Redfish Fishing with Ladyfish - Does it Work as Cut Bait?
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2020
- In this video, I wanted to test using ladyfish as cut bait to catch redfish. Fishing with cut bait is a popular technique to catch redfish around the Tampa Bay area, especially around mangrove roots at high tide. Many people swear by ladyfish as being the best bait, but I've never had much luck using them in the past. After striking out on catching big jacks and tarpon in a pass, I decided to catch ladyfish instead and test if it really works as cut bait.
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A larger circle hook, like a #4 or 5 might really help for Reds and Snook. Thanks for taking me fishing with you. It was fun, and I learned.
"I really thought it was going to be like easy - I thought I was going to be able to come out here with uh chunks of uh lady fi ... OOOHPP THERE WE GO!" that's the best hit.
When catching a ladyfish. If you keep the rod tip low to the water they're less likely to jump and when the do breach reel faster and gently sweep the rod tip back keeping the tip as low as possible. You're success rate will increase incredibly!
Dude, when I was a kid we called ladyfish "poor mans tarpon". They have hard bony mouths, just like tarpon.
They do have bony mouths. It doesn't change the fact my technique works 95% of the time.
When you least expect it. Slamm!!! My buddy walked up to the dock I was fishing with a piece of cut bait ladyfish. Dropped it in and slamm. Slot snook. Hitting the Peace on Saturday. Tight lines.
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO BRENT!!!!!
That slapping noise the bait made at 8:50 was extremely satisfying great video 👌
Love the vids dude. keep them coming. Seasons greetings from the caribbean
One afternoon a few yrs ago me and a buddy caught 114 ladyfish between us in Sanibel and sold them all to Whitneys Bait and Tackle for 1$ apiece. Caught every one on different top water lures. Biggest one was over 3lbs. Awesome fun that day😎
Been subbed for a long time nice vid!
Love the channel and vibes bro good luck
Brent used them for a long time catching slobs in the bay around oyster beds and 2ft of water. Works great . I also just use allot of blue crabs or frozen thread fin
Vids are so sick keep up the grind
Another great video
Everything ok with u dude??? Where are u? One tarpon vid? I know you switched names and took a break but how can u afford to just disappear?? U had to have been making major loot to catch fish! That's the dream. I wish I had the subs u had. U are my fav youtube fishermen and the one who inspired me to start my channel!!! Look forward to u posting again! Good luck my friend. The Fishing Fool..
Thanks dude, I really appreciate that! I've hit a couple roadblocks trying to get this next video done, but it's starting to come together now. I'm still figuring out what works and what doesn't, so hopefully I can learn from this and start posting on a regular basis again
Keep them Great videos rolling in Brent!
Was it only !0 months ago you were aiming for 1k subs and today 11.6k you are nailing it Your vids are awesome I have learned new techs and tactics that have help me in NE Fla!
It's been crazy! You've stuck with the videos since near the beginning and I really appreciate that
Love the videos. Would love to go out in the bay with u someday🤟🏽
I have used jacks before as cut bait and it works pretty good especially on the surf you can get blues, reds, ladyfish, Black drum, and sharks
I'll have to give it a shot one day
Nice job Brent!
First time viewer. In the bay area as well. Was told by an old timer to cut it into long strips so it has a little action in the water. Love cut ladyfish for reds!
Thanks for the good information
OK, very nice video, I'll be trying cut lady Fish in Caranchua Bay, TX over the 4t of July. I'll let you know how it goes.
In the big bend area of Florida a lady fish is the primo bait! It’s so shiny snd oily that it’s perfect as cut strips for catching trout, mackerel, redfish, bluefish, you name it.
Nice work! I love fishing the cut ladies. They get a bit mushy when they thaw, but when I can catch a bunch I'll chunk them up and keep them in a plastic container in my freezer for days when I don't have bait. All my best reds have come on cut ladies on the flats behind schools of mullet. I think the bigger reds prefer to eat the baitfish but can't resist an easy chunk of cut lady when they come by it. Also, monster snook love those little live ones! Another great video.
Freeze them with salt
Its so much fun to catch Ladyfish on Ultralight Spinning Tackle. I love catching them so much fun. They happen to be the best shark bait ever...
I can answer YES.....! I fished some jetties in south padres island TEXAS & red love lady fish cut up
Nice, love that area!
Lady fish definitely works. I fish around the panama city area and have caught multiple 35+ in reds under the bridge on cut ladyfish.
I'm still at the beginning of the video, but up here in destin, redfish tear up cut lady fish. My older pb was a 40 incher on a piece of lady fish. Didn't know i had him til we got ready to leave. Was reeling in to go and he had swam towards me and the circle hook stayed in and I managed to land him
Good Video!
Bro back home in Puerto Rico we catch big lady fish I mean huge 4lb ones and we filet them then but salt on them put them in the freezer and baaammm!!!! Best snapper bait ever!
