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Brevoortia tyrannus · also pogy
How to catch Menhaden in Florida
Menhaden feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The pogy: an oily, flipping herring in huge schools along the beaches and in the bays, that fills a livewell with one throw of a big net and smells like the whole ocean.
How to fish it
A 10 or 12-foot net thrown on the flipping schools off the beach at dawn; you'll see the oily slick and the birds first.
What it eats
the cast net
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
Cast net the flipping schools off the beaches and in the bays — a big net thrown on a whole school fills the well.
Rigging it
Nose-hooked on a circle hook and free-lined or slow-trolled; cut in chunks for the bottom.
What it's for
King mackerelYellowfin tunaBlacktip sharkSpinner sharkBull sharkTiger sharkSandbar sharkStriped bassFinetooth sharkSand tiger sharkSummer flounder (fluke)Blue sharkAtlantic bluefin tuna
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 →