Anyone use live bait?

[MessyRoadKil]

hey. I am FINALY starting to use Live bait For fishing in the river. Anyone using it for the piers ect? I mean I know There are ALOT of "minnow" things In the Surf .... I would catch them when I was A TAD younger lol. :) THANKS

[Oyster]

Small live baits, lip hooked and worked slowly in the surf can be deadly.

[RuddeDogg]

What Oyster said.... ;)

[MessyRoadKil]

Thanks Alot :) thats REALY good to know. Now just Two more things :) What type of rig do you use For the "minnows" , and how Do you hook them? THANKS.

[RuddeDogg]

Roadkill,
It depends on what your fishin for. For flounder I use a 2/0-3/0 circle hook and hook them through the lips from the bottom. the best way to hook em is through the lips. ;) Me and my buddies also use peanut bunker and mullet for striper, again I use cicrcles, 5/0-6/0. :D

[Wilber]

A really long book could be written on how to hook a live bait.

The best advice I could give in a few words is this, "Think how your target fish eats his dinner, head first or tail first, then hook accordingly".

[BrokenRod]

Hello. Rudd what do you do? Eat the peanut butter and wait for the striper to hit the mullet?

Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease
Take Someone Fishin

[Fishman]

Live minnows or gudgions work well in the surf and on a pier. I would use a hi lo rig or a carolinia rig dependi on where you fish.