Fisherman001
Senior Member
Anybody having any luck surf fishing around Jekyll or Tybe?
. Hey thanks a lot, I appreciate the info. I’ll probably make a trip to the coast this October.Tybee has been the usual summer pattern. Lots of rays, sharks, a few whiting mixed in. Might luck into some spanish mackerel breaking. Nothing to write home about. That should all change now that the morning temps are cooler. The creeks offer better fishing right now in my opinion, plenty of slot sized redfish and some trout and flounder around. Fall fishing and the bull red run is right around the corner from the beach. I can't speak on Jekyll but assuming its similar.
. You did pretty darn good. I’m hoping to get to Jekyll island sometime this month. I’m not too interested in catching bonnet head sharks. Best of luck to you my friend. Jim G.I surf fished the outgoing tide yesterday evening at Tybee. From about 5pm - Sunset. Using fresh shrimp and crab flavored fishbites. Caught 4 whiting, 2 small bluefish, 2 bonnet heads, and 2 catfish. Nothing huge but still fun catching and the weather was gorgeous. There were a few guys soaking bigger baits for redfish but they were only catching sharks. Might still be a little early for them, be curious to see how the tournament does next weekend.
I skipped deer hunting for nine seasons to chase them big reds on the beaches... It'll be kicking off any time now, look for a good nor'easter open the gates. ?
Hey Railroader,
What's your go-to set up for catching those reds in the surf? I'm heading down Monday for a week. Hoping I've timed it right to get on some hulls on the beach.
Appreciate the info Fatback and Railroader. I have 3 10' rods with Abu 6500 spooled with 20 lb mono and 3 Daiwa 4500 BGs with 20 lb bread. I won't have a problem getting out to 50 yards. Most of my terminal tackle is stuff I use on the gulf coast so I'll need to beef up that stuff. I've heard the beach around the soccer fields is a good place to fish. Is that area as good as any? On the gulf side, I usually find a wash between the bars, I guess that's the same areas to look for at Jekyll too?
We caught all of ours 1 hour either side of low tide. Outside of that time, we didn't get bit other than a few sharks. But foe two hours, it was on!Very nice! I'm going to fish the incoming tide at Tybee on Saturday. Soak a couple bigger baits for reds, hopefully they cooperate haha. I saw they got a few in the tournament 2 weekends ago.