What Bait Can I use...

[agdodge4x4]

When I only have a couple of hours to be in the surf, usually in the middle of the day and I dont want to drop the coin on live shrimp that Ill never use up? Topwaters? Spoons? Don't fish at all? Something I can get at the supermarket?

[Texfish]

Plastics with lead heads, or sinking hard baits always work best for middle of the day for me. The fish seem to move deeper in the water column as it gets warmer throughout the day.

[agdodge4x4]

I have penny gulp shrimp and some kind of Chartreuse Gulp swirly tail thing. Any other recommendation for what I should get or throw in the way of lures? I have some top waters too.

[imhammer]

Throw tops first and if they don't work, throw chartreuse plastics and go back to the tops occasionally.

[Curmudgeon]

If I only had a little time, I'd throw gulps on jig heads. Try what you've got but work them in different ways so you are hitting different strata of water. Bump them off the bottom, drag them along the bottom, work them higher. Tops are always fun if you have the confidence to throw them.

[Milkjug]

I like 1/4 or 1/8 jigs with paddle tail soft plastics. The bite can pick up again midday sometimes.

There is no limit on snotsharks but they must be >14"

[Rollo]

Snot any limits on em Rock Fish! great idea!! Throw em in the cooler and use a pressure washer on em before ya clean em! Now yer talkin!

[Rollo]

X2

Plastics with lead heads, or sinking hard baits always work best for middle of the day for me. The fish seem to move deeper in the water column as it gets warmer throughout the day.

X2 cant go wrong with this advice as far as what colors go to the store and make note of the ones that are out of stock as those are the popular ones being used right now!! LOL! but true.

[flyntus]

Find some medium to large shrimp on sale at the market and then salt them in your refrigerator. Put in a large tuperware container and layer salt/shrimp/salt shrimp....etc. Make sure and use non-iodine salt (very important), it is the cheapest anyway. Keep the tuperware lid open so the shrimp can dehydrate. After about a week in the fridge the shrimp will become rubbery and stiff. They will not rot or go bad. Then you can put thim in individual ziplocs and put in the freezer and use when you need them.

Some people peel them, some don't. I have tried both ways and I like to keep the shell on....seems to attract more black drum for me. For small hooks, I cut them in half. Just use your imagination!

Flyntus

[seafox owner]

Finger mullet

[corndog]

x2 on mullet

[SUPER SPOOK]

I like 1/4 or 1/8 jigs with paddle tail soft plastics. The bite can pick up again midday sometimes.

There is no limit on snotsharks but they must be >14"

yep!

[lurefisher]

LoL

[seafox owner]

I caught a 4 foot bull shark in the surf a few months ago with a bleeding finger mullet