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Redfish University awesome Fall trips-Sept. 22, 23 and 24, 2012

The last three days of Redfish University trip have been outstanding. Catching lots of speckled trout and redfish early and then pulling on some bigger fish for the last few hours. The redfish and trout have been very predictable and have pounced on Sebile topwaters and suspending baits as well as the Gulp! Jerkshads. For the large jacks, we’ve been tossing large Sebile Bongos and we’ve been extremely impressed with the durability of the Sebiles and the strength of the hooks. A few trips ended with the jumping sharks that can be caught on ladyfish, 100# mono and a circle hook. Really fun for the young anglers at Redfish University. At it all week at Redfish University and looking forward to ending on Friday and then getting out of town! Thanks, E...

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Two great trips today at Redfish University-Sept. 21, 2012

Busy, busy, busy. We had two very productive trips today. This morning, we hit the speckled trout hard and found some redfish in all sizes. Our anglers kept a limit of quality trout for a cookout. This afternoon, we started with some shark fishing around 230pm as we waiting for the water to rise. At 430pm, we took off to the east and found plenty of speckled trout and redfish until dark. Our anglers took just enough fish to eat tonight at Aegean Breeze. Back at it in the morning. Thanks, E...

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Pensacola’s inshore fishing at its best at Redfish University-Sept. 19-20, 2012

Staying very busy and catching lots of fish at Redfish University. The speckled trout fishing has been extremely consistent and predictable in the last few weeks while the redfish have been easy to find but sometimes tricky to catch. Finding a lot of redfish in the 28-31″ range which are great for entertainment but obviously have to be released. Starting with Sebile Stickshadds the last few days to insure quick action and solid connections with most fish being taken in 1-3′ of water within schools of mullet and great water movement. Some areas are still a bit stained so we’ve been inserting a small plastic worm rattle in all Gulp! baits to draw nearby fish. This really makes a difference. The dreaded double booking tomorrow and then 6 days straight. It’s great to be Redfish University! Thanks again to all of the wonderful Redfish U anglers for making 2012 an epic year. On pace to hit 225 trips this year and I can only imagine the chaos in 2013!! E...

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Mornings and afternoons at Redfish University-Sept 16-18, 2012

The last five trips in three days have been outstanding here at Redfish University despite some neap tides on Sunday, heavy rains and winds on Monday and very windy conditions today(Tuesday). All scenerios can present a challenge, but finding hungry fish is the key. Busy enough to do a few afternoon double bookings as well with some local anglers looking for some top-notch inshore fishing instruction, techniques and highly productive areas. While there are plenty of talented anglers vacationing and fishing with Redfish University, it’s the local regulars, new resident anglers and military visitors in search of world-class instruction that we enjoy the most. As the water temperatures haven’t dropped, we’ve been concentrating on similar Summer areas where plenty of redfish, quality speckled trout and flounder have been on the menu nearly all year. Topwater Sebiles have been great early, followed by some Stickshadds and then some Gulp! Jerkshads and perhaps some Johnson 1/4oz Gold Spoons. Four proven baits from Pure Fishing and their results will speak for themselves. Each of the five outing in the last three day presented very different and specific quandaries with today’s trip ending pretty slow, but nonetheless, much was learned and much was caught. Typical trips consist of 25-40+ speckled trout, 6-12 redfish and 1-5 flounder. Guiding the next four mornings with two catch trips and two instructional trips. Thanks, E...

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