NRD09 said:
3 year old reeled in his first fish Saturday!
Whiting were hammering dead shrimp pieces on a carolina rig as soon as you could put them there! No love for croakers but the water was prettier on Saturday than it was Friday, I bet it will be trout green by tomorrow or Wed if it's not already!
jpb1999 said:
Posted on the kayak thread, but thought I would ask a more fishing related question here.
Going to Port A and staying on the beach mid-August. If we do any fishing it will only be some sort of surf fishing, mainly for the kids. Thinking about taking the kayaks with us, but they are just cheap (but stable at 3 ft wide) sit on tops. I remember last year some people had some kayaks and said just out past the breaks the water was clear and could see to the bottom. For some reason this makes me nervous as I have never been in a kayak off the beach and not sure how strong the currents are out there. Is this safe?
Also might use this as a means to drop a line out further in surf out beyond the breaks. Is that a thing? Do people do that?
TIA!
I've had some good times wading / swimming out through the guts to get to a far sandbar and better water. Getting hit by the swells while hooked on is awesome and made me think of this:ag_03_aj said:
Water clarity is better the farther out you are depending on wind and water movement. But yes it is nicer out past the breaks. To me the worst part is fighting to get over the breakers. Once you're over them you only deal with swells and they aren't too bad to fight with if they aren't huge. I've done well staying on my yak and fishing out there many times. But the last time I tried my luck out there I caught a bull red that almost flipped my big butt and haven't stayed out to fish since! Using a kayak is also def a great way to get beyond the breakers to drop a line. Lots of bull reds and sharks out there!
elnaco said:
-Bring some twine to catch blue crabs with either cast netted mullet or chicken necks bc blue crab is delicious and it's something to do to pass the time while you're waiting for a seamonster to take your chunk of cownose ray. Either hand line them or setup a clothesline on the first sandbar with a bunch of baited lines hanging down. Every 2 beers or so go out and pull up the lines and dip net any crabs hanging on. This will also keep kids entertained for hours.
Thats great info, thanks. I was thinking I'd need to get out to chest high water before it started to shallow. Thanks again.K_P said:
Depends on the tide. Typically you walk into the water from the beach and the water reaches knee-thigh depth (first gut). Keep walking and it gets shallower to maybe calf or even ankle depth (first bar.)
The waves break on the ocean-side of the sandbar.
I will say it's often closer than people think and they are standing on top of the fish casing into breaking waves (where there are less fish.)
K_P said:
So if that's right, what's the 3rd gut? Just the ocean?
I have always called it the first gut or the "beer gut", since you can cast into it when you wade back to the beach to take a break with a cold one. Caught a few while sitting in a beach chair in that beer gut.ag_03_aj said:
It is def confusing because everyone says it different! When I first started out I was taught the water between the beach and the first sand bar is called the Wade gut. Usually no deeper than your knees. Then after the 1st bar is the first gut. But I've had life long surf fishermen call it the first gut. I think the confusion comes from when it is high tide that Wade gut is there but in some areas when it is low you don't have the Wade gut. To be honest...I don't know which is correct! I never walk out into the water before casting into the shallow waters though! Especially early as the sun comes up or even way before you can catch some monster Trout in 1-2 ft of water. Last time I was down I caught 3 Trout from 21-24 in before the sun was up on a top water. Never had a bite after that.
Unless you are out early early, be prepared to fish around swimmers. I get some strange looks but I'm more just messing around and not really trying to serious fish.SquirrellyDan said:
When people say, "Go out to the first sandbar and fish the gut behind it," how far out is the first sand bar? I'm talking about the surf just south of Port Aransas.
Yeah I'm anticipating being out before a lot of people show up. However, if I'm catching fish, they're going to have to swim around me!Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:Unless you are out early early, be prepared to fish around swimmers. I get some strange looks but I'm more just messing around and not really trying to serious fish.SquirrellyDan said:
When people say, "Go out to the first sandbar and fish the gut behind it," how far out is the first sand bar? I'm talking about the surf just south of Port Aransas.
