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Can someone recommend the best way to fish DOA shrimp. I never had a lot of luck with these lures.

Thanks

I'm sure someone will reply S-L-O-W, but I've never had any luck with them either. Give me a jig anyday!

Never done anything on them either. Maybe it is lack of patience. From what I hear, LESS is better. And SLOW is best. They were developed for Tampa Bay, where fishing pressure is much greater than here. The fish around here just aren't that finicky, that I have found.

Use jigs..

I used the DOA quite a bit last year. I found the best luck with putting it about 18 inches below the small Cajun Thunder in extreme skinny water (1-2 foot) I caught a few large trout. The problem is; it's not very durable and the pin fish and little rock bass tear it up pretty fast. At almost $3.00 each, it don't take long for you to get tired of it.

I hear that CS. I did have good catches of Spanish Mackerel with a DOA. Fish behind a thunder. I would give it a couple of good jerks and let it sit. They where slamming it pretty good. I also caught a few short trout. But your right, at 3.00 a pop they don't last very long.

I have used the DOA Nightglow shrimp, to very good effect in Apalach and St Joe Bay.
Fished up to 3' beneath a Cajun Thunder, slow jerky retrieve, with variations.
Or, freelined and twitching it back across the bottom.

Old Dog swears by them and he ain,t often wrong.

I have had success bumping them along bottom while others in boat fishing live shrimp and gigs had no response...they're ok I think....

I like to use the 1/4 oz DOA shrimp. As for colors, I like the pearl, the "niteglow," chartreuse, and pank. I raely use a popping cork or Cajun Thunder type cork. I most often cast as far as I can, let it settle to the bottom, and retrieve it back very slowly, much like you would with a plastic worm when bass fishing. I'll give it a twitch now and then too.

Cranfield, please call my wife and explain about the "Ain't often wrong" thing. She'd like to hear it from someone else than myself.
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