Fort Morgan surf?

**J-fogey** · 06-17-2015, 03:30 PM

Hey guys new to the forum but have been going to fort morgan for a few years now. I just wanted to check in and see if anyone has been fishing the surf around fort morgan and the beach houses nearby (gulfside) and see how the fishing is. Ill be down friday!
Thanks

**mforbesiii** · 06-17-2015, 03:47 PM

The weather was pretty rough Sunday-Tuesday, with Tuesday being an improvement. Today the weather is fine and people think it will be ok going forward. So far the only things we have caught out front surf fishing in the gulf have been catfish. Guy that lives in the house next door that we have become friends with over the years says it needs 2-3 days to clear up and then pompano and specs and spanish can be caught again. Just getting bait & weight to hold bottom was almost impossible Sunday and Monday. Today we took a charter out past the rigs and limited out on snapper in about 30 minutes. Then we trolled between rigs and caught 1 kind and 2 spanish. Drifted the Dixie Bar with no luck (and didn't see any other boats having luck). Also a healthy bit of seaweed as a result of so much churning with the waves. Hopefully that settles down.

**Big Dawg** · 06-18-2015, 08:43 AM

Go to J&M and get a few Sputnix weights for use in that rough surf. A 2oz sputnix will hold like a 5oz pyramid. A little pricy but they work.

**Steve Gentry** · 06-18-2015, 06:00 PM

What Charter do you use to go out to the rigs in the bay and is it walk on. I will be there in about 2 weeks. Thanks

**Texasguy** · 06-20-2015, 02:16 PM

Surf fishing Ft. Morgan the last 2 mornings I have landed 5 redfish all on dead sand fleas I gathered up the night before.

**john g** · 06-20-2015, 07:06 PM

Any of that green slimy grass that way Tex? It's starting to give the people close to Little Lagoon Pass fits.

**Texasguy** · 06-20-2015, 09:40 PM

No slimy stuff, but seaweed can be issues. Catching all the reds in the 1st cut so really no problem.

**Texasguy** · 06-21-2015, 11:30 AM

No luck this morning at the Ft. Morgan surf. Calm water and a few people swimming close by. Lots of bait fish are jumping just beyond the 1st sandbar.