Thread: Cast net, pier net, or gaff, waders, fly rods?

A buddy of mine and our brides of 50+ years plan to spend Jan. & Feb. in GS. My question to you ol' Wish Fish Gods, should we have a cast net, if so how big? Should we have a pier gaff or a net, if so how long? Being that it's the Winter months, we don't plan or catching many big fish, but maybe! How about waders & a fly rod? Any advise from you people will be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure if you'll have a boat or not but I can say a little about flyfishing. Have a 9wt or so and look for the bull reds off the beach. They are aweome on a flyrod.

Don't even ask about fly patterns...if you find them, generally, they'll hit an old sock. If you don't have access to a boat, you can walk the beach (or wade out waist deep with waders) and wait to intercept one. Of course, you odds are much better with a boat.

That's probably the most fun you can have with a flyrod that time of year.

No need for a cast net or gaff that time of year but a drop net with 30' feet of rope will be needed for sheepshead. No on the fly rod but yes on the waders if you want to catch ghost shrimp.

Can a person catch ghost shrimp at that time of the year? Thanks for the info.

I have a boat, but I don't want to haul it down from MN. I have a 8# that I have used on 25# salmon, that should do the job. Thanks for the info.

When go get down here, Go See JohnG, he is at J&M Tackle, see the link on this web site for J&M, buy your rope net and other gear there

Thank you for the advise TopPop, it is deeply appreciated.