On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:50:42 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


Drove back there to the gate once, but never had a boat there. Always
surf-fished when I visited.
Mostly wanted sand-perch and pompano. Fried sand-perch are probably my
favorite eating fish, but my dad liked baked pompano. I caught one once
that was maybe 18". Terrific fighter.

I never had much luck on the ocean side. That side was for lazing
about. ;-) As for the river side, you don't really need a boat. You can
have pretty good luck, just wading out, lot's of seatrout in the grasses,
with an occasional redfish, or snook thrown in.

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:05:51 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:50:42 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


Drove back there to the gate once, but never had a boat there. Always
surf-fished when I visited.
Mostly wanted sand-perch and pompano. Fried sand-perch are probably my
favorite eating fish, but my dad liked baked pompano. I caught one once
that was maybe 18". Terrific fighter.

I never had much luck on the ocean side. That side was for lazing
about. ;-) As for the river side, you don't really need a boat. You can
have pretty good luck, just wading out, lot's of seatrout in the grasses,
with an occasional redfish, or snook thrown in.

Reminds me I did a fair amount of bridge fishing on the river there.
My dad liked that, as he'd chat with buddies. Never caught anything
notable though, except plenty of sand-perch and puffers. My dad would
clean a good sized puffer.
Seems most of the fisherman were after trout. I really don't like
bridge fishing. Just too much noise from the cars/trucks whizzing by.

--Vic