Hunting Nearshore Giants On Artificial Reefs With Live Bait

I can’t stop hunting nearshore GIANTS!!

What can I say – I’ve got snapper fever!

In today’s video, I’ll show you exactly what our strategy was for reeling in some of the biggest snapper I’ve ever seen.

Catch all the action below!!

Hunting Nearshore Giants On Artificial Reefs With Live Bait [VIDEO]

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Equipment Used:

Bait Setup #1

• Rod Used: Daiwa Saltiga G 6’6″ Medium
• Reel Used: Daiwa Saltist 30H Star Drag Convectional Reel
• Mainline: 50lb Daiwa J-Braid x8 Grand Braid 
• Leader: 60 lb Ande Monofilament
• Hook: 6/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Circle Hooks

Shrimp Lure Setup #2

• Rod Used: Shimano Tallus PX 6’9″ Medium
• Reel Used: Daiwa BG MQ Series 6000
• Mainline: 50lb Daiwa J-Braid x8 Grand Braid 
• Leader: 60 lb Ande Monofilament
• Hook: Hoss Weedless Football Jighead
• Lure: Power Prawn USA Original
  

Bait Setup #3

• Rod Used: Ugly Stick Tiger Elite Med/Heavy 6’3″
• Reel Used: Penn Fathom 15XN Lever Drag 2 Speed
• Mainline: 50lb Daiwa J-Braid x8 Grand Braid 
• Leader: 60 lb Ande Monofilament
• Hook: 6/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Circle Hooks

On-The-Water Action

We picked up a few cigar minnows using sabiki bait rigs and then moved off to find deeper water.

The strategy was to drop down a bait roughly 4 feet from the bottom and wait for those strikes.

I started off throwing a Power Prawn USA shrimp lure on a Hoss Weedless Football Jighead.

I felt a few solid swipes but nothing took the hook so I switched that out for a cigar minnow on a bottom rig.

After switching to live bait, we hit a few reefs and got on some solid action.

A bit later on, I hooked into something HUGE that would not give me any slack.

It ended up popping off but I was prepared with pre-tied double snell rigs I prepped the night before.

A pod of dolphin were swarming around the kayaks hoping to steal our fish before we could land them.

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A little while later, I hooked into another giant.

Turns out, it was a GIANT grouper that I brought up to about 5 feet below the surface and it popped off the line.

Special thanks to Brandon Barton at Emerald Waters Kayak Charters in the Pensacola area for taking me on a guided trip out to have an absolutely EPIC trip.

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