Second Cast
Bait

Live Shrimp

$6.00
Street price
23 fish
Used for

Ballpark, not a live price

The best all-around inshore saltwater bait. Free-lined, under a cork, or on the bottom, almost nothing in the sound turns it down.

What it's for

Cut a small piece and fish it on the bottom near structure

Cut small pieces on hook under float, deadly on flats and piers

Fish under a popping cork over grass flats and creek mouths

Scupbait

Cut into pieces and fish on bottom near pilings

Fish under popping cork or on jig head near oyster bars and grass edges

Tautogbait

Tip hook with shrimp when crab is hard to source

Fish on a light jig head near structure at dawn or dusk

Fish live shrimp on the bottom rig as a top choice for black drum

Cobiabait

Free-line or under a float near buoys and rays for cruising cobia

Fresh peeled shrimp pieces are the top pompano bait

Hook lightly through tail, drop straight to reef bottom

Slow drag on bottom near drop-offs and sandy potholes

Hook through tail, drop right next to pilings and docks

Tarponbait

Free-line or under a float near channels and inlets at dawn

Fish on a jig head near bottom or under a float over structure

free line or fish under popping cork near docks and inlets

Free-line or use under popping cork near schools of jacks

Fish under a light sinker near kelp beds for a natural bite

Lively shrimp on circle hook drifted down to structure

Drift or float near kelp edges, seabass rarely refuse it

Deadly natural bait fished on the bottom in the surf trough

Freeline or light jig head near docks, roots, and reef edges

Hook through tail, drop near rocky bottom and kelp edges

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