Great video. Not sure about all the negative comments. We used a similar setup down at Port Aranasas and had great luck. The guy we fished with was pretty particular about putting the hook by the anal fin as you mentioned. Top notch video. I grew up in MN freshwater fishing walleyes. Appreciate the tips and the video. Great job!
Interesting video, here in Rockport TX many of us use the croaker on free line in the grass flats, nothing but a hook on braid, works well. Also, depends on season, during spring and fall, shrimp is best, dead heat of summer, the small ones hit the shrimp, but trophy size hit only the croaker. Weight is best only in surf areas where they are hitting now, august time frame.
I love fishing croaker. Try adding a chatter weight to your popping cork. Approx 5 " below the end of the popping cork then your 18 to 20" liter tied to chatter. Works pretty well.
No craoker do get big,about like whiting.Excellent eating,we use to cathc them by the hundreds..when running w/shrimp in SC. The first time I used them for bait was in Texas. Awesome fishing in Baffin Bay with them.
If there are trout hanging around the pier, it will work just fine. For trout, we also use live finger mullet and shrimp under a cork. When pier fishing, try mashing up the dead bait from the live well as a chum. When you are on the pier, you gotta get the fish to come to you.
There is a fall spawn as well as a spring spawn. Time of day that is best will depend on the moon phase (normally). If you are not familiar with the waters in this area, hiring a guide is always the best way to get on fish. Steve Schultze, Byron Hough, Joey Farah, Butch White all are serious Pros. I have fished will all of these guys, and they are my personal friends. They are some of the best on the water in this area. Jetties are great for redfish and kingfish in Aug.
The baitrunner in the video is a Thunnus by Shimano. They also make one called The Baitrunner. Both are great reels. Good luck in Port Lavaca, I have heard there are some lunkers swimming around there.
I don't know what canal you live on, but we catch some bad ass trout in the corpus christi/ padre island canals in the winter. Not so much in the summer, but some BIG pigs winter. Especially if there are under water lights. The big trout will hang out on the edges of the lights and ambush bait that swim across. Fish the edges of lights, if any. If not, use a depth finder and fish deeper pockets of the channels.
Depends on the lure. But generally you want to be quick on the hook set with lures. Topwaters, spoons, swim baits, crankbaits, and almost any hard bait, set the hook quick like bass fishing. Sometimes on scented soft plastics you have to decipher the difference between a bump and thump. If they bump the tail, twitch the bait, and don't set too fast until you feel a better thump, then set. Don't let them hang on to the lure too long, or they will spit it.
hey malak great videos, this is fishing gold for aspiring sport fisherman, like myself. I am definitely a guilty of getting excited and ripping the bait out, i will definitely remember ur advice. My wife and I always stop through the store for ammo or just to browse. Its a greaT local shop.
South Texas. I live in Corpus Christi. We fish from Aransas Bay all the way south to the Baffin Bay and the 'Land Cut.' We catch big trout along that entire spread.
I'm loving the fishing tips for flounder and trout. Any suggestions for heavy current and severe hang ups? I live near Carolina Beach NC and there's a spot called Snow's Cut that at one time produced the state record Flounder but fishing there is almost impossible due to heavy rip currents and massive amounts busted concrete and submerged logs. I've resorted to break away weights,which,is nothing more than a 8 lb piece of mono to hold my weight. It's helped a bit but... Any thoughts?
good job---yes it works , I had a soft body croaker so I had to hook them below the spine . Also when sun came out and water got hot they were gone and it was only 8am . Any idea how to se croaker in the jetties with lots of rocks to get hang up on .
The Croaker that you used for demonstration on how to hook it kind of looks like a spot. Believe It or Not Another good bait for bottom feeders is bacon I tried it it works like a champ
as far as location, its hard to say this far in advanced, but with the Aug heat, the early morning is good in the flats, and if the water temp gets to high, you will want to look for 4-5 feet of water, channel drop offs, deeper holes, etc. Good luck.
Cool video. I live in North East Florida. I don't know any bait stores that sell live Croaker for bait. I would love to try this bait in the spring. Most trout fishing here is done on popping corks with either live shrimp or mullet. Anyway, great video.
