The Gulf Coast's Ultimate Angling Experience!
Best Rates on the Gulf Coast!! $600 (1-2 anglers) for 5 hours. $50 for each additional angler up to 4 total anglers. Includes Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Navarre and Pensacola Beach. Call (850) 748-4368 or email ericholstman@hotmail.com. *(Adjusted for fuel prices on July 1, 2022)
Welcome to Redfish University in Pensacola, Florida
Redfish University is a unique opportunity for beginner, intermediate and advanced level anglers to improve their skills in the art of shallow water fishing for redfish, speckled trout, pompano and flounder. Redfish U. specializes in the challenging realm of sight fishing for redfish with the use of artificial baits. Redfish U. also targets speckled trout, flounder, pompano and bull redfish on traditional guided fishing trips. Our extraordinary curriculum insures that no detail is overlooked. From bait choices and line selection; to casting presentation and approaching your target, you will receive unsurpassed angling instruction. Challenge yourself, broaden your angling knowledge and invest in your fishing future at Redfish University.
Jan03
Pensacola Fishing Charters. It was a fantastic 2013 at Redfish University and it has spilled right into 2014! Last year was our biggest year since Redfish University’s creation with even more trips in 2013, including many more Redfish University instructional trips and a very productive year in sponsorship upgrades, promotions and contracts. The holiday season has been extremely busy with instructional redfish and speckled trout Redfish University trips nearly every afternoon. Thanks again to all of our regular clients and the huge number of new clients that have found a home at Redfish University. We will stay warm this weekend with some very cold temperatures and unfavorable tides but will perform a full slate of instructional trips next week. Redfish University is the only instructional guide service on the entire Gulf Coast! Book your class today! E Holstman ...
Dec18
Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. We performed three instructional Redfish University fishing trips on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. All were a huge success with lots of the redfish and speckled trout caught and even more information learned. We’re still finding plenty of quality redfish and speckled trout in the middle to lower bays in shallow water especially during the middle part of the day and in very sunny conditions. With the other charter fishers taking the Winter off and the lack of knowledgable boat traffic during the week, it’s fantastic to be unmolested nor viewed from afar in some very productive areas for our instructional trips. Don’t forget about Redfish University’s 9th straight year of inshore presentations Bass Pro Shops in Destin, FL covering a wide variety of redfish, speckled trout, bull redfish, flounder and more. Also, we are slated for three Skeeter Experience events in the Spring where we will also offer the fantastic Redfish University inshore seminars. We won’t forget the fish whistles!! We’ll leave for Atlanta tomorrow for the Mark Carroll and Friends Toy Drive where we...
Dec13
Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. It was another great week of instructional and bull redfish trips at Redfish University. We’re following the same schedule with morning trips for the bull redfish and then hitting the inner bays on the afternoon rising tides. The speckled trout and redfish have been plentiful in a variety of areas and our instructional clients have been treated to some excellent numbers of both species. On our favorite trip of the week, I was accompanied by a father and his two young sons. The trio wanted to learn everything there was to learn about inshore fishing for speckled trout and redfish(in a 4.5 hour period.) They were treated to the best inshore fishing instruction on the Gulf Coast. Casting, bait retrieval, hook setting, proper fighting techniques, netting and proper handling and release. This is instruction that all Redfish University clients are offered but the enthusiasm and excitement of these young anglers made it that much more special. Our other clients this week were local residents and just needed some locational instruction and small bits...
Dec06
Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. A very busy week here at Redfish University and just finished up three trips in two days. Yesterday morning’s fog made for an interesting trip with inexperienced boaters(some charter-fishers) racing at unsafe speeds through the thick fog without proper navigational lighting. Instead of jeopardizing our safety with the unqualified, we caught a few bull redfish and then went speckled trout fishing. We fould plenty of quality speckled trout in the 15-20″ range on Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads in camo. Today, we started early with the speckled trout and redfish in the bay system and found plenty of fish in various areas. A safe guess would be 40-50 speckled trout and a handful of redfish in shallow water. Pre front conditions and overcast skies made it simple. This afternoon, we returned to the open bays for the bull redfish and found plenty for our catch and release clients. As always, research your “professional” fishing guide’s qualifications, credentials and biography in any fishing destination. It can be the difference in a below average experience and an amazing...
Dec03
Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. We’ve been extremely busy at Redfish University over the past few weeks with no end in sight. Two-a-day bookings have become the norm and a popular use of the morning and afternoon tides. Our days have been consisting of easy bull redfish trips in the mornings and then some outstanding speckled trout, redfish and flounder guided trips for our more experienced anglers in the afternoons. For anglers interested in pulling on large redfish for catch and release action, these are very simple trips for guide and angler resulting in huge amounts of bull redfish in the 10-30# range on a variety of baits, locations and techniques with most anglers really enjoying the shallow water sight fishing. Its also very amusing to watch the pure inexperience of local charter captains in full view as they race from school to school at 50mph and we’re all glad they stay with their specialty… their only specialty– bull redfish. In the afternoons, particularly on a rising tide, the speckled trout, redfish and flounder fishing in the east has been incredible. Topwater Sebiles, Gulp! Jerkshads and...
Nov13
Redfish University November 2013. Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. BIG YEAR!!!! As the end of the 2013 approaches, Redfish University would like to again thank all our regular and new clients for a tremendous year of fishing. With over 200 Redfish University trips in the books, we are excited to equal or even surpass last year’s huge number of Redfish University inshore instructional and guided fishing trips. Even with lots of travel to Europe and Belize, we’ve managed to accommodate nearly all Redfish University clients although it has been challenging at times. While the other local guides seasons have ended, we will continue with big numbers of Redfish University instructional and guided trip into Winter. Lots of instructionals coming in so book your spot now!! This year has also brought many exciting changes and additions that have enhanced Redfish University’s arsenal and advancements that Redfish University clients have come to expect. In the past months, we have secured an incredible new contract with Skeeter Boats, Legendary Marine and have taken our relationship with Yamaha Outboards to new levels. For the 2014...
