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Popping corks and freeline rigs are popular and effective rigs to fish the upper and/or middle water column, whereas bottom […]

Bottom Rigs for Bait Fishing

Bottom rigs can be used with live or dead bait to catch fish that are on or near the bottom

I fished the Port Aransas South Jetty from 14:00 – 17:30. I walked the entire length of the South Jetty,

Knowing how to tie proper fishing knots is critical to fishing success. Unskilled knot tying (i.e. tying “Granny knots”) is

I walked the Packery Channel North Jetty around 6:00 PM this evening to see if anybody was catching fish. It

We fished the Mustang Island surf (near Port Aransas, beach marker #24) from 11:00AM – 3:00PM. It was a sunny

I walked the Cole Park Pier around 6:00 PM to see if anybody was catching fish. It was windy and

We fished the Padre Island surf (Kleberg County beach, north of PINS) from 2:30PM – 5:00PM. It was a sunny

I fished the backside of Mustang Island (Deadman’s Hole area) from 8:00AM – 10:00AM. It was a sunny day with

I put together this rod and reel sizing chart because it can be difficult to understand the rod and reel