Can you tell me what kind of baitrunner reel you have in the video? I use a shimano symetry but it doesn't have the free spool feature yours does. I also use the citica and curado baitcasters. We just got a place close to port lavaca so we will have access to plenty of spots down where you fish. I'm going to set up my leader like the one you have in the video and let you know how it goes. I'm going to try keller bay this weekend & maybe head south to espiritu bay or cavallo pass. Thanks again!
I don't know how deep the location: for 3-7 feet of water try a popping cork that has a leader a foot shallower than the water depth. Use a slightly weighted hook (maybe a jighead or split shot) to keep the bait down and just point the rod with the current. For deeper water, look at Break-A-Way tackle's spider weights, they hold really well, and the spider hooks 'collapse' so that you don't loose the weight, but will not get super snagged. We use them in the surf, they rock. Good luck.
Does this apply to lures as well when fishing for trout or reds to let them run with the bait a few seconds? I'm so used to bass and new to salt water so like you say everytime I felt a thump I'd set the hook.
Like dagger/ ransom/ pelican island. Thats a great spot. The trout hang out in the grass, but if cast into the sand pocket, it makes the bait visible to the trout, and easily ambushed. If you are casting into the grass; cast, let the bait settle, and then don't retrieve the line, just remove the slack, and let the bait soak. You will not get grassed up so quickly. Godd luck.
Hey Malak, I'm new to CC and learning saltwater fishing as fast as I can. A couple of quick questions, if you don't mind. What is the best size for croaker? I've seen them from 2" to pretty dang big. Also, if you have perch or mullet, do you fish them in a similar configuration? Thanks!
Great video!!! i plan on coming down to padre island in mid Aug. will i have luck with it not being spawning season!!! I dont spend alot of time down there and only fish on port isabel peir. This has been a family vacation location for years. can you tell me where i can have better luck fishing. day or night and when is a good time to fish. i hear the jetties are a good location. i googled a map to get there. im coming from Fort Hood.
Great video what are the tools on your left the one on the lanyard and the other two? Is one a fishing knot tie tool and if so what are the names and brands of the three tools thanks.
The Tie-Fast large and small (nail knot tool) and Abel fly reels nippers. Then VanStaal Pliers. Tie-fast large is for 40lb+ mono and small for under 40lb.
honestly, unless you are chucking dead bait in a channel for drum, I would suggest getting some waders. We wade fish all the time with no boat, just a truck. Nothing gives you a better 'feel' of what the bay floor and structure like wade fishing. Look for wind blown shorelines, look for oyster reefs, bait, etc. Good luck.
I have tried this method recommended by a semipro fisherman with a party of 4 waders at East Matagorda Bay and limited two days in July while most of the other 200 tournament fishermen did not.
From what I understand, large trout are specific about where and when they spawn. Any yes they spawn in a flat, a small area of with the right conditions. They also hang around that small flat area. If the croaker is in the area, they will kill it. Pin perch are good bait, but no where near as effective as croaker. The pin fish does not produce the monster trout that croaker can, nor does shrimp. It is what it is.
First, a chatter weight will improve your catch rate over just a weight, I promise. We wade croaker, it works GREAT. You need a really good bait bucket, you can kill the croaker if they are too crowded. A large tow behind bait well will help keep them lively and health. Other than that, any where you fish for trout, try throwing some croaker, if the larger trout are there, they will work. Work them slow and don't move too quickly, they take a little time to work. Good luck.
ModernPawn usually has some keen insight on some tactics, however they kinda missed their mark on this one. I will not lie, I started using that Procure gel because of one of their videos.. We call it the "The Juice." Drop some juice on dat chit.. However, you can't make a presentation about the best bait for trout without mentioning Piggy Perch.. Piggies are their natural, "year-round," arch-enemy.. I am not talking about Pin Perch or PinFish. In Florida they call Piggy Perch, Grunts.. That is the optimum bait.. They are to be free-lined just like Croaker, however we Whap 'Em every 10 to 20 secs, HAARRDD!! It drags that hook in them and makes them croak or grunt, would'nt you if you had a hook in ya and someone is tugging at it.. 4/0 Kahle is way too small. My brother wouldn't let you on the boat with that.. We use 6/0 and 7/0s only.. Big hooks for big trout.. I have seen on too many occasions Piggies have consistently outfished Croaker.. All of the best guides, if they can, get half Croaker and half Pigs for their trips in the summer.. Including our good friend Capt. Joey Farah.. My brother is a successful guide who works very closely with Capt. Farah.. ModernPawn has great production and clarity with their videos.. They have also produced footage of nice fish, I am not hating, just the conjoining of ideas..
