Lu Powell wrote:
If you could have only one boat for inshore sal****er fishing, what
would it be? Why?

If you could only have one weight and type of fishing line for inshore
sal****er fishing, what would it be? Why?

If you could only have one type of reel (i.e., spinning, bait casting),
for inshore sal****er fishing what would it be? Why?

I live in Jacksonville, FL and do a lot of fishing in the St. Johns
River and its jetties and creeks, using an 8 year old Sea Pro center
console bay boat, and would like to know how other folks would select
boats and tackle in similar conditions. I do occasionally get up to 12
miles offshore on really calm days.

Thanks


For where you are, a 24' Carolina Skiff. Best possible fishing boat for
the creeks off the ICW, for out at the Mayport jetties on reasonable
days, and for north and south of the jetties about 500 yards to a mile
offshore where the whiting, kingfish, and other tasty critters can be
found. Great boat from which to castnet for shrimp and pogies, too.

I still have a chart somewhere of some of the best inshore fishing spots
around Jax.

Best reel? A middle weight Penn spinner, with no more than 14# berkley
fireline on the reel and maybe a 20# mono leader, with 1/4 ounce
jigheads and live shrimp for bait. Out at the jetties, heavier terminal
tackle.

I had two seapros while in jax, one I bought from outhouse marine on
blanding, and the second, a bay boat, I bought from a dealership that
used to be out at mayport, near the boat ramps there.

My favorite fishing spot in jax was north of mayport, in a river inlet
closed to navigation. Phenomenal fishing. I also liked St. Augustine
inlet, launching from Vilano Beach. The rocks where the inlet makes the
turn into salt run was a great spot for flounder.