South side marina jacks, fish tide changes live shrimp large or select no bait shops very close, but you can wade to flats, hope this helps, I've caught red fish,snook and speckeled trout...

Looks like a pompano to me...

Live shrimp, sand fleas, squid and rapala lures work well talk to other fishermen as well, I grew up in Sarasota 1960s to 1974 loved fishing Sarasota bay and surrounding areas best of luck recommend using 20lb fishing line and fish tide changes

Tampa bay is loaded with speckled trout wading, kayak or boat you can find them look for flats and go crazy with live shrimp, only fished tampa bay a few times but grew up in Sarasota Florida and fished the bays there, you will also get red fish, snook, grouper, mackerel, flounder and more but fishing flats on tide changes can be lots of fun be careful of sunburn lol also night fishing is a blast with good lighting ie LEDs

Tide charts are readily available, put app on phone, watch barometer if barometer is making changes that can affect fishing check out solar lunar charts Google that find app put on phone, talk to other fishermen they can be very informative get out and fish, learn, relax, finally always rinse gear with fresh water and maintain your gear, salt water is hard on reels and gear....have fun get out and hang on to rod lol, I grew up in Sarasota Florida did alot of fishing,now live in Wisconsin and still learning fresh water even though I've lived here now for 40 years I still miss fishing gulf coast....

Recommend hand picked live shrimp and fishing on tide changes, spoons work well as do doa artificial baits,experiment and talk to locals, also fiddler crabs and sand fleas work well on beach fishing and hang on to your rod....

I have a homemade fish caller and it works well, go to edge of river, lake, pond wherever you fish then cup your hands around your mouth, then softly say, Here Fish, Here fish. Repeat as necessary and good luck!!!

Notify proper authorities as conscientious Fisherman we must preserve and protect these resources that's my opinion!!

Braid suffers abrasion is my guess, I use 20lb braid and pretty reliable for most part guess depends on structure being, salt water fishing with braid and dealing with sand, shell, barnacles is a challenge but stripping off 20 feet might help since you can spoil more on, fished salt water before concept of braid, now fish strictly fresh water in Wisconsin and Michigan only get to Florida once every couple of years but do enjoy saltwater fishing, good luck!!!

Check out TQUINION fishing knot tying tool on Amazon have had mine for a year, have issues of numbness in thumb and index finger right hand and this little device works surprisingly well for me and at 6.95 I tried it

Very nice redfish, bet he put up a heck of a fight and maybe still good eating size, what was bait being used?

Aside from disassembling the reel, cleaning and lubricating I think for 7.50 your working reel is a good deal even if it is an entry type reel for beginning Fishman... yippee for yardsales

For a personal gift, does he have a good fillet knife, otherwise a gift card if you can't get a good idea on something he needs and will use!!

That is a snook and maybe undersized, fun fighting salt water game fish, very tasty as well...nice