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Stump · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:21 am Post subject: Corpus Croaker

Are you seeing croakers at the bait stands in Corpus Christi yet? Thanks for the info...
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ziacatcher · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject:

No croaker flags flying at Bluff Landing.

Chef Lefty · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:24 pm Post subject:

Cos Way Bait Stand (a friend of the forum) has them for $10 a dozen. Running 2.5 to 3 inches in length.
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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

WOW.....$10.00/dz. that should slow croaker sales down Shocked

Mike

Skillzzz9 · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 2:14 pm Post subject:

Stump · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys. $10 a dozen is crazy, but so is $4.00 diesel.
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FoldCatOne · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 8:35 pm Post subject:

For the cost of a couple of sabiki rigs (size 6 is about right) you can get pretty much as many small croaker and pinfish and piggy's you want right off of most any pier or jetty.

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:27 am Post subject:

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workinbird · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:30 pm Post subject:

Bought them at Clems last Saturday for $8 a dozen. Used 2 dozen of them at my favorite trout spot behind Mustang Island. Not even a bite!

FishinClint · Horse Mullet Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 151

I typically fish the surf, although now I am interested in fishing the bayside.
I've always known that croaker the size of finger mullet are a popular live bait but don't hear much about whiting (aka Southern and Gulf Kingfish).
I do know larger whiting are used as cut bait in the surf though.

Are finger sized whiting as desirable or effective as similar sized croaker and mullet?

I use a decent sized cast net to catch my bait and in the surf at times I might catch a couple dozen or more of these small whiting.
It can sometimes be a hassle because so many get stuck in the net and I try to keep as many alive as possible whether keeping or returning them to sea.

ziacatcher · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 1:09 pm Post subject:

I've used whiting fingerling in the surf for trout and reds but never used them in the bays. But then again I hardly ever use bait of any sort in the bays.

BALZTOWAL · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject:

I heard that they are not catching as many croakers this year as previous,,, The population has been depleted.

FoldCatOne · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 11:50 pm Post subject:

That seems top be at odds with the netting surveys which for the last number of years has been reporting increasing numbers of croakers. I have seen plenty when I come to Corpus. Go over to the pier on the naval base and look over the western side of the pier and you will find hundreds swimming close to the pier - right by the pier edge. Caught bunches of them on sabiki rigs several weeks ago.