fishing the jetties
 

I have never been to the jetties at the mouth of big lake. can someone tell me, is it possible to fish there from the bank or can you not get to deep enough water from the bank?

I'm assuming that your talking about the old jetties on the south end of Big Lake...you have to get there by boat.

No I talking about the jetties in the gulf, at the mouth of the ship channel is what i shouldve said. might be a stupid question, like i said never been there. dont even know it is possible to get there.

Yes you can fish there. There is a park there with a fishing pier and for a small fee you can fish all day.

thanks for the info

It is on the east side.

I believe its Davis road

thanks for the info guys. imma give it a shot. gotta go to no

The jetties are mostly a bottom fishing proposition and most anglers will catch 10 black drum and 10 gafftop catfish for every redfish, and most of the redfish will be bulls.

If I catch 10 drum, a bunch of trash and 2 reds, and bull reds at that! Sounds like a great day! Would love to fish the lake but I don't have a boat. Yet!

If you prefer to catch fewer gafftops and hardheads, use broken crab instead of cut or finger mullet. I also think crab beats mullet for drum and redfish at the jetties. You need a long, surf casting rod to get the bait further into the channel. You also need a good selection of weights including 4 and 6 oz pyramids to hold the bottom. And you will probably break off a lot on the bottom. The big advantage to a boat is you can pick a good spot in the channel and let directly down rather than casting across the rocks on the bottom. A boat also lets you fish the surf outside the channel when conditions suggest this is the better play. Days right before a cold front can even the odds when your location is limited.

4 and 6 oz weights huh didn't think I'd need something that heavy. Thanks for the tip don't have anything in the box anywhere near that.

U don't need anything that heavy

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And they ain't all bulls don't take everything every1 on here says as true

I have filled the boat up with 20-25" reds down there with dead shrimp on a half oz lead head. Lot of trout there also.

sounds like i need to throw the box at em and figure it out for myself. thnks

truer words have never been spoken on SC!

From my experiences at the jetties......If tide is moving it will be reds & trout in majority, once tide goes slack, drum and sheepshead, and gaff-top will make up the majority of catch.

And...... if you are fishing from a boat out past half way on the jetties, try using live bait and a cork up next to the rocks to catch trout.

Also, soft plastic will catch trout and red's sometimes. Chartreuse curly tail grub worked good on trout and reds one trip to the jetties.

do yall know is this place usually packed with people and can you walk out onto the rocks?

sometimes a lot of people, sometimes not. if you go and walk on the rocks be careful, it looks like it might be easy, but it isn't at all, especially carrying rods, tacklebox, cooler. fall on em, and you'll be lucky if you don't break a leg or something. there are a couple of places to the right of the ferry landing if you go down that road, but not many.

Thanks for the info. Guess that is a lot of stuff to carry. Knowing me though... I'm still gonna try

You can walk on the rocks from the boat launch to the gate of the jetty recreation area. If you go past that, you have to pay to get in.
There are bathrooms, pavillion, rv spots, fishing pier and parking lot in side the recreation area.
http://www.parishofcameron.net/Photo...2&p8=2411&p9=C

You can fish the launch dock and the rocks in the picture shown in the link below for free, outside the gate:

http://www.parishofcameron.net/parks...-Boat-Launch-1

I would like to nominate Ray as the SC Cameron Parish Ambassador!!!

ill tell u my way.i take a 3oz slide egg weight but a clacker bead and tie to swivel this will keep u from hitting weight aginsst swievile.then i take 18 inch leader with keal hook and break half of a crab.cast out and if u have the 6500 use the clicker i also use ugly stick.sit back wait till fish take off pulling clicker set the hook and hold on.the egg weight keeps line on bottom but lets the fish take bait with no resriction.

We were at the campground fishing the jetties For a Lil while yesterday. Weather was horrible, tornado warnings actually. I had never been there and only had 3/4oz lead heads and shrimp..... The weight never touched bottom, current was bad bad. Next time Im bringing 3-4 oz weights.

And how the hell do they get drum and bull reds over that railing??? I wasn't impressed with the setup at all.

Drop nets.

http://s7d5.scene7.com/s7viewers/dht...ges/spacer.gifhttp://s7d5.scene7.com/s7viewers/dht...ges/spacer.gifhttp://s7d5.scene7.com/s7viewers/dht...ges/spacer.gifBridge net at acadamey available for less than $20 . helps if once you get the ropes attached to tie a 8 oz weight to the bottom of the net in the center. . seems to me to make it work a lot better