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New Berkley website and Eric Holstman Pro Staff page.

Hello Redfish University anglers! Please take a moment to view the new Berkley fishing website at www.berkley-fishing.com. It’s a great resource for choosing baits, rods and reels and finding angling information from the Berkley Pro Staff anglers. You may also recognize a Pro Staff member on the Berkley site as well. Berkley Pro Staff- http://www.berkley-fishing.com/my-berkley/pro/eric-holstman  Abu Garcia- http://www.abugarcia.com/pros_detail.php?id=2460&m=0 Spiderwire- http://www.spiderwire.com/pros_detail.php?id=2538 Thanks for looking and see everyone soon. Eric...

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And again, trout, redfish and Spanish at Redfish U.-July 23, 2010

Guided Brian Enabnit and friend, Doug, this morning. They absolutely whacked the speckled trout this morning on topwater baits. In a few hour period, 25-30 trout were brought to the boat including some nice 3-3.5# fish and Brian’s pig trout at 5#. Stopped at a few more great areas and picked up more trout and a 25.5# fat redfish as well. Again, the guys wanted lots of late morning action so we split for the Pass to find some great Spanish mackerel action on spoons but no sharks or tarpon this time although we did see one tarpon leap in the distance. Lots of fish were taken back to Destin for a cookout! Please click an image to enlarge and view...

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Speckled trout, redfish and Spanish again at Redfish University-July 22, 2010

Guided Carl and Steve this morning for some early morning topwater action. Started at 515am and really got into the speckled trout. Landed 20-30 fish in a short period including some very nice 3-4# fish. As 9am came around, the anglers wanted to just catch fish and be around lots of action so we took off for the Pass and found some very nice Spanish mackerel grazing on schools of tightly packed minnows. Lots of sharks in the baitballs as well. The fellas picked off several very nice fish on Johnson Gold Spoons and we called it a day. Several trout and Spanish were taken for a fish fry. Please click an image to enlarge and view...

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Redfish and Trout at Redfish University-July 14, 2010

Guided Brian and Holly McDuff this morning for some topwater redfish and trout action. Like on our first trip, Holly had the hot hand scoring the first several trout but Brian did eventually catch up. Found plenty of both species and had a great time with lots of explosions. Fished some deeper structure as it heated up and found some nice redfish and larger trout.  Gulp! Jerkshads in camo worked very well again and Skitterwalks at first light produced all the trout and redfish. All fish released. Please click an image to enlarge and view...

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Solid redfish but few trout at Redfish University-July 10, 2010

Redfish University is back in action after a few days off. Guided Mr. Roger Orth this morning. Hit Santa Rosa Sound early this morning for some topwater action for redfish and trout. Pretty slow this morning with a few trout in the boat and some redfish blowups. Roger scored a 27 3/4″ stout redfish on a topwater before we took off for Pensacola Bay. Put in at Garcon Point and fished Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads in search of redfish and trout. Again, found a few decent trout but nothing great. Travelled to a proven redfish spot and found what we were looking for. Stuck several redfish in the 26 3/4-34″ range with a few finding structure before we could turn them.  Only found one fish to measure and keep but fun nonetheless. All fish released except for a few trout and a 27″ redfish for dinner. Please click an image to enlarge and view...

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