Surfside 7/29

[Justin_Smithey]

Went out with a few friends and fished the surf for a little bit yesterday morning. Surf was fairly calm past the first gut and the water was off colored a bit. Water color turned to chocolate milk as the day went on. We caught several 10-14 inch dink specs coming up with only a few keepers, along with some whiting. We also caugh a few gaftop,hardheads, bluefish, yellow tails,spanish mackeral and sand trout. All were caught using live shrimp under popping corks. Not much luck using artificials.

[SKsCrappie]

Man-o-man those whiting are some GOOD eating!
Thanks for the report Justin look like you guys had a blast.
I'll pm you some info tonight about some prime areas around there that's good when wading!!

[Justin_Smithey]

Thanks sk, that would be awesome. We go surf fishing pretty regularly on the weekends. And that is true about the whiting! they are great

[Drop_Shot_]

Great catch Justin....I like those whiting also :)

[vett0111]

Nice going.

They really love live shrimp under a popping cork

[gator]

no finer fish than fresh sand trout and whitting in my book

[slabsticker]

Nice catch Justin!

[Justin_Smithey]

Thanks guys!

[vett0111]

Did you fry them or grill them?

[Justin_Smithey]

I've Only Had them fried.. Very good and very pretty meat.

[Dutch]

Fresh Sand Trout are great eating. The best bait for them is cut sand trout, better than shrimp and it stays on the hook better. Just fillet off a side, leave the skin on, and cut it into chunks. Put the hook through the skin from meat side to skin side. They nail it hard. Use the head for bait for larger fish.