Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. With some bad weather early in the week, we’ve experienced the slowest week of the year here at Redfish University. We can’t complain with over 30 Redfish University guided and instructional trips for the year but playing catch up with our local instructional trips has proven to be difficult and frustrating for both professor and student. We’ll attempt to revisit postponed trips next week with some more comfortable weather on the way. We only performed three of six instructional trips this week and taking most of the weekend off before heading into next week’s guided trips ending with the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic in Destin where things will spin wildly out of control with 15-20 Redfish University trips as a result of our seminars. Another fast-paced and tiring March is on the way!! The redfish and speckled trout outings continue to be impressive with large numbers of quality speckled trout in some shallow locations. The redfish are also very predictable on edges and shallow bars as long as there’s an appropriate concentration of mullet and bait. Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads and Berkley Havoc continue to be the best choice for baits. The bull redfish on the flats are there as always although we did encounter some dirty water conditions which made them a little difficult to see but we viewed plenty and hooked plenty. Berkley Gulp! 4″ Shrimp work nicely. We’ll hit it hard again Monday, Tuesday, Thursday of next week(Wednesday is available now if anyone wants it) and then off to Destin Friday morning for a Redfish University instructional focusing on speckled trout and redfish and then over to Bass Pro Shops for the seminars Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. Staying at the Hilton and available for Destin guide trips on Saturday and Sunday morning for our friends in Destin, Ft Walton and Panama City. See everyone...

For the seventh year in a row, Redfish University and Professor Eric Holstman will proudly represent the Pure Fishing Pro Staff(Berkley, Penn, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire and more) by performing a series of primetime seminars at Bass Pro Shops in Destin, FL. Feb. 22-24, 2013 as a part of the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic. Learn the successful and proven techniques special to Redfish University for catching redfish, speckled trout, flounder, pompano, bull redfish and more. All seminars are free to the public. Also, look for our friends, Tom Roland and Roland Martin on March 1 and March 23,24 respectively. Hope to see everyone at Bass Pro Shops in Destin! Schedule of events: Friday, Feb. 22 Spring Fishing Classic Begins “Tony Stewart” Sweeps Begins Reel Trade-In Begins “Local Pros Seminars” – “Fishing Choctawhatchee Bay” – Eric Holstman – 6:30 “Techniques for Redfish/Speckled Trout” – Eric Holstman – 7:30 PREFERRED REWARDS NIGHT – 6 – 9 pm Catering and Drawings – Gary Feduccia Saturday, February 23 “Local Pros Seminars” – “Spring Fishing Tips” – Eric Holstman – 1:30 “Techniques for Redfish/Speckled Trout” – Eric Holstman – 2:30 “Baits for Success/Gulp, Etc.” – Eric Holstman – 3:30 “Best Tackle/Equipment/Penn Spiderwire” – Eric Holstman – 4:30 “Tips & Trends/Bait Techniques” – – 5:30 Sunday, February 24 “Local Pros Seminars” – “Fishing Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay” – Mark McDuffey & Tony Bigot – 1:30 “Baits for Success/Gulp & Etc.” – Eric Holstman – 2:30 “Best Tackle/Equipment/Penn Spiderwire” – Eric Holstman – 3:30 “ Kayak Tips & Trends/Bait Techniques” – Barrett Fine –...

Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University continues to be fast and furious. Four to five trips per week is fine by us for January and February. On Friday, we performed a double instructional with two groups of clients seeking guidance, locations and techniques for Winter redfish and speckled trout. Both morning and afternoon session were outstanding! Our anglers took as many speckled trout as they wished and a nice handful of redfish in all sizes. Today’s(Saturday AM) Redfish University outing was purely a fish catching experience with another load of speckled trout and redfish on the shallow water flats. Our anglers continue to graciously fill our coolers with appropriate numbers of each species. We’re just going to take Sundays off in the future for many reasons, namely a break and to eliminate the chance for weekend-warriors to dial in on our productive areas. Another great run of bookings Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. If anyone wants Wednesday, step forward before it’s taken. Lots of laughs this week! Thanks again, E...

