Norther Angler Tips - Alligator Point Trip 8/27
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:17 am
Greeting Everyone,
I'm new here and will be making a trip down to Alligator Point at the end of August for a week. I'm an avid angler in the Ohio/PA region but pretty unfamiliar with saltwater fishing. The last two years, we have vacationed in Siesta Key and my attempts to catch some decent fish have been unsuccessful. I really only managed to get a few small snapper, ladyfish, and cat fish. We decided to go more out of the way this year and out of the touristy part of Florida and try Alligator point.
We are staying at Redfish Cottage:
https://www.vrbo.com/259406
I really want to try and target redfish, trout, flounder, and whatever other species there may be at this time of year. We will have access to 2 kayaks for the week that we will be there. I have a fishing Kayak up north here so I'm familiar with fishing from a Kayak. The set up I've used before were 2 medium action spinning rods with 20lb braid and 20lb floro leader. I've used a popping cork with DOA shrimp but never had any success on it. I've heard gulp shrimp, spoons, and poppers are all good choices. I've also seen people use what looks like a swim bait on a jig head for redfish. Not sure how that is fished though.
I'll mainly be fishing the bay so any advice would be greatly appreciated. We also have a large dock that we will be able to fish from. I plan on fishing from that as well when I'm not out on the kayak. I was thinking about getting a cast net but not sure what kind of live bait there is down there and if that is something common that you guys use. I've used frozen shrimp and squid before, but only really caught catfish on those. I'm open to trying anything. Would really like to get a redfish and trout off my bucket list though. Thanks everyone!
Kind Regards
-Mike
I'm new here and will be making a trip down to Alligator Point at the end of August for a week. I'm an avid angler in the Ohio/PA region but pretty unfamiliar with saltwater fishing. The last two years, we have vacationed in Siesta Key and my attempts to catch some decent fish have been unsuccessful. I really only managed to get a few small snapper, ladyfish, and cat fish. We decided to go more out of the way this year and out of the touristy part of Florida and try Alligator point.
We are staying at Redfish Cottage:
https://www.vrbo.com/259406
I really want to try and target redfish, trout, flounder, and whatever other species there may be at this time of year. We will have access to 2 kayaks for the week that we will be there. I have a fishing Kayak up north here so I'm familiar with fishing from a Kayak. The set up I've used before were 2 medium action spinning rods with 20lb braid and 20lb floro leader. I've used a popping cork with DOA shrimp but never had any success on it. I've heard gulp shrimp, spoons, and poppers are all good choices. I've also seen people use what looks like a swim bait on a jig head for redfish. Not sure how that is fished though.
I'll mainly be fishing the bay so any advice would be greatly appreciated. We also have a large dock that we will be able to fish from. I plan on fishing from that as well when I'm not out on the kayak. I was thinking about getting a cast net but not sure what kind of live bait there is down there and if that is something common that you guys use. I've used frozen shrimp and squid before, but only really caught catfish on those. I'm open to trying anything. Would really like to get a redfish and trout off my bucket list though. Thanks everyone!
Kind Regards
-Mike