Posted By: kayakbassrookie
First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/04/15 05:59 PM
The wife and i are kayaking the hill country this week but next weekend we are taking the fam to the coast and i want to try my hand at redfishing. Being primarily a LMB fisher i think my skills should translate pretty well but i am clueless when it comes to baits and habitat. We will be staying on the beach nar Port A but less than a mile away from the shamrock cove are. I appreciate any tips.
Posted By: b737
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/05/15 02:36 AM
Haven't fished Shamrock. If you cross the ferry , you will have B&R on your left, and Light house Lakes on your right. Lots of good fishing on either side of the causeway. Your LMB equipment will work just fine. I prefer 1/16 or 1/8 oz. o jig heads. (I use only artificial) they will also work with a popping cork using plastic or shrimp. Good luck.
Posted By: G Love
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/05/15 05:38 AM
I'm fishing there this coming weekend also.
Just as B737 said, you should take a ride on the ferry over to Aransas Pass and fish the lighthouse lakes and B&R flats. Reds should be cruising the flats and marshes looking for mullet, crabs and shrimp, so my favorite lures for there are Zara Spook Jr (color: bone white), 1/16 jig head with Saltwater Assassin (color: chicken on a chain) and then a DOA glow shrimp under a popping cork. You should be able to find some decent fish, just make sure you watch those tides and done get stuck in the lighthouse lakes.
Hope this helps
-Moondog
Posted By: bert
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/06/15 03:08 AM
We just had a thread a few weeks ago on a similar topic,
http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/10918824/Re:_Salt_Advice#Post10918824
Posted By: G Love
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/06/15 01:56 PM
I got a report in the inshore section from someone on my post there.
Posted By: G Love
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/06/15 02:05 PM
I fish there a couple times a year, this will my first kayak trip. i'm going to hit it out of Wilsons cut & light house. Prob Packery flats also. I look at it like this, I'll have a rod rigged with a popping cork and khale hook for shrimp, a spinning rod with a 1/8 or 1/4 oz jig head for either plastic or a shrimp for sight casting, a rod for free lining a mullet or piggie perch, a rod rigged with a slip sinker rig for cut or live mullet, a rod rigged with a 1/8 or 1/16oz jig head with a plastic or if its grassy a weedless weighted, and a rod rigged for plugs mainly top water. That about covers it for me.
Posted By: kayakbassrookie
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/12/15 12:34 AM
I appreciate all the advice, i have a couple of those baits and a couple of those are gobbledygook to me so i will see what happens in the morning.
Posted By: kayakbassrookie
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/12/15 04:24 PM
This is the result of today's excursion.
Posted By: reelfisherman
Re: First Kayak redfish excursion advice - 07/12/15 04:51 PM
In the past I've had good luck on lead head jigs rigged with Gulp Shrimp. Of course I had to put up with the occasional flounder and trout catches as well.