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Got a cabin at PLO for the weekend. Spent Saturday morning trolling soft and hard baits occasionally stopping to jig around some structure. Nothing. Not wanting to smell like skunk I hit the oyster bed and bottom fished. After throwing back my 2nd 10" croaker, I called it a day and returned to camp for some beer.
Sunday I decided I'd skip the trolling and head straight out for some bottom fishing. The croaker were biting, but again they were barely legal. At one point I was drifting into a mess of crab pots so I needed to readjust. Too lazy to pull in my lines I turned the motor up just enough to keep them from snagging the bottom as I moved the yak back into position.
And that's when she hit. A nice 13" croaker on a single hook with a slip sinker. A first for me. I've always caught croaker bottom fishing, never trolling. But if that's what works....
Threw it back out and soon I had another.... and another... all between 11-15". Landed an even dozen (it would have been thirteen but one jumped out of my hands). Great day. Had to stop fishing so I would have enough time to clean them before dinner.
Drifted in about 15 feet of water with FishBites Bloodworm, Shrimp, & Crab. The crab flavor produced the most hits.
Sunday I decided I'd skip the trolling and head straight out for some bottom fishing. The croaker were biting, but again they were barely legal. At one point I was drifting into a mess of crab pots so I needed to readjust. Too lazy to pull in my lines I turned the motor up just enough to keep them from snagging the bottom as I moved the yak back into position.
And that's when she hit. A nice 13" croaker on a single hook with a slip sinker. A first for me. I've always caught croaker bottom fishing, never trolling. But if that's what works....
Threw it back out and soon I had another.... and another... all between 11-15". Landed an even dozen (it would have been thirteen but one jumped out of my hands). Great day. Had to stop fishing so I would have enough time to clean them before dinner.
Drifted in about 15 feet of water with FishBites Bloodworm, Shrimp, & Crab. The crab flavor produced the most hits.
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