Covering the Water Column by Captain Greg Peralta
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Catch More Fish Covering the Water Column
Transcript of Covering the Water Column by Captain Greg Peralta
Catch More FishCovering the Water Column
Top Third
Season Water temperature > 60 degrees
Lures Zara Spook JuniorChug BugChug’n Spook Junior
Retrieve Zara Spook Junior – Walk the DogChug Bug – Pop and SitChug’n Spook Junior - Both
Species RedfishTroutLadyfish
Middle Third
Season Water temperature > 50 degreesVisibility of 2 feet or more
Lures Rapala XRAP XR8 @ 3’ effective to 6’Lucky Craft 78SP @ 5’ effective to 10’Rapala XRAP XRD8 @ 10’ effective to 15’
Retrieve Crank to running depthTwitch, twitch & pause
Species RedfishTroutLadyfishBluefishFlounder
Bottom ThirdSeason Year round
Lures Slayer Predator Jig- Quarter ounce- Eight ounceZ-Man- MinnowZ Bad – Year round- StreakZ 3.75 – Winter and post cold frontColors- Bad Shad – Clear water with mullet- Houdini – Clear water with shrimp- Gold Rush – Stained water
Retrieve Hop & stopSweep & swim
Species RedfishTroutLadyfishBluefishFlounder
Tackle SystemWater Column
Tackle
Top St. Croix 7’ ML AvidShimano CI4 2500 frame reel10/2 PowerPro4’ of 15# Fluorocarbon leaderWoven surgeons knot
Middle St. Croix 7’ ML Legend Elite Shimano CI4 2500 frame reel10/2 PowerPro7’ of 12# Fluorocarbon leaderWoven surgeons knot
Bottom St. Croix 6’6’’ ML Legend AvidShimano Symetre 1000 frame reel10/2 PowerPro4’ of 15# Fluorocarbon leaderWoven surgeons knot
Where to FishWater Column
Feature to Look For
Top 1 to 5 feet above submerged oystersShallow points with current seam
Middle Depth transitions – channel or humpSuspend just about the transition
Bottom All of the aboveCreek bends
Shallow Points
Depth Transition
Creek Bends
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