Home Forums Fishing Saltwater any help for fishing at s. padre island ?

my fil, has a place down that way that my wife and i will inherit someday, and we want to go on a vacation and that house is close to fishing.

sooo, when is the best time to go for what ? and any recommendations for a charter, or party boat, or boat rental ?

we wanna go fishing and get away, so it airfare and fishing for exspenses.

any help would be appreciated.

what type of fishing bays, offshore, inshore. you can find something biting yr round.where at on s padre?

we are thinking of going down in march sometime.
fil, has a place just outta brownsville, gotta ask the exact place,, and we have no idea where to go or what to do... ??

we're thinking maybe just inshore, or maybe surf ? or casting from shore, or maybe renting a boat for inshore fishing.
i'd like to go out offshore, but we'll see how $ plays out.

so what's biting in march down that way ?

I've fished the Mansfield jetties but never in march. you can drive up the beach to the jetties about 25 miles up from s. padre. best to use a 4x4. you can catch reds and black drum in march . the drum run is uasually the end of Feb beginning of march. back in 80 we fished the Mansfield channel and caught 65 drum smallest being 25# caught over 6000#s of fish all together that trip.on warm days the flats in the laguana madre should be good for specks and reds. offshore is always a good bet weather permitting.water might still be a bit cold for surf fishing if you plan on wading out in the surf just be careful of rip currents is the surf is high.