Fish Equipment
I am moving to FL. I have equipment to fish saltwater flats and am a very good fresh water fisherman.?
Any thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I'll be on the East Coast near Melbourne. Perhaps moving from there to the Bradenton area
Stilhdr , check some of my "starred questions" for extra info regarding flats fishing.
Gimme and Adam are "dead on" about the structural integrity issue regarding Salt VS Freshwater lures.
If you intend to use your Bass gear/lures make sure to "rinse" and switch-out hooks and O-rings to 3X strong.
I agree with Adam! We can't really help you if we don't have a general idea of where in FLA your moving to! (lol)
UPDATE: Oh, your loving it! Indian River/Sebastion Inlet area is super fun and very "fishy".
Inexpensive way to go: Buy a canoe or kayak and rig it for flats fishing. Fishing for Reds, Trout, & Snook from a kayak or canoe is productive & fun! There are many areas in this region that are "no-motor" zones. You can catch a BUNCH of fish cruising the flats & weedlines in a kayak casting 1/8 OZ jig & shrimp combo's and Berkley 4" PowerGrubs in "Glass Minnow", "New Penny" , "Electric Chicken", "Smoke/Black Fleck", "Pogey", Etc.
Buy yourself a map of your area and look for accessable small creeks adjacent to large "no-motor" flats. You want to be fishing areas that have good tidal current, baitfish, & "depth" NEXT to or flooding into, a nice 2-4 FT flat.
I use either 6 LB Stren Superbraid (green) or Berkley 4-6 LB Fireline (smoke) with a tippet/leader of 10-12 LB flurocarbon. If your a good "knot" person you can bloodknot, Etc your leader on your main line OR use a small black swivel. Long casts can be important in flats fishing ergo the smaller diameter main-line.
Freshwater Senko-type lures work well along grass-edges but you have to "juice-them-up" with Pogey spray.
Look for shellbars. Shellbars are "buffet table's" for saltwater fish, (much like good docks can be for freshwater Bass). An example of a "good" bar would be one that "slopes" into deeper water, is near the channel of a creek, is near flowing current, and has abundant LIVE oyster's. You should also be on the look-out for any "flounder prints" near oyster bars, (oval-shaped prints left by flounders).
I'm very happy you get to experience flats fishing in one of the "mecca's" of flats fishing.
If you need further info check my past "starred questions".
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