I am an avid freshwater angler. I am going to take a trip to the South Carolina coast and wanted to know if anyone tried freshwater type lures in saltwater. Any recommendations on type and colors would be great. Tips would be appreciated too.
2007-10-05 06:01:17 · 7 answers · asked by wbp123_06 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
they work fine, the problem is when they come out of the water. Most saltwater lures have stainless or galvanized hardware and hooks. The regular bronzed hooks will rust at a incredible fast rate when used in Salt.
Another thing is Scale. most Freshwater baits aren't very big in comparison. but if you're just fishing inshore, your larger freshwater baits will be fine.
2007-10-05 06:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by sirtanaka 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is a valid question. What you did not include is what kind of fish you going to be targeting or are you going to just cast and hope to catch something. The 2 lures for inshore fishing I will suggest you get at least 2 of is the spoon. 2 gold and 2 silver, use the gold if the water is clear and the sun is bright (no clouds), in off colored water or lower light conditions use the silver. The spoons are for targeting Red Drum. Another lure to try is the Super Spook in bone color; this works for the red drum and spotted sea trout if there are any in the area.
I am not familiar with the fish species along the Carolina Coast other than the red drum.
2007-10-05 10:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by Lance D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive caught saltwater fish on a potato chip! so yes, freshwater crankbait and other type of lures will work in saltwater. however, i would recommend sticking to saltwater lures simply because they are designed to catch saltwater fish. berkley gulp makes some good saltwater lures. if you insist on freshwater lures, the luckycraft crankbaits are good in saltwater. colors= Blue, Chrome, black white, yellow, green. blue and chrome or black and chrome make a deadly combination in saltwater.
2007-10-05 11:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by ogvictor1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-28 16:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to catch specks using a broke back Rapala in the surfs of Tx and La.
2007-10-05 18:26:42 · answer #5 · answered by steve s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use tins to catch striped bass, bluefish, weakfish (sea trout), and summer flounder. Tins of choice kastmaster, hopkins, and crocodiles. Since most of the baitfish along the coast is slivery in color tins work best.
2007-10-06 00:51:57 · answer #6 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can work but i dont do it...why because if idid the rod i use for sea angling is not as capable as getting my rapalas the distance my freshwater gear would but if you use a light enough rod i see no reason why you coudnt use a sinking rapala i always use blue and it works well
2007-10-05 09:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