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bassin5
7/28/2013 11:56:33 PM

Any advice helps. Thanks for the help!

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Other Saltwater
Matagorda Bay

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    1. bassin5 0
      Ok thanks! Gonna go check that out. @reelgame
    2. ReelGame Saucedo 0
      @bassin5 go to cheaplights.com about 130.00 with the tripod I believe
    3. Marcus Hernandez 0
      No problem! Tight lines! @bassin5
    4. bassin5 0
      Ok thanks for the advice! Will have to check out mosquito island next time I am down there! @Marcushdz13
    5. Marcus Hernandez 0
      @bassin5
    6. Marcus Hernandez 0
      Since I started kayaking I throw mainly lure. I caught the sheepshead on fresh dead shrimp and caught a nice flounder on that mantis shrimp in new penny and chart. ...more Also throw tops in the early morning
    7. bassin5 0
      What do you use there for bait? @Marcushdz13
    8. Marcus Hernandez 0
      Specks and flounder. We also kayak there and I caught a good sized sheepshead there as well. Towards the levee are some good flounder and speck areas near grass ...more beds. @bassin5
    9. Marcus Hernandez 0
      Sadly I have no idea. We got our lights at Home Depot I believe. Or possibly on Craigslist if you want to look there. I usually wade mosquito with my bro and dad ...more and we have pulled out some good size
    10. bassin5 0
      To hit it at the right time since there is so many other bait fish in the water. But I still want to give it a shot. Have heard it can produce nice fish if it's ...more the right time @Marcushdz13
    11. bassin5 0
      Do you have any clue what the website is called? And no I haven't gotten a chance to have been wanting to though. I have heard that there is tons of bait fish ...more so use live bait and that you have got
    12. Marcus Hernandez 0
      You can get them online or at like Home Depot or harbor frate tools. Have you had the chance to wade mosquito island yet? @bassin5
    13. bassin5 0
      Do you know where the people out there get their lights from? @Marcushdz13
    14. Marcus Hernandez 0
      I might try and head out there soon as well. I'm also looking into getting barrel lights to have more light @bassin5
    15. bassin5 0
      On the people next to us but I am getting lights and making a trip out there soon @Marcushdz13
    16. bassin5 0
      Ya the couple of times I have gone I got on the end on the right I have heard as long as you get past the bell tower you should be good but we have only manages ...more to get one red on the edge of the light
    17. Marcus Hernandez 0
      Entire end of the dike was lit up with lights. @bassin5
    18. Marcus Hernandez 0
      It gets pretty sick at the dike! Be warned though get there early and I mean extremely early because some of the best speck spots are at the end of the dike at night. ...more One of the last times I went the
    19. bassin5 0
      Ok thanks for the help! And ya l have done pretty well at the dike lately without having lights. I am planing on getting lights soon because I have see first hand ...more how good it is with lights. @Marcushdz13
    20. Marcus Hernandez 0
      @bassin5
    21. Marcus Hernandez 0
      Last time I used it it didn't matter. A majority if the time I use non painted jigs. I caught tons of sand trout night fishing at the tx city dike under lights
    22. bassin5 0
      What color jig head have you had the most luck on? Or does it really matter? @Marcushdz13
    23. Marcus Hernandez 0
      I usually rig it with either a 1/4 or 1/8 jig head and throw it with my tournament choice baitcast on a 6'6 fast tip Shakespeare rod with 12lb test @bassin5
    24. bassin5 0
      Ok thanks will definitely pick up some of those for this weekend and ordering some of the Logic Lures for my next trip down there. How do you rig up the shrimp? ...more @Marcushdz13
    25. Marcus Hernandez 0
      No problem. Also try gulp new penny and chart mantis shrimp @bassin5
    26. bassin5 0
      Ok thanks a lot @Marcushdz13
    27. Marcus Hernandez 0
      Use anything that glows. I use Logic Lures tandom with glow and chart tail
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