How To Catch MORE Speckled Trout On Artificial Shrimp Lures
- By: Richard Thomas
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In this video, you’ll see a few ways to catch MORE trout on artificial shrimp lures!!
Live bait is useful but artificial lures let you cover more ground in less time which elevates your fishing game.
Check this out!!
Trout On Artificial Shrimp Lures [VIDEO]
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Every inshore species that we target to catch eats a shrimp.
As a result, we anglers like to use artificial shrimp lures of all shapes and sizes to reel them in.
But what is often overlooked is WHERE you are fishing.
Below are the top 3 types of spots to look for to catch more trout on artificial shrimp lures.
1) Flooded Grasslines
Marsh systems with exits and drains off of flooded grass flats are ideal.
Focus your efforts on targeting grass lines with lots of structure nearby.
The shrimp will hide in the grass to avoid being seen by predatory fish.
Trout are used to seeing and targeting shrimp in that scenario which makes it perfect for an artificial shrimp presentation.
2) Flooded Flats
I prefer to fish flooded flats in the middle of the tide cycle when there is a bit more water moving through.
The trout want to hunt in shallow areas during this part of the tide.
This is about the time the shrimp are forced out of the protection in the grass lines and out onto the open flats.
Trout know this and are usually waiting right there in deeper water.
3) Fishing Drains
Usually, when it comes to creek mouths and drains emptying, the baitfish will come first, and then the shrimp.
Trout like to hang out in deeper pockets of water right beneath these drains so they can wait for easy meals to swim right to them.
Retrieval Methods
1) Slow Roll Retrieve
In the water, shrimp swim in a straight line but at an extremely glacial pace.
The first retrieve is simply a straight and slow retrieve of the shrimp lure with ZERO additional bumps or twitches.
This is a very natural behavior that shrimp often display before they’ve been spooked by a predator or whatnot.
2) Twitch-Twitch-Pause
This is the ideal retrieve for fishing close to the bottom.
First, cast your lure out and give it enough time to sink to the bottom.
Then, quickly twitch your fishing rod twice and then let the lure settle back down to the bottom.
This behavior mimics that of a spooked shrimp that can trigger reaction strikes from nearby predators.
Lots of times, the fish will strike your lure on the fall after those initial twitches.
3) Drag Retrieve
This is one of the better retrieves for colder months but can be used all year round.
All you need to do is cast your lure out and let it sink to the bottom.
Then drag the lure about 6-12 inches with your fishing rod.
Let the lure sit, reel in the slack in the line, and repeat.
You are not using the reel to take in line, instead, you are dragging the lure with your rod tip and then collecting the slack afterward.
Another bonus to this retrieve is that you have constant tension on the line.
If a fish strikes or takes your lure, you’ll feel that bite immediately.
Conclusion
As we approach fall and winter, start to reuse those lures and retrieves that work best in colder conditions.
The trends are changing RIGHT NOW from summer to fall!!!
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I live in South/eastern Virginia. The last I fished Fla. there was an old fishing table
Next to fishing charters boats. This is where all the captains cleaned fish at the same
Time everyday. There were huge amounts of Big fish hanging around that Bait
Cleaning table! What a place to fish. I can only imagine the fun! Would this work on
Our Dock? Same time and same place would the fish hang around?
It definitely couldn’t hurt, but I’d say it would be better to find a dock that holds fish due to depth/structure or certain current flows to be safe!
I live in the Texas city tx area I’m doing a lot of wade fishing in the bay area and nothing is working a ton of bait but no fish what can I do to not get skunked
Charles I would definitely look at Wyatt’s reports in Texas, he fishies that area and has some good success.
I had excellent luck on trout under dock lights around Port A on the FRED Jr Prawns and 3/0 Hoss weedless hooks.
The Jr’s are a favorite of mine for dock lights as well!
Like the report.
Awesome Randy, thanks!
What about useing in the bay area were it’s sandy and reefs
It will work great. Some of the footage shown I was actually using on a flooded sand flat, and it was almost every cast getting a fish!
This is a bay system no marsh or grass just wide open bay
Well the areas are reefs but this north wind is stopping me to fish there know I’m fishing across the other side and sandy area no luck in two days throwing all kinds of artificials no luck
The bay system can definitely be tricky this time of year, the fish are moving quite a bit and following bait. I’d really try to find the areas with the most bait and go from there in the bay. Typically places that have some type of structure
Fishing with Fred Jr 3.0 hoss helix lost tail on all three throws 2 ft water grass who was the theif that would not take the whole bait went with other and no hits at all???
Pufferfish love to take tails off
Gregory is right, most likely a puffer fish
Thanks for the response
Great info. Thanks for sharing.
Anytime Marc!
Great tips Richard have you ever tried a caroliner rig on the drag method
I need to try that!
Hey Donald I absolutely have. It works great with live bait such as mud minnows for flounder.
Thanks for the great tips, Richard. I need to try the drag method with the power prawn. I’ve hardly noticed this before but on a few trips this summer, my wife fishing with live shrimp, has bagged some pompano that way. I just thought she was extremely lucky!
Definitely Mark! Sometimes slowing it down is just what they want some days!
Good info, I also use the drag retrieve method for flounder.
Thanks William, it’s definitely a great one to use for multiple species!