Love using cut lady fish for snooker and reds
Dude! You gave away a long time Tampa secret for Reds 😂 me and my Dad have always used em as cut bait and catch everything
Lol the worst kept secret.
Yep always worked great for slobs
Down in Galveston, my dad and I also use lady as cut bait and it catches all kind of species.
Good to know no more shrimp for me
Gilfredo Oquendo not saying shrimp doesn’t work.... but you’ll never have to pay for bait again 😂.
Gotta love spot lock👍
I had a long time captain out of Bud n Mary's tell me that Ladyfish was the best cut bait he's used for anything. We didn't catch any ladyfish that day but ended up using Jacks for shark bait.
Are you kidding? Lady fish is crack to reds.
Any thing is crack to reds...especially small blue crab but I usually use a gold spoon or live greenbacks.
Snook too
AMAZING SUNNY WEATHERS AND LOVELY FISHES !!!❤😊
23" pretty copper top school red!! Nice.
Do the same thing at a big bridge. I'd get something with 80lb and 100 leader. Cubera snapper eat ladyfish chunks too and they are hard to get out. I'd love to see that video
Good video boss like always
The key with cut lady fish is sometimes you just gotta it soak for a minute but works great as cut bait, which it obviously did
We caught a trout on a cut piece of mullet last week. Same size lol
You should do a test; two people fishing one spot, one using cut Ladyfish, the other using Pinfish. Fishing as near to side-by-side as practical. And, fwiw, if you need a volunteer... 😉
Nice video. I'll actually spend a day catching a bunch of ladyfish and then freeze them in containers so I can get right into the fishing. Works well but gets a little mushier than mullet when they thaw. Ladyfish works great for grouper offshore in the winter too.
put them lady fish in a really salty fish brine before freezing them and they wont get as mushy.
See ya dude!!!!
2 tips use a bigger circle use a 4-0 - 5-0 for cutbait reds that small circle is good for live bait but with a bigger hook you better your chances on a big fish and you can take the splitshot weight off to make the bait feel weightless to the fish
Videos are solid bud. I'm sure you enjoy fishing alone but if you ever want to do a homey a favor and take 2 awesome little kids fishing let me know. My boys love the outdoors. Thanks for the content
Patrick Coy ... There’s lots of good fishing here in Tampa - why not take ‘em out yourself?
Hey man, just picked up my first boat. A Hewes Bonefisher! Just got into inshore fishing around the bay. Question for ya, is the trolling motor used to move down the mangroves with the current quietly? Do you drop your power pole once you hit the honeypot?
You pretty much nailed it. I use my trolling motor for moving around no motor zones and for approaching spots quietly. When I reach the spot, I position myself with the trolling motor in way where the wind will push the bow of the boat toward the spot while the powerpole is anchored down. If your trolling motor has an "anchor" or "spot lock" feature then that can be very useful when trying to hold the boat in water deeper than the powerpole will go
See ya dude 😎🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 love this guy!
next time i catch a ladyfish ima do that, except when i catch a ladyfish it is like 2 pounds. i caught a ladyfish about 9 inches out of our canal. you also posted this on my birthday so.
Ladyfish works for me on bull reds from the pier.
I was out in my boat exactly where you were today, let’s go fishing straight up I launch at Seminole
Nice fishing buddy 👍👍👍..I see u use the doa call alot...what's the best way to use it in dark water blind casting?
I love the Arkansas Glow color, but in dark muddy water I recommend the Rootbeer color. Darker baits give a better silhouette in darker water to make it easier for the fish to see. And then as far as fishing try doing long casts, work the bait slowly and fish around structure or areas that you've caught fish in the past
Can't break myself away from my usual bait...shrimp.
#noballs
I've caught 2 ina cast net in the shipping channel in port a really good cut bait father law caught something on lady fish cut bait and took all of his 200 foot line and popped.. he couldn't reel it in no lie no bs
Have you had a problems with that trolling motor ? Can’t decide between Minn Kota or motor guide
No problems at all. I've only had Minn Kota before, but it works well for me so I haven't had a reason to try anything else
Hey brother.. what’s up.. I’m not sure but I think this is the same spot that I use to catch red on my white kayak .. and I think one day you helped me to take a picture off my fish . That was you??
of course it does....so does bluefish, mullet, pogies, Spanish macs, anything stanky. No need for a live anything in NE Florida, in dark dirty mud water, where smell is all ya need. haha, I use 4-8oz. in 20 feet, and call it shallow water fishin'. Mangroves? whats dat? that trout would have got real cold and stiff, on my boat!
Nice purple phone case!
Brent what do you do for a career
Capt. Jim from Melbourne
Cut lady fish is a redfish killer here and in 10,000 Islands...
In Texas, the slot for reds is 20-28".
Brett are you in the forth street flats??
