Thursday, August 22, 2013

Live Shrimp Pompano Beach for Big Snappers

Live Shrimp Pompano Beach
                                                                                           












yellowtail Snapper or AKA flags have an upper body that is mostly white-grey to slightly bluish in color, and is covered with yellow spots or markings, in the middle of the fish's body there is a nice yellow colored band or stripe that goes the length of the fish to it's tail, which is also this nice shade of yellow, hence the name Yellowtail Snapper. Below the yellow stripe the lower area of the fish is lighter colored white-grey or very light blue, and often cream-white to bone-white in color. They are a bad ass snapper.

Yellowtail Snapper are a favorite fish to catch by many fishermen in pompano beach, and are usually considered the best tasting of the snapper species. When fishing for them, the first thing to remember is that they tend to stay together in schools, so once you locate one, there are bound to be  a bus load more in the same general locale.

Another very important thing to note when fishing for them, is that they love hanging around debris and structure of any kind, such as: coral reefs, shipwrecks, bridge pilings and numerous other such structures, so position your boat over these areas.

When live shrimp bait fishing for Yellowtail Snapper you must keep in mind that they have very keen eyesight, fluorocarbon leader is a must,  they seem to be leery of regular fishing line and exposed hook parts, so one of the top ways to fish for them is to chum the water first with a bait,about 10 lbs of chum that aces sells in blocks, and the mesh bags they have also.Tghis chum will make them go bananas and go nuts for the food, at this time, cast out your bait right into the chum, the Yellowtail Snapper will be so crazy trying to gobble up all the chum that they will pretty much jump in the boat.

Two of the most popular baits for Yellowtail Snapper are; live shrimp, followed by small bait fish like minnows. You can also dead bait fish and squid or shrimp cut into pieces, while using the chum.

Aces bait and tackle has great tips and tricks about fishing for Yellowtail Snapper and numerous other fish species in detail, you can contact them at www.acesfishing.com or call us at (954) 933-3406

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