Caught while I was spending a week at the parents Beach House.
This is just a small sample. Also caught some specs, one flounder, and two black tips. Had a blast!

Very Nice !!!

where was this at in surfside? jetties?

yes sir, about 25 yards from the end of the concrete top.

what were ya using for bait.....i would like to try to get down there on friday mornin

We were using live mullet we caught right there at the jetty. A few guys were using cut bait. We had just as good of luck using the lives one though.

out of a cast net? last time i was there i didnt see anywhere that would have been good for throwing a net?

yes sir. Buddy of mine throwing it right off the rocks. You couldn't miss them, one throw netted at least 25.

ok, good to know, thank you for the advice. hopefully the weather holds up friday mornin.....does anyone know how live shrimp have been working out there?

sweeet, nice reds!

alot of the Asians use live shrimp out there under a cork. We were fishing bottom and had to many bait stealers that way

i usually fish there during spring and summer, my long rods with cut bait usually do well on bull red..then i have a 9 ft rod with the tri ring swivel, tie a 8 ft line with #6 trouble hook and the other side tie a weighted cork to help to cast it far out..this way the shrimp is free and got a wide range area to swim around, we have use live mullet as well, we catch kings out there when the water condition is perfect.

Was that on the south or north jetty?

That would have to be on the North jetty on the surfside side of the jetty. The other jetty is referred to the quintanna jetty and it is not paved all the way down.

Great Catch and good advice on the bait. I wonder if you can also catch mullet at the intercoastal?

Thanks for the comeback, Boudreaux! I learned something...Quintanna Jetty, huh. OK!

LOL Boudreaux is absolutely correct. Don't think my chair would handle the Quintana Jetty very well. LOL

That's probably why so many fishermen pay the $12 to get to the N. Jetty. Comfort, and acessability to the end of the jetty. That price, I thought, was a little extreme for the short journey, but guess it's worth it after all!

Fishlady,

I still think you have something confused. There is no charge for the Surfside Jetty. We are talking about the jetty's that go into Freeport harbor.

Oh yes, I was confused! We weren't talking about Port Aransas then right? I was waaayyy off!!

so you didnt use a cork when you caught the red i thought you had to there or line would get hung up?

Nope fished on bottom as far out as I could chunk it. You just have to reel really fast when your bringing it back it. Keep the hook and weight on top of the water. Got hung up once or twice, but it wasn't bad at all.

oh ok cool cool thanks man