The bait are relatively easy to use, they will catch gamefish with a simple straight retrieve, and when speckled(sea) trout/weakfish, tailor, black drum, mangrove jack, yellow belly/yellowbelly and striper bass/striper strikes a paddle tail usually it will hook itself.

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What is a paddle tail?

Paddle tail swimbaits are bass catchers year round, in any water conditions. Simply put, they imitate the look and feel of baitfish better than anything else.

The main purpose of paddle tail swimbaits is to mimic a baitfish swimming through the water, a very natural presentation. Matching the hatch or using a color of bait that matches the color of the natural baitfish, is key when using swimbaits.

Can you catch weakfish at night?

You won't find weakfish blitzing on top like blues, it's rare to find them popping and feeding on top at night like bass, and since these fish are notoriously boat-shy (more so than any species I've encountered in the Northeast) they are seldom detected by fishfinders.

Can you catch tailor during the day?

The key times to target tailor off rock platforms and beaches are dawn and dusk, although they will bite all day if conditions are overcast. ... If you plan on beach fishing for tailor you again need a bit of swell but you also need to find a gutter, which can be best described as an area of deeper water along a beach.

How do you fish a black drum?

Black drum are a bottom feeding fish that absolutely loves crustaceans and mollusks. They can be caught by dropping blue crabs, shrimp or clams around pier or bridge pilings, next to jetties, or by soaking the same baits in the surf. The best time of year to target them is during their spring spawn.

What bait should I use for mangrove jack?

Best baits to use for Mangrove Jack on the gold Coast.For mid season 100mm – 250mm and medium strip baits are the go. Where 200mm – 300mm live baits and whole fillets, mullet heads and large chunks eel are the go towards the end of the season and will score you the bigger specimens.

How do you target a yellow belly?

Angling the boat at a 45 degree angle and casting in at the shore with lipless crank baits, divers, spinnerbaits and blades is a well known method into targeting yellowbelly, working the shoreline with a slight breeze has also proven to produce greater success with the fish pushing over towards the bank following the .

What do stripers eat?

Striped bass eat a variety of foods, including fish such as alewives, flounder, sea herring, menhaden, mummichogs, sand lance, silver hake, tomcod, smelt, silversides, and eels, as well as lobsters, crabs, soft clams, small mussels, sea worms, and squid.