Big Bay Sunday 2-2 Spotties MIA

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Was hoping for a day like others described yesterday but no dice. Plenty of water moving but couldn’t find them bunched up. No luck on the Buts but didn’t spend much time there. Maybe better in the afternoon? When they were biters, these did the trick.
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Any preference curly tail vs boot tail?
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We threw boots on ball head jigs and as trailers and got nuthin. If I had to guess which of these two were bit more (or harder), the curly.
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It looks like you have that curly tail upside down is that how you set them so they fit the head shape of the jig?
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vito1023 wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:08 am It looks like you have that curly tail upside down is that how you set them so they fit the head shape of the jig?
Great observation and better question! 🤔 I guess I’ve always rigged them with the hook coming out of the flat side, although the coloring and tail might be better the other way. Hmmm…
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Early morning is usually the best time. Find the eel grass and eventually you’ll hook up into some bass. Also when in doubt, go smaller and lighter on the jigs.
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Spektrum wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:42 pm Early morning is usually the best time. Find the eel grass and eventually you’ll hook up into some bass. Also when in doubt, go smaller and lighter on the jigs.
We fished the grass most of the day. When we did finally find a pack of them, they were suspended over the channel coming up from Chula. They hit all the way down in the water column to the bottom and in the grass on either side. Our baits were on the small side but I just got a box of smaller crappie jig heads and am going that route on the less aggressive days.
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Curly Tails upside down for me too!
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A few recent trips ended with me having to leave biting fish to get back in as the sun was setting. So on Sunday I packed a strobe light so I'd be legal kicking home in the dark....and the sunset bite never happened. Tons of those little bay anchovies everywhere...and NOTHING chasing them. 5 spotties in 2 hours on the water...one middlin' size a foot long or so.
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Carpkiller wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:14 am A few recent trips ended with me having to leave biting fish to get back in as the sun was setting. So on Sunday I packed a strobe light so I'd be legal kicking home in the dark....and the sunset bite never happened. Tons of those little bay anchovies everywhere...and NOTHING chasing them. 5 spotties in 2 hours on the water...one middlin' size a foot long or so.
Well there went my theory it was an afternoon bite LOL. I guess it was just an off day after what sounded like an all-out frenzy Saturday. We also saw the small fry everywhere south of the bridge. Definitely competition for our lures.
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