Hi ranger13_es - Thanks for the update, much appreciated.

I have been fishing Bryan Beach in Freeport since 79 and this is a great time to catch bull reds from the beach or where the river meets the gulf. From west of san luis pass to bryan beach we are catching bull reds right now. I have several posts on the web and pics on my facebook page (william r powell). We catch live croaker and whiting with dead shrimp or an artificial bait called fishbites then use the big live fish whole or cut for the reds.

Good Luck!!

Wild Bill
Santa Fe, Texas

D*** Bill! Helluva Red you got there! :woohoo: Im just now researching the beach fishing. I wanna fish the surf along some of the beaches here in FL for giant reds and just learned of cut bait for them and cant wait to use this technique.

What would you say is a good egg sinker weight for these? 2oz? and is a stout 5/0 hook sufficient for this fish pictured? What size chunk bait would you use for a Red of this caliber :blink:

Thanks for any advice, I tend to notice alot of TX fishing is alot like FL fishing.

- Danny