Sight Fishing Mangrove Shorelines With Live Shrimp
- By: Tony Acevedo
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Sight fishing with LIVE SHRIMP!
This is a fun approach to cruise down mangrove shorelines looking for fish poking their heads out.
Plus, you don’t need much other than a hook and live shrimp.
Take a closer look below!!
Sight Fishing With Live Shrimp [VIDEO]
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Gear Used On This Trip:
- 2/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Hook
- 20lb Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon with a 40lb tippet
- 20lb PowerPro Braid
For this technique, start with a hook and a live shrimp.
Pinch the tail off of the shrimp and slide the hook through the meaty end of the remaining tail portion.
This releases scent while also creating a more streamlined rig allowing you to cast more accurately.
This approach is great for finding fish along shorelines or mangroves.
Keep your eyes peeled for movement and cast the shrimp to the fish.
You can also pitch the shrimp up into small pockets and cut-outs along the shoreline.
When you’re fishing murky water in an area without any grass, look for dark spots on the bottom.
That usually indicates a fish.
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Hello,
Instead looking for dark spots in the water to find a fish, why you don’t use that smart fish finder app you guys promoting so much?
If you’re sight casting to fish you need to be able to see them first. No app is ever going to pinpoint an exact gps coordinate of where a fish is at.
Can the size of the shrimp play a part in more bites during cold fronts and winter?
When would you consider downsizing your baits, if ever?
Could you expand on ideas for using sizes of shrimp in different scenarios in an upcoming video?
Shrimp size (availability) will vary depending on the season. I always say bigger is better with shrimp and you really can never go too big. In cooler months, fish are usually looking for one big easy meal to hold them over for a while. In the winter, smaller baits are usually present, so if a fish see’s something more filling and easy to eat they will go for it. I usually tell people to check their local bait shops before they hit the water and just take a look at what size baits they have in their tanks, and stick to using the sizes you see.
How are you liking the gheenoe compared to the kayak
I love it! It has its pros and cons though. The biggest being the ease of getting from spot to spot, but having to deal with the maintenance can be a pain. I’m still able to fish pretty much all of the spots I fished on a kayak and then some.
Hi Tony – great video. From the video it is difficult to see how you hoked the bait ? Did you hook it side to side after pulling out the tail. Thanks
Thanks Pablo! Yes the hook went from one side out to the other. When hooked this way you’ll notice when you “pop” the shrimp it makes it looks like it’s fleeing backwards (if it happens to lose some energy)