Working deep into the Florida backcountry helps you find some fish that don’t see many boats and the fish are hungry. This means the fish are aggressive to topwater plugs. Here’s a recent trip out where I got on to a really good topwater bite!
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2.5” zman ned shrimp. High pressured areas I’m throwing 16-12lb leader for reds.
hey man, i’ve always had great luck on a 3 inch gulp swimming mullet with a red quarter ounce standup jig head. Maybe 30 pound leader. Never met a red that didn’t like a gulp bounced on the bottom
If an nlbn won’t work, those stubborn reds will always pick up a piece of cut mullet free lined with a light Floro 25lb leader
You guys and all that sun protection clothing is an absolute joke!
Very nice show, thanks! Looking forward to viewing your next episode.
For the situation you described; either a live shrimp or cut pin fish should entice that red fish to bite
What is considered backcountry?
Just came across your video in my reccomended ones. What area of Fl do you fish? Almost time for those beach snook to be caught.. nice video and new sub to you!
Bull shark at 3:56 is exactly why I don't put my hands in the water when releasing a fish. I've seen those things come out from under the boat and eat the released fish, that far back you'd be in big trouble if bit.
no treble hooks allowed for Snook or Reds.
That was a challenging one because the fish popped up already really close to the boat and didn’t hang around long. But I have done really well sightfishing reds with freelined cut bait. I’ll use a 20-30lb fluorocarbon leader and a size 3 gamagatsu nautilus circle hook. I find on days when they don’t seem as interested in artificial or are skittish a nice piece of cut mullet will get them. Tight lines brotha💪
Swim bait Texas rigged!
Salt Strong Power Prawn Jr. Natural color rigged weedless on a screw lock hook. Cast great even weightless and lands soft. Also, a great bait to blind cast and cover water. Close runner-up would be a ned rig.
Cut pinfish… all fins and head snipped off. Free line. Throw it 10 yards in front of em. Seems to work here in Tampa
Where you at here?
Small paddle tail or curly tail plastic. A Buggs lure? For sure not a surface lure. 😝
Beautiful country. That red was already spooked by the time you saw it. It would have been incredibly unlikely to get it to eat under those conditions. However, given the opportunity, I would have gone with my lightest salt gear which is rated at 8-12 lb with a small grub plastic (1.5 inch).
Live bait fish if they won’t eat that they won’t eat anything
Nosehooked gulp shrimp, no weight for the spooked fish
Would have been a challenge to get that Red in most situations as it acted like it saw the boat. For me personally I'd do the lightest 3" paddletail or shrimp (like an EZ ShrimpZ) with minimal splash upon entering the water, but for most in that area they'd soak a cut pinfish.
Fly rod. WS HM up skirt fly!
To catch that red I'd use a Carolina rig with a finger mullet.
Just found your channel for the first time and it’s funny how similarly we fish! Congrats on hitting 1k, I just hit 1k earlier this week also. Let me know if your ever in the Nature coast area and want to collaborate on a vid 🤙🏽