Guided Terry and Victor from Destin this morning over in their home waters. Started out in Hogtown Bayou and stuck 3-4 redfish but the water was still a little off and the mullet were not as plentiful as in recent trips. Blasted through the landcut and arrived in West Bay as the water was beginning to fall. Found lots of redfish inside and just on the edge of the grass. A few hours into the falling tide, the tailing began. All together we saw 100-150 fish in schools of 2-20. We picked off 7-8 very good quality redfish but all-in-all, the fish were very shy today. Great casts and quiet presentations by Terry, Victor and myself were mostly ignored. It really makes me want to go over there tomorrow at stick the crap out of them!! Anyway, hopefully the fellas learned a ton about shallow water angling and how frustrating redfish can be at times. All fish caught on Gulp! 5″ Jerkshads and 1/4oz. Johnson Gold Spoons. All fish released. Click a photo to view larger...
Read MoreLouisiana-June 9, 2009
Went fun-fishing over in Louisiana today with pal and fellow Redfish Cup angler, Manny Perez. Ended up with 50-60 redfish and pulled hookless baits from as many tournament quality fish. Spoons, topwaters and large jerkbaits did the trick and made my arms very sore. Wow! What a tiring day of catching! All fish released happy and...
Read MoreAnother productive day at Redfish U.-May 17, 2009
Guided Mr. Fred Nordmeyer and his son, Philip, this morning before the rain. The father and son duo wanted to learn more about the upper bay systems particularly the Blackwater and East Bay area. Although the Blackwater Bay area is still very fresh and cloudy from the rains, Fred and Philip are now armed with some very valuable knowledge for producing huge numbers of redfish in Blackwater. It seemed the fish were a bit less active this morning but we still produced some quality fish. Concentrated on small schools of mullet in 3-4 feet of water with Gulp 5″ Jerkshads in camo, some with rattles and some without. Ended up with 14 very nice Flounder, 8 respectable Redfish and 10 hefty trout. We also dropped and missed quite a few good fish. *Philip really came through at the end with 2 Redfish and 1 Flounder on his own with artificial baits. He stuck with it all morning and I hope he learned a ton about fishing. All fish released except 6 flounder and 2...
Read MoreLots and lots of fish at Redfish University-May 15, 2009
Took a little time off and now I’m busier than ever with 5 trips scheduled in a row before I leave for The Cup in Kemah, TX. Guided Mr. Allen Beach this morning in East Bay and crushed the fish. Allen is a competitive bass angler who wanted to experience how hard redfish fight and we accomplished this many times over. The water was still a little dirty but nothing that we couldn’t handle. We covered some sand flats with 5″ Gulp! Jerkshads in camo but the secret to our success was the use of some small rattle inserts. This, I believe, allowed the redfish and trout to find the baits easier and attracted them from a distance much like a popping cork. Ended up with 18 Redfish in the 22-25.5″ range, 16 very nice trout and a nice flounder. All fish...
Read MoreFun morning with Pompano-April 11, 2009
Headed to the beach this morning with Tracy and friend, Randy, to do some pompano fishing. Found a nice, deep washout and set up. Pretty slow fishing but managed to get 4 nice pompano for fish tacos this evening. All fish caught on double rigs (20# fluoro. and #2 hooks.) Sandfleas and fresh peeled shrimp did the trick. We also caught a drum, a bluefish and a stingray. Oh yeah, and Randy caught a beautiful...
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