I grew up on salt and brackish water fishing. Just started fishing the upper delta in mobile county last year. First learn where the ramps are near areas you might like to fish. This can be found on Outdoor Alabama web site. Do some recons first by car then by boat learning the area and notice what others are doing. Ask questions on this site and just do searches here of old posts having to do with what your are interested in. I have learned enough here in the past year to become successful catching " white pearch " , ( crappie ). Read everything here Crappie Pappy has to offer. Just go fishing and have fun.