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Tipped with a piece of
shrimp meat or coon
shrimp tail is even better.
The yarn is a nice trick as
it helps by getting caught
up in the chums teeth,
allow you to drive the hook
home. Other bait you can
put under a float includes
the ever popular anchovy or
herring, whole or plug cut.
Think of the tide as the river
current. Set your depth for
the lure so it’s running a
foot or so off the bottom.
Vary the depth if you aren’t
getting bites. These fish
will hit suspended jigs.
Cast “upstream”, i.e. up into
the tide, and let your gear
drift down with the tide to
the end of the “drift”. If the
coast is clear, free spool
your line, keeping the float
straight up and down to
extend the drift. When the
float goes under set the
hook and be ready to do
battle!
Twitching jigs – ditch the
float and cast the jig on
its own. Another effective
technique, but be prepared
for a lot of foul-hooked
chum. Dragging a chum in
by the tail is not fun, nor is
it sporting to be snagging
fish. If you find yourself
foul hooking too many
fish move on to a different
method
Casting spinners. Again,
it’s a solid technique to
try if the action is slow. I
personally would remove
the treble hook and use
a single si-wash hook. A
number 3 or 4 blade fished
with a slow retrieve is just
the ticket.
Corkie, yarn, and slinky. I
personally have caught a lot
of fish using this method
and seldom snag fish.
Again, think of the tide as a
river. Cast out and let your
gear drift. You’ll know you
have a bite because your
rod will be about ripped out
of your hands.
I use a 3-4 foot leader
length.
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