ive been fishin down in port oconnor tx for about a month now, its pretty much all 3-4 feet of water all around. catchin good trout, no reds at all. usin live shrimp has worked best but i wanna try some croaker. everyone here says all you need it a hook and a weight and thats it. how should i fish live croaker in shallow water while wading???
When you fish in shallow water with live bait, you can hook a bait directly to a hook. Do not use a weight!!! Without weight, the bait will swim freely and this allow you to cover more area.
dude, why are you arguing? Look at the size of those trout they are catching! If he told me he was catching those on spare tires, well none of my vehicles would have spare tires anymore. Please by all means post a video of you catching trout this size. ModernPawn, hungry bite or instinct/defense bite good video bro!
For all those that think I am wrong. Don't just say 'there is no evidence.' Prove your hypothesis right. My hypothesis is that spawning trout eat croaker not just for food. If all they wanted to do was eat, then any opportunistic food source should work as well as the next. This is not the case. If they just wanted to eat, then shrimp, mullet, shad, mud minnows, piggy perch, pin fish, blah, blah blah will work excellent. Not the case. Something about croaker works better. My hypothesis.
Michael Foskey not that I know but i would think if you don't have croakers in the environment they may or may not work. But I would be more concerned about introducing a new species that eats trout eggs. if by slim chance they did take hold you could reduce the amount of trout overall ?
Well, any trout over 25inches is considered oversized in Texas, and the limit is one per person. We only keep oversized trout (over 25) if they are gut hooked or will not survive. Smaller legal trout, are still mature and sexually reproductive so we try and catch and release as often as we can. Understanding where fish spawn is just part of the puzzle to finding large trout. So, yes this is a responsible way of harvesting fish.
I like the way you discuss the instinctual behavior of them as a species LOL but at least next time don't start in a gun shop got me all distracted looking around behind you but speckled trout especially to females should have a cop-out slot limit like drum here in North Carolina just imagine if every twenty five inch trout was put back maybe then we could all land a dirty 30
Croaker are good to use until they bait stand no longer has them. The later you go into summer, the larger the croaker get at the bait stand, until they are to big to use, and they no longer sell them. Use them while they have them.
Croakers are not enemies of speckled trout! The trout spawn and spread eggs all over the place and could care less if they ever see their eggs again, therefore, when there are croaker around, the trout eat them because they are just another food source for them. Female, nor do male trout, guard their eggs. All trout care about is eating, and spawning. They follow the food and congregate in areas with shallow waters, and high salinity to spawn during the full moons in the spring and summer and
Also you will catch more trout if you don't use a sliding egg weight. Once croaker hit the water they will swim right to the bottom so using a weight is pointless and you will get hung up with grass a lot more when you use a weight. Chatter weights are fine but using a egg weight only hinders things even more. I have not found glass beads to increase the success rate of catching fish either. You can have one guy using beads and one guy not using them and the guy with beads won't catch any more fish than the guy without them.
shit, i just came back from seawolf and i had no luck on specs on live shrimp and a popping cork. didn't even think about using croakers as live bait... fuck me.
Mr_Drizzlemaster live shrimp on a popping cork. your leader should depend on the tide, and trout comes and go so you usually have a small window to catch them. the first two lights on the pier is where you want to be, on the left side. the slab is also a good place to fish. the slab is along the parking lot, you'll know what im talking about when you see it. oh, and i usually leave preferably around 7 pm and fish there all night and come back in the morning. if you see an asian guy that's 5'11 with a camo hat usually wearing a white tennis shirt, come say hi :D
The biggest croakers I've seen are probably like 6" but I wouldn't doubt they get big enough to eat. One time I caught a perch at the packery channel jetties and it was a freaking foot long! That was the biggest perch I've ever seen. It was like the size of a dinner plate modernpawn
Good rigging vid, but it's non scientific that trout hit the croakers to protect their eggs, they deposit them, are fertilized & the trout don't care afterwards is the other belief. I couldn't care why so long I'm catching them & again, good rigging video.
