Thread: Little Lagoon Today

I am from Kentucky and this is my first time fishing in gulf shores. I am staying right on little lagoon and there is a private pier that I can use. I went out with some live shrimp and caught several red drum and pin fish. I also caught 1 pompano a small shark and a small sail top catfish. My question is what is the best way to target other species such as flounder and speck? I also saw fish jumping out of the water around me all day long. What could these fish be and how do I target them? I tried a gotcha plug and a small jig with no luck. THANKS!!!

Will

Sounds like you had a pretty good day. The specks seem to be eating better at night and around lighted docks. Try live bait weightless in the lights. The fish you see jumping are mullet, which are vegetarians. You might also want to try a spook or walking top water bait for the first few minutes of daylight. Caught some nice reds and lost a good speck on top early today.

Thanks!! Got my hook cleaned off several times today....ended up putting cut shrimp on a sabki rig on ultra light tackle and that got thier number!! All out of live bait now got to wait until the morning to get more. Also are thier any size or creel limits on red drum??

Also I caught and released everything today. I wasn't sure if there was a limit on drum but now I see that there is a 16 inch size limit.

16-26" on redfish with one oversize fish allowed. Limit 3 fish per day. Search the archives. Every question you can think of has likely been answered multiple times. There is a golden encyclopedia of information just waiting to be read and put into use.

Seasons & Bag limits:
http://www.outdooralabama.com/sites/...2014%20B&W.pdf

Make sure you have a license!

I do have a license, I made double sure of that. Went to the state pier this morning and caught one pin fish. Super nice people there. One gentleman gave me some leader a hook and a small swivel so I would have a chance at the red drum. Come to find out the fish I was catching in little lagoon were croaker.

Croaker is good eating

And the 4"-8" croaker make a jam up live bait for redfish in the surf

Whenever I'm going to be fishing in a state where the limits are unfamiliar to me, I go to a website that lists the limits by number and size and copy that onto a sheet, laminate it, and put it on the inside top of my tacklebox. I also put a tape measure in my box. When a conservation officer sees all of this, he knows that I'm serious about following the game laws.