Port Aransas Info???

[jawbreaker]

Looking for some info on Prot aransas in May, Going down there for a 24 hour trip and want to get in a day of Surf/jettie/Pier fishing. Where to go and what might be running next month
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[tubeN2]

Specs and Reds, Drums and Kings. Almost everything should be doing well in a month.[cool]
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[jawbreaker]

Thanks for the info...Where on the beach for all the action? Piers...Jetties... Surf?
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[Tarpon4me]

Hey Steve, where is Port Aransas at?
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[tubeN2]

It's in Corpus Christi TX. Some of the states best surf fishing![cool]
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[tubeN2]

You shoud be able to reach almost all of those species from the Beach if your are surf fishing. The Kings would be best targeted off of the nice pier they have there. You may even want to try some evening fishing there too.

Hammer Heads are the delight as well as Stingrays at night. Medium pieces of Squid or even Cutbait are the ticket for the evening critters. Throw that out on a 8/0 Octopus hook Carolina rigged with a 3oz sliding egg sinker.

Watch the incoming tide for best results. Day and Night.[cool]
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[jawbreaker]

Thanks for the info guys, Havent done this part of the texas coast before but after a 8 hour drive to get there I want to be dead serious when I do arrive. Any outher info would be great. The next question is what the heck is slidelineing? I fished with kites, ballons and a lot of outher wierd ways to get to the critters but never heard of this one til I started researching this trip, any ideas?
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[tubeN2]

There is only one efficient way to do "Slide Lineing". First I will give you a material list and then explain how to go about the process.

This is a common rig that I use from the Piers while night fishing for Sharks.

Materials needed:

5 30# steel leaders with locking swivels on each end or have the hook pre attatched and the locking swivel on one end only.

5 4/0 to 8/0 hooks to attach to the steel leaders.

2 4 to 6 oz Pyramid Sinker(heavier or lighter depending on tide and current)

5 1oz tear drop sinkers.

20 to 30lb test line on your reel.

Rod and Reel of your choice that will handle 20 to 30lb line.

Fresh or Frozen bait. (Squid, Cut bait, Mackeral)

Instructions:

You will need to premake or purchase your steel leaders and attatch the hooks. You should use some leaders at 24inches and some at 36inches.

1. Tie the heavier sinker on the end of the line from your pole with a sturdy knot. Preferrably a San Diego knot or Trilene Knot. (This will be your strong hold on the pull)

2. Cast out as far as your abilities permit or to a desired distance that you are comfortable with.

3. Attatch 1oz sinker to the open clip on the locking swivel opposite of the hook and attach to your line. (The small weight on the top, by the line will pull this leader down to the depths to get bit)

4. Be sure to attatch your bait before dropping the leader down and don't forget to close the clip on the locking swivel.

After about every 15 to 20 minutes, repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have exhausted your 5 leaders.

15 minutes after you have used your last leader, pull the whole rig up for cleaning unless you already caught something in the mean time.

Re bait and start all over.

You can do this in California as well. The only difference is that you can only have 2 hooks on the line at a time.[cool]
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[tubeN2]

There is a surf rig that can be used for the Reds and Specks. This one is called a Slider Rig.

This is just like a Carolina Rig that you would use for Bass fishing. The difference? 1/2oz to 1oz sliding sinkers and sinker stoppers or Carolina Keepers are used to keep the sliding egg sinker away from the bait.[cool]
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[jawbreaker]

Thanks for all the info. You get up near the ft worth area let me know well get a line wet. And what the heck is that your holding?
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[tubeN2]

That is a Swell Shark. I caught that off of a Pier in Santa Barbara with the same Slide lineing rig that I described to you. That rig works good for most Inshore Sharks all over the coastlines in the West, South and East coast.

I'll give you a holler when I get over that way. There is alot of good fishing out in TX.[cool]
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