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Pinfish are great bait for a wide variety of species; they are easy to catch and are found all over the shallow waters of the Suncoast. Put a little bit of bait (squid works very well) on about a #2 or #4 hook and toss it over some grassy bottom – it won\u2019t be long before the well is full of \u2018pins. You can also chum them up with “Captain Charlie’s No Freeze Chum<\/span><\/a>” or mix catfood and bread with a little water, sprinkle it around the boat and throw a cast net over the whole lot – \u2018pins are fast though, and often can run faster than the net can sink. Sabiki rigs work well for catching pins, but sometimes you need to add a tiny bit of squid to each hook to make it more effective.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pinfish are very hardy as baitfish go, often outliving everything else in your baitwell. When handling them, watch out for the very sharp dorsal spines – they can really stick you good (that\u2019s how they get their name). Hook them just under this fin and fish them with little or no weight inshore. Offshore, a live pinfish will often get grouper to bite when nothing else will. This is a great baitfish that will also give beginning fishermen a very nice tussle on super-light tackle (nice way to entertain the kids on a windy day).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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