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Pigfish

Posted on July 21, 2020 at 10:30 am by Charles Walker / Bait in the Tampa Bay Area

Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish. Tarpon are also particularly fond of them. I have read that they are a fair-flavored panfish, but I think it’s time to tell you that I am not in the habit of eating my bait…

Striped Mojarra

Posted on July 21, 2020 at 10:18 am by Charles Walker / Bait in the Tampa Bay Area

Striped mojarra aka: sand perch, goat, goat fish, and sand bream make very good bait for almost everything. Diapterus plumiere does have soft flesh and will not take too much abuse in the baitwell or on the hook but grouper, snook, tarpon and snapper, to name a few – all love them….

In Search of Mighty King Mackerel

Posted on July 31, 2017 at 11:37 am by Charles Walker / Fishing, Game fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Eight AM; Tuesday morning. High tide is at 10:30 AM. The boat is loaded with tackle, ice, lunch, and two king mackerel fishermen. On our way down the ICW to Pass-a-grille Pass, we see greenbacks on the surface…..

Gathering Live Bait on the Gulf Coast of Florida

Posted on July 20, 2017 at 2:06 pm by Charles Walker / Bait Fishing

Along the west coast of Florida, we have a lot of different bait species that are available most of the year. When one bait leaves the area to spawn, there is generally another that is still available to use in fair
numbers. The most popular live bait is the scaled sardine that everyone in the Tampa Bay area calls “whitebait”….

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Pigfish

Striped Mojarra

In Search of Mighty King Mackerel

Gathering Live Bait on the Gulf Coast of Florida

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