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The episode discusses early-season fishing tactics for back bays and coastal inlets, including specific lure sizes and techniques.

Send us Fan Mail Cold water doesn’t mean quiet water. We open the lines for a live, no-frills breakdown of early-season tactics that actually catch in back bays and coastal inlets, from snap-jigging for March stripers to building fluke bucktails that look right where it counts—viewed from below. I share the exact lure sizes, colors, and retrieves that keep bites coming when temps are stubborn, plus how to rig a simple teaser system to target weakfish and fluke on the same drift without retyin...

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Host: Fat Dad Fishing Show

Topics covered

• fishing tactics
• early-season fishing
• back bays
• coastal inlets
• lure sizes
• fishing techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Products: fluke bucktails, teaser system

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