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 apf383 
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Joined: Nov 2004  NY, USA
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Posted: 8/9/2012 9:39:20 AM
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Posted: 8/9/2012 9:44:16 AM
they have been for three weeks at least (early this year !) have been getting my limit of 10 off the kayak for
me and better half's barbie for that long already. |
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fp1201
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Posted: 8/10/2012 11:37:25 AM
There used to be this Bar in downtown Orlando that was good for snapper fishing....
Never been up here, but we used to slay them in the Mangroves throughout the inland waterways.  |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 2:02:51 PM
OK so where are they biting where the kids can hook a few and smile! Ohh and what are they being caught on?
When I was little my mom would take us out to the Rockaways and we would catch them on bamboo poles and clams I think |
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DefMan
Elmont, Nassau, Long Island
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Posted: 8/10/2012 2:10:52 PM
I've had success with spearing, small killies and mostly the small silver lures. The shiny lures work as long you give them something to chase. For kids, I'd go with bobbers with spearing on hook.
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Extorris
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Posted: 8/10/2012 2:25:05 PM
When I was a kid I used a very small Kastmaster spoon with one spearing hooked through the eyes on the treble hook. Used to kill 'em with that.
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Posted: 8/11/2012 8:34:46 AM
After posting I went up to Stony Brook Harbor, then over to Long Beach. I used a small spoon on some ultralight gear just. I figured I would check out the locations where I would take my sisters boys before actually taking them and having them get skunked. The fish were too small still to take my spoon, which is about 1.5-2.0 inches long. Plenty of fish chasing though. Perhaps I'll try with spearing and a small hook. I was even considering fluke fishing from the piers with a spearing/squid combo, you guys hear anything about that?
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Zoomer302
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Posted: 8/11/2012 12:03:47 PM
All bait and tackle stores sell "snapper poppers". A foam "splasher w/a 1-2 length of line with a tube/hook assembly.
Easy to cast, requires reeling it in/splashing - and snapper hits are vigorous. All these things make fishing for a kid fun and rewarding. Killies or sandwork hunks on a hook under a bobber is another old standby. Dont be afraid to downsize the hooks if all you are doinf is losing bait. Regular long shank "snapper hook" are typicall too big to work. Tiny castmasters, red devils, hopkins and needle fish all will work. You may even want to fish single hook (cut off 2 parts of the treble so removing fish is easier for kids (and less dangerous for Dads....... ) |
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