How To Rig Live Shrimp When Fishing Close To Bridges
- By: Tony Acevedo
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How should you rig live shrimp when fishing close to bridges or similar structures?
On this trip, I decided to shake things up and target some local bridges armed with shrimp.
In this video, you’ll get to see how I was rigging live shrimp and WHY.
Take a look!!
How To Rig Live Shrimp When Fishing Close To Bridges [VIDEO]
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Setup Used On This Trip:
- Rod: 7’10” Century Weapon
- Reel: Daiwa BG MQ 3000
- Line: 20lb PowerPro
- Leader: 30lb Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon
- Hook: 4/0 Hoss Football Jighead 1/8 oz.
Rigging Live Shrimp
The reason for fishing with a Hoss Football Jighead is to quickly and easily switch back and forth between live or artificial shrimp.
I can use the same rig for either and don’t have to switch rods.
First, grab a shrimp and pinch the tail off.
That releases additional scent while keeping the shrimp alive.
Feed the hook point through the tail end of the shrimp you tore off just as you would a soft plastic lure.
Push the shrimp up and over the barbs and that is how easy it is to rig a shrimp on a jighead!
From there, you can cast this out close to bridges or wherever you plan to target fish.
You can feed the hook point through either the top or bottom of the shrimp.
The process is the same for either end.
I recommend having the hook point exposed on the bottom of shrimp with longer jigheads.
If the hook shank is a bit longer on the jigheads you’re using, rig the shrimp with the natural curve of its body and out through the bottom.
Bridge Fishing
On this particular trip, I was targeting black drum in roughly 15-20 feet of water next to a bridge using my side scanner.
I located a school of drum thanks to the side scan and dropped shrimp right on top of them.
I caught between 15 and 20 fish in total on this trip and my arms were sore by the end of the day!
Moreover, I went with a 1/8 oz. jighead because there was little to no current where I was fishing.
If you’re fishing with too heavy a weight and you drop it right on top of the fish, it will sink very fast which might spook the entire school or miss them if it’s too fast.
You never know what you’re going to run into out there!!
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I do the other way and the first thing they smack Sheephead that is here in Mississippi, bay saint louis, caught 190 in 4 days all on live shrimp Wage Rage TikTok and wageragefishingteam fakebook and youtube
Good stuff!
Good info Tony!
Thank you for the great feedback Mark!
Why do you play background music while trying to explain a technique ? Sounds like someone banging on a bucket.
Background music or jingles while someone is talking is, annoying, distracting, obnoxious, and rude.
I we were talking on the phone and I had music in the background, you would find that annoying as well.
Thank you, …… Capt Wes
Appreciate the feedback.