I am headin to Port A in a couple of weeks to let the kids see the gulf for the first time. i have been there years ago. I remeber watching these guys buy the marina catching bait with a cast net by the playground at the boat ramp. I was wondering if a person could do that and then catch anything in the same area just caroina rigging what ever the heck they were catching in that cast net? i know this is a basic stupid question but I am not going to be able to hire a guide and do the real thing out there.

yes that will work, current and area will dictate things but finger mullet or piggy perch are food fish.

food fish for the preditor fish is what i meant