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Hi. I don't know what I'am doing wrong I have tried every possible artificial lure that they say is good for reds and trout and I still no caching a simple rat and the worse is that i even try live shrimp under a cork and free line and noting I usually go to mud lake and aroud cone island between 7 am and 3 pm maybe is the wrong place and the wrong.
thanks. :(
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Not sure where that is but come to the west end in galveston and we can catch nothing together. I use the chatter weight chartreuse in my line with a hook and some live shrimp and sometimes mud minnow. Came from the west coast and its different here for sure.
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Never laugh at someone else, especially since you are trying to learn English.

My suggestion is to read a little bit about what to look for while fishing. IE: Look for birds, bait fish schools, tailing fish. The trick is to look for objects that give you an idea that fish are in the area.
Also you need to look at the weather and tide patterns.

That should start you off in the right direction.
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thanks AHP
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My first thought is where you were fishing wasn't holding fish. Can't catch what's not there. Next would be to look for active bait or actively feeding fish. You will be able to tell if the bait is cruising or running scared. Next would be to key in on structure. Mud bottom, shell, sand, grass, creek mouth.. ect. When I cruise the edges looking for reds if I spook one I try to see which way they are facing and how deep they were. Usually they will all be about the same depth when targeting bait. I started with a go to lure which was a gulp jerk shad in New penny 5" and started with that. Going with other anglers will help the curve. I would find an area close to you and stay with it and learn that area first. Most likely you might have missed key signs for the fish.
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Dry spells are made to be broken. Keep going out, pay attention to fish, birds, and current. Drift your bait if you can while you cast an artificial, and resist the urge to keep changing the lure. I don't like to get into a lot of detail, but chartreuse works for me more often than not. I also found this past summer that I started catching more fish when I rigged my plastics on a Rockport Rattler Lunkermax, which is for bass worms. It's weedless, has a very wide gap hook, and as the name suggests, has a little rattle embedded in the weight. I work these very slowly over the shell and mud, rigged with some sort of Gulp or Norton product and had some great days with upper slot redfish and trout, and I think it was switching from a leadhead jig to the fancier bass option allowed me to keep the lure under their noses long enough for them to get mad at it, even if they weren't exactly feeding like crazy at the time. Gold and silver spoons are also good, in the weedless variety.

I know the feeling man, hope it picks up for you
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ok, thanks for the answer.
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It doesn't matter what you throw, if the fish are not in the area you're fishing it's hard to catch fish. Lot of things come into play, tide, wind directions, clarity of water, temp, barometer rising or falling, moon phases, bait in the area, etc, you have to learn to factor these elements on every trip, once you get an idea on how our weather/environment directly impacts your fishing you'll will be more successful.
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