Water - Probably the most important factor in finding fish at the Sea is to first locate the productive water. Always try and fish the brown water. The darker the better. A dark coffee color is what you are looking for. Avoid green water. This is the worst condition and usually will not hold fish. Sometimes the surface water can be milky and productive dark brown water is just below the surface. This can often be detected when trolling and you disturbe the surface. Keep a lookout for this condition.

Swim Baits- Plastic swim baits such as Fish Traps and AA's are very popular and can be used with great success. Use the smaller baits most of the time, 3-5 inches, with a 1/2 ounce jig head. Have a variety of colors available. Standard colors would be orange, chartreuse, red, root beer and pink. All seem to work, don't be afraid to experiment, keep trying until you find the right pattern.
Swim baits can be either cast or trolled. Trolling is a good method of locating the fish, especially if your boat is not equipped with fish finding electronics. Try varying your speed, some days a slow troll is effective, and the next day a faster troll is the key. Experiment, expecially when moving through water that meets the preffered conditions stated above.
Casting and retrieving is probably the most popular style of fishing with plastics. Corvina tend to work in loose schools, so after fish have been located trolling, it is common to concentrate on this area. As with trolling, vary your speed of retrieve and color pattern until one productive style has been established. Once this has been done, have everyone on your boat repeat the pattern. This often produces a result similar to chumming live bait (which is illegal in the sea) and can result in a wide open bite.

Spoons - On the Sea, the Hopkins in either gold or silver is old standby but other flashers such as Kastmasters and Crocodiles also in gold or silver can be effective and you should definately have a supply of these with you as well. Spoons should be 3/8 to 1/2 oz. Spoons are normally jigged while drifting, however we have caught many fish by just letting the lure bounce along the bottom on the drift. When jigging, just let the spoon touch bottom and then raise the rod tip a couple of feet and let it drop back down. Keep a tight line while letting the spoon sink as many strikes will occur on the sink.

Crankbaits - Crankbaits seem to work best during the summer months when the corvina are feeding on the baby tilapia. Although most bass plugs will work the most popular is the Thinfin or similar plug,. All colors can be effective, but the orange colors seem to best. Use crankbaits when you see fish working the surface or birds working bait. Crankbaits can be trolled or cast. When trolling try to keep your speed so that the bait occasionally makes contact with bottom. As with the swim baits, vary your retrieve when casting until a productive speed is dialed in. since the Sea is very shallow, try to stick with shallow to medium diving plugs.

Bait - A variety of bait can be used to catch corvina. Baby tilapia can be very effective, mudsuckers, goldfish and shiners work, but the most effective live bait are the small croakers that abound in the sea. Usually you make your own bait by catching croakers using pieces of nightcrawlers or redworms. There are times when livebait will outfish artificials, and it is a good idea to have a few of these in your livewell ready when needed. When fishing croaker or other small baitfish, the most common method is to present the bait in the 'fly lining' method. Simply attach the fish to the end of the line with no sinker and let him swim naturally. Be prepared, this method often attracts large fish.