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Fundulus grandis · also Gulf killifish
How to catch Mud minnow in Florida
Mud minnow feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The killifish of the tidal creeks and ditches: a thumb-sized, unkillable bait that lives for days in a bucket and catches every flounder in the creek.
How to fish it
A wire minnow trap in a tidal creek or a roadside ditch overnight, or the bait shop by the dozen.
What it eats
a minnow trap with bread or fish scraps
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
A minnow trap in a tidal creek or a ditch, or bought by the dozen. Live for days in a bucket.
Rigging it
Lip-hooked on a jig head or a 1/0 hook dragged along the bottom — the flounder bait.
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 →