In Jacksonville, there are many good places to fish from shore. Here are the recommended places:
1) Beach Blvd bridge, near Beach Marina. Go to Rick's Bait shop on nearby 20th street for the most current advice. I would get the following baits: 1) frozen blue crab, fished on the bottom for redfish. 2) mud minnows and shimp on a float for sea trout 3) shrimp or mud minnows fished on the bottom for reds and flounder
In the surf: You can use cut squid on the bottow to catch small shark after small shark. Use fiddler crabs to catch red fish in the surf.