Perdido Key bank & surf fishing

Keep your bait in your cooler, not sitting out. The birds there will wipe you out as soon as you turn your back.

Get a bait caster and a good topwater then hit the surf at the crack of dawn, if nothing else the lady fish will keep you busy.

Also catch sand fleas and put them on a carolina rig, the pompano love them.

I’ve successfully caught fish in the surf the last 2 years after never being able to do so prior. I watched a bunch of beach bum videos on YouTube. I keep it simple. I stop at lost bay in orange beach. Pick up some premade pomp rigs. 3-4 oz pyramid weights. Use live sand fleas or fish bites bait. It’s prepackaged. Look it up. Stuff works. Cast in between the sand bars. I like to throw one between first and second and then one past the second. Whichever hits is the area I start casting too. I wade out to cast. I have a 9’ and a 12’ surf rod with 5000 and 6000 size reels.

If you want to catch some nice Whitings that are great to eat, just fish the surf with a small Carolina rig with a small hook and cut shrimp. Been doing that for many years with good results.

I find using shrimp attracts catfish. Even the shrimp fish bites attracts catfish. But I will still sometimes use them.

I use 3 inch molting color gulps for flounder. Jig first thing in the morning, the flounder are up close to the beach. Find where sandbars merge with beach creating pockets. Or even better bring a floundering like and gig, we got 14 in two nights in crappy conditions, again closer in in areas with big ripples and shells. You can get action in the back bays on jigs and top waters for trout and redfish but won’t fill the boat. We did see a big speckled trout maybe 27inch in the surf at night.

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Surf fish west side jetties in corner where beach meets rocks with top water. Late evenings I have the best of luck. Trout, lady fish, etc push bait against rocks. You can see them hitting from grand point condos when surf is calm. Next to grand point is a little walking path you can travel to get to the surf there.

Like others have said you can get a good crash corse watching Bama beach bum, bearded Brad, and bama saltwater fishing vids. They do a ton of surf fishing and bank/jettie fishing in the area. I have caught a ton of different fish with a pomp rig using fish bites shrimp and sand flea flavor tipped with fresh dead shrimp. While that soaks I toss some spoons and jigs.

If you go beyond the surf fishing get a fishing license and also make sure you get the reef fish add on or whatever it is called. Also know the laws. The Bama green jeans will be out checking and you will get a ticket.

Bearded Brad has a vid of a guy who caught a red snapper under the pass bridge that got popped. I was there with all of them and this guy caught a legal sized red snapper but snapper season was closed that day ,(open the next day) and he didn’t have that reef fish add on. They took the fish and gave hime some ticket love. It was interesting to watch it all unfold, I was shocked with that big of a snapper right there to begin with.

Red snapper vid

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Lol if you go surf fishing get a license

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You should and I do get a annual one, but in the 38 years I have been going to my one spot I have never seen anyone checking random vacationers on the beach. Not saying don't get one. Just saying the other spots mentioned get cheeked often to make sure you do get one, and get the reef fish add on. That guy with the snapper didn't know anything about the add on but did have a license. So even if he caught it the next day during the season they still would have taken and ticketed him.