Fishing School
Finding The Fish – Beginner Module
Welcome to the Salt Strong Fishing School!
This is Lesson #1 in the BEGINNER module.
Mobile Users: all 3 modules are found down below the video lessons
Equipment Used In This Video
- Real Shrimp: Texas Rigged Shrimp
- Lure: The Prawn Jr rigged on 1/2 oz Weedless Football Jighead
As mentioned in this lesson, there are often WAY more fish under bridges than most people think.
Here’s a fun video showing exactly how many are down there when a camera is dropped down close to the underwater structure.
Homework
In order to ensure that you can quickly find the best spots to catch fish, make sure to watch this quick lesson that shows a fun homework assignment that’ll result in you have at least 3 great spots to fish the next time you have some open time.
As always, please use the Comments section below if you have any questions… we’re here to help.
Tight Lines!
Do you have any video about how to retrieve prawn usa or prawn jrs from a pier like the skyway?
The retrieve on piers is the exact same as what is shown here… the only difference is that you’ll need to add some more weight when fishing from an elevated position to account for the pulling force of the wind on the line.
Never knew how to load a shrimp now I do, I can’t wait until I go out again
A shame the app has a costly subscription or I’d love to use it
The cost of the subscription equates to just 26 cents per day for those who get the annual plan. And that is a very small price for getting tools to find more fish while also getting access for group discounts on a wide array of products.
Hey Saltstrong, I been fishing for i wanna say 2 years down here in south padre island, and I just had a quick question regarding fishing in public piers. I like to fish in Pirates Landing but we don’t really stay consistent. What knowledge could you provide me about finding a good spot on public piers. Would it be the same as the bridge topic ?
Btw, Thank you for the free lessons and even question answering for free.
We really do appreciate you and the team for doing this for us.
Hey Edward, every pier is different so it’s impossible to know for sure exactly which zones is best. But some easy hacks to increase your odds of success is to focus on finding the zones with structure on the bottom. So whenever I fish a pier (or bridge) for the first time, I like to throw a weedless jig (my favorite is the Prawn USA rigged on a 1/2 oz Weedless Football jighead) so that I can feel the lure bumping up against anything on the bottom while having a higher chance of hooking fish than snagging the bottom.
And once you know where those structure zones are, you then can decide if you want to continue using the lure or go with live shrimp to increase the odds of getting strikes.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Whats a good way to learn everything that is shown in that map? Lots of different layers, numbers in the contours, etc etc. I just want to make sure I get the most out of it.
The red help button in the top right corner of the screen while using the mapping software has lessons that go through each of the layers.
Awesome! Thanks.
Fishing using Spot has not paid off for me. I have gone to the fishing “spot” using shrimp and casting a paddle tail with no luck. I have 3 places where the “Spot” is pink or purple near me and the only thing that changes is the color. I’ve never seen structure at these Spots nor caught more than 1 or 2 catfish.
As mentioned in this lesson, fishing around structure is crucial. So don’t spend much time in any spot where there isn’t structure even if it’s shown as fair in the Smart Fishing Spots system.
Could you please let me know which spots you found to not be good in Smart Fishing Spots? I’ll make sure they get knocked out.
Time of year, water temperature, current…. but really time of year. The water is hot, fish are sluggish. Once it starts to cool a bit you’ll be tearing them up.
I love this so much! I moved from Tennessee to Florida about 10 years ago and I’ve always wanted to go saltwater fishing and finally this mom got her license yesterday! I never thought about the 10% but that is so helpful to know. Stay salty!
We’re so glad to see that you enjoyed this video. Tight Lines!
I’m glad I joined.
We’re glad to have you in the Salt Strong Family Darryl.
Good stuff. I fished the gulf a long time ago as a teenager and young adult. After 40+ years, I am back fishing the gulf. I started wade-fishing the local beaches. What I have found is just what you are saying. Nearly all of the fish I have caught have been around piers, boat houses, docks, and posts from destroyed piers. I have caught flounder and reds near these structures. The speckled trout seem to relate to the flats on the beach between the structure in nearly waste deep water. They have tended to locate near subtle depth changes and near oyster beds. I’m still learning the subtleties of lure fishing in these areas, but the Prawn Jr, 2.0, and mulligan are hot right now.
Thanks for making time to post the helpful intel Glen!