Midday Strategy

Once the morning lure bite has cooled, turn to live baits. Lay in a supply of mullet with a cast net, then during the middle of the day, work them in the deeper channels and along broken sod banks and points, hooked through the nose, for weakfish, stripers and bluefish.

3/0 to 6/0 Octopus circle hook Main line In-line sinker 36 inches of 20- to 30-pound fluoro