| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Mike_D
Finger Mullet
Joined: 30 May 2017
Posts: 36
|
 Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:18 am Post subject: Jetties at Night - What to Throw? |
 |
|
| Thinking of beating the heat by doing overnights on the Port A jetties (north most likely). I may soak some live baits, but primarily want to throw lures. Curious if I should be throwing the same plastic and topwaters as I would during daylight hours for trout or change it up (dark colors, louder/larger baits, etc)? Any advice would be most appreciated. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
bulldog1935
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 07 Feb 2017
Posts: 1061
Location: downtown Bulverde, Texas
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:28 am Post subject: |
|
|
You can throw glow lures, otherwise, the most visible night color is blue.
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Frederick dunphey
Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Posts: 275
Location: San Antonio
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I mostly use flukes, paddle tails, and rattle traps. Color, change up until you find the one they want. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mike_D
Finger Mullet
Joined: 30 May 2017
Posts: 36
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:38 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Frederick dunphey wrote: | | I mostly use flukes, paddle tails, and rattle traps. Color, change up until you find the one they want. |
Frederick Dunphey, since you are the jetty master I will ask for any other tips you may have. In the past, I had most of my success in the shallow surf at first light and moving deeper as the morning warmed up. I have a hunch that I should be starting deeper and working my way in? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Frederick dunphey
Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Posts: 275
Location: San Antonio
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Mike_D wrote: | | Frederick dunphey wrote: | | I mostly use flukes, paddle tails, and rattle traps. Color, change up until you find the one they want. |
Frederick Dunphey, since you are the jetty master I will ask for any other tips you may have. In the past, I had most of my success in the shallow surf at first light and moving deeper as the morning warmed up. I have a hunch that I should be starting deeper and working my way in? |
Incoming tide I start at break and work back to beach. Outgoing I prefer channel but will fish surf deeper than normal past the break. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tyler
Site Admin
Joined: 06 Mar 2006
Posts: 12865
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
speckled.trout
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 30 Aug 2012
Posts: 1190
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 1:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
we always threw a 52MNS Mirrolure. I think L & S calls this one the night stalker. It's Black.
ST |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mike_D
Finger Mullet
Joined: 30 May 2017
Posts: 36
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| speckled.trout wrote: | we always threw a 52MNS Mirrolure. I think L & S calls this one the night stalker. It's Black.
ST |
ST, was that an older slow-sinking model? I feel like it may have been replaced my another model. What did you tend to catch?
Last edited by Mike_D on Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Salt On the Brain
Horse Mullet
Joined: 09 Sep 2015
Posts: 234
Location: Flour Bluff, TX
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I quit fishing Packery because of the unwashed mass of not quite humanity there, but I used to catch snook and trout and reds on Steel Shad after dark.
LF
_________________
Take it outside! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mike_D
Finger Mullet
Joined: 30 May 2017
Posts: 36
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Salt On the Brain wrote: | I quit fishing Packery because of the unwashed mass of not quite humanity there, but I used to catch snook and trout and reds on Steel Shad after dark.
LF |
I found Steel Shad, but looks like it is a fresh water bait used up north for walleye and pike. Is that what you are speaking of or is that a color? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
speckled.trout
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 30 Aug 2012
Posts: 1190
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Mike_D wrote: | | speckled.trout wrote: | we always threw a 52MNS Mirrolure. I think L & S calls this one the night stalker. It's Black.
ST |
ST, was that an older slow-sinking model? I feel like it may have been replaced my another model. What did you tend to catch? |
It's just a black MirroLure. That was our favorite for the North Jetty at night. Caught Trout, Snook and from time to time snapper.
ST |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
speckled.trout
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 30 Aug 2012
Posts: 1190
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CopanoCruisin
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Posts: 1064
Location: West shore of Copano Bay
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I have used a black marks-o-lot a many of time on mirror lures. Let your imagination rule to you find the right combination. Could be black bottom, black top or go all,out black. And it was typically on 52 m series. Enjoy! ..............cC |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Salt On the Brain
Horse Mullet
Joined: 09 Sep 2015
Posts: 234
Location: Flour Bluff, TX
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Tackle Town carries Steel Shad.
A metal vibe bait.
In little 2 inch ones all the way up to the ones we use for kingfish.
All flash and vibration.
Not sure if fish love them or hate them, but they sure take out their aggression on them!
LF
_________________
Take it outside! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
