Been out a few times deep sea fishing with my dad while growing up. I remember one of the last trips we took we went to Biloxi with his fishing crew and caught a boat load of black tip sharks.

Life got in the way and haven't been fishing in years. Always been out for the bass in fresh water when I did, but now, I want to after some reds.

Will my freshwater gear work for salt life or do I need to get some salt specific gear? Just talking with the girl friend and she's all for it, so we're going to get the all water licenses and try to hit the coast this year sometime. What time of year is good for red fishing? Is there a season for them? I am certainly not opposed to getting a guide a couple of times either, is there a better part of the coast to hit up for bull reds? I don't know if dad could handle going out on a boat to fish any more, but would definitely ask him if he wanted to go. He's old a frail now, so...

I sure do appreciate any info you might dole out.

And no, I haven't gone through the salt section yet, will spend a couple hours reading through this section tonight.

Your bass gear is just fine for reds. You don’t lock the drag down or they will break stuff.

If you can catch a bass you can catch a redfish. They’ll hit topwater plastic swim baits spoon whatever. Not usually picky.

The challenge isn’t how.
It’s where.
For us it’s typically in the back lakes less than 2’ and sight fishing. It’s pretty addicting but you gotta have a boat capable of running in shallow stuff to get there.

Start at Port O Connor and go south for the best areas.
Guide? Look up Nathan Beaubot he posts here and fishes out of Seadrift. Or Andrew out of Port Isabel. Or give me a call and I’ll take you. My travel schedule is pretty whacked but we can find a day.

Anytime is good but now until December is best.

Pretty sure Shane here put his tracker up for sale after he caught a few.

Pat, I was actually going to hit you up last year. In fact, it was this weekend last year. It was a spur of the moment trip for the girlfriends B-day, just never materialized. Never even got to touch the water while down there.

If you'd like to try sharks, reds, tarpon, jacks trout, etc. from the Port A jetties hit me up with a PM. We fish mostly the Port Aransas North Jetty. You're more than welcome to tag along. We often spend the night out there.

Rinse your gear with fresh water each day.