Fishing help? (Pictures included)?

Question

I'm going fishing in Freeport, Texas on Friday and I plan on doing some fishing and crabbing. I have this line set-up and I was wondering if it would work to catch any fish at all? I will be fishing from a jetty. What kind of bait should I use? I was planning on buying some baby frozen squid. Would that work? Is there any better kind of bait? What time of day should I fish?

What kind of fish should I expect? Sorry for asking so many questions! Last year I went, but i went unprepared and only had some fly fishing stuff. I actually want to catch something this year! So here is the link to my line set-up...

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Answer 1

If you have a pole, you can downsize your hooks and buy something called a "sabiki rig;" if you don't, that's fine.  It's a package of small multiple hooks for liitle baitfish.  You'll want to tie them on about 6" (inches) apart.  Tip them with the smallest-but not too small-piece of bait, in this case, squid; I live in Florida and I'm not going to try to presume what fishing is like over there, but I've found that shrimp, live or frozen, works the best.  You should pull up several small fish known as 'pinfish.'  http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/vi...

I hope this info helps you on your next trip. Tight lines!! :)

Answer 2

I fished out of the Freeport area for 30yrs. Your rig will work fine for fishing the bottom at the jetties on the Surfside side of the Brazos or the Quintana jetties on the South side of the Brazos. Depending on the current, you might need more weight to keep your rig down, so bring plenty of weights. I also use to use the pre-made double leaders that I picked up at Walmart or the bait shop, the sheephead and a few other fish out there can cut your line with their teeth. Personally, I stopped fishing the jetties because of the hang ups and loosing lots of tackle. The wade fishing in the area and bays was much more productive anyway. Some tips for fishing those jetties are: For catching rat red, specks and flounder, fish on the beach sides of the jetties between the second and third sand bars. There are 4 main sandbars that run along that coasline. Watch where the waves are breaking to tell where they are located. Between the 2nd and 3rd bars use a popping cork with a live or fresh dead shrimp in the early morning or late afternoon. The tide affects the bite in the afternoon but I have always caught fish in that area during early morning regardless of what the tides are doing. Using a popping cork will also save you allot of tackle from being hung up on the bottom. Cast  30-50yrds out with the bait adjusted to drop 2-3ft below the cork. I use to buy the popping cork with 2ft leader already assembled to it. Any bait place or Walmart down there will have them. You can fish the bottom but remember to raise your rod high and reel in as fast as you can when pulling your line in to inspect the bait or something, otherwise you will be breaking or cutting your line loose from a hangup. Fishing the bottom between the 2nd and 3rd sandbars with frozen or fresh dead shrimp can get you rat reds, sand and speckled trout, flounder small drum, golden croaker, small sheephead, hardhead and small gafftop catfish, and perch. Fishing the bottom with squid is going to catch you allot of hardhead catfish in that area and that will get old quick. Fish the bottom between the third and fourth sandbars. Use shrimp or finger mullet for black drum, sheephead, sand trout, rat and bull reds, gafftop, sand and black-tip shark. Fish a mudminnow or live shrimp close to the jetty, just past the third wave breaker point all the way to the end of the jetties, anywhere you can find a nice clearing in the rocks. I used just enough bb weights to keep the mudminnow or shrimp down. I caught lots of 3-5lb flounder right in that area to the end of the jetties. Fish about 20-30ft past the 4th sandbar with baits on the bottom shrimp,squid, mullet, cut bait . Using squid from the 4th bar out to the end of the jetties can catch some nice gafftop (especially at night), but still allot of hardheads. Good chance for bull reds, black drum and bigger sharks as the water is getting deeper here past the 4th. Whiting can be caught past this point to the end as well. Mackeral can be caught at the end , sometimes a small king or barracuda. I've hooked on to fish out there that took off with 50lb test line when I was fishing for gafftop at night. Just smoked the reel. When fishing the channel side of the jetties you fish the bottom . I find the channel side not near as productive as the surf side. The deeper channel waters have caught me bigger sheephead and black drum though. Between the 2nd and 3rd sand bar early morning with a popping cork and live shrimp on a #10 baby treble hook is where I would be if I was going there. Guarantee speckled trout if you do. Wade fishing in the bays in that area is awesome Feel free to email me for more info if needed. 40yr exp

Answer 3

when the tides high and i hear anchovies work good

Answer 4

get some frozen makral and cut them into peices so it can fit the hook