Redfish

[TroutRinger]

I caught some reds in Hilton Head fishing brackish water when the tides were moving in or out using these small crabs that’s I caught that were about the size of half dollars as well as...well I’m not sure what they are called but they are basically bass sized beatle spins. 

[MoCarp]

might get a few of these  

 

[Coosa]

I've looked up most of the locations you guys have mentioned and they are mostly only 30 min or so from where I'll be staying. Thanks for the help fellas. I'll be leaving in 3 days and HOPEFULLY I'll have good report to post. This is a family vacation though and not a fishing trip so ill just be sneaking off when time allows and just kinda winging it. Can't wait to post a report for ya!

[MickinMO]

Quit being a cheapskate and hire a local guide for at least half a day to hopefully get on some fish or at least learn the ropes. I am sure your guide will give you some pointers for where to wade fish out of a kayak. Go it alone the rest of your stay after that. Find a local tackle & bait shop and get someone talking

[Gavin]

You will want some bite tippet. 25-30lb, those fish are not leader shy and they will shred freshwater lines. A foot our two is all you need. Wire if your into mackerel or bluefish. Buy that down there, with some beach rigs, pompano jigs, etc when you hit the tackle shop.

[snagged in outlet 3]

"hopes to get away for one day to do some red fishing"

If you are only going one day just get a guide.  It'll be worth the money and you can leave the yaks at home and not have to deal with them during your trip.  Don't have to worry about rods and tackle either.

Two guys splitting a half day guide trip is probably pretty cheap.

[Coosa]

Guys I know a guide would help catch fish and help to learn the ropes a little bit. It's not about the money. It's just as I stated before, this is not a fishing trip. This is something my mother has been wanting us to do for well over 15 years and she paid fir it all as a Christmas gift . I'm just trying to take advantage and get a little out of state fishing time in if it works out. My mother is really excited about this and I want to make it the best I can for her I don't want her to think we are trying to get away to fish. The reason I had thought about not contacting a guide or anything is I just don't know when I'm going to be able to get out. It will be just when it seems convenient. As far as hauling The Kayaks down there that's not really a big deal. We will have three different trucks going. Plus I'm pretty partial to my kayak  I have it set up how I like  and I can't imagine a rental being better . Now another question I do have is how is my Garcia SX going to handle the saltwater. I figured I would bring myreel oil and all the goodies and just tear it down rinse it and lube it back up after each use

[Coosa]

Sorry I havnt posted a report yet. Been busy since getting back. I'll get to it soon.

[Coosa]

I don't really have  much of a report to give but since you all did give me some good advice i will try to write something up. 

After driving all night we arrived at our beach house at about 830 in the morning. The surf was much bigger than I expected but we gave it a shot anyway. Me and my kayak took quit a beating. And there was no way I could fish in that rough of waster. After a couple days on the beach with the family w were able to get away for a couple hours.  Now I have 2 brothers, one, Jeff, I have mentioned on here quite a few times as we do most of our fishing together.  The other brother, Brian, has never fished from a kayak and never used a baitcaster.

  We put in probably halfway between fort Morgan and gulf shores. Both brothers beat me on the water while I was still getting things together. Jeff heads off to the right Brian, after a few practice casts, assures us he will be fine and dissappers off to the left. As I'm trying to decide weather to go left or right I realize Jeff had the only camera so I opted to follow him.  About 5 min in I see Jeff get a huge blow up and I start getting excited! That was it . One of our 2 bites. After bout 2 hrs of nothing we decide we better go find Brian.

 After finally finding Brian he tells us a story that he describes as himself being tom hanks on cast away. Apparently his first cast was a massive backlash which he never got out. But I guess as he was trying to fix it he says a big wave came out of nowhere and rolled him! Lmao. So he got back in the yak and headed for shore to fix the backlash. Hanging out on shire was a bad place to be as the green flies were biting like baby teridactles. I dont know what hee did for 2 hrs but it sounded terrible.

The last day the water at the beach house finally calmed down enough for me to get out in the open ocean for abbot an hour.  It was a bit erie but the longer I was out there the more I got used to it. Never caught anything but I did have big follower and I saw a Ray. 

No fish but it was fun. 

Hopefully better luck this coming weekend. Upper jacks for 3 days and 2 nights! Can't wait. I'm sure ill have a better report with pictures

[MoCarp]

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