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Salty Gator wrote:Are y’all catching the puffers on live bait? We’ve been fishing the refuge every weekend since March ( too windy to get offshore) and haven’t caught a single one. Plenty of reds and trout, but no trash fish.
Consider yourself lucky. I’ve been catching them on artificial. Watched one chomp down on my hooks and bend them beyond repair, while trying to de-hook.
Salty Gator wrote:Are y’all catching the puffers on live bait? We’ve been fishing the refuge every weekend since March ( too windy to get offshore) and haven’t caught a single one. Plenty of reds and trout, but no trash fish.
I can't get out if the damn things. They've destroyed a bunch of tackle and a net for me.
Salty Gator wrote:Are y’all catching the puffers on live bait? We’ve been fishing the refuge every weekend since March ( too windy to get offshore) and haven’t caught a single one. Plenty of reds and trout, but no trash fish.
I can't get out if the damn things. They've destroyed a bunch of tackle and a net for me.