Guided Mr. Kevin Thompson this morning. Kevin wanted to learn about our local redfish and trout fishery and I thought I could help him out on the subject. Again, topwaters early quickly produced some very nice trout and a 26″ beautiful redfish. It was great see the huge blowup and watch Kevin reel begin to smoke. Covered some other areas with topwaters and caught many, many more nice trout. Switched to Gulp! Jerkshads once the sun was high and scored some more redfish and trout in deeper water. In conversation, I mentioned that I was trying to repair my sprinker system at my house until 11pm the night before and that a main pipe had ruptured causing me to shut off the water to my home for the night. Bottled water shower was interesting! Just so happens, Kevin owns a landscaping and sprinker company and offered to come over and help after our fishing adventures. Kevin switched out a main valve, fixed a pipe and installed a new timer for me in a few hours(would have taken me a few weeks.) Needless to say, Kevin received a free fishing trip today and is always welcome to fish with me in the future. Very cool and thoughful guy. Thanks Kevin!! All fish released. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read MoreRedfish and Trout at Redfish University-July 14, 2010
Guided Brian and Holly McDuff this morning for some topwater redfish and trout action. Like on our first trip, Holly had the hot hand scoring the first several trout but Brian did eventually catch up. Found plenty of both species and had a great time with lots of explosions. Fished some deeper structure as it heated up and found some nice redfish and larger trout. Gulp! Jerkshads in camo worked very well again and Skitterwalks at first light produced all the trout and redfish. All fish released. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read MoreSolid redfish but few trout at Redfish University-July 10, 2010
Redfish University is back in action after a few days off. Guided Mr. Roger Orth this morning. Hit Santa Rosa Sound early this morning for some topwater action for redfish and trout. Pretty slow this morning with a few trout in the boat and some redfish blowups. Roger scored a 27 3/4″ stout redfish on a topwater before we took off for Pensacola Bay. Put in at Garcon Point and fished Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads in search of redfish and trout. Again, found a few decent trout but nothing great. Travelled to a proven redfish spot and found what we were looking for. Stuck several redfish in the 26 3/4-34″ range with a few finding structure before we could turn them. Only found one fish to measure and keep but fun nonetheless. All fish released except for a few trout and a 27″ redfish for dinner. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read MoreLimits of Redfish and Trout at Redfish University- July 9, 2010
Took some time off the get ready for my home remodel and some time off the water and out of the sun. Back to work. Guided Mr. Homer Berry this morning. Homer wanted to learn about our inshore fishery here in Pensacola and take home lots of fish for a cookout back in Missouri. Started out at 500am in the rain with some superb topwater action. Cloud-cover all day made topwaters an easy choice and the fish pounded surface baits until 1230pm. Landed many redfish and speckled trout all day and Homer left Pensacola with a full cooler of fresh fish. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read MoreRedfish the hard way at Redfish University-June 19, 2010
Guided Mr. Roger Orth and his son, Roger Jr., this morning. Picked up the duo at 430am and took a little drive in the Excursion east to some areas where I found several nice groups of redfish and speckled trout. Arrived at the first flat at 500am with topwaters ready. Caught some decent speckled trout and had several very nice redfish blowups but no takers. They just didn’t have their hearts in it this morning but it was fun watching them crash the baits. Ended up switching to Johnson 1/4oz. Gold Spoons and began sightfishing and blindcasting for redfish. Stuck some nice redfish pretty quickly but as usual, the bite slowed as the temperature rose. Roger Sr. was able to masterfully present a spoon to a flashing fish and the fight was on! Roger also ended the day with the largest redfish at 25.5″ Lots and lots of boats on the water this morning. I am very glad we got out early and got to the fish before the party started. All fish released with the exception of three quality redfish that will be cooked as Redfish on the Half-Shell tonight at Roger’s dinner party. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
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