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Uncut shore fishing in Florida for big mangrove snapper using free live bait! I started this land-based fishing adventure at Lido Beach in Sarasota, Florida, where thousands of greenback shiners were running along the beach. One throw of the cast net loaded my bait bucket with greenbacks, also commonly called whitebait, pilchards and threadfins.
From there I headed to the New Pass Bridge area near Longboat Key for some SW Florida bridge and seawall fishing. The outgoing tide was moving fast with a lot of floating grass, making it difficult to fish. After casting around and searching for the fish, I found most of the bigger mangrove snapper holding near a dock that required long casts to reach.
I started with live greenbacks on a small 1/8 oz bright green snapper jig. As my bait died, I switched between live bait, whole dead greenbacks and eventually cut bait. When the bite slowed down, I cut up some of my remaining bait and started chumming. That quickly fired the snapper back up and helped me finish my five-fish limit.
My fishing setup was a 7-foot medium fast-action rod with a 4000 spinning reel, 20 lb braided main line and 15 lb fluorocarbon leader.
This entire Florida shore fishing trip is UNCUT, so you can see the bite develop, the adjustments I made, and what it really took to catch a limit of keeper mangrove snapper from shore.
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