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BobBobber · Guest

We enjoy sand trout, some also call them white trout. They're tasty and quick-n-easy to filet. But very few anglers seem to target them. We have received several donated from anglers who would normally throw them back in, for example. (One of the advantages of being senior citizens is that the younger fellas often give us stuff.)

But we have only discovered a few places where we can find sand trout on a regular basis.

Do any of you have hints as to the kinds of places to search for them? I'm not asking for anybody's HH or anything like that. Just let me know if it's shallow or deep canals, Intracoastal, CC Bay, jetties, Packery, Port A, etc. We have never caught one in the surf.

Nearly every sand trout we caught was after dark. Well lit piers and docks in CC Bay attract shrimp, with specs and sand trout close behind. The undersized specs smack the shrimp on top. The sand trout hit near the bottom, probably dining below on the scrap leftovers from the specs.

Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974

in years past we would tip speck rigs off with either dead shrimp or cut mullet and throw them in the channel in Port A about 1/3 of the way down the south Jetty and load the cooler....

its been a few years, but probably worth a try....
becky
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ROBDOG · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:50 pm Post subject:

I do not have first hand knowledge, but I heard they are common at indian point pier at night?

JOHNNYREB · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject:

I fished this little pier over in AP years ago, it was called the fin&feather....not sure if the place is still there, but my kids slayed the sandtrout at night on glow spec rigs. If i remember correctly, it was this time of the year.
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SeaLevelApparel · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:05 pm Post subject:

If you have a boat, the nearshore rigs are absolutely loaded with them in the winter. Any pier though usually has a decent amount this time of year.
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blackhawk78418 · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:47 pm Post subject:

The mile pier in Rockport (the one that use to be a road) has millions of them. Get there before sun down so you can get a spot under a light before they come on and jus wait. Took my kids out there when they were younger and 1st started fishing and had a blast I think that's what got them hooked. Now they want bigger harder fighting fish. Haven't been back but I'm sure they are still there they have always been there..

OneMoreCast88 · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:51 pm Post subject:

I use to catch endless amounts from the ship channel when I was a kid. (Didn't keep due to the location) but they are tasty. Dragonfly serves them in some of their specials.

Chef Lefty · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 6:39 pm Post subject:

Pass.
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ziacatcher · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 6:58 pm Post subject:

I would try the humble leading to the boat hole as well as the crash channels in the boathole. Soft plastics work well.

HighTide · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:16 pm Post subject:

We've caught literaly hundreds in those channels with the painted cottages near Shamrock Island. We've only caught them in the winter and not always. The magic lure was a gulp shrimp in any color.
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gdavis · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:30 pm Post subject:

ive heard they are thick out by the base on the north end of demmit island.

Smack_8080 · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject:

You can catch them at Indian Point Pier in the daytime or at night. I've caught a lot of them at the very end of the pier.

BobBobber · Guest

Thanks for the tips. Keep 'em coming, please. So many fish . . . so little time. But I'm retired, so what better to do?

I'll reveal our tip for bait of choice. It's Fishbites in flesh color (white). One night I was using yellow, our normal choice. My wife outfished me 3:1. When we were packing up to go, she told me she had been using the white color. When I asked why she waited until we were packing up to tell me, she revealed that we only brought one pack of white . . . hers.

We have fished side by side with anglers at the NAS pier and caught MANY more sand trout with Fishbites than people using real shrimp. Sometime we were the only ones catching them. Also, shrimp get sucked off the hooks by bait stealers within seconds after hitting bottom. Fishbites stay on the hook.

Finsonpins · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:29 pm Post subject:

Agreed with the others who said indian point. Used to catch a ton casting spec rigs off the front of the pier at night.

Smack-Attack35 · Guest

Not sure where to find them...

But...

They taste like a cross between Bald Eagle and Whooping Crane (don't ask me how I know).