Fishing Clearwater Pass I have caught redfish, sea trout, flounder, and snapper on cut ladyfish...
I caught a gage grouper on live jack
And to think I always thought of lady fish as junk great video
Me too until a local on the Port Aransas North Jetty told me that they are crack for big reds. He shared a cut piece with my daughter who immediately got an over slot red while I was catching nothing with live shrimp (except a lady fish I released). One of the best pieces of advice I ever received from a local angler.
Glad to hear that that
I tried ladyfish once for cut bait with no results, viewing this video I guess I'll give it another try. Just my 2 cents but a 2/0 hook is kind of small I use 3/0,s and 4/0,s
I agree a 2/0 I prefer the owner off set circle hook for others but using cut the owner offset 3/0 & 4/0 would be much better
Now on that note I have pulled in some stupid slobs on a 2/0
Ladyfish are a sweet bait! They work live and cut down here in the keys also!
What glasses are those? I really like them!!
Lady fish is good cut bait, but i prefer pitching them under docks alive for some monster snook. Ill leave the cut bait up to the mullet.
You can always count on the gotcha lures
Try taking a shot of liquor everytime he say's the word "Dude." fishon
Any cut bait works for reds and snook. You can catch a redfish on cut redfish. All my PB inshore fish have been caught with cut bait on a Jighead to keep it on the bottom!
I’m trying to catch my first snook on the Florida pan handle this year. Any tips?
Live shrimp wirh atleast 30 leader. Fish an inlet and dont use wire leaders or swivel clips. Tie knots. A swivel is okay for line to leader but it's best with all moni
live shrimp for sure
Made sure the shrimp are decent size. Not those little small fry shrimp. They need to be atleast 3 and a half to 4 inches. Those around 5 and 6 are perfect. Anything bigger than that will work but then you up your chances for other fish like big reds and juvenile goliath grouper
@@musicofthesoul7383 ask the bait shop for 'hand picked' live shrimp - good place to start
Panhandle? Good luck.
In Okinawa, I can catch big fish in a similar way, but...
That's a different kind of fish than the one in the video.
I used a jack as cut bait and caught a 28 inch red. So it is possible.
Wowza!
BULL REDS LOVE LADY FISH
Why do you call the Lady Fish that you dropped into the boat "He just came off". Shouldn't you say "She just came off"
hahahaha
Reds seem to chew that bait, let them eat, also the trout probably tried to eat a pinfish pecking on the cut bait and got the hook too.
I could be wrong but maybe let the red eat a little more before you set hook
Friend of mine swears by lady fish for everything
PS 4/0 to 5/0 Circle hook works well.
Lady fish all day long if you have them. Red fish love them .
get a bucket of butter fish and you can catch every school red on the rake.
What part of Florida is this out of?
Longboat pass?
Dunedin
The best Reds I ever catch is always on cut ladyfish also the biggest Reds also the biggest snook you will catch where I fish is on cut ladyfish but I do a little bit different kind of cut than what you're doing I actually cut on an angle and it helps with putting scent out there and it looks more like the piece of bait was cut by a fish biting it if you ever want to know more hit me up I'll actually give you some good tips on how I cut my bait.
what're you fishing on?
2019 Sea Hunt BX 22 BR
Dude, sharpen your hooks or buy fresh, sharp hooks and set it hard a few times once they are hooked.
What kind of boat is that?
2019 Sea Hunt BX 22 BR
Sorry you had to recommend ladyfish as good bait...you got on to 'em when they were hungry. Most days you'll fight crabs for bottom rights with any cut bait but if you must, mullet is the best for cut bait...If you just like the adventure catch a few 2 or 3 inch pinfish.(in Tampa Bay the edge of the Middle Ground flats is a good place to get any bait. Between Gandy Bridge and Picknick Island. The flats all around there are primo fishing.
Live Ladyfish= Snook!.looks like Hurricane Pass
Was told by an old timer to cut it into long strips so it has a little action in the water. Worked perfect
The bigger the chunk, the bigger the red. And bloody chunks work best. Cut each lady fish into four or five pieces and use the head.
Has anyone else noticed the fire ?
Take a subscribe fishing. That would be like an awesome giveaway type of deal
cya doot
Brent I will say bro anyone that knows that area will know that spot dang now people will load it up lol I get stupid comments like that all the time had to throw it out for ya lol
I heard ladyfish is caviar to snook. Have you ever caught snook with ladyfish?
I’ve heard of people catching some monster snook on both live and cut ladyfish, but I’ve never had any luck with that
I've got a rule on my boat. You hook a ladyfish that nasty thing does not come in the boat.
Idk abt Ladyfish as cut bait Caught 2 Ladys and a nice jack, but Ladyfish didnt get any bites..
Easiest way to get them is a cast net
That’s not Tampa area.. Dunedin/Clearwater