Bait in the Carrabelle River

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Bait in the Carrabelle River

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Anyone know what kind of bait was flipping in the river Saturday? They were flipping from the mouth to the No Wake zone and my sonar was showing clouds of bait but my 6' cast net yielded NADA.
Water was too dark to see more than a few inches below the surface.
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No idea. I threw a net a few times as well. Nada.

The birds were having a field day though, whatever it was. I figured it was too tiny for me to catch any.
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We were both wondering the same thing. We watched them flip all morning as we strolled down the Riverfront Festival. I was more interested in what was in the river than the festival :roll: .
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LY's You need a really fast sinking net to catch them.
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Went threw the river Monday and the dolphins were tearing them up whatever is was. Ended up catching bunch of grunts and red snapper off dog island reef. Water was slick as I’ve ever seen it. Went out 20 miles to the tower and saw a mako 18ft flats boat fishing out there. Got kind of choppy coming in I know they took a beating.
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"Alewives", please say "Alewives". Much better than "LYs" -- as in "Oh, izzat thuh real name? I done thought they was sayin LYs !"
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BlindHog wrote:"Alewives", please say "Alewives". Much better than "LYs" -- as in "Oh, izzat thuh real name? I done thought they was sayin LYs !"
yep. they are tiny this time of year. 1/4" mesh net might get them but they are so small all they would be good for is chum.
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BlindHog wrote:"Alewives", please say "Alewives". Much better than "LYs" -- as in "Oh, izzat thuh real name? I done thought they was sayin LYs !"
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My buddy was calling them greenbacks. I said they were Alewives. We looked it up and the they are different. Do we have greenbacks up here as well?
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onefishtwofish wrote:My buddy was calling them greenbacks. I said they were Alewives. We looked it up and the they are different. Do we have greenbacks up here as well?
Yes, I’ve heard of threadfins and pilchards called greenbacks. Both are here when it warms up
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You have Gulf menhaden, thread herring, and pilchards. Different fish but all good bait.

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BlindHog wrote:"Alewives", please say "Alewives". Much better than "LYs" -- as in "Oh, izzat thuh real name? I done thought they was sayin LYs !"
If you go into any bait store and ask for LY's They know what you are talking about. In the south we sometimes spell like we talk. Got it Buba!
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I’m pretty sure the boxes I bought at Crums were printed as LY’s but I wouldn’t swear to it...
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zload wrote:I’m pretty sure the boxes I bought at Crums were printed as LY’s but I wouldn’t swear to it...
Most likely it did say LY's. You would find it hard to find a local or anyone working in a bait shop that could even spell "Alewives". Sorry folks but that is how it is in Franklin County Florida.
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Menhaden, pogy, bunker, LY...all different names for the same fish, in our case the gulf menhaden. For the record, I think an alewife is a different type of baitfish.
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