Try around old piers, docks or other structures such as the jetties at Ft. Live baits like shrimp and bull minnows are preferred baits, although a small white jig or grub with a two-inch strip of mullet or other fish will work quite well. When you feel resistance pause a moment then set the hook strongly. We are having a terrific speckled trout season and October should be even better. Early morning and late evening grassbed action is outstanding.
Surface walking plugs such as the mirror-lure Top Dogs and Top Pups are very effective.
After dark, try a free-lined live shrimp around lighted docks or bridges. Surf fishing is picking up strongly as migrating species pass along the Gulf beaches returning south. Whiting can be found in the deeper holes and troughs in good numbers. A light slip sinker rig small hook and a piece of peeled shrimp should fill the cooler with these tasty fish. Bluefish and ladyfish can be found chasing small bait fish right up to the beach and action can be fast and furious.