visiting in April, wondering where to fish from shore?

michiganfisher · Joined: Feb 25, 2008 Posts: 1

I will be staying by vanderbilt beach the second week in april. I am from michigan and am just looking for some tips on where to fish from shore, what to use for bait, and anything else helpful. Thanks

Marcel · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:

Vanderbilt is close to Clam pass, you can actually wade at the inside of that pass and fish along the mangrove channels for Snook or Redfish.

Since I use flygear most of the time I can not really help with bait but I have fished the beach with sandflees and shrimp and caught all kinds of
fish that way.
If I would have to fish the inside of the pass with hardware I would probably use plugs and plastic lures.

mark · Joined: Apr 08, 2004 Posts: 262 Location: Naples, FL

Hi, Thanks for the post. Spoons and jigs work well. They cover alot of ground and all our species eat them. If you have a cast net you can net some shiners which are the best. Check out: http://www.evergladesangler.com/portal/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=29
for somke spots to fish without a boat.
Thanks
Capt. Mark Ward

Stoli · Joined: Jan 18, 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Indiana

I usually fly fish when I'm down there, but that time of year, a lot of guys surf fish with cut bait or live bait (shiners or shrimp) and catch everything from jacks, sheepshead, ladyfish, snook to all sorts of sharks. I watched a guy land 12 bonnet head sharks up to 36 inches on cut bait one day in about a 3 hour period. Great fun on the light tackle.

Clam pass is great too. Get out there early because it seems to get a lot of pressure this time of year. Good luck!