Thread: What's biting in surf?

Hi all, I'm coming down June 25 for a week. Have a rental on Little Lagoon w/a johnboat. I pretty much did my research on LL and looking forward to mornings and evenings on it. My question is..what's in the surf? I have some teenagers and want to put them on some fish close to shore. Are there any whiting or pompano? Up north we catch them with sand fleas and blood worm fish bites...small hooks. Will this also be proper for Gulf Shores? Thanks in advance.

I caught a flounder and a couple of whiting swimming a white jig head with a white gulp ribbon tail

Originally Posted by nedster

...what's in the surf?
I have some teenagers and want to put them on some fish close to shore.
Are there any whiting or pompano?
Up north we catch them with sand fleas and blood worm fish bites...small hooks.
Will this also be proper for Gulf Shores? Thanks in advance.

The same methods should work here but you can fish much lighter tackle than for ocean fishing most of the time with best results.

We have whiting, pompano, redfish, seatrout & flounder in the surf now along with a plethora of jacks (ladyfish, blue runner, etc.) and bluefish just to mention a few.

I'm here visiting this week, staying about 2 miles east of the peir. Between yesterday and today I've caught almost 100 fish strictly fishing from the surf. Using a red and silver gotcha plug. Good luck!!

Thanks Roger....what kind of fish were you catching? Anything for the fryer?

Mostly lady fish and jacks. Did end up with a decent mess of flounder and pompano thought.

Originally Posted by Rogersj1994

I'm here visiting this week, staying about 2 miles east of the peir. Between yesterday and today I've caught almost 100 fish strictly fishing from the surf. Using a red and silver gotcha plug. Good luck!!

DAMN! That's doing it! The surf was dead yesterday for me. I must not be holding my mouth right.

Can I ask how you are fishing the gotcha in the surf? I've had no luck in the surf with them, just off piers and docks.

Reeling it almost as fast as I could while popping it every few seconds. Got out this morning right about daylight and they were schooling everywhere. At some points I was catching lady fish every throw

I through probably 50 times before I caught one. Turned out I was fishing that plug to slow. Once I started fishing it faster it was like someone flipped a switch on