Fished this morning with friend Mike Tindal. Fished the West Bay area in Panama City in search of some shallow water redfish action. Found plenty of cold and uncooperative fish in very shallow water. Long casts and excellent vision were the keys to success. Caught 23 fish between 5-7.5 pounds on Gulp 5″ Jerkshads in camo rigged with weedless Mission Fishin 5/0 Hitch Hooks. The redfish will cooperate better as it warms during the day with this cool...
Read MorePrefishing for Redfish U.- October 28, 2008
Prefished for some upcoming trips at Redfish University with my friend Jeff Russell this morning over in East Bay. Didn’t find good concentrations of mullet but did find something better, small shrimp and crabs. Found that the fish were very comfortable lying on the bottom. I know this because we made several fan-casts in a usually very productive area and the fish were there but not feeding. Moved up and found lots of blowouts and muds. Changed plans and started to sightfish. Sightfishing would insure that I could get a bait on their noses. Found fish tailing, waking and was delighted by some very clear water and some fantastic visuals on artificial bait eating redfish. The fish were difficult because of the low, clear and cold water, but the Gulp 3″ Shrimp and small gold spoons did the trick. Extremely accurate casts and silence were a must! Found fish all over the slot, but lots of smaller fish. All fish...
Read MoreTarpon and Redfish Extravaganza!!! Sept. 7, 2008
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...
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