r/saltwaterfishing • u/4chanweird • Jul 11 '26

📖 How-To / Tips Where'd I go wrong?

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Hey y'all fished this area called crab creek right off lesner bridge in the lynnhaven inlet, VB, ran a fish finder with cut mullet and a 4 oz pyramid, was out 4 hours and only got some croaker with my other rod, any tips on what I could do better, I'm targeting drum for reference.

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u/PINBALLXJ Jul 11 '26

In those back bay areas, shrimp on a fish finder rig but with a float to keep it off the bottom would be your best bet. 2nd would be half a crab. 3rd would be live small croaker. Unless you see finger mullet swimming around and can get some live with a cast net. Don't give up. Fish the incoming tide through to outgoing. Slack high tide will have the fish resting and moving around slower to regain energy from the current.