One Inshore Bait ?

[kygofish]

I'll be down to Shellpoint the 19th. I have a question some have allready answered. If you could only take one bait out with you inshore fishing what would it be?

[jsuber]

Topwater bait. Skitterwalk, Top Dog, or Super Spook. It will catch Reds, Trout, Gafftops, Ladyfish, Tarpon, and Cobia.

[caseycook]

Super Spook. Walk the dog until your wrist falls off.

[Fisherman989]

White-Gulp-Shrimp.......I used over 5 1/2 packs last time I went......caught the limit (2 of us) of trout and many, many bottom fish. Go out to deep water too...10--11--12 feet deep.... if the weather lets you. We just cancelled for tomorrow because of the weather. It's really dangerous to go out that far if there is a possibilty of bad weather....and there is for July 8th.

[Reel Cowboy]

Top dog or skitter walk or spoon

Pick one

[tin can]

The one you have the most confidence in.

[MudDucker]

Answer: Buy a bigger boat so you can carry 2 or 3 baits

[What a mess]

Brimbuster and slivers of Chicken Gizzards on a tiny long shanked hook. Take the Pin Fish, Grunts, and Pig Fish and apply the live bait rig of your choice 1/2 the time they will catch fish when nothing else will. If they are too big use them for cut bait. At times I will go to the trouble to shape them like a jig body (cut the bait from front to back into thirds throw away the middle, the top & bottom willl look like a grub shape but real) and fish them on a jig head, or filet and float them with no weight or bobber throw ahead of the boat and let them drift around and repeat.

Many days the all around artificial go to on my boat will be the jig with or with out the cork. I have them in many styles, sizes, shapes, and colors. If I was allowed only one it would be a 4" White Gulp the larger ones don't get torn up as bad by the bait fish like the smaller ones. Because of the weight it throws farther and everything eats them. If I could have two the other would be Chartruse. Last couple of outings the baits with the green out did the other colors.

What John said carries some weight fish your strengths & fish them well. But I have a buddy that his is the Jig with out the cork and many days that will do well but in the Winter when hard baits do good he has gotten crushed while others in the same boat have had their personal best days.

[fish on!!]

SWA paddle tail on a sureketch jig head.

[snatch-n-reel]

Mullet Spook

[TroutTrent]

Mullet Spook

Now what would make you think that Snatch

[captkeyser]

Poppin cork/hot dog combo.

[captkeyser]

Poppin cork/hot dog combo.

my second would be the Super Spook, and then the fluke.

[caseycook]

Mullet Spook

Now what would make you think that Snatch

Snatch wears one of those bracelets that has the letters "WWJD" on it...except to him it means What Would Junior Do?

[Jumptrout51]

He used to do what Casey did.
Now he catches fish.