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Decapterus punctatus · also round scad
How to catch Cigar minnow in Florida
Cigar minnow feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
A slim, tough scad stacked over the reefs and wrecks, the grouper and snapper bait of the Gulf, and the one that survives a long drop.
How to fish it
Sabiki over the reef or the wreck before you start bottom fishing; a dozen in the well is the day.
What it eats
the Sabiki
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
Sabiki on the reefs and wrecks, where they stack over structure.
Rigging it
Nose-hooked on a stinger rig for kings, or a 4/0 circle hook dropped to the bottom for grouper.
What it's for
King mackerelGag grouperRed snapperVermilion snapperRed grouperScampGreater amberjackAlmaco jackAfrican pompanoHorse-eye jackBanded rudderfishRed porgy (pinkie)
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 →