The primary reason redfish hold around rock jetties is the presence of so many different kinds of bait. No matter which rock jetties you fish, they hold everything from shrimp to pogy to mullet.
“If the tide’s not ripping, you’ll see all the bait along the rocks,” Cajun Phil Broussard said. “The main thing you’ll notice is the mullet running down the sides of the jetties. When you see that, you know it’s going to be on.”
Broussard gets excited about seeing mullet running the rocks because he knows he’ll find redfish stacked up somewhere along the jetties.
“One thing I see a lot of people doing that I don’t recommend is picking out a spot and anchoring,” Broussard said. “Rather than anchoring right off the bat, Kevin and I work the jetties with the trolling motor.”
They point their boat into the current and troll against it rather than with it to give their baits the most natural look possible by making them come the same direction baitfish would be swimming.
“When we catch one or two (reds), we’ll drop anchor and catch maybe six to eight more before we pick up and move again,” Broussard concluded. “This way, we make sure to cover all the rocks to find pods of fish, then work them over until they quit biting.
“If you see us anchored, you can bet we’ve caught one or two already.”