Flounder are fair on mud minnows from the south shoreline of Christmas Bay. Red snapper are good offshore when the weather permits. Trout are good at night under the lights on shrimp and bright-colored soft jerk baits. Trout are fair to good on Long Reef on glow, red, and fire tiger Bass Assassins. Trout are fair to good on the channel side of the North Jetty and at the end of the South Jetty on live shrimp and chartreuse plastics.
Black drum are good in the ship channel on finger mullet and fresh dead.
Sheepshead are very good from either jetty. Offshore is good for snapper and grouper and sharks while drifting shrimp boats. Copyright 1999-2000 Palacios Beacon Online. Site design by Get Interactive Media Group .