This time of year I have been struggling with my plastics. Decided to net a bait well full of menhaden and small finger mullet. Reds seem to be crushing the haden for me. I basically have been just cutting them in half and hooking them by the head and boom. Trout liked the finger mullet on the mid tide rising. Usually I can get them to take the VUDU shrimp but not yesterday. They wanted those little finger mullet.
I know a lot of folks have said the numbers are down and I agree but I have not been getting skunked like other reports. My advice is go net some bait and fish your typical plastics and when all else fails try to cut bloody bait.
Tight lines.