What sort of fishing gear and tackle is appropriate for fishing for redfish, mackeral, and flounder?
Andrew B asked:
What sort of fishing gear and tackle is appropriate for fishing for redfish, mackeral, and flounder in the surf around Galveston, Texas?
I am looking to buy new rod, reel, and lures.
Specially what is good for fishing in the surf on the beaches of Galveston, Texas.
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deep sea pole reel and takle
A good stout 7 footer spooled wiht as much 20lb test you can fit and a nice spining reel are what i use when I am not using my fly rod. For reds, drifting live shrimp or small shad are a favorite and as far as lures go curly tailed grubs work pretty well as well as any bait fish pattern type stick bait. For mackrel make sure you use a steel leader as they are toothy little creatures who will shred mono in a heartbeat, back hooking small bait fiosh work well for them. Forget about the dep sea stuff, like I said a good stout spinning combo will work great. Flounder are ambush feeders mostly so running small minnos on the bottom wiht a flounder rig works pretty good and strips of squid will bring them to the cooler too. Mind your creel and size limits and Good Luck! Tight lines!
all i use is a small fishing pole thats open spin reel and a # six hook and a strip 2 inches of squid and i catch plenty of macks