Chris from Skinny Water Lures mentioned days before the cold front the Sea Trout bite had turned on with the cooler temperatures upon us, causing the water temperature to drop.
We have had success around the Long Creek and High Bridge areas on early morning topwater, switching to a bright colored paddle tail or a twitch bait later in the day. Target areas with moving water.
More numbers of snook are also being caught around these areas and areas with structure. we found downsizing to a 3-inch paddle tail, retrieved close to the bottom on a twitch, twitch pause method had the Redfish chewing along the Longcreek area.
Once the cold front weather hit the topwater bite slowed tremendously due to the cooler temperatures. We noticed the bite seemed to pick up more as the water temperature raised later in the day. We also found switching to a bigger 4-inch paddle tail had the redfish, trout and flounder chewing.
During the fall season the bigger bait fish tend to move into the flats. With this in mind we switched from a 3-inch paddle tail to a 4-inch paddle tail to help match the hatch and mimic those larger profile baitfish. Also during these colder months and cooler water temperatures, slow your retrieval. We found a lot of strikes happened as the lure was on the down fall or laying on the bottom. Due to the drop in water temperatures the fish become more lethargic, causing them to strike lure with slower retrieval. Try these technique’s during those fall and winter months and you will be sure to increase your bite.