Croaker eat trout eggs?? Lmao no sir.. A myth, fishermens tale. They simply eat smaller bottom feeders like drum love spot. Croakers in the Chesapeake bay get big enough to filet and eat. Striper love them also. Trout are predators like drum and striper to these bottom feeders.
I would put a money bet that croaker out fishes ANY bait for big trout. Any bait; shrimp, pinfish, mullet, mud minnow, shad, you name it. I know a few marine biologists, and the HYPOTHESIS, is that it is an instinctual defense mechanism. Now again, its a guess. But if it was just about eating, any bait should work equally as well, and I promise you, it does not.
Where is the evidence that trout don't care about croaker, except for food? For large spawning female trout (trophy trout) there is nothing that will catch them as well as croaker, PERIOD. Nothing. Fresh dead croaker don't work very well at all. That is evidence that they want to kill the croaker. They feed off cycle, like any time of the day. Evidence that they want to kill the croaker. They pass on easier targets, like shrimp and finger mullet. Evidence. Prove me wrong..
Where is the evidence that croaker eat trout eggs? There is non bro.. Some old timer made this stuff up after a few beers with his buddies some time back and thought it made sense.. Next thing you know guys like you think they have so called "knowledge" about the subject..
You would think if you were going to make a video talking about croaker fishing that you would get your facts straight and not say that croaker get eaten by trout because they eat the trout's eggs. It's a complete myth that trout eat croaker because the croaker eat the trout eggs. Croaker are simply food to a trout and nothing more.
Sizuper Those guns are pure evil. If you watch this video several times they will jump off the shelves and kill numerous people then clean themselves and be back on the shelves the next day for business. You are a idiot!
Great video. Not sure about all the negative comments. We used a similar setup down at Port Aranasas and had great luck. The guy we fished with was pretty particular about putting the hook by the anal fin as you mentioned. Top notch video. I grew up in MN freshwater fishing walleyes. Appreciate the tips and the video. Great job!
Interesting video, here in Rockport TX many of us use the croaker on free
line in the grass flats, nothing but a hook on braid, works well. Also, depends on season, during spring and fall, shrimp is best, dead heat of summer, the small ones hit the shrimp, but trophy size hit only the croaker. Weight is best only in surf areas where they are hitting now, august time frame.
I love fishing croaker. Try adding a chatter weight to your popping cork. Approx 5 " below the end of the popping cork then your 18 to 20" liter tied to chatter. Works pretty well.
No craoker do get big,about like whiting.Excellent eating,we use to cathc them by the hundreds..when running w/shrimp in SC. The first time I used them for bait was in Texas.
Awesome fishing in Baffin Bay with them.
If there are trout hanging around the pier, it will work just fine. For trout, we also use live finger mullet and shrimp under a cork. When pier fishing, try mashing up the dead bait from the live well as a chum. When you are on the pier, you gotta get the fish to come to you.
There is a fall spawn as well as a spring spawn. Time of day that is best will depend on the moon phase (normally). If you are not familiar with the waters in this area, hiring a guide is always the best way to get on fish. Steve Schultze, Byron Hough, Joey Farah, Butch White all are serious Pros. I have fished will all of these guys, and they are my personal friends. They are some of the best on the water in this area. Jetties are great for redfish and kingfish in Aug.
The baitrunner in the video is a Thunnus by Shimano. They also make one called The Baitrunner. Both are great reels. Good luck in Port Lavaca, I have heard there are some lunkers swimming around there.
Great video! I'll have to try that up here in NC
This looks so fun! I love big Specks!
I don't know what canal you live on, but we catch some bad ass trout in the corpus christi/ padre island canals in the winter. Not so much in the summer, but some BIG pigs winter. Especially if there are under water lights. The big trout will hang out on the edges of the lights and ambush bait that swim across. Fish the edges of lights, if any. If not, use a depth finder and fish deeper pockets of the channels.
Excellent demonstration. Thank you.
