I will be in port aransas this coming weekend and was wondering where i should should concentrate fishing at. would I be better off fishing the jetties or wade fishing the bays? i am also thinking about renting a small boat for a day...any spots i should hit up that is close to the causeway between port a and aransas pass?

not sure how the fishing is right now, but when I used to fish there.. we would take the jetty boat over to the north jetty after a norther had passed and kill the trout..either throwing touts or with live shrimp.
also, some of the bridges between port A and aransas have fish pass through on tidal changes..

Good luck.. and let us know how you do.

The annual red run is getting fired up, I reccommend that you take a surf rod to the Port A jetties. And hold onto that rod.......

i am definetly going to try the jetties for some reds....what bait should i use? any artificials? i prefer to use artificials but if bait is the ticket then that is what i'll use!

redfish like menhaden, crab, mullet among others. I'm heading down there tonight but i'm sure i'll be doinig most of my fishing in the bays though. I also get to go offshore for the first time in a few years. I'm pumped this is gonna be a bad *** weekend.

I've found the best baits to be cut piggy perch, small mullet and croaker. We caught 12 reds Sunday before last right out of Hampton's Landing in Aransas Pass, but if you're going to the Jetties then cut bait on the end of the south jetty always works for me.
Good luck...we're going to try Big Shell this weekend.