Flats Fishing 11/18/2011
Flats Fishing When fishing the flats, most anglers are targeting Redfish, Trout, Snook, and Tarpon. Redfish, Trout, and Tarpon are schooling fish and can act as a team or with loose individuals roaming the flats. What I like to do when the target species is Schooling is to spot the school, determine their direction, and pole or troll about 100 yards in front of their lane of progress. This takes practice, but is much safer than trying to pole or move in on the school. If they spook, you have lost that opportunity. In preparation for this type of fishing, I will break a tub of Feeding Frenzy Inshore in half at home using a sturdy surface and a hammer and chisel. Once I am in front of the school and I have not spooked them, I stake out or anchor my boat as securely as possible. I do not want the boat swaying with the wind, or moving much. Try to position your boat so you have as little hull slap and noise as possible. I will throw a "half" of the tub off the front of the boat about 50' from the boat and the other half off the back or "fish side" of the boat. Fish Side is the direction the fish are coming from. As the school approaches, if you have positioned properly, they will find the chum and stay right on it. This allows me to hold the school right where I want them. Within casting distance of my boat, but not so close to my boat that they may easily spook. If you are on a truly large school of fish, use whole tubs. You can hold that school there as long as the chum lasts. Instead of catching one or two fish from the school, you can catch as many as you like until they spook or the chum is gone. With Snook or loose fish that are just roaming, I find a good bottle neck or moving water point and anchor up current about twenty yards from my target fishing area. I throw a tub of Feeding Frenzy Inshore about 15 yards up from where I want to cast. Snook, although largely sight oriented, are very attracted by scent. Trout will also be drawn by scent. I immediately start throwing my lure, or I drift a nice shrimp down through the lane of scent. This is very effective for loose redfish, tarpon, and mackerel as well. Throw the Inshore Tub out at a good bottleneck and just keep your bait or lure in that zone. Any fish down current or passing through will hold on the chum and give you a better shot at catching more fish. If you have any questions or comments, please email us at information@feedingfrenzychum.com CommentsCarl Warren 11/18/2011 11:47
This was a great help. Love the product and will always have a tub with me when I go fishing. Thanks guys Juan De'Vonice 01/30/2012 11:19
Great product. Thanx guys. Paul Russo 02/08/2012 10:47
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