WHATS THE BEST BAIT TO USE @ THE SKYWAY????

I usually use only live bait, pinfish and greenbacks, have caught grouper, snapper, macks, tarpon and misc fish

Live, dead, frozen, artis...you can use just about any bait out there.

Most folks here castnet or sabiki their own bait (pinfish, greenbacks, threadfins, grunts, blue runners, ladyfish, etc).

I use live and cut greenbacks all the time, sometimes live pinfish.

You can hook greenbacks below the dorsal fin on their backs, Ive seen some guys hook them near the tail. For freelining pinfish, hook em just above the anal fin so they swim downwards toward structure.

Cheapest and easiest way to keep bait alive is a bucket with an aerator. Dont buy one from the bait shop, Wal mart has bubble boxes for like $8 (they use 2 "D" batteries), you can use any bucket. Just replace the water in it every so often and youll be fine.

as for ariators, i would stay away from the white ones. I forgot what they are called but i went thru 2 of them last year. The battery life on them aint to great either.

I asked a lady at the bait shop going out to fdp and she recommended one that is black and screws shut with a nob on the bottom, it fires up good everytime and i still have the same batteries in it from when i first bougt it.

Tyler, what kind of aerator are you talking about (what brand), I have the Cool Bubbles aerator and lid that fit any 5 gallon bucket (from Wally world). It works great, but goes thru batteries pretty fast. Plus a friend of mine's wife works at Dunkin Doughnuts, and he gets me these buckets that are like 3 or 3 1/2 gallons that they get there glaze in. they just throw them out, so he has gotten me about 10 of them. They are the same diameter as a 5 gallon bucket just shorter. Sometimes it's nice when moving around to have a bait bucket that has room, but doesn't weigh as much as a 5 gallon bucket full of water and bait!!

Try and balloon some live eels at the end of the SSP. You will not be disappointed.

buzz... want to catch something this weekend? give this a try.

Rig a medium pole with 20lb braid.

Tie on @ 4 to 6 feet 20lb leader.

At the end of the leader use a silver gotcha plug.

Walk the skyway mile until you see some folks catching mackerel.

Walk up to the rail and cast that plug as far as you can.

once the plug hits the water... hang your rod over the rail with the rod tip pointing down.

count to five

Then start reeling that lure as fast as you can while twitching that rod point under the pier. with quick jerks. Keep reeling and reeling until you feel that fish bite. Lift the tip rod tick up over your head and fish on!!!!!

No bite??? do it again and again. Sometimes you have to slow the lure down but keep twitching that rod.

After each fish caught check that leader before casting again. Those Mack's are tough on leaders. Any fraying. Cut and re-tie

goos luck and let's kn ow how you did. We want pics? lol

thanks for the advice!

im gonna try that for sure.. Im really lookin forward to goin out there this weekend with all this new info..

went out to ballast point again last night after work and caught 2 little sharks and a bunch of catfish... ill have pics of the sharks uo soon!

thanks pops...

I caught a NICE shark last night. 2 of em.. but one was smaller. Ill have a pic up soon...

Sharpies.. thems baby sharpnoses.
Atlantic Sharpnose

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