Redfish University is still running trips!! It’s cold but the fish are really cooperative. Short, 25 mph runs keep things as comfortable as possible for clients and once the catching begins, the coldest temps will be forgotten. More trout than redfish at the moment but the quality of fish is very good. Quality cold-weather gear, face protection, gloves and warm socks are a must! See ya soon. Guided Mr. Larry McAdoo this morning here in Pensacola. Larry is a recent Houston transplant to the Pensacola area and a long-time Hewes flats boat owner. Today was the coldest conditions I have ever fished. The temperature range in Redfish University’s Ford Diesel 7.3 Excursion registered at 24 degrees at takeoff time and only rose to 37 degrees at noon. Nevertheless, redfish and trout were found and redfish and trout were caught. Over 25 quality trout and 12-15 redfish were landed in extremely harsh conditions. In fact, we were having a difficult time casting because of the icebergs forming between the guides on our rods! This is the first time I have EVER seen this!!! Anyway, it was an extremely cold but productive morning of redfish and speckled trout. All fish caught on Gulp! 5″ Jerkshads in Lime Tiger and Gulp! 3″ Shrimp in Natural. Rattles increased strikes and ALL fish released. Please click an image to...
Read MoreIce Pre-Fishing at R.U.(Trout)-January 6, 2010
Happy New Year!! The fishing is fantastic with these cold temperatures although we have cancelled a few recent trips for a later(warmer) date due to unsafe and slippery conditions. Got out this morning with buddy, Eric Michener, for some prefishing for an upcoming 3-Day multi-Gulf Coast location speckled trout adventure with a client from Sarasota. Greeted at the boatramp with frozen surface water in the bayou. It was very interested breaking the ice with the bow of my 21 Hewes Redfisher. Reminded me of the Deadliest Catch as they offload at St. Paul Island(but not as dangerous.) Although the banging on the prop and hull made me a little nervous. Found some very nice speckled trout including a few pushing four pounds. Basically, one after another in a small area. All fish released and mission accomplished locally. Next is Mobile and Panama City next week. Please click an image to...
Read MoreQuantity but not quality at Redfish University-December 26, 2009
Guided Capt. Skip Barry this morning. Capt. Skip was down from Michigan and is a salmon and trout guide up on Lake Michigan with his charter service Terminator Sport Fishing. Skip has fished all over the world and I was very pleased to show him how to catch redfish on artificials here in NW Florida. Started out on some shallow water schools at first light. Stuck a few quality fish but mostly bottom slot fish with some decent trout mixed in. As the water rose, we concentrated on some deeper uneven bottom and picked up many legal trout, redfish and 7-8 small stripers which were fun. Caught fish pretty much all morning but the quality redfish were difficult today with the exception of one 26-27″ fish that was boat-side only to split the leader. Crap!! Anyway, the total for the day was 20+ small-medium redfish, 20+ quality trout and 7-8 small stripers. 2 redfish and 5 nice trout were kept for the grill. All fish caught on 3″ Gulp! Shrimp in New Penny and Lime Tiger as well as 5″ Gulp! Jerkshads in Lime...
Read MoreInvasion of the little redfish at Redfish University-December 22, 2009
Guided Mr. Brad Barber this morning. Brad wanted to learn about shallow water redfishing in our local upper bay areas. Started out at first light and cruised to the first area. Immediately saw wakes everywhere. Push poled at first and then switched to the trolly to bump up fish. Found large groups of lower, mid and upper level redfish but found it very difficult to entice the larger fish to bite as they were very unactive and basically laying on the muddy bottom in extremely dirty water. Stuck a few decent fish and then proceeded to absolutely hammer 20-25 lower slot redfish. Only a very slow tap-tap retrieve would produce fish and the big fish wouldn’t even take a dead-stick stinky Gulp! Not really used to that frustration! Anyway, much was caught and much was learned. Hopefully Brad will return to produce lots of fish for himself and his family in the future. All fish taken on 3″ and 4″ Gulp! Shrimp in whatever color you’d like. All fish...
Read MoreRedfish University prefishing-December 21, 2009
Grabbed my buddy, Captain Brant Peacher, and went out for a few hours of prefishing for upcoming trips. Some fog and very cold temperatures this morning. Found a large group of fish in shallow water. Stuck a few and called it a morning. Redfish ranged from 17-29″ and all fish released. ...
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