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Anchoa mitchilli · also bay anchovy
How to catch Glass minnow in Florida
Glass minnow feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The translucent anchovy in the dimpling clouds on the bays and beaches, more chum than bait, and the thing the Spanish and the ladyfish are blitzing when you see the birds.
How to fish it
A quarter-inch net on the dimpling schools; freeze what you don't use for chum.
What it eats
a fine-mesh cast net
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
A fine-mesh cast net on the schools that dimple the surface in the bays; mostly chum, not bait.
Rigging it
Thrown by the handful as chum for Spanish, trout and ladyfish, or several on a tiny hook.
What it's for
Spanish mackerelYellowtail snapperLadyfishCero mackerelLookdownSand seatroutLittle tunny (bonito)Silver seatroutBar jackAtlantic bonitoAtlantic cutlassfish (ribbonfish)
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 →