Pensacola Fishing Charters and Instruction at Redfish University- The place to be on the Gulf Coast!! With no slow-down at Redfish University in the foreseeable future, we’re just pounding out some really productive instructional and guided fishing trips here in Pensacola. The Winter of 2012-2013 has been absolutely astonishing with great fishing, beautiful weather(not tomorrow) and a tremendous volume of both travelling and local anglers visiting Redfish University for our expertise in instruction for redfish, speckled trout, bull redfish as well as locational and technique heavy services. March and April are already halfway booked with many Winter clients looking for additional trips at Redfish University as well as a huge amount of Spring Break anglers travelling to Pensacola, Destin, Orange Beach, etc. Thank you for choosing Redfish University as your inshore fishing guide service here on the Gulf Coast! Big year! On Monday, we performed an instructional shallow water bull redfish trip in southern Pensacola Bay. Many anglers find it elementary and even boring to chase huge schools of bull redfish in our bay. I would have to agree. The sport of shallow water sight fishing for these fish is much more challenging, rewarding and entertaining. With overcast conditions, my job was made a bit more challenging as not all the huge redfish were in less than four feet water. In fact, many were in over six feet of water which made them very difficult to mark and point out to our anglers. The big new shipment of Oakley Scalpels, especially in the VR28 lenses, gave us a clear advantage that morning. Lots of fish viewed, some would bite and some would not. Ended up with some beauties on the Berkley Gulp! 4″ Shrimp and really worked out Redfish University’s arsenal of new Penn Conquer 4000s and the new Penn Regiment rods. Even the new Abu Garcia Inshore Revos 30 Spinning got stretched out well. On Tuesday, it was back to the redfish and speckled trout instruction up north and mid-bay. The speckled trout were rabid throughout the afternoon with our first speckled trout measuring 23.5″ and 22.5″ respectively. This is a nice way to start an instructional Redfish...

Pensacola Fishing Charters and Instruction at Redfish University. For our 23th trip of the year, we guided new residents CJ and his son, Nate. The guys were interested in speckled trout and then some shallow water bull redfish. I guess they’ve been following Redfish University’s recent reports. Started to the north with more speckled trout than we could count and then travelled south to find some large redfish on the flats. Found some clear and chalky water but the big fish were in both so we hammered away. Berkley Gulp! 4″ Shrimp and accurate casts are the keys to success. All fish released this morning. A really high volume of awesome instructional Redfish University guide trips the Winter. What better way to save time, fuel money and hours of headaches than visiting the Gulf Coast’s best and most sought after instructional guide service, Redfish University! Taking tomorrow off to many clients dismay but back Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of next week with more Redfish University success. See ya, E...

Pensacola Inshore Fishing Charters and Instruction at Redfish University. Classes were back in session today and yesterday at Redfish University after Wednesday’s postponed trip due to hazardous weather conditions. One group of clients are new residents to the Garcon Point area and today’s new client just moved to Mackey Cove. Each instructional trip took place in different locations but the results were the same; great instruction and tons of speckled trout and redfish. In both areas, we were met with semi-dirty water conditions and some manageable wind. The wind in the Winter is your friend! So are plastic worm rattles and fish whistles in stained water. Yesterday’s trip was definitely more consistent with nearly 50 quality speckled trip and 8-9 redfish in shallow water. Today was a bit more difficult and spotty but found plenty to keep us entertained. In fact, only one speckled trout this afternoon was under 15″ with most being 18-21″. Baits of choice included Berkley Jerkshads, Berkley Havoc Grass Pigs and Johnson 1/4oz Gold Spoons. Most fish were released and some hit the cooler. Looking forward to tomorrow’s father and son instructional session, taking Sunday off and then Monday-Saturday of next week. Will February be better than January?!?! Epic Winter!!! Thanks again, E...