Redfishing With Live Mullet [Ultimate Redfish Course Sneak Peek!]
- By: Joseph Simonds
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Redfishing with live mullet is one of the best ways to get on INSANE bites!
Finger mullet are typically wherever redfish are and redfish have been feeding on them their entire lives.
This is why it can be such a reliable bait when targeting redfish!
Redfishing With Live Mullet [VIDEO]
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There are THREE main ways to fish with finger mullet:
- Live and tail-hooked
- Live and nose-hooked
- Cut-bait
These techniques also apply to fishing with pogeys, menhaden, etc.
1. Live & Tail-Hooked
A 30lb fluorocarbon leader attached to a 4/0 circle hook is all you need to start this rig.
Slide the hook right through the top of the body about an inch from the tail.
This technique is excellent for freelining bait over a large flat.
It can also be effective when dock fishing, sight fishing, or anywhere the water is shallower than 3 feet.
A redfish’s mouth is hinged downward so they don’t prefer to swim up to eat live bait.
You can put slight pressure on the mullet with this rig to keep them slow and on the bottom.
2. Live & Nose-Hooked
If you’re sight fishing for redfish, nose-hooking them is a great approach.
You can drag it alongside your boat or in the water next to you if you’re wading and pitch it out where you see fish.
Another thing to take note of is your hook choice.
If you’re sight fishing in heavier current, a 1/8 oz. jighead will work best.
If you’re fishing over a flat without much structure, then a knocker rig will do the trick.
Heavy current situations where you need the bait down on the bottom.
If you’re fishing in shallow water and need the bait to remain stationary in one place, this is my go-to rig.
A few feet of fluorocarbon leader with an egg sinker attached to a swivel connected to 12 inches of leader ending in a 4/0 circle hook.
Hook the bait below the tail on the underside of the body.
Cast it out and that bait will stay in one spot fighting against the weight.
Eventually, a redfish will come along and eat it.
Let me know if you have any questions down below!!
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Nice job! This is our favorite go-to when targeting Redfish. A tried and true technique.
Great tips! In SC we call that setup a Carolina Rig but I’m not gonna sweat over it!! Caught more Reds on that than all others combined. Works great with live and fresh local shrimp too! I missed the part where you talk about cut mullet! 🤭
Also in SC, but they call that a Carolina Rig everywhere. A Knocker Rig is when the egg goes all the way to the hook… again, everywhere. Tony is not just one of the best at Salt Strong, but one of the best on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63Tfe4gD8k
Dang. Lol. Even Tony is wrong sometimes… just realized he calls a Carolina Rig a Fish Finder rig. Oh well… no one is perfect I guess.
Thanks for the tips!
Too bad NC just put a ban on using striped mullet as bait.
When did this ban go in effect?
Didn’t yet.
Only in Nov-Dec
Looking forward to the rest of this course! Lots to learn from Capt. Deeks!
Wow. Refreshing to see you guys talking to us live bait guys. I know there is more money in your artificials but reality is….. My success rate with live bait is way better than artificial.
Thank You for showing this video. Never fished salt water with a what we call a Carolina rig.
I’ve have had great sit with pin fish. One thing I usually do is trim the tail one the pin fish so it can swim fast and makes it look injured.
When casting the fish finder rig with weight and swivel the bait often separates from the weight. The weight doesn’t go far but the bait flies far out. How to prevent that?
Cast at a 45degree angle