Thread: Salty ideas

I take light rods to the salt water sometimes , smaller target species are big fun on light tackle in the salt water
crappie tackle is pretty good for inshore stuff in most cases , ladyfish , small snook , sheepshead , mangrove snapper , baby pompano , pinfish and trout ....
pretty fun on a crappie jig ....
hammer time , good luck to ya ......flounder to btw ....

Should be some good fun and battles ahead.

Light action rods , 1000 size reels , with mainly 6# line was what my brother and I used on our trips to the coast back when we would go three to four times a year . 1/8oz jigs and two inch curlytails were my go to baits . Favorites were the glow in dark Mister Twister and a black back pearl , small Sassy Shad .
More than a couple times I would slip an ultralight outfit into the boat with 4# test .
Biggest issue was the teeth cutting the light lines , but I couldn’t bring myself to use a wire leader .
A few times I took my 7.5’ four weight flyrod that I mainly threw handtied streamers back in the creeks at low tide . Caught a few trout and a couple of flounder on the flyrod .
Seatrout and flounder were my main targets , but we’d occasionally catch a few reds .
My largest was a 33” that took a while to wrestle in on a 6’6” Quantum light action rod .
Great memories!
Good luck and I look forward to reading about your salty adventures.

Oh yeah! Ultra light and salty critters is a lot of fun. I use some of the same ultra light gear for salty critters but I up my normal leader size slightly. I do have some designated salty gear but it sure is fun catching flounder, pinfish, and whiting on ultra light. (Throw some trout magnets too haha)

I think a white or pink Trout Magnet with a pink head would work .
And everything loves chartreuse.

Main thing is good quality gear. Amazing what an experienced angler like you can do with high quality line and a smooth drag. Have fun.

When I go striper fishing I always carry a light rod to fish for perch after I catch my 1 keeper rock. Earlier in the year the striper bite was slow so I decided to go right to my perch spot.
Using my 6' light action Falcon Bucco rod and Soare BB reel with 2lb Nanobraid I start casting my 1/32oz roadrunner and hook into a 24" striper. Landed him without a net.