Thread: Fort Morgan surf fishing

I tried the beach at the end of mobile street with shrimp this morning and no such luck. Do the catfish and lady fish hit the sand fleas too? Seems like that's all I am catching with shrimp. I looked for some sand fleas but didn't see any in the wash.

I like the signs of the Reds in the surf, my wife and I will be down in about a week, and are looking forward to some surf fishing. Goes to show that you don't need to cast farther, but just find where they are biting!!!

Tilimil, never caught lady fish on sand flea, but do catch catfish occasionally. A guy and and his son fishing 50 yards from us this morning was using fresh shrimp catching whiting and lady fish, but no catfish and neither did we and that's a first. Yesterday evening before the storms moved in I landed a nice speck 17" on a minnow from the surf.

Originally Posted by tilimil

I tried the beach at the end of mobile street with shrimp this morning and no such luck. Do the catfish and lady fish hit the sand fleas too? Seems like that's all I am catching with shrimp. I looked for some sand fleas but didn't see any in the wash.

Were the shrimp fresh, never frozen? You should have had better luck out there at Mobile St. Whiting are near shore.

The ones I used this morning were frozen ones from j&m. I did catch one whiting on them this am.

Originally Posted by tilimil

The ones I used this morning were frozen ones from j&m. I did catch one whiting on them this am.

Fresh Market on Ft. Morgan Rd. has fresh shrimp, for bait or supper! Fresh is very important, and we peel them, use 1/2" pieces.

Fishing has been very good in the surf especially in early morning between 6 am till 7:30, we landed 5 Reds again.. back to back mornings. All between 17 1/2 - 22 1/2 Today they where caught just up on the 1st sandbar in 2 ft. water.

Three Reds in the cooler looking for three more, but may be difficult lots of people playing in the water now. Water is pretty clear, little wave action. I'll give it 30 more min. and head in and try later this evening. Yesterday around 5pm I landed a good size Black Drum.

Looks like great fishing! Glad you got into them!

Texas guy, two questions. Why are you aerating the sand fleas? Also, what's the difference between a gulf jig and a pompano jig?