Brant Peacher and I got out this morning from 6am-10am for some fun-fishing. Found massive concentrations of 23-27″ redfish on some shallow flats. Probably got around 25 solid redfish. Also found some nice tarpon gulping outside the schools of redfish and Brant actually sightfished a 30# fish with 10# class light tackle and a 15# fluoro leader in 3′ of water. Got 6-7 very nice jumps out of the fish and several bullish runs. Saw a few more tarpon and then focused on the redfish. All fish caught on 1/4 Johnson Gold Spoons and all fish released. The festivities ended with a lovely brunch and “make your own bloodys” at the Hilton. What an epic...
Read MoreRedfish in the Sound-Sept. 5, 2008
Fished with Todd and his buddy from Mobile this morning in Santa Rosa Sound. Todd wanted to learn more about the Hewes Redfisher 21 and I figured what a better way to accomplish this than by taking him out for some redfish action and showing him how many fish it catches. Got on some very nice fish (6-7#) immediately and then fished singles and doubles the rest of the morning with some trout mixed in. They weren’t too cooperative but cooperative enough. All fish caught on Gulp and one on spinnerbait. All fish...
Read MoreAugust 27, 2008-Louisiana Redfish!!
Went over to Louisiana today to sightfish the ponds and marsh for redfish. Fished the grassmats, hydrilla and sawgrass banks and boated 25-30 redfish. Spinnerbaits and spoons were the baits of choice. A fun...
Read MoreAugust 9, 2008 Offshore Grouper, Snapper and Scamp
Went offshore today with some friends and did some deep bottom fishing. Got some nice grouper, snapper and scamp along with some nice mingo snapper. Used live pinfish and...
Read MoreRedfish Seminar Outline-July 14, 2008 Pensacola, FL
Redfish Seminar  Blindcasting  I leave no detail overlooked when blindcasting and sightfishing for redfish. Meticulous preparation and research. I believe this dramatically increases my odds at catching good numbers of redfish.  Areas:  –        Summer/early Fall- Santa Rosa Sound on the north side. Between broken down docks. High tide closer to the bank and on low tide off the bank from the middle to the end of the docks. –        Southside of sound near Opal Beach and grass flats in the surrounding areas. –        Big Lagoon- on the south around Redfish Pt. and behind Ft. McRae in the no-motor pond. –        Late fall/winter- Northern bay systems of Escambia, Blackwater and East. These are the best redfish habitats in our area. Great on low tides.  Look for large schools of larger mullet which disturb the bottom. Redfish will follow the mullet and look for shrimp and crabs kicked up by these mullet.  Average depths are between 1-3 feet of water.  Approach your area very quietly shutting off your large engine well ahead of your destination. No noise inside boat, turn off baitwell, bottomfinder and secure lose cans and everything that may hit the deck. Walk quietly and off the hatches. The noise is amplified 100x’s underwater and will alert fish within 500 yds of your presence.  Try to set up with the wind and sun. Less bow slap and better ability to see redfish and mullet. Casting with the wind will produce larger casts and, in turn, more redfish.  Top artificial baits including Gulp 5†Jerkshads, Gulp 3’ Shrimp in any color, Zoom 4†Baby Bass, slow rolled Johnson Gold Spoons in 1/8-1/4oz., Mirrodine 17-MR #18 and #21 with green and black backs, sometimes small inline spinnerbaits slowly rolled as well.  Not much action with topwater or hard subsurface plugs. If you do want to use topwater, small Skitterwalks are my choice. Work them slowly(slower than for trout.)  Long 10-20# fluorocarbon leaders connected directly to my mainline. I like leaders between 3-4.5 feet long. The farther away from the braid or mono the better. Often times the braid is actually...
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