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Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net #8530817 02/01/13 04:03 PM
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Bait fish getting harder to find, thinking about getting a cast net and getting my own whenever I go out. Would also solve the legal issue over where the bait comes from (Okla law can not release bait fish into water they weren't caught in).

How do you find the bait fish, how do you know where to cast the net to catch your bait?

Is it better done from shore or from a boat?


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Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8534158 02/02/13 04:41 AM
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I don't have a boat so I usually throw my net from around boat ramps or docks and it's hit and miss lately. Up until this year I could get a bucket full in 20 minutes but I can't seem to find em lately. If you have a boat with a fish finder you can spot schools of shad.

Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8534860 02/02/13 02:19 PM
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You'll see a lot of postings by a guy called Tarpon Fly. He's a local guide. Read his posts and you'll learn a lot. Look for him in the catfish section too.


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Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8535166 02/02/13 03:34 PM
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I just saw Tarponflys videos in the photos and video section of tff


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Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8536072 02/02/13 10:13 PM
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Anywhere around docks. Sometimes they're at one dock, sometimes at another. If the shad are in, the catfish and hybrids may be there, also. Concentrated turkey birds will often follow schools of shad.


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Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8536585 02/03/13 01:05 AM
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under bridges where i have the best luck

Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: deucer02] #8548543 02/05/13 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted By: deucer02
Concentrated turkey birds


What's a turkey bird? Never heard the term (assume you're not talking T-day type gobblers)


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Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8550050 02/06/13 12:17 AM
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Cormorants/water turkeys


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Re: Question - Finding Bait Fish for Cast Net [Re: DCmac] #8552309 02/06/13 03:05 PM
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Ha! Never would've figured that out on my own. Imagine you'd have to be pretty damm hungry to put one of them turkeys on the Thanksgiving table.


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