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Orthopristis chrysoptera
How to catch Pigfish in Florida
Pigfish feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The grunting grass-flat perch that a gator trout will cross a flat for. Also good fried, but that's not why it's in the well.
How to fish it
A #4 hook and shrimp over grass, or a Sabiki; keep the four-inchers.
What it eats
shrimp bits on a small hookthe Sabiki
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
Sabiki or a small hook and shrimp on the grass flats; the grunting is the point — big trout hear it.
Rigging it
Free-lined or under a cork on a 2/0 circle hook for gator trout; on the bottom for grouper.
What it's for
What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itHook#8–#1
Braid10–15 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereBait rules — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule at MyFWC →