My dad and brother joined me today for my dad’s birthday trip. We got out around 10:30am for the last few hours of falling water before the low tide. I forgot what awesome anglers these guys are and I found myself trying to keep up! With a great tide and overcast conditions, we figured the fish would really be aggressive and they sure were. We targeted some sandy bottom shallow flats and found some very nice upper slot fish. Picked up solid redfish and some nice trout in three productive areas and closed it down after about two hours. The water was a little off color so I threw a Marsh Works Buzz Pop with a Gulp! Shrimp which produced some great redfish. My brother and dad stuck with the Gulp! 5″ Jerkys in camo rigged with an 1/8oz. Marsh Works Bull Red jighead and stuck the crap out of them. All fish released except for three that were taken for the grill. The cold weather this week should really improve the redfish’s attitude later this week. Please click an image to...
Read MoreYamaha Friends in for some fishing!-November 6, 2009
Guided Tim Haney, Yamaha saltwater promotions coordinator, and Adam this morning. Our first choice was to rocket out to the beaches and do some sightfishing for pompano and redfish and then go stick some over-sized redfish nearshore and inshore. The 15-20mph winds from the east scratched that out for us but that is our plan tomorrow. We decided to trailer up to Blackwater and do some shallow water fishing for redfish and trout. Thankfully, it was much better up there than yesterday. We had lots of action with medium-sized redfish and some very nice trout, including a 3# fish. All fish caught on Gulp! 5″ Jerkshads in camo rigged with Marsh Works 1/4oz. Bull Red jigheads in assorted colors with worm rattle inserts. All fish released. Looking forward to seeing and sticking some pompano tomorrow and pulling on some big, dumb redfish!! Please click a photo to...
Read MoreLow water success at Redfish U.-November, 4 2009
Back from a wonderful long weekend in New Orleans with some friends. The Marriott was lovely as always and Voodoo Fest was as eventful as ever. Not my favorite lineup this year, but did see Jane’s Addiction, Flaming Lips, Kiss, Lenny Kravitz and Eminem(if you like that sort of thing.) Took Tuesday off to recover and back at it hard for the remainder of the week. So here we go… Guided Mr. Walter Kelly this morning over in East Bay. Dropping and clear water made for excellent sightfishing conditions. We saw alot of fish and caught alot of fish. Changed it up today and went to the Gulp! Ghost Shrimp rigged weedless on Owner Twist-Locks to catch the majority of our fish. Blindcasting in deeper areas with 1/4oz. Johnson Gold Spoons also produced some quality fish. We also got the opportunity to test out the new Penn Conquerer 4000’s. These are incredible reels!! Long casts, very smooth drags and some of the best reels I’ve used. Check them out! Sorry forgot the camera,...
Read MoreQuick trip after cancellation-October 29, 2009
Had an emergency cancellation this morning at Redfish University, so I decided since I was already there, I’d might as well go fishing. My clients didn’t miss much and will be pleased that the fishing will be much better next week. Covered some water for a few hours and caught some decent fish but I really had to work for them. The fish were there(I know this because I could see them, smell them and see the puffs) but perhaps the neap tide had some influence on them although I never worry about fishing on neap tides. As demonstrated today, they will bite, you just have to make them bite. Ended up with 4 Redfish, some trout and another small striper all released and caught in a two hour period. All caught on Gulp! 3″ Shrimp rigged weedless with a rattle insert. Very, very, very, very slow taps, then almost...
Read MoreThe Redfish University Difference-October 26, 2009
Another way Redfish University separates itself and rises above the rest is through extensive preparation. Redfish University makes a huge effort to provide it’s clients with the best possible chance of catching excellent numbers of redfish. This means prefishing, and this Sunday and Monday were no exception. Weekly, these two days are designated to allow Redfish University to locate the largest numbers of redfish possible to insure its clients receive the highest quality experience possible. Redfish University is an instructional guide service and, for the most part, it’s curriculum will remain seasonally constant and will provide its clients with the absolute best knowledge and techniques available. The one variable that continues to change and, will forever be unpredictable, are wind, weather, tides, temperatures, etc. This is where Redfish University rises above the rest and places its clients on the most fish, everytime. The last few days of prefishing proved that there are decent concentrations of fish in very few places. Last week, I am very confident that the areas we covered were the most populated areas with the most cooperative fish. We know where we will be this week and we also know where we won’t be. These were productive days. See everyone soon. Eric...
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