Conventional Reels: Your Key to Powerful Angling

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• FEBRUARY FISHING
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February Fishing Tips and Tactics for Winter
Anglers
With limited options for keeping fish offshore.
Hog fish and snapper can save a day and fill a
dinner plate. Look for live bottom in 40-50ft of
water or ledges/small shows in 65- 70ft.
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OU CAN ALSO TARGET MANGROVE SNAPPER USING THE
SAME TACTICS FOR HOGFISH AS WELL BUT SUPPLEMENT
SHRIMP WITH SMALL WHITEBAIT AND OTHER AVAILABLE
CHUM
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Kingfish
Kingfish are always offshore in that 70ft plus
water depth. Id recommend always having a free
lined bait out the back. With a big live pinfish,
cigar minnow, ladyfish or mullet being good
options. Another good tactic would be to drop a
1.5-2 oz bucktail tipped with a dead sardine to
about 30-40 foot of depth. Trolling is an option
but it's typically more productive to bottom
fishing as well.
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My favorite setup for sight fishing redfish is a
7' Medium or Medium Light Fish rods with a 2500
or 3000 series reel.
Speckled Trout can be found in potholes, along
flat edges, and channels in our area. Using the
same baits as redfish with a little more weight
will do the trick.
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The end of February will usually be characterized
by a warm spell where snook can be targeted
moving from the backs of rivers and creeks to
creek mouths and nearby flats. Once the water
temps begin pushing towards and into the 70s you
can upsize your lures some. However the small
presentations will work just find on laid up,
sunning snook. Also, if targeting snook this time
of year, Do as Branson does and tie on a yo-zuri
pencil. Anytime can be topwater time if you have
one tied on.
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