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  1. Not sure where you are staying but if you are...

    Not sure where you are staying but if you are staying at Navy Cove Condos you are staying on the fish White trout out from the boat slips with live shrimp Just use a small split shot or popping cork...
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    It's 'just' a jack...

    LOL Exceptional game fish!
    https://vimeo.com/112123017
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    Their holes are everywhere along the beach. Best...

    Their holes are everywhere along the beach. Best time to look and slurp is at low tide when the surf is calm. Having a little one with a small net to scoop them up as you slurp is a big help.
  4. Thread: Ghost Shrimp

    by wmfowler
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    Unless the first bar is very close to the beach,...

    Unless the first bar is very close to the beach, I would not go that far. Just go out past the "broken shell and debris" zone of the surf. Usually starts a yard or two farther out than the waves...
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    So out on the first bar?

    So out on the first bar?
  6. Thread: Ghost Shrimp

    by Haywire
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    They are everywhere along the beach, you just...

    They are everywhere along the beach, you just have to get far enough out so that the bottom isn't agitated by surf and you can see their little volcanoes. The water is so warm that you could pput on...
  7. Thread: hooking an ly

    by CarlF
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    I hook em between the top of the mouth and eyes,...

    I hook em between the top of the mouth and eyes, in the snout. More streamed lined, easie to cast and retrieve. I've they die, you can snob let them like this.
    But yeah, this time of year, they die...
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    Everyone has their own way of hooking them, some...

    Everyone has their own way of hooking them, some through the back behind the dorsal, some the belly, and my personal preference, through the top of the head bringing the hook into the mouth cavity,...
  9. Thread: hooking an ly

    by Pier#r
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    In the summer when it gets HOT & STILL the life...

    In the summer when it gets HOT & STILL the life expectancy of a live LY is about two casts.
    The warmer the water the less oxygen it holds and the bait dies quickly on a hook.
    There are a few tricks...
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    If by rocks you mean the old pipe foundations its...

    If by rocks you mean the old pipe foundations its 1860 feet after you get on the beach by the pier (Google Earth), so about 2,000 ft +/- depending on where you park in the lot.
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    Catfish, there is no access to the beach from...

    Catfish, there is no access to the beach from inside the Fort, except by walking around the bay and out to Dixey Bar, which is the point of land where bay meets beach. Longish sort of walk, but the...
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    Thanks for the ghost shrimp lesson Mr. Thornton....

    Thanks for the ghost shrimp lesson Mr. Thornton. I look forward to drowning a few on the pier soon.
    Haywire I invested in a nice aluminum sand flea rake. I have found that they are still hard to...
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    Yes, they are 6" to 3' deep in the sand plus...

    Yes, they are 6" to 3' deep in the sand plus whatever the water depth is.
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    My ideal time is near dead low tide.
    I would refer to the scene in the pic below as a 'target rich environment' ;-)...
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