Any Green Backs - Bait Ideas - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Goose1993 · 07-28-2015, 05:15 PM

I've had luck with sardines and greenies about 10 feet down near kelp. I jig up and down. I used to jerk the sabiki fast, but I would always have visitors and the fish didn't hit that well. Now I jig really smoothly, without rapid jerking motions and I have much better success.

What I've also noticed is that baitfish tend to treat big hammer swimbaits as gods, especially if it is a bright color. They follow the thing and pretty much worship it. Maybe try working a swimbait about 5 to 10 feet down, then throw a net onto the 20 fish that surround the lure. I've never done this and don't know the legality of fishing baitfish with nets as recreational anglers, but it may be a way to grab the finicky greens. My dad has fished florida a bunch and told me they use nets to catch their baitfish so it may be worth a try.

Zed · 07-28-2015, 05:26 PM

Dip nets are legal.
Cast nets are illegal.

07-28-2015, 05:26 PM	#2
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Dip nets are legal. Cast nets are illegal. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

07-28-2015, 05:15 PM	#1
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	I've had luck with sardines and greenies about 10 feet down near kelp. I jig up and down. I used to jerk the sabiki fast, but I would always have visitors and the fish didn't hit that well. Now I jig really smoothly, without rapid jerking motions and I have much better success. What I've also noticed is that baitfish tend to treat big hammer swimbaits as gods, especially if it is a bright color. They follow the thing and pretty much worship it. Maybe try working a swimbait about 5 to 10 feet down, then throw a net onto the 20 fish that surround the lure. I've never done this and don't know the legality of fishing baitfish with nets as recreational anglers, but it may be a way to grab the finicky greens. My dad has fished florida a bunch and told me they use nets to catch their baitfish so it may be worth a try.