Is This The Best Lure For Nearshore And Offshore Reefs?
- By: Luke Simonds
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Do you often find yourself fishing reefs both nearshore and offshore?
If you don’t have this artificial lure in your arsenal, then you may be missing out.
And the best lure for nearshore and offshore reefs may not be what you think!
Check it out below!
Is This The Best Lure For Nearshore & Offshore Reefs? [VIDEO]
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The Salt Strong Power Prawn has quickly become my favorite lure for fishing offshore and nearshore reefs.
From snook and flounder to cobia, the Power Prawn has been very successful in nearshore reefs.
Even in water up to 90 feet, the Power Prawn also attracts grouper and snapper.
Many anglers would say that the best way to fish a reef is to get some live shrimp.
But the Power Prawn allows you to mimic that same behavior to induce a strike while eliminating the need for live bait.
Rigging
Make sure the jig head is centered in the lure’s head and as the hook comes through it is centered in the back.
If it is turned off to the side, the lure can helicopter in the water and swim unnaturally which won’t appeal to any fish.
Look at it from all sides and try to match the mold of the lure and the action you are trying to create.
The Power Prawn Jr. will work but it is best to go with the original Power Prawn for deeper water.
Power Prawn jig heads are the best for this lure (both presentation and weight-wise).
The plain shank hook with a ball head weight proves to assist in creating the most action on the Power Prawns.
Retrieve
The idea is to cast the lure up current and let it sink down to the bottom.
When it hits the bottom, begin to jig the rod to create action on the lure.
The Power Prawn will bounce up over the reef and then fall back down.
Fish will more than likely hit the shrimp lure when it is on its way back down after popping the rod up.
A 3/4 ounce jighead is preferable for fishing deeper water with current but a 1/2 ounce jighead will also work.
It is a good idea to cover different zones and different depths to present the shrimp lure in the ideal strike zone.
As far as line strength goes, 30-lb braid should be perfect for this application.
If you get broken or bit off, you can always tie on a little bit of a heavier leader (40-50 lbs) at the tip of the leader.
Artificial lures allow you to cover more water which holds true for both nearshore and offshore fishing.
If you are properly casting up current, you can jig the lure on the bottom and not have to reel any slack back in because the current holds the shrimp in place.
Conclusion
Nearshore and offshore reefs are highly successful fishing areas even with artificial lures.
The Power Prawn has put previous notions to bed by proving to be a productive lure on the reefs.
If you have any further questions on anything related to fishing the Power Prawn, let me know down in the comments!
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I’m looking to do more nearshore fishing and wanted some advice how to find some of the artificial reefs, wrecks, and fish haven areas in the Venice/Sarasota area that show up on my garmin echomap plus 74cv chart plotter. I’d assume these are the best places to easily get on fish while nearshore fishing? I’ve gone out a few times trying to find them, but I haven’t seen any structure on my sonar when driving through the areas shown in my GPS. Are they just very small reefs that are easy to miss and as long as you are near them you are fine? Or do I have to keep driving back and forth until I see structure and pin it on my GPS? Thanks! Jeff
I just got back from using the PowerPrawn near shore and in Big Pass this afternoon. It seemed to get stuck on me in structure quite often, especially in the Pass where there was significant current. I was using the 1/2oz and 1 oz jig heads.
When you are jigging, it looks like you are not covering much ground – more of up and down motions. Maybe that keeps you from hooking the structure? Any other thoughts on keeping them from getting hung up on bottom?
Thanks for the Info Luke, I need to get some of those!
Just ordered the larger prawns with the 1 oz jigheads. You’ve inspired me to try bouncing these in the surf! We shall see!
How cool! Please keep me posted how you do. I have taken the power prawn with a 1/2 oz jig head to fish the surf over here on the Gulf coast and the snook loved it.
Luke, what size rod and reel were you using for jigging on the reefs?
On this trip, I was using a 7’6″ St. Croix Legend Tournament MH Fast Action rod rated for 10 – 20 lbs. I put a Daiwa BG 3000 spooled with 20 lb PowerPro and it has proven to be a very good setup for this type of fishing.
Man, that power prawn is a best of a lure. Happy I have myself. Great video
Thanks for making time to post the nice comment!
You have spoken several times in videos to add 2 feet of heavier mono. What knot do you use for the join? FG?
Yes, I use the FG knot to connect my leader line to the mainline… most often 10 to 20 lb braid to 20 to 40 lb leader.
Thanks, how do you join the two leaders together?
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Does this work with lower visibility? I’m in VA and the water is generally murky.
Yes, we have a lot of members in VA who have been finding success with these lures. With the jigs, the weight of the jig head hitting the ground is what helps the fish find the lure.
I have used these a lot inshore fishing. I tried several techniques but the one that consistently produced fish, grey trout, speckled trout, flounder and bluefish, was to cast it out let it fall to the bottom and then get the slack out the line. Next slowly pull it towards the boat. Then reel up the slack and repeat. I agree with the jig heads for certain. But I use one with a big eye and plastics keeper on it hat works very well to keep the prawn in place. During our short flounder season this produced several keeper flounder when the guys next to me were using pogies and not catching anything. I’m hoping to try it off shore soon.
Thanks so much for sharing the helpful tips Douglas!