On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Berkley/Penn Tour visited Destin, FL. and Panama City, FL. Pure Fishing representatives, Scott Dubiel and Kevin Benton, as well as Berkley Pros Bryan and Greg Watts, myself and Penn Pro George Mitchell were all in attendence. We were able to introduce tackle store employees and customers to Pure Fishing/Berkley/Penn new products for 2o1o. Lots of new Berkley Gulp! baits, Penn reels, Powerbaits, Superlines and rods are sure to take the fishing industry by storm. Pure Fishing has recently taken over Penn Reels, AllStar rods, Shakespeare, X-Tools and well as other companies in the industry. Keep an eye out for all the awesome new products in 2010!! Please click on a photo to...
Read MoreWindy and dirty but success at Redfish U.-October 22, 2009
Guided Mr. and Mrs. Barry James this morning and we were met with EXTREMELY windy and dirty water conditions. Rattle inserts and boat positioning were the name of the game in these very difficult, but not impossible, conditions. Started out with some nice legal trout(12-15) on some dropoffs and then targeted some redfish on some shallow water flats. Since we were fishing in whitecap conditions, the Power-Pole really came in handy as we methodically covered water that is known to hold redfish in any situation. Ended up sticking 10-12 small fish and kept one nice fish for the grill. All fish caught on Gulp! Jerkshads in camo with rattle inserts rigged with 1/4oz. Marsh Works Bull Red jigheads. 10# Ultracast InvisiBraid performs incredibly, especially in these conditions. Sensitivity and zero wind-knots!! Please click on photos to...
Read MoreGulf Coast report from Redfish University-Oct. 13, 2009
Hello all! Full bookings for next week! For the anglers who are scheduled to fish with me after this cold front passes, get ready for hot and heavy shallow water action!! It’s going to be outstanding!! With a little break in my busy guiding schedule, I thought I’d post a redfish report from Panama City to Hopedale, LA. Let’s begin to the east with Panama City, shall we? In the West Bay area, the redfishing has been superb. My favorite time to target these fish is about 2-3 hours before the low tide. The fish will exit the grassy banks and are much easier to catch. Long casts with Gulp! 5″ Jerkshads in camo is the tickets. Areas such as North Bay, Breakfast Point and Botheration Bayou have been very consistent and 15-20 fish mornings are pretty easy to produce. Moving west to Destin, Hogtown Bayou has been hit or miss. Lots of small fish can be taken on small Johnson Gold Spoons but the larger redfish can be difficult. The north banks of Choctawhatchee Bay have turned on and the larger redfish can be sightfished on the sand and grass flats. Santa Rosa Sound will be winding down soon as the temperatures drop. Redfish can still be found around Tiger Point and the Narrows east of Navarre. Don’t expect to find large concentrates of fish in the Sound, but there are a few decent groups around. East Bay and Blackwater continue to improve weekly. Lots of fish in few places, but this will change after this weekends cold front. The cooler weather makes these fish very aggressive and trips of 20-30 fish are not uncommon. Not a huge fan of Escambia Bay, but you’ll find a few fish over there as well. Mobile Bay is producing good number of fish on the southside. Grassy banks and banks with creeks have been pretty good. Spinnerbaits and popping corks from Marsh Works have taken large amounts of quality redfish. Dauphin Island also has some fish in the shallow water areas. Pascagoula River is always a hot spot in the fall. Large flats on the river banks will hold great groups of...
Read MoreShallow water at its best at Redfish University-Oct. 5, 2009
Guided Doug Dragen this afternoon in Blackwater and East Bay. Found plenty of redfish tailing in shallow water. Sightfished with Gulp! 3″ Shrimp and Powerbait Chigger Craws rigged weedless on a #3 Owner 1/8oz. hook. Stayed on the pole most the afternoon as the trolly made things difficult. All together we stuck 13 redfish in the 23-28″ range. All fish released. Photos to...
Read MoreRedfish (the easy way) with some mackeral and sharks-Sept. 30, 2009
Guided Mr. Keith Jones and Cullum Miller today. They wanted to learn about the redfish in our area. One day we would concentrate on the larger fish along the beach, and tomorrow we would target the shallow water fish up in the northern bays. Started the morning with a few Spanish mackeral, then went sightfishing for blacktips along the beaches. When the water rose to its highest point, we started sightfishing for larger redfish along the beach. Found plenty of fish in the 27-38″ range in shallow, clear water. Also found a few fish in the bay. Lots of fun but I told them, “Just wait until tomorrow!” All together, we stuck 30-35 upper slot and over-sized fish. Please click an image to...
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