saying Hello and asking ????

[Dzaster De]

i hope you do i love fishing west bay an fishing with new people would like you to have a great time in the place i love ! GO FISH !!!

[Swells]

Yessir, don't forget your Sheepies (Sheepshead) by the rocks, any kind of concrete or rocks pr pilings. Big uglies (Black Drum) in the deeper channels such as on live crab. Fairly large shark between the second and third sandbar, as noted - but that takes bigger gear. Some flounder might start coming in the passes, not sure about your area. The redfish (Red Drum) on the bayside are always fun. If you're at a house with a canal dock out back, some of the best fishing will be at night right there!

[itchin2gofishin]

WOW Thank You very much DzasterDe. I will take you up on that.
Good Fishing

[Curmudgeon]

tell you what my friend pm my when it gets alittle closer to the time youll be here ill shoot ya my # an we'll go do some fishin i got a place in J. beach im there fishin 3 or more days a week jump in the boat an get on same fish !!!!!!!!!!! GO FISH!!!!!!!!

Wow! You can't beat that!

[Dzaster De]

tell you what my friend pm my when it gets alittle closer to the time youll be here ill shoot ya my # an we'll go do some fishin i got a place in J. beach im there fishin 3 or more days a week jump in the boat an get on same fish !!!!!!!!!!! GO FISH!!!!!!!!

[itchin2gofishin]

Thank You all for the replies and the good info. My wife told me we were going to eat alot of fish while we were down there and I don't think she plans on buying it, so I better catch some if I don't want to go hungry.
Thanks again.

[RSN]

there should be a good shark bite starting up on the beachfront in the coming months as well. if you are looking for an affordable big game experience, then this it. Some of the biggest sharks are caught in the early season beachfront. Blacktips, spinner sharks, sandbar sharks, and bullsharks will all be feeding on the beachfront. If you can get access to a kayak then you can definitely pound some sharks. Just set baits out beyond the third sand bar (bait shops sell fresh mullet and sting rays which are great for sharks). Use a decent size circle hook that matches your bait. You can use a steel leader or a 300lb+ mono leader, but definitely use crimps.

message me if you want to know more

[Robalo]

He's from Oregon. Randy brought up a good point-unless shark fishing or bull red fishing, we use generally stuff like Shimano Curados/Chronarchs or spinning reels like Shimano Stradic 4000, 10-12# test, no wire stuff, and 6.5' to 7' medium to light action rods-kinda like bass rigs. If ya wanna go after bull sharks, then use long surf rods and terminal tackle. Most trout are 2-4#s (except for Sneekypete and Mellwader-theirs are 8-10# and they won't tell us where they get them big gurls at!!).

[nokatchin]

Welcome Aboard and good catching

[Jhua]

Even if you fish the surf, you don't have to get a surf rod. I'm a light tackle kind of guy and use a light action spinning rod with 10 lb test. I find it a lot more fun to tire the fish out than to use brute strength. In the surf I walk out about 10 yds from the beach and get crackin. Another thing is that there are redfish usually roaming the grass near San Luis Pass. After I wade out in the flats, I usually save a mullet or two and toss it into the grass on the way back to my car. One will usually pick it up and make a run for it

[Curmudgeon]

Where are you from and do you fish? Asking cuz I see lots of people buying huge surf rods while vacationing the Island. You can get by with a smaller set-up and not spend a fortune doing so.

Great point!!
What do you want to fish for?

[Randy]

Where are you from and do you fish? Asking cuz I see lots of people buying huge surf rods while vacationing the Island. You can get by with a smaller set-up and not spend a fortune doing so.

[SUPER SPOOK]

good info robalo!

[Milkjug]

Ahh, if you are not getting into the water, I would fish SLP. You could also go to either the rock groins E. of 61st, or fish the flat rocks W. of 61st (especially if the tide is higher). Dead shrimp on the bottom with a small hook will get you some eaters for sure, and the hardheads are not too plentiful that early in the year.

[Milkjug]

Welcome to the site.

Robalo gave you some good advice.

That is around the Spring to Summer transition. SLP should be beginning to turn on, especially if its been warm. You could probably still get into trout in the Sportsman's Rd. area (more of a Winter thing).

Drum fishing in the channels should be getting good, and I do well for slot drum and sheephead fishing structure in the surf with my expert dead shrimp technique, LOL.