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Flats fishing off bayport1/21/2024 ![]() ![]() The redfish like the pin fish too but a chunk of mullet or a live shrimp will also work well for them. I like to use a sinker and fish the bottom with a dead or live pin fish. You can fish them dead or alive and they will work great for catching snook. They are a great bargain in my opinion.īaits and Lures: The best baits for snook around creek mouths is, without a doubt, a pin fish. You can expect to pay $100 plus for these reels. ![]() They are the reels that I use on my flats boat because I know that they are unlikely to get dunked in the water or to get beach sand in them. My second favorite non-sealed reels are the Diawa BG reels. You can expect to pay $150 plus for these reels. (Any fishing technique that makes it likely for water or sand to get in them) ![]() They are perfect for surf fishing, wade fishing and kayak fishing. They are smooth, tough have great drag systems and best of all a sealed body so sand and water don't get inside the reels. My favorite line of reels that are out now is the Penn Spinfisher series reels. I have used many different rods and reels over the last 40 years of fishing like Diawa, Shimano and Penn. Fill the spool with 15 pound braided line and use a 20 pound leader. In my opinion, the perfect all around rod and reel combo for inshore fishing is a 3500 series reel and a 7 foot medium or medium/heavy strength, fast action rod. If you can find the channel that all of those incoming and outgoing fish have to take to get to the flats, then you will have a good chance of catching a few of them.īEST ALL AROUND ROD AND REEL COMBO FOR INSHORE FISHING When the tide runs back out so do the snook and reds. During the higher parts of the tides the snook and redfish will run up into those flats to hunt small bait fish, shrimp and crabs. There are lots of tidal mud flats between the ubiquitous mangrove islands around the harbor. My favorite place to target snook and redfish is creek mouths that empty into a grass flat or a deep channel of some kind. It is pretty hard to find a private fishing hole that you can fish without having to share it with other fishermen.īut that is okay as long as everyone is catching some fish. The snook and redfish fishing in Charlotte Harbor is AMAZING! The problem with Charlotte Harbor is its size and the large amount of boat traffic that you will have to contend with. Snook and Red Fishing in Charlotte Harbor ![]()
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