Depends on the lure. But generally you want to be quick on the hook set with lures. Topwaters, spoons, swim baits, crankbaits, and almost any hard bait, set the hook quick like bass fishing. Sometimes on scented soft plastics you have to decipher the difference between a bump and thump. If they bump the tail, twitch the bait, and don't set too fast until you feel a better thump, then set. Don't let them hang on to the lure too long, or they will spit it.
hey malak great videos, this is fishing gold for aspiring sport fisherman, like myself. I am definitely a guilty of getting excited and ripping the bait out, i will definitely remember ur advice. My wife and I always stop through the store for ammo or just to browse. Its a greaT local shop.
South Texas. I live in Corpus Christi. We fish from Aransas Bay all the way south to the Baffin Bay and the 'Land Cut.' We catch big trout along that entire spread.
I'm loving the fishing tips for flounder and trout. Any suggestions for heavy current and severe hang ups? I live near Carolina Beach NC and there's a spot called Snow's Cut that at one time produced the state record Flounder but fishing there is almost impossible due to heavy rip currents and massive amounts busted concrete and submerged logs. I've resorted to break away weights,which,is nothing more than a 8 lb piece of mono to hold my weight. It's helped a bit but... Any thoughts?
good job---yes it works , I had a soft body croaker so I had to hook them below the spine . Also when sun came out and water got hot they were gone and it was only 8am . Any idea how to se croaker in the jetties with lots of rocks to get hang up on .
The Croaker that you used for demonstration on how to hook it kind of looks like a spot. Believe It or Not Another good bait for bottom feeders is bacon I tried it it works like a champ
Nice fishing rods in the background you know what I mean that's kind of Arsenal I need
as far as location, its hard to say this far in advanced, but with the Aug heat, the early morning is good in the flats, and if the water temp gets to high, you will want to look for 4-5 feet of water, channel drop offs, deeper holes, etc. Good luck.
Cool video. I live in North East Florida. I don't know any bait stores that sell live Croaker for bait. I would love to try this bait in the spring. Most trout fishing here is done on popping corks with either live shrimp or mullet. Anyway, great video.
Can you tell me what kind of baitrunner reel you have in the video? I use a shimano symetry but it doesn't have the free spool feature yours does. I also use the citica and curado baitcasters. We just got a place close to port lavaca so we will have access to plenty of spots down where you fish. I'm going to set up my leader like the one you have in the video and let you know how it goes. I'm going to try keller bay this weekend & maybe head south to espiritu bay or cavallo pass. Thanks again!
I don't know how deep the location:
for 3-7 feet of water try a popping cork that has a leader a foot shallower than the water depth. Use a slightly weighted hook (maybe a jighead or split shot) to keep the bait down and just point the rod with the current.
For deeper water, look at Break-A-Way tackle's spider weights, they hold really well, and the spider hooks 'collapse' so that you don't loose the weight, but will not get super snagged. We use them in the surf, they rock. Good luck.
I'm in Galveston...little early for croaker per every bait camp. Any tips on bait for trout this time of year? Shrimp ok? Special rig set-up? Thanks.
Awesome Video. Really informative.
Where do you get the chatter weights. ( I'm in NC) Also what size of chatter weight
would live croaker be as effective from a pier where there is no grass flats? If not what would be the best bait from the pier?..
Excellent & very well presented; for guy's like myself who want to understand the logic behind the lesson. I'll be looking for more....Thks.
Forgot to ask, do you ever use a popping cork like a Cajun thunder with the rattle weight?
not really, too much stuff on the cork makes them want to tangle. The cajun thunder with the brass beads makes enough racket by itself.
Does this apply to lures as well when fishing for trout or reds to let them run with the bait a few seconds? I'm so used to bass and new to salt water so like you say everytime I felt a thump I'd set the hook.
Great! Thanks for the tips, subscribed and appreciate the shared experience.
Like dagger/ ransom/ pelican island. Thats a great spot. The trout hang out in the grass, but if cast into the sand pocket, it makes the bait visible to the trout, and easily ambushed. If you are casting into the grass; cast, let the bait settle, and then don't retrieve the line, just remove the slack, and let the bait soak. You will not get grassed up so quickly. Godd luck.
