First Timer

[Lamar]

Thanks guys, and Lamar I ordered the 5" Carrot mold bc living in Florida I do a little more saltwater fishing than freshwater fishing. (I know I know there's a saltwater section on this forum but I really appreciate the suggestions.) Also all of the colors I ordered were the X2.

  I was down to Marco Island a couple of weeks ago and saw a few boats out fishing on flats. They were also fishing what looked like tree roots going down into the water. They had power poles and all. It didn't look much different then bass fishing. I had the itch to join them.

[Slow Burn]

They were in the Mangrove trees.  Snook and Mangrove Snapper hang out in there and put up a monster fight.  Snook is basically a giant saltwater bass in my opinion, but pretty much all fish in Florida are in those roots.


Here is what they look like. (that is from google)

My first time fishing for Snook, me and 2 friends went out with a guide and he brought 24 dozen pinfish as our bait.  Caught a snook or mangrove snapper on almost every darn one of those things. All of our snook were released as they have a really short season and a small slot, like 32-36" or something like that and all of ours we around 20-22" class. We had to throw the snook back towards the roots because a pod of dolphins were behind the boat and would wait for us to throw it back and shoot towards those things like a bullet. Truly it was a bad ass experience

[joshuajones57]

That sounds awesome slow burn, yea that is exactly what I was thinking when I got the white with the pearl powder and the brighter colors. As far as the glitter goes I got the gunmetal and halo purple. I was unsure of what size to get .40 or .15 so I got one of each.

[jmatheny9]

here is slow burns color he was talking about ( I think) as a reference for you


  -Jeremiah         Bullfrog lures

[Slow Burn]

That sounds awesome slow burn, yea that is exactly what I was thinking when I got the white with the pearl powder and the brighter colors. As far as the glitter goes I got the gunmetal and halo purple. I was unsure of what size to get .40 or .15 so I got one of each.

As to glitter size its really a personal preference. Some guys size it to the bait as in smaller bait smaller flake size but the beauty of this hobby is you can do what you want and make color combos that feel right to you. I am curious on the sweet potato color though? I know the freshwater guys like it, but i cant say i have ever seen that color for a saltwater bait. But i could see a laminate with a potato back with black and silver flake and a pearl belly to be a natural bait fish type color

[Lamar]

  I knew I should have offered those guys money or the wife or something to get a day of fishing in.

[cc1]

The clear with silver red and black is known as shrimp creole around these parts.  Great bait but I just have trouble believing that it looks just like a brown shrimp color under water. 

[Lamar]

The clear with silver red and black is known as shrimp creole around these parts.  Great bait but I just have trouble believing that it looks just like a brown shrimp color under water.

  True but it's like a pink trick worm. Not sure what that looks like but guys catch fish on it. Sometimes that's the trick. I have a hard time fishing that kind of stuff too unless my partner is out fishing me. Then it's give me one of those.