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Longhorn · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:30 am Post subject: SBH surf report 10/2

My brother and I ventured south of Bob Hall pier bright and early Thursday morning. We got started at dawn and caught live mullet for bait. Bait was plentiful in the first gut. The tide was going out but still quite high on the shore. We caught 4 redfish between 24 and 26" long. They were in the first gut early and out over the first bar later. Water was very clear and no sargassum to contend with. It was great morning and we headed in around 10 AM.
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hickroots07 · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:53 am Post subject:

Thank you for the report! Gonna try tomorrow hopefully
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RojoHunter · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:07 am Post subject:

What's the best way to hook a mullet? I've been using a 4/0 circle and hooking it under the dorsal fin.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

On the long rods I like to hook it from the bottom of the mouth and up and through between the eyes. You can cast them a long way on a Breakaway rig without flinging them off and surprisingly they live a long time.
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shallowsport · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the report. Now I need to get out there! Congrats on a fine catch.

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:30 pm Post subject:

X2 with Tyler. Live fish live longer when hooked through the lips, upper jaw, nostrils and such because of the way they are designed: water is supposed to go IN the mouth and out the gills! Any other hooking method will either reverse or negate this when reeling the bait back in or when it's anchored by a weight in the current.

Same thing with the casting too. The lips, jaws and nostrils of most fish are way stronger than the meat and skin of the body when it comes to casting. Last but certainly not least: when the rig hits the water the bait will enter head first, which makes the least drag on the bait along with the least trauma. Hooked any other way they smack the water at a higher to much higher drag/high trauma attitude, NOT GOOD for frisky bait, let alone just being alive afterword!

Just think back to making a monster belly or back flop from the 3 meter board when you were young and spunky, then factor in the much higher speed of a bait rig hitting the water!!!!! Shocked

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grasscutter · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:57 pm Post subject:

Under a cork, the dorsal works for me. On bottom rigs, nose or tail. Cousin says hooking them in the tail makes them swim down. Don't know. He does a lot of split shot freelining. Under a cork, the frisky ones go to the top regardless.

B-1 83 · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:45 am Post subject: