Jokerman said:
If you're having to settle for piers... Bob Hall Pier on N. Padre Island is your best bet. Horace Caldwell in Port A will do, but the water there can be murkier, and the trash fish more pronounced.
The Packary jetties are less daunting than the S or N jetties, but the drawback is that the the walkway is well off the water, which can leave the rocks in play. Seen good fish caught off there, but just scout it first and see if that's what you want. The channel there, as previously reported, can be productive, and there are places to park and stand that aren't difficult to access.
Not sure if Charlie's Pasture Pier has been rebuilt after Harvey. Backside of Port A was hammered by Harvey -- the pier and seawall were just ravaged. They may have rebuilt. Again, might do you some good to just scout around (if you have the time.)
The abovementioned offshore options are always a good idea. Agree that Deep Sea HQ is the better of two options. But Dolphin is just fine, as well.
I have fished Packery in June and July with mixed results. I've been told that if you hit it in the fall, after the first couple of cold fronts, that it is pretty good. I haven't had a chance to do that yetYoakDaddy said:Jokerman said:
If you're having to settle for piers... Bob Hall Pier on N. Padre Island is your best bet. Horace Caldwell in Port A will do, but the water there can be murkier, and the trash fish more pronounced.
The Packary jetties are less daunting than the S or N jetties, but the drawback is that the the walkway is well off the water, which can leave the rocks in play. Seen good fish caught off there, but just scout it first and see if that's what you want. The channel there, as previously reported, can be productive, and there are places to park and stand that aren't difficult to access.
Not sure if Charlie's Pasture Pier has been rebuilt after Harvey. Backside of Port A was hammered by Harvey -- the pier and seawall were just ravaged. They may have rebuilt. Again, might do you some good to just scout around (if you have the time.)
The abovementioned offshore options are always a good idea. Agree that Deep Sea HQ is the better of two options. But Dolphin is just fine, as well.
I fished the Packery jetty (Port A Mustang Island side) a few weeks ago. It was more crowded than I thought it would be at daybreak to 8:30am. Caught a few on shrimp but no keepers. The problem I had fishing on channel side vs gulf side was getting line caught on the concrete pieces. Looks like it had quite a bit of Harvey wave damage, too. It's a much easier jetty to fish than the north jetty in Port A proper.
YoakDaddy said:Jokerman said:
If you're having to settle for piers... Bob Hall Pier on N. Padre Island is your best bet. Horace Caldwell in Port A will do, but the water there can be murkier, and the trash fish more pronounced.
The Packary jetties are less daunting than the S or N jetties, but the drawback is that the the walkway is well off the water, which can leave the rocks in play. Seen good fish caught off there, but just scout it first and see if that's what you want. The channel there, as previously reported, can be productive, and there are places to park and stand that aren't difficult to access.
Not sure if Charlie's Pasture Pier has been rebuilt after Harvey. Backside of Port A was hammered by Harvey -- the pier and seawall were just ravaged. They may have rebuilt. Again, might do you some good to just scout around (if you have the time.)
The abovementioned offshore options are always a good idea. Agree that Deep Sea HQ is the better of two options. But Dolphin is just fine, as well.
I fished the Packery jetty (Port A Mustang Island side) a few weeks ago. It was more crowded than I thought it would be at daybreak to 8:30am. Caught a few on shrimp but no keepers. The problem I had fishing on channel side vs gulf side was getting line caught on the concrete pieces. Looks like it had quite a bit of Harvey wave damage, too. It's a much easier jetty to fish than the north jetty in Port A proper.
This young guy has a pretty good idea of how to fish the jetty's on either end of Mustang Islanddeemus said:YoakDaddy said:Jokerman said:
If you're having to settle for piers... Bob Hall Pier on N. Padre Island is your best bet. Horace Caldwell in Port A will do, but the water there can be murkier, and the trash fish more pronounced.
The Packary jetties are less daunting than the S or N jetties, but the drawback is that the the walkway is well off the water, which can leave the rocks in play. Seen good fish caught off there, but just scout it first and see if that's what you want. The channel there, as previously reported, can be productive, and there are places to park and stand that aren't difficult to access.
Not sure if Charlie's Pasture Pier has been rebuilt after Harvey. Backside of Port A was hammered by Harvey -- the pier and seawall were just ravaged. They may have rebuilt. Again, might do you some good to just scout around (if you have the time.)
The abovementioned offshore options are always a good idea. Agree that Deep Sea HQ is the better of two options. But Dolphin is just fine, as well.
I fished the Packery jetty (Port A Mustang Island side) a few weeks ago. It was more crowded than I thought it would be at daybreak to 8:30am. Caught a few on shrimp but no keepers. The problem I had fishing on channel side vs gulf side was getting line caught on the concrete pieces. Looks like it had quite a bit of Harvey wave damage, too. It's a much easier jetty to fish than the north jetty in Port A proper.
A 12' rod helps a lot with getting hung up.
You are just not going to the right places then. While the water in the Aransas area doesn't look like the water further south, there are few things that can beat fishing the shoreline of Lighthouse Lakes on the Lydia Ann Channel side with a moving tide, wading the pot holes on the south side of Traylor Island or the firm sand bottoms of St Charles bay. Unfortunately, none of those things I listed involve pier fishing.dave714 said:
Port Arkansas is terrible. The dirtiest water in Texas.
dave714 said:
Port Arkansas is terrible. The dirtiest water in Texas.
Galveston or Port A?quash said:
Mitch Deane, great guide out of there.
Port A, Corpus Christi. this time of year he does fish n shoots for dove.LIB,MR BEARS said:Galveston or Port A?quash said:
Mitch Deane, great guide out of there.
