[Boarhead69]

Anybody doing any good with the full moon? I fish between Lake Monroe & Lake Harney and it's totally shut down since thursday.we only caught bullheads fri & sat night.:bad:

 

[FloridaCathunter]

full moons seem to be tuff catfishing for some reason, we went up to Escambia last night got a nice flathead and some channel ill make the post as soon as it stops raining fish are still in the boat

 

[m slayton]

not sure why the gar and turtles are bitting hard tho could be the moon or the storm front blowing around out there as in the tropical storm changing presure levels who knows for sure .
even if i don't catch a cat it's still nice to be out there trying and relaxing.
might wanna find the deep pockets and try there or mix up the baits or go with fresh shad if you can find them.

also the mullet are in and i have yet to try them as cut bait any one know if mullet works as cut bait for cats?

 

[FloridaCathunter]

i have tried mullet multiple times, i never seem to have much luck with it

 

[m slayton]

i haven't caught anything on mullet either .. but if you guys are rite where the river meets the ocean i am betting you could get a red or a flounder or to love the pics of the fish to

 

[Boarhead69]

The mullet are usually thick in the river by me and I do really well with them.
Caught my biggest ones on them I use them live (up to 8 inches) or I butterfly them out.

 

[m slayton]

mullet works for you huh , i would think something has got to eat em and when there schooling up out there you'd think that something would be fallowing them , now i must make it clear that every time i tryed mullet it was not fresh caught it was frozen and that could be why i din't do so hot. i'll have to try em again but live or fresh cut ty boar

 

[Boarhead69]

I always use fresh mullet but they do not seem to favor that over anything else. We are going out this morning and will try every bait (bream,shad,mullet,shrimp,shiners) whatever they hit first usually will be the top bait for the day.

My buddy swears by this he puts mullet in a ziplock bag in the sun all day and uses it.he catches fish just not any monsters but that shit sure stinks.

Also during the American shad run in the winter I stock the freezer with them to use for bait most of them are 3 to 4 lbs so they will last a while as cut bait.

Well headed out will post pics if we get any monsters

 

[Matt77]

I always use fresh mullet but they do not seem to favor that over anything else. We are going out this morning and will try every bait (bream,shad,mullet,shrimp,shiners) whatever they hit first usually will be the top bait for the day.

My buddy swears by this he puts mullet in a ziplock bag in the sun all day and uses it.he catches fish just not any monsters but that shit sure stinks.

Also during the American shad run in the winter I stock the freezer with them to use for bait most of them are 3 to 4 lbs so they will last a while as cut bait.

Well headed out will post pics if we get any monsters

hey when do the american shad run? and where? I catch little thread fin shad about 3" when the water is cooler before spring. I still get some every now and then but there not as concentrated.

 

[Boarhead69]

The shad start about jan or feb south of lake monroe all the way up to mullet lake.

 

[m slayton]

i got my fly rod cause i heard we get a really narly shad run and i'd like to catch a few on my fly rod do you have an idea on what fly to get or use also a fly for the mullet too would be cool when the cat rods are out i can try n catch more bait via fly rod . or perhaps if you have any of those big shad left you can open a belly and find out what color items are in there guts and i can tie my own fly using those colors. just a thought

 

[Boarhead69]

I use 7/8 oz jigging spoons for the shad.I make them myself this color smoked them last year. As for shad flies johnsons bait on 46 can help you out there. I fly fish but not for shad this spoon will out fish the fly guys 3 to 1.

 

[m slayton]

I use 7/8 oz jigging spoons for the shad.I make them myself this color smoked them last year. As for shad flies johnsons bait on 46 can help you out there. I fly fish but not for shad this spoon will out fish the fly guys 3 to 1.


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any chance you got a few extras made? or will you be making any more soon ? if so any chance you'll make a few extras and let me donate a few bucks to the cause LOL either via matt77 or if we all get to meet up . also can the spoon be tied on a fly rod and be used properely ? ty for the info my friend reps on the way

 

[Boarhead69]

any chance you got a few extras made? or will you be making any more soon ? if so any chance you'll make a few extras and let me donate a few bucks to the cause LOL either via matt77 or if we all get to meet up . also can the spoon be tied on a fly rod and be used properely ? ty for the info my friend reps on the way

When I make some I will give you some it's to damn hot to fire up the lead pot right now.
I do it in a outside shed and when it's 100 outside i sweat my ass off and cant have it dripping in that hot pot.
As for using on a fly rod it's to heavy I use a light to medium spinning with 20 lb power pro and it works great. The reason for the heavier line is I do catch stripers during the shad run in the winter. Nothing big so far only up to 11 lbs.

 

[m slayton]

When I make some I will give you some it's to damn hot to fire up the lead pot right now.
I do it in a outside shed and when it's 100 outside i sweat my ass off and cant have it dripping in that hot pot.
As for using on a fly rod it's to heavy I use a light to medium spinning with 20 lb power pro and it works great. The reason for the heavier line is I do catch stripers during the shad run in the winter. Nothing big so far only up to 11 lbs.

haha i had no clue you actually poured them too WOW , no problem and if you figure out the labor and stuff involved please add up some numbers and i'll gladly pay you for them.
also do you catch shad year round or on;y during the shad run in the winter time?

never been crazy about shad or had any luck catching them and used very little as bait , maybe thats what we should use ty again boar .

also i can stop by the local junk yard and see about looting the tire weights if you run short LOL i gave them so many cars cookie is pretty cool about letting me have lil items .

 

[Boarhead69]

haha i had no clue you actually poured them too WOW , no problem and if you figure out the labor and stuff involved please add up some numbers and i'll gladly pay you for them.
also do you catch shad year round or on;y during the shad run in the winter time?

never been crazy about shad or had any luck catching them and used very little as bait , maybe thats what we should use ty again boar .

also i can stop by the local junk yard and see about looting the tire weights if you run short LOL i gave them so many cars cookie is pretty cool about letting me have lil items .

Once I make them I will let you know. As for american shad they start around jan and stay maybe through march. Shad for bait is ok around here but I don't have a favorite bait for the St john's. I have used it all and still catch nice channels.
When its not so hot we do alot of hog hunting and use the scraps for bait (liver,heart,kidneys) they usually work pretty good.

 

[m slayton]

cool man ty again , also i have noticed the same thing about them not being picky or having a prefered bait , i first started using frozen shinners and the cats were loving them , then i listened to matt77 and started using blue gills and have same results if the cats are in the area they will eat either one, just no luck with liver or hot dogs lol or maybe your catching them all befor we get there HAHAHAH gl