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vibrate more and cause more of a disturbance in the water,” Schindler recommends. “Usually, I make a slow retrieve to keep it just off the bottom. We fish a lot of places with shells or grass on the bottom.”
Spoons work particularly well in weedy areas, like the marshy Pearl and Pascagoula River deltas. Spoons equipped with weed guards can go through patchy vegetation fairly well. Throw spoons into any pockets or irregularities in the grass or run them parallel to the shoreline or other structure.
Bayou Caddy runs through marshes near Waveland, making another good place to work a spoon for redfish. Also try the marshy bayous feeding into Back Bay near Biloxi, such as Old
Fort Bayou and its tributaries. Any marshy
cut, bayou or shallow pond or bay create good places to work spoons for redfish. The marshes and grassy islands between Pascagoula and the Alabama line also hold good redfish.
“The Bayou Caddy area has some good places to throw spoons,” Schindler says. “The marshes around Back Bay and Bay St. Louis are also good places to throw spoons for redfish. The Heron Bay and Ansley areas are also good. Cat Island has marshy bayous in it. We use spoons frequently around Cat Island.”
These historic lures still rank among the most popular offerings all along the Gulf Coast for one reason. They still catch fish after more than a century.
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