The trout are everywhere in the bay system right now, but always catching them can be a challenge. Plastics, topwaters, spoons, and swimbaits will continue to take their fair share and if its really big trout you are after, you need to stick to the large topwaters early and late....always depending on the tides.
I was privileged to have had all of my kids and grandkids with us this past week and we fished hard everyday . We caught enough trout to feed all 23 of us, but some days it was tough finding and getting fish to hit.
I have never been much of a live shrimp/popping cork kind of guy, but if you want numbers this is definitly the way to go. Its the sure fire way that the majority of guides use to fill client limits.
The Grand Slam Popper from Livingston Lure Company is a ready made, snap on your line, ready to fish setup. It works great with a live shrimp, mullet, croaker, plastics, or GULP! Its not as easy to cast a popping cork as it would seem. Kids and adults alike have to get use to the added weight and length of "stuff" hanging from the rod tip. Be careful of backcasts...treble hooks are hard to get out of things.
Getting the proper techniques down for working this rig take a little time, but with live bait at the working end, simply letting it sit will produce. Kids love to reel...so let em reel...slow!
If you're working a plastic, different story, it has to be kept moving. Popping the cork allows the jig to rise and fall. Trout will hit it as it falls or as its being retrieved. The popping action of the cork helps to attract fish. Done just right it resembles the slurpping sound of feeding trout.
Every angler needs a few popping cork rigs in their tackle and the Grand Slam fits the bill well.
Take care....see ya on the water!
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