sure wouldn't be my 1st choice but if thats all I could get- I'd sure try em. I've used some as flounder bait when I couldn't get anything else. Never has had much luck with them. Get a bucktail and slice a pinfish into strips - then you'll catch something.

 

The boys in Texas use croakers for trout fishing. Don't know about pinfish though.

 

I have used tiny pinfish for bait and caught reds and trout. I catch little ones in my net once in awhile and also fish with a tiny hook on an ultralight and catch bait. I take a kitchen scissors and trim the sharp fin off the back.

 

yeah, it's one of those things i have heard about but have never tried. seems like i always catch some when cast netting so i may stick a few in the livewell next time and give them a try! thanks guys!

 

They work just get small ones and cut the fin and some times some off the tail

 

If you are gonna give pinfish a try dont put them in the bucket with your other bait IE mullet or menhaden, they are mean little suckers and will start by eating the eyes and then picking until the bait is dead then they move on to the next

 

Friend of mine used a fairly big pinfish to get a real nice size Flounder. I am sure they would for Specks as well if you didn't have anything else.

 

I use small ones all the time. They are one of my favorite flounder baits, and I have caught a few trout on them while flounder fishing. I don't cut any fins myself. I use small ones, and have no trouble with them eating anything in the livewell or bucket. A bigger one would do some damage I'm sure.

 

I slice them into strips..chunk them...and use them live. Great bait for just about everything (even the pinfish themselves don't stay away from strips or chunks!).