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New to the board and moving over from the freshwater side. The wife and I fish out of a 1966 G3 center console and we are thinking of heading out to St. Marks to the lighthouse in a week or so to try out luck. I've fished out there once a few years back and took home a few Trout. Any suggestions as for bait, best times and the like ? I'm thinking some Berkley Gulp Shrimp.. 3" or 4" ? Any and all input is more than welcome and hoping for some suggestions from the experienced. What else can we expect to find out there ? We live just outside of Tally.

Also looking for some suggestions for some reels and SW rods. Spinning is for certain. Thinking Penn Sargus 4000 and a 7' Ugly Stik Medium rated 12/30 line weight and lure weight of
1/2 to 4 oz. Money is an issue and I know there's better out there but we need two setups. One for the wife and myself.

Again, thanks for the help and tight lines.

welcome to the salt.

the best thing you can do is search and read and search and read here in the forums. The Intro threads have a wealth of information

The Quantum Blu PTs runs around $80 and seems to be a pretty sturdy saltwater inshore reel. You can always step up to a Boca or even a Cabo later on. The Shimano Symetre 3000FJ runs about $10 more than the Quantum and it too is a very reliable reel for the $$. Shimano Teramar is hard to beat for an all around inshore rod at approximately $100 and the warranty is over the counter as opposed to having to ship it back to the manufacturer.

For your rods you said "1/2 to 4 oz".
Don't you mean 1/4 to 3/4?

Thanks for the replies and indeed, an error on the lure weights; thank you! Looking forward to seeing what's catchable down there.

Yeah, I (and I think a lot of people) made the mistake at first of thinking bigger was better. Now, I know that lighter and right-sized is the ticket. A good all-purpose inshore rod is a 7' medium power fast action. Any saltwater-grade spinning reel in the 2000 to 300 size is way better than any freshwater-grade reel.