Right now we're on the tail end of the sea mullet run with the fish around for maybe another week or two. Pick up a couple "Sams Gitter rigs" and tip with a piece of a shrimp (basically a double rig with 1/8th oz jig heads and bucktail. I like about 1/3 of a shrimp. We caught several mullet on Sunday before heading back. Just off the beach the spanish macs, bonito, and false Albacores are here. The bonitos will leave in the next week as the water warms. Inshore there are still some specks, look for docks with lights or fish cleaning tables that get used. Hard baits like MR17s, 18s. Black drum are still here on double bottom rigs tipped with shrimp. Red drum are hit and miss. The big schools reds are still offshore and about to move in from their wintering grounds. Early morning the red bit has been ok. Pompano just showed up and they're big this year 1-3lb fish seem common so far. We have a few more weeks on these fish.
Hit up Ft Macon for beach fishing. You can try around the jetty if you want to walk about 1/2 mile from the parking lot. There's black drum around the jetty and usually reds to the right side (non inlet side).
My two bait shops are Sportsmans Wholesale on hwy 24 for equipment/rigs and Chasing Tails for fishing reports and advice
If I'm fishing any type of double bottom rig, I've always got a piece of "fish bites" on there. Shrimp, crab, or sand flea are good. If the pinfish steal your shrimp, you always have a baited hook with the fish bites on there.