Hey Malak, I'm new to CC and learning saltwater fishing as fast as I can. A couple of quick questions, if you don't mind. What is the best size for croaker? I've seen them from 2" to pretty dang big. Also, if you have perch or mullet, do you fish them in a similar configuration? Thanks!
Great video!!! i plan on coming down to padre island in mid Aug. will i have luck with it not being spawning season!!! I dont spend alot of time down there and only fish on port isabel peir. This has been a family vacation location for years. can you tell me where i can have better luck fishing. day or night and when is a good time to fish. i hear the jetties are a good location. i googled a map to get there. im coming from Fort Hood.
Great video what are the tools on your left the one on the lanyard and the other two? Is one a fishing knot tie tool and if so what are the names and brands of the three tools thanks.
The Tie-Fast large and small (nail knot tool) and Abel fly reels nippers. Then VanStaal Pliers. Tie-fast large is for 40lb+ mono and small for under 40lb.
one of the best videos I have seen. do you have any tips for fishing from the shoreline?
honestly, unless you are chucking dead bait in a channel for drum, I would suggest getting some waders. We wade fish all the time with no boat, just a truck. Nothing gives you a better 'feel' of what the bay floor and structure like wade fishing. Look for wind blown shorelines, look for oyster reefs, bait, etc. Good luck.
Awesome tips, how about summer, July trout & croaker baiting?
We also have some great land spots to hit if u dont have a boat in palacios or u could hit some of our big marshes
I have tried this method recommended by a semipro fisherman with a party of 4 waders at East Matagorda Bay
and limited two days in July while most of the other 200 tournament fishermen did not.
From what I understand, large trout are specific about where and when they spawn. Any yes they spawn in a flat, a small area of with the right conditions. They also hang around that small flat area. If the croaker is in the area, they will kill it. Pin perch are good bait, but no where near as effective as croaker. The pin fish does not produce the monster trout that croaker can, nor does shrimp. It is what it is.
First, a chatter weight will improve your catch rate over just a weight, I promise. We wade croaker, it works GREAT. You need a really good bait bucket, you can kill the croaker if they are too crowded. A large tow behind bait well will help keep them lively and health. Other than that, any where you fish for trout, try throwing some croaker, if the larger trout are there, they will work. Work them slow and don't move too quickly, they take a little time to work. Good luck.
ModernPawn usually has some keen insight on some tactics, however they kinda missed their mark on this one. I will not lie, I started using that Procure gel because of one of their videos.. We call it the "The Juice." Drop some juice on dat chit.. However, you can't make a presentation about the best bait for trout without mentioning Piggy Perch.. Piggies are their natural, "year-round," arch-enemy.. I am not talking about Pin Perch or PinFish. In Florida they call Piggy Perch, Grunts.. That is the optimum bait.. They are to be free-lined just like Croaker, however we Whap 'Em every 10 to 20 secs, HAARRDD!! It drags that hook in them and makes them croak or grunt, would'nt you if you had a hook in ya and someone is tugging at it.. 4/0 Kahle is way too small. My brother wouldn't let you on the boat with that.. We use 6/0 and 7/0s only.. Big hooks for big trout.. I have seen on too many occasions Piggies have consistently outfished Croaker.. All of the best guides, if they can, get half Croaker and half Pigs for their trips in the summer.. Including our good friend Capt. Joey Farah.. My brother is a successful guide who works very closely with Capt. Farah.. ModernPawn has great production and clarity with their videos.. They have also produced footage of nice fish, I am not hating, just the conjoining of ideas..
You'll think ill have any chance catching some nice big trout behind the beach house ? ( The canal i think )
Great information! Thanks!
ive been fishin down in port oconnor tx for about a month now, its pretty much all 3-4 feet of water all around. catchin good trout, no reds at all. usin live shrimp has worked best but i wanna try some croaker. everyone here says all you need it a hook and a weight and thats it. how should i fish live croaker in shallow water while wading???
What brand of fluorocarbon line are you using to make the croaker rigs?
YoZuri fluorocarbon.
cool video n nice fishn.
Excellent teaching sir thx.
