New guy tips please!!
 

Hello guys, I just found this site yesterday but I have been reading the sportsman for a few years. I mostly fish the fresh waters around my house and Toledo as much as I can. The only area that ive fished saltwater is the Rockefeller, with out much luck or know how. The wife and I go crabbing there and Ive got that covered just looking for some tips on baits and cast neting tips also. Ive got a good idea of what canal that I want to fish just dont know what baits, live or artificial, to use and how to use them. Im not looking for anyones secrets or honey holes, justed steered in the right direction, but ill take any info that I can get to help out my odds. I have caught reds there before, by luck only I believe, but I would like to try to fish for specs. Thanks to anyone who could give a few tips, and this looks to be a lil better than the other site to learn!!!

welcome to the site.... rockafeller can be tough for trout sometimes especially using artificial... look for cleaner water that is moving around points and try to match what you are throwing to what ever bait you see in the water

same color in a spinner or topwater???

fished the "roc" a couple of times...bertrand canal is popular...I saw folks cacthing on live shrimp...soaking bait shrimp will get you drums and reds among other species.

Kinda have to be able to put up with the crowd...most anchor with the old popping cork.

thanks alot guy's, me and the wife gonna head out there next weekend to take her crabbing and im gonna try to fish for a lil while...another thing, whats the size limit for a cast net...I have one but not sure if the limit was 6' or 7'????

6ft on da casnet
we need to start a mentor program for Newbies. I think it would be great to show the correct way to fish and handle a boat on the "Lake"

been in boats since I was a kid, just wanted to learn about saltwater??? But HEY ill follow anybody that'll show me the ropes fosho!!!!! Any takers???? hahahaha

No disrespect Raymond, I know how it is to deal with guys that dont know how to give others respect on the water...dealing with other duck hunters can be a headace sometimes..

None taken, fishing reefs, birds, ect can be much different than freshwater.
Don't worry about duckhunters anymore, quit public hunting but I have been there also.

Man I think Im gonna like this site alot and look forward to learning something new and trying out new tips from any of you guys!!!

dude, if you can just get your hands on a corky, your problems would be over!!!!:*****:

:*****:and :shaking:

I think we can all use a tip every now and then ,lord knows I could. Like where exactly is cross reef ,some say in Big Lake and some say in West Cove . Can someone help me out with this ?

Shhh, Cross Reef is very top secret only a hand full of people even know it exist.
PM W for exact coordinates, I have been sworn to secrecy or I would give them to you.:D

whats the best way to fish with a poppin cork, depth?? and do yall use some live shrimp???

Contact W on Cross Reef....

Poppin corks, dont go get the humogus (sp) red and white ones the Mikedatiger uses. Get the smaller ones, anything small with a 1/8th oz lead head underneath about 14-18in.

NO livies here with me...

lives will catch you trout in "the roc"

cool deal, gonna give it a shot this weekend if the weathers right...ill be flying in tomorrow and hoping to do some fishin this days off...

don't know what kind of boat your heading out in but i've been hearing specs being caught at the rigs right outside of there. I'd throw artificial. Either some glow/chartreuse sand eel jrs, or some lsu or opening night bayou chubs. Try under popping corks first then I'd put either 1/4 or 3/8 jig head and tight line them either on the bottom or suspending. Just gotta find out how they are holding

no rigs for me...all I have is a 15' weldbuilt w/a 40 yammy...If I can get some good spots and learn this I may be looking to get a cc boat...but thats if its worth it....been kinda lookin at prices but thats a long way's away...