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Hi I am a local to sd and like to head down on my bike to the Aquatic Center dock I seem to not catch much down there I use ghost shrimp mostly but if I can get them I will use the bait fish with a sabiki and I will buy squid if needed if I use a lure I just have a krocidile spoon and other plastics with lead heads I do not have any other plastics or bait catching devices to use I am 14 just for reference on what I have at hand any tips for catching more fish there Thank You

Copied and pasted your post from bloody decks…didn’t like their replies?

Not sure which aquatic center you are referring to. What pound test line, size hook, sinker and rig are you using? I am more of a float tube guy but I would use either a Caroline or drop shot, about 6 lb test, #4 hook, 1/2 ounce sinker. With soft plastics, 1/4 ounce head, 6 lb test, 3-4" curly tail grub and slowly drag it across the bottom about 1 reel crank at a time and pause long enough for it to sit on the bottom. If there are lots of weeds where you are at, then go to 10 lb. test and rig weedless. If the dock is high off the water and you have to lift the fish out of the water by the line, then go to the heavier line too. Fish close to the dock to far away.

Berkley Gulp works well too, the bloodworm style is sometimes referred to as "perch crack" by surf fishermen.

And keep an eye on the bike or use a big U-lock so some homeless guy doesn't snatch it.

Periods work at the aquatic dock center. Commas catch pretty good too. Question marks are the secret weapon to land the catch of a lifetime.