Thread: Fishing in mobile bay

I'm going to fish in mobile bay.
What fish should I expect to catch and what bait should I bring to catch them

This time of year not much. The fish are up the rivers right now. maybe sailcats in the shipping lane.

Originally Posted by john kozicki

This time of year not much. The fish are up the rivers right now. maybe sailcats in the shipping lane.

Any fish out there

any diffrent fish I ment

If a guy likes solitude while fishing in a cold wind that numbs the fingers and lowers the body's immune system, while not catching anything -- now on Mobile Bay is as good of a time as any! Pretty sure you'll get no ringing endorsements about fishing the bay now, but once we get a week of warm weather, sheepshead should gather at the BASE of pilings with lots of barnacles. You can catch them with live shrimp or fiddler crabs. Let your bait all the way down to the bottom and lift up so that there's no slack, but it's still inches from the bottom. At the first relatively warm currents, sheepshead will stage, preparing to move en masse to the Gulf to begin their spawning rituals in late March/Early April. I'd give it a couple of weeks and wait for some 70 degree days!

Personally, though - I'd just go out to the pier and if it got too cold, go get a biscuit and coffee at Hazel's!

I fish off my dock on the bay and it's a little early for catching some specs,sheepheads and reds.Are you talking about fishing from boat,dock,beach?
Lot of people go to fort Morgan early to fish for sheepsheads on there dock near the boat ramp.But they drive past fish getting there.The marina charges 4 bucks to fish off there dock.You can do pretty good at times.Now in a couple weeks the sheeps will be hanging out around the rocks in front of there docks.Not a lot of fish but some big sheeps.If you go there bring a chair and what ever you need.Yes you could bring your fishing cart.You will get hung up on the rock once in a while.
i haven't fished there since last December but my wife likes to go with me there because she doesn't need to fish,she brings a chair and reads her book.
When the blue fish are biting you can catch them non stop there.
If you go there walk the right side dock out to you can't walk any more.i like to fish straight out.Go to store to pay.Great people there ask them what's biting.Hope this helps take care. Tom