When you fish in shallow water with live bait, you can hook a bait directly to a hook. Do not use a weight!!! Without weight, the bait will swim freely and this allow you to cover more area.
dude, why are you arguing? Look at the size of those trout they are catching! If he told me he was catching those on spare tires, well none of my vehicles would have spare tires anymore. Please by all means post a video of you catching trout this size. ModernPawn, hungry bite or instinct/defense bite good video bro!
What part of Texas do you fish
Great video. thanks
For all those that think I am wrong. Don't just say 'there is no evidence.' Prove your hypothesis right. My hypothesis is that spawning trout eat croaker not just for food. If all they wanted to do was eat, then any opportunistic food source should work as well as the next. This is not the case. If they just wanted to eat, then shrimp, mullet, shad, mud minnows, piggy perch, pin fish, blah, blah blah will work excellent. Not the case. Something about croaker works better. My hypothesis.
Will this still work in the Chesapeake bay in Maryland?
I would assume. I have used this technique in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Pacific, never fished that far north, but bet its worth a try.
Michael Foskey not that I know but i would think if you don't have croakers in the environment they may or may not work. But I would be more concerned about introducing a new species that eats trout eggs. if by slim chance they did take hold you could reduce the amount of trout overall ?
+glen felhaber waaay more croaker in the bay than trout, might just be too far north for large breeding trout
Michael Foskey I fish choptank River MD for croaker lots of fun
You should make a video on bull reds like this
I wonder does anyone know if the Spot Minnow is a merit all enemy to the trout too? It's close to the Croacker!
Question, do ya'll have any assault rifles in stock?
Carlos Trevino what is an assault rifle? Never heard of that? You possibly mean modern sporting rifle? Such as an AR15?
If I attack someone with a spoon that makes it an assault spoon. Assault is a verb based on the intentions of a individual.
Carlos Trevino he has assault pistols too.
To go along with assault rod n reels.
Carlos Trevino ha ha ha
Well, any trout over 25inches is considered oversized in Texas, and the limit is one per person. We only keep oversized trout (over 25) if they are gut hooked or will not survive. Smaller legal trout, are still mature and sexually reproductive so we try and catch and release as often as we can. Understanding where fish spawn is just part of the puzzle to finding large trout. So, yes this is a responsible way of harvesting fish.
I like the way you discuss the instinctual behavior of them as a species LOL but at least next time don't start in a gun shop got me all distracted looking around behind you but speckled trout especially to females should have a cop-out slot limit like drum here in North Carolina just imagine if every twenty five inch trout was put back maybe then we could all land a dirty 30
Croaker are good to use until they bait stand no longer has them. The later you go into summer, the larger the croaker get at the bait stand, until they are to big to use, and they no longer sell them. Use them while they have them.
Thanks
Croakers are not enemies of speckled trout! The trout spawn and spread eggs all over the place and could care less if they ever see their eggs again, therefore, when there are croaker around, the trout eat them because they are just another food source for them. Female, nor do male trout, guard their eggs. All trout care about is eating, and spawning. They follow the food and congregate in areas with shallow waters, and high salinity to spawn during the full moons in the spring and summer and
Thanks very helpful....
baitrunners are all i use now they work well
best video on the net. thanks/
I like the guns in the back ground
How would a female trout know who eats their eggs when they drop them and they float away without knowing who eats them or where they end up
Thank I'm goin to try that
where in texas are you ?
Yes Texas, Baffin Bay
Do y'all hace soñé baitrunners
baitrunner reels are really nice, I use a 8000 baitrunner for the jetties (jacks and kingfish)
Also you will catch more trout if you don't use a sliding egg weight. Once croaker hit the water they will swim right to the bottom so using a weight is pointless and you will get hung up with grass a lot more when you use a weight. Chatter weights are fine but using a egg weight only hinders things even more. I have not found glass beads to increase the success rate of catching fish either. You can have one guy using beads and one guy not using them and the guy with beads won't catch any more fish than the guy without them.
shit, i just came back from seawolf and i had no luck on specs on live shrimp and a popping cork. didn't even think about using croakers as live bait... fuck me.
you can catch Trout at Seawolf park?! if u can reply if u have to be on a boat or the pier..
Mr_Drizzlemaster caught from a boat in the land cut of the lower laguna madre
Mr_Drizzlemaster yeah you could catch trout there very early in the morning
like what time... and with what bait.. please reply thanks!
