| One of the best tried and proven ways to fill a boat | | | | shrimp around, increasing the chances that it is |
| full of keeper trout and redfish is using a live shrimp | | | | noticed and eaten by your potential dinner.When the |
| under a popping cork. I prefer to use a treble hook, | | | | fish are feeding, you will never go wrong using live |
| leaving about 18-24 inches of line between the hook | | | | shrimp under a popping cork. Last summer I fished a |
| and the popping cork, depending on the depth of | | | | few reefs in the Port Lavaca area with a good friend |
| water the fish are in. If I am fishing a shallow reef, | | | | of mine. After the shrimp hit the water and three |
| then I shorten the length of line between the cork | | | | quick pops of the cork, a fish was on. We limited out |
| and the hook to prevent hang-ups, but if I am | | | | on trout in 30 minutes and had a couple of nice reds |
| working birds, I want the shrimp to work a little | | | | in the boat. His wife thought we had motor trouble |
| deeper so I lengthen the line.Working reefs with live | | | | because we were back at the house so soon.Good |
| shrimp under a popping cork is the way to go as | | | | luck fishing.Aaron Ralston is the owner of Gulf Coast |
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| having to change lure types and colors to match | | | | along the gulf coast from Port Isabel, Texas all the |
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