Hello again,

I have a question about croaker. I have heard that people eat croaker but I have known that they are used as bait too. I know you can eat whiting and use for bait but can someone help clear up the croaker question? Thx!

Lady_Red

Yes you can eat croker and they are very good. The only problem is that it is hard to catch big ones sometimes.

Croaker are very good. I went to Cold Pass this past Saturday and caught a couple of croaker but was catching whiting and sand trout mainly. I was hoping for reds or specks but the fish that I was catching make great table fair.

I ended up bringing home 10 large whiting, 3 big croakers and a couple of the bigger sand trout. Enough to get a start towards the family fish fry in mid Oct.

croaker are excellent fish to fry, almost better than reds. try to get around to the spillway at baycliff around oct.-early december and fish a piece of dead bait on the bottom. the bigger croaker will be in there THICK. i have also heard that rollover pass has a big fall croaker run, but have never fished it. also, whitiing get bigger than what is normally caught on piers, the biggest i have ever caught is 15 in, and i have seen one off the texas city dike go 22in.

Where is the 'spillway at Baycliff'? Thanks.

I will give directions from Houston....

Go I-45 south past League City. Take the F.M. 646 exit before you get to Dickenson.

Turn left on 646, east. Just stay on the road until it ends..(almost there will be a stop sign in Bacliff near the end...you should be able to see the bay right in front of you)

Take a right at the stop sign. This goes towards San Leon. About two miles, more or less you will cross a bridge right after spillway bait camp and pier. There is a park on the left..pull in and fish.

Sort of sit back and watch others for a little to see where to fish. Oh yeah....when you are reeling back in and getting close to shore....reel like mad...the rocks close to the bank are leader eaters.