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August 8, 2009 5:11 am | Fishing Lures

The Speckled Trout and redfish fishing help?

I live in New Orleans in Louisiana and love salwater inshore. I'm going to a local pumping station which connects to Lake pontchatrain very often during the summer. I went today for the first times and there were bait fish everywhere you looked, but the water was very muddy. I have not heard anything. Can anyone help me choose what to use attraction when the water is muddy? I was using a topwater because they were jumping all over a shrimp a death on a popping. Can anyone tell me the best bait to catch speckled trout and redfish?

As water becomes muddy, the colors you would like to use: 1. Chartreuse 2. Electric Chicken 3. White / Pink 4 tail. But as the water clears, colors that you want to use would be: 1. Clear 2. Chartreuse 3. White 4. New Penny / Brown Gold / Rootbeer Best lures for trout and Speck Reds: 1 / 4 oz Jig and 4 "curly-tailed grub-http: / / www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_8369_151004005_151000000_151004000_151 -4 to 5 Saltwater spinnerbaits-http: / / www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_75699_151004005_151000000_151004000_151-4-5 (For Oyster Bar areas or weeds), Berkley Gulp Jerkshad "Texas-style with a 5 / 0 offset hook http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_75761_151004005_151000000_151004000_151-4-5 Spook seawater (or similar "walk the dog" Topwater lure type) - http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_27430____SearchResults In clear water situations Husky Jerk Rapala saltwater-http: / / www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_2827____SearchResults (If you Can not find the salted version just replace the hooks on a Husky freshwater.) Tobacco-free gold spoons with a 3 "curly tail grub as a trailer-http: / / www.basspro.com / webapp / wcs / stores / servlet / Product_10151_-1_10001_59492____SearchResults Make sure your lures with a dose of good attraction saltwater. Bait fish will hold any temptation more you can get a better hook-set. TROUT prefer fast flowing water to pass through the Narrows and seek the neck. If you're targeting trout "only" use your Spook as "Lure of the research." If you type in the Spook, slow down and work area using a jig / grub or spinnerbait. Trout tend to come in schools of 3-5, where there is one there will be many. REDS prefer flats and slow water situations. Search Reds residues at high tide. If you do not do so good, go take a drink on Bourbon .........( wink). Hope this is help? Good luck!