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travel in china The spring run of great fishing is just beginning in Louisiana's marshes, and according to workers at two area tackle shops, the fish are showing preferences for certain lures. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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When you get back, offer him a per diem to sit at area boat launches and compile a complete report on what returning anglers have tied at the ends of their rods. Tell him to stay way back in the marsh grass and use his binoculars. travel in china You don't want him to be seen. He'll never fit in with his festive shirt and Brillo-Pad 'stache.
If all that's too much trouble -- or if you're fresh out of plutonium to power the time machine travel in china -- you could go a much less exciting travel in china route and ask area tackle-shop owners. They sit in their shops day after day talking to customers about where the action is hottest and what the fish want when they won't hit anything else.
Anthony Puglia and Sammy Romano practically live at two of the region's most popular tackle shops, so they know what the fish are biting almost before the fish do. According to these guys, some products are certainly proving to be more productive this year than others.
"We sell a ton of these baits," said Puglia of Puglia's Sporting Goods in Metairie. "It's a great bait to put underneath a cork. It's got a lot of action. (The bait) holds up. I hear a lot of people catch 50 to 70 speckled trout on one bait. We sell plenty, plenty Vudu Shrimp."
"Most people fish (the Live Target Shrimp) underneath a cork, but I've caught a lot of fish Carolina-rigging it in Delacroix," Puglia said. "If I've got a deep hole I want to fish, I use a Carolina rig with it. It's really realistic. It's got all the little legs and eyes on it. It's a great bait."
The secret travel in china to Gulp's success is its scent dispersion. Fresh out of the package, Gulp lures smell like crab shells that have sat in your garbage can too long, but to fish, they apparently are as fragrant and appetizing as pan-fried bacon.
"Personally, I believe it's the action (that makes it productive)," he said. "It's a very soft-plastic, so durability is the only area it lacks in, but of course, I'll trade a lure for a fish any day. I think most people will, especially on a tough day."
Puglia said anglers have also been speaking well of a soft-plastic made by Slayer that's relatively new to the market. A couple of recent redfish tournaments have been won by anglers fishing the lure. View full size Slayer
"They make paddletails and jerk tails," Puglia said. "Our hottest seller for redfish guys is the bounty hunter color; it's black/gold. It's got more action than a Saltwater Assassin, even though it looks like it. It's also scented."
"The wind, of course, has been brutal travel in china this year, but I've been getting a lot of good reports coming out of Lake Pontchartrain," he said. "At the Causeway and Trestles, a lot of guys are trolling Rat-L-Traps -- 3/4-ounce is the size you want to work with."
"A lot of guys like to have a little teaser behind the Rat-L-Trap," Puglia said. "What they'll do is take that rear treble hook off and do about a 15-, 16-inch leader of 20- to 30-pound fluorocarbon behind the Rat-L-Trap and place that treble hook inside a B2 Squid ."
"Bonnabel and Williams boat launches have just set up new pier lights for nighttime fishing," he said. "I've been getting a lot of reports from guys coming in catching travel in china good numbers and size (of speckled trout) off those piers. View full size Bobby Garland
"What they're coming in and buying are Bobby Garlands . We stock a lot of these for crappie fishermen, but believe it or not, this is what guys are going with on the piers at night. They're using the small, 2-inch crappie baits.
"It's a really neat idea. You're able to add weight and/or rattles to the cork to adjust it," he said. "It has a gasket seal so that it doesn't leak or sink like some of the older plastic corks did. Plus, the line wraps easily and securely."
"It's got a heavier travel in china wire on it. It's got beads up top with brass on the bottom, but the key is the washer between the brass beads and the float itself. Every time you pop it, it makes a unique clicking sound. It definitely works, and we sell a bunch of them."