This time of year the glass minnows start getting pretty thick and it can make for difficult fishing with soft plastics at times. Does anyone have any certain color or size they like to throw during these times? Had some luck on down south lures tonight with a clear looking purple chartreuse but fish were eating on the surface all night and I only caught a few fish
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When this happens, I have been humbled more times than not!
My uncle-in-law has a place on Calcasieu Lake with lights on his dock. When the glass minnows get real thick over there he has success with some baby swim baits. Calcutta baits makes them. They look like something you would crappie fish with, but he murders the trout on those baits.
Good luck.
Zoom Super Fluke Jr. in Rainbow Shad color with an 80 pound Spro swivel on 20 pound flouro leader. When you twitch, the weight of the Spro swivel is enough weight to make it dart like a glass minnow. 
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Glass minnow Husky Jerk is killer at night under the lights. My go to lure everytime I fish with my lights/
Yup that's a great lure. The Yo-Zuri 3DS and MirrOdine mini are also good ones for the lights.
White speck rigs will do a fairly good imitation of glass minnows. If you can find the Magnums, they have a bigger hook with the lighter jig weight and hook much better IMO.
Just cast them in to the school of minnows and give them a jerky retrieve. The jigs dart around and make the minnows panic. That will draw strikes for sure.
Just cast them in to the school of minnows and give them a jerky retrieve. The jigs dart around and make the minnows panic. That will draw strikes for sure.
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For me the best lure for specks when in water are glass minnow(day & night) is BASS ASSASSIN CURLY SHAD 2",chartreuse silver glitter and crystal
For me the best lure for specks when in water are glass minnow(day & night) is BASS ASSASSIN CURLY SHAD 2",chartreuse silver glitter and crystal
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white old school speck rigs with mono skirts, you can laugh if you want but until you try it...
You can't find this color any more but they are good. A guide buddy from Biloxi has a closet full of them and gave me several bags when we went to Chandeleur. The new ones are pinker.
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I like to use an iridescent bait like a SaltWater Assassin Opening night with a worm hook and no weight. Just sits on top waiting to get hammered.
I have bitten in half my salt-n-pepper/chart assassins and opening night assassins when they were really keyed in on small glass minnows and were not eating the full sized assassin well. Works pretty good. I have used the small size 3" Yo-Zuri Banana Boats with good results too. I don't know if they make 'em anymore. It needs to be pretty calm for them.
Fishing the glass minnows can be a funny thing. It can sure be feast or famine but when it is on and the fish are shredding them there is very little that equals it. Some of the best fishing trips I have had for pure numbers were fishing the glass minnows in the spring.
Fishing the glass minnows can be a funny thing. It can sure be feast or famine but when it is on and the fish are shredding them there is very little that equals it. Some of the best fishing trips I have had for pure numbers were fishing the glass minnows in the spring.
You young guys have no clue.
A spec rig in white or yellow, or, a double worm puzzler will do the trick. Flounder lover them.
A spec rig in white or yellow, or, a double worm puzzler will do the trick. Flounder lover them.
For replicating glass shad I'll toss either a Yo-Zuri 3DS Minnow, MirrOlure MirrOminnow, or the old school H&H Speck Rigs.
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