Mr_Drizzlemaster live shrimp on a popping cork. your leader should depend on the tide, and trout comes and go so you usually have a small window to catch them. the first two lights on the pier is where you want to be, on the left side. the slab is also a good place to fish. the slab is along the parking lot, you'll know what im talking about when you see it. oh, and i usually leave preferably around 7 pm and fish there all night and come back in the morning. if you see an asian guy that's 5'11 with a camo hat usually wearing a white tennis shirt, come say hi :D
Yeah me and my dad were catching 3lb 10in croaker in galvaston beaches on dead shrimp
Do you even fish bro?
I realy doubt those beads are glass; more likely hard plastic.
glass beads are available and they are glass, they also sell plastic.
some croakers are big enough to eat. i caught croakers on shrimp. by corpus christi texas.
Are you possibly mistaking a large croaker with a whiting?
Alessandro Lopez I have seen croaker large enough to eat, as well as whiting.
The biggest croakers I've seen are probably like 6" but I wouldn't doubt they get big enough to eat. One time I caught a perch at the packery channel jetties and it was a freaking foot long! That was the biggest perch I've ever seen. It was like the size of a dinner plate modernpawn
I caught croaker, between 12 to 14inches by corpus Christy texas on shrimp. about 2 species of croaker
golden croaker get bigger than 6" and are excellent to eat
Good rigging vid, but it's non scientific that trout hit the croakers to protect their eggs, they deposit them, are fertilized & the trout don't care afterwards is the other belief. I couldn't care why so long I'm catching them & again, good rigging video.
wonder if this will work in NC..?
I bet it would. I fish in the pamlico a few times a year. I'd love to hang a monster like these in the video.
And at times, once around the full moons.
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Croaker eat trout eggs?? Lmao no sir.. A myth, fishermens tale. They simply eat smaller bottom feeders like drum love spot. Croakers in the Chesapeake bay get big enough to filet and eat. Striper love them also. Trout are predators like drum and striper to these bottom feeders.
croaker do not eat trout eggs, thats a myth
I would put a money bet that croaker out fishes ANY bait for big trout. Any bait; shrimp, pinfish, mullet, mud minnow, shad, you name it. I know a few marine biologists, and the HYPOTHESIS, is that it is an instinctual defense mechanism. Now again, its a guess. But if it was just about eating, any bait should work equally as well, and I promise you, it does not.
Catching them while spawning is counter productive, control yourself before Wildlife & Fisheries puts rules in place to control you!
biggest line of B.S! croaker don't eat trout eggs! wtf!
Where is the evidence that trout don't care about croaker, except for food? For large spawning female trout (trophy trout) there is nothing that will catch them as well as croaker, PERIOD. Nothing. Fresh dead croaker don't work very well at all. That is evidence that they want to kill the croaker. They feed off cycle, like any time of the day. Evidence that they want to kill the croaker. They pass on easier targets, like shrimp and finger mullet. Evidence. Prove me wrong..
Where is the evidence that croaker eat trout eggs? There is non bro.. Some old timer made this stuff up after a few beers with his buddies some time back and thought it made sense.. Next thing you know guys like you think they have so called "knowledge" about the subject..
Fool the fish don't feed them. Lures are so much cheaper than live croaker.
What kind of lures are cheap? You mean soft plastics?
Croaker soakers
You would think if you were going to make a video talking about croaker fishing that you would get your facts straight and not say that croaker get eaten by trout because they eat the trout's eggs. It's a complete myth that trout eat croaker because the croaker eat the trout eggs. Croaker are simply food to a trout and nothing more.
Impossible to watch you talk about fishing in front of all those mass murder weapons. Vomitous.
Yes, cause those weapons murder people all the time. Makes perfect sense.
Sizuper Those guns are pure evil. If you watch this video several times they will jump off the shelves and kill numerous people then clean themselves and be back on the shelves the next day for business. You are a idiot!
***** Right!? I saw one grow legs the other day and walk across the street and kill someone. It was nuts.
Anthony Martinez Your telling me, these things are so dangerous that they piss off someone by just being filmed on TH-cam!
***** I agree. My SIG MK25 tends to leave on its own and commit crimes. It's nuts!