's less of a current and near where the channel turns. I also like to cast just on the top ledge (try to any ways) of the channel. In winter even when it's cold, it seems like the Black Drums come up to near shallow looking for bait. Just like the RedFish do.

But what do I know, I haven't gotten wet in a very long time. Ughhh.
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SurfMeister · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:34 pm Post subject:

Live shrimp with the head popped off. Your mileage may vary. SM Wink

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stxoutdoors · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:23 pm Post subject:

[quote="ovaforty"][quote="stxoutdoors"]big fresh dead shrimp peeled bottom rigged...[/quote]

peeled shrimp won't last 2 minutes where i was fishing.[/quote]

oh im sorry u want a bait that only black drum eat, for it yo stay in the water for more than 2 min and no otherspecies in the water to eat it...... sorry cant help you there ... everyone uses it that way for a reason... ...
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ovaforty · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject:

Today I used cut pin perch and cut sand trout. Worked good, stayed on and caught a quite a few sand trout. i was glad i got a bite from anything after a few hours of nada tossing lures. Action was fast every cast.

I took 10 for fillets, and ate 2 for dinner this evening.

I saw no drum anywhere that i went.

chazthefisherman · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject:

I got a buddy that catches them on live shrimp on a lemon rig.
Right Chuck?

lars · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:04 am Post subject:

For Big Uglies, live crawfish work wonders!

DFoley · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:00 pm Post subject:

crabs and wd-40

rabbit · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:43 am Post subject:

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5moreminutes · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:39 am Post subject:

just a reminder that you can not keep a big ugly that is between 30-52 inches. anything bigger than 52 you have the state record and can keep it for that purpose. Gooduck out there.
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monster · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 5

Crab or cut mullet. The fresher the better, but I've caught BUs on year old frozen bait.