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 Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: 44 Diesel]
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09/20/20 11:16 PM
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MilesHunter
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I am using large dressed J hooks on the slabs. The J hook will keep a lot of the smaller fish from hooking up and keep others from gut & gill hooking but still does a good job of hooking the bigger stripers that are within the smaller fish. What J hook are you using? I have been cutting one or two of the hooks off of my treble hooks but wanted to try a J hook instead, like on a lot of larger saltwater jigs.
Miles
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Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: DavisGuideService]
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09/20/20 11:56 PM
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learnin to fish
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We went out this morning and had a hard time catching shad. We finally caught a few and headed to the McCowan flats. We caught 3 striper ( one of them was 20”) the other two were under size.on the only 4 shad we had in about 20 minutes. We went to catch more shad, finally found a nice bunch of them. By the time we got back to the flats with more shad the bite was over.
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Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: MilesHunter]
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09/21/20 12:14 AM
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44 Diesel
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I am using large dressed J hooks on the slabs. The J hook will keep a lot of the smaller fish from hooking up and keep others from gut & gill hooking but still does a good job of hooking the bigger stripers that are within the smaller fish. What J hook are you using? I have been cutting one or two of the hooks off of my treble hooks but wanted to try a J hook instead, like on a lot of larger saltwater jigs. I get em from a place around Houston. I been using the 2/0 ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/09/full-77369-67172-img_20200920_185336.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/09/full-77369-67173-img_20200920_185445.jpg)
Last edited by 44 Diesel; 09/21/20 12:18 AM.
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Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: DavisGuideService]
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09/21/20 12:13 PM
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gborg
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Millers Fly shop online has a good variety of salt water closures.
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Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: DavisGuideService]
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09/28/20 03:03 PM
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CenTexan
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Awesome post. I have been tied up with work for several weeks. I will be out this weekend. Hope to see you out and others as well. Cooler temps are here and the bite should be even better. I can't complain about the heat though. The Summer bite was unreal for me. I fished Whitney, Twak, RC, and CC....Whitney shined through by a large margin this year.
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Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: 44 Diesel]
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09/28/20 03:09 PM
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CenTexan
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Awesome post. I have been tied up with work for several weeks. I will be out this weekend. Hope to see you out and others as well. Cooler temps are here and the bite should be even better. I can't complain about the heat though. The Summer bite was unreal for me. I fished Whitney, Twak, RC, and CC....Whitney shined through by a large margin this year. I am using large dressed J hooks on the slabs. The J hook will keep a lot of the smaller fish from hooking up and keep others from gut & gill hooking but still does a good job of hooking the bigger stripers that are within the smaller fish. What J hook are you using? I have been cutting one or two of the hooks off of my treble hooks but wanted to try a J hook instead, like on a lot of larger saltwater jigs. I get em from a place around Houston. I been using the 2/0 This is the way to go guys. I keep several baits rigged with J-hooks. This is my method as I cant stand seeing young fished destroyed by obliterating their mouth or ripping their gills out with trebles. I cant tell customers or guests how to fish, but this is how I fig for myself.
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Re: Fish are fired up on Whitney!
[Re: DavisGuideService]
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09/29/20 11:46 AM
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gborg
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Two weeks coupled with cooler temps can only help, let us know how your fare !
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