puppydrum

[delkins]

fished yesterday evening high tide in the lynnhaven for a few hours found some nice puppy drum 18-22 inches, by the grass beds, must have caught 20 within a hour and left them biting, they were there pretty thick, caught on cut spot, and burkley gulp 3" shrimp..

[gus]

wtg, they sure are fun to catch

[PlaynHooky]

Good job on the spot tails! They are quickly becoming my favorite small water fish!!

[threesea's]

You guys catching all these puppy drum are killing me! I have fished 6 times this summer in the inlet and cannot catch a drum no matter what I do, I use gulp, cut bait, other various lures and cannot locate a single puppy. Any advice on what your doing...using a fishfinder rig? 1/4 oz lead head with gulp? any other bait/lure combination? Any help to turning me and the kids onto the fish would be greatly appreciated. Also, how far back into the inlet are you fishing? And are you fishing the really small feeder creeks or the main body of water at the grass lines?

[Cory ruthless Routh]

Redfish Magic spinner jig, deadly!

[Hokie]

There's been a lot written on here about it. I like a carolina rig (egg sinker on mailine to swivel then 18 or so inch leader 30-40 lb to 4/0 hook). Fish cut bait (mullet, bunker, etc) around grass islands and oyster bars. Seems to be pretty consitent bite now. If you're trying to locate fish, then the artificials - jigs, spinner baits, etc are a good way to cover some ground.

[Al B]

Hokie - that's the rig I use.

Location: Go at dead low tide and check out a couple things: Sloughs/Guts that lead onto flats. Flat/Oyster Bar edges close to guts feeding the flats/grass marshes. The fish will stage there on the incoming and out going to intercept bait that's being pushed off of, or going onto the flat/marsh. During a high tide, fish tight to the grass islands on these flats. The mullet/biat is up in the grass (hiding!) and the pups are cruising the edges hunting.

[Hokie]

ThreeSeas - Al gave you some good advice about finding productive spots and going out at low tide doesn't mean you're just scouting. Find some deeper water near a mud flat, especialy where there's an oyster bar or other struture and you will probably find some pups.

Al - have you tried the pup version of the Owen Lupton rig - the one with a short leader and a circle hook?

Thx,
Ross

[MABC]

All Of The Above. Fish In 3ft Of Water Or Less.. I'll Be Out And About This Weekend.

Joe

[Al B]

Ross - No, I haven't tried it... but will. Everthing I've heard about it is good, except not being able to "set" the hook.