Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. Lots of exciting news and charters over the last few days. Over the weekend, we travelled to Destin, FL. for our annual Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic seminars. Our Friday morning guide trip in Destin was postponed due to terrible weather but we carried on inside Bass Pro Shops with a total of six Redfish University seminars on Friday evening and all day on Saturday. They say that performing a single one hour seminar is the equivalent to an standard eight workday so according to my calculations, I worked two days straight without sleep. There’s nothing to it with great preparation and a solid grasp of the topics. Anyway, the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic seminars went extremely well, we had huge crowds and thank you for all the very nice emails and compliments at the conclusion. Also, thank you for the nearly twenty Redfish University guiding fishing trips in the very near future! Looking forward to next year! In other news, our 2013 Redfish University arsenal has arrived and our clients will be treated to some of the best fishing tackle and equipment in the world. In addition, to the staple Penn Conquer reels and Penn Legion rods, we have added a few new items to the Redfish University toolbag. Redfish University will now offer the Penn Regiment 7′ rods, the Abu Garcia Inshore Revo 30 spinning reels and the Abu Garcia Volatile 7′ rods. We were able to test these products last year and we are very proud to add fine products for our anglers at Redfish University. The normal Gulp! baits, Johnson Spoons, Spiderwire Ultracast Invisibraid, the new Berkley Havoc Grass Pig and a new fluorocarbon, Berkley Pro-Spec is now our choice for 10,15,20# fluorocarbon leaders. For Redfish University guided and instructional trips, we were washed out last Friday morning in Destin and yesterday(Monday) here in Pensacola but we did perform an instructional trip this morning with some Bass Pro Shops seminar goers. We were met with a pretty steady winds this morning, overcast conditions and some really off-colored water from the recent heavy rains. A bit tricky, not impossible...

It’s been a pretty productive, and instructive, few days at Redfish University although I would classify the redfish, speckled trout and even the bull redfish as perplexing. In some areas, the fish just shut down in 20 minute intervals and in others, they simply wouldn’t bite at all. You know they’re there, but just not hungry. We ended up with 15-20 speckled trout and 3 redfish, not exactly epic and a lot like bass fishing which is never good. For the bull redfish, the numbers are in the hundreds on the flats but it took that many to get a few to bite. We found deadsticking Gulp! 4″ Shrimp in the middle of the small schools the only way they would take a bait. Both trips focused on education and very productive techniques for both legal redfish and speckled trout as well as the bull redfish on our flats. I know our anglers will have the appropriate tools to put as many, hopefully more, on their own boats soon. Preparing today and tommorrow for the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic in Destin with a total of seven seminars covering a wide variety of interesting topics. We have a guide trip Friday morning in Destin and then off to Bass Pro Shops on Friday afternoon and Saturday. See everyone in Destin! E...

Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University. With some bad weather early in the week, we’ve experienced the slowest week of the year here at Redfish University. We can’t complain with over 30 Redfish University guided and instructional trips for the year but playing catch up with our local instructional trips has proven to be difficult and frustrating for both professor and student. We’ll attempt to revisit postponed trips next week with some more comfortable weather on the way. We only performed three of six instructional trips this week and taking most of the weekend off before heading into next week’s guided trips ending with the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic in Destin where things will spin wildly out of control with 15-20 Redfish University trips as a result of our seminars. Another fast-paced and tiring March is on the way!! The redfish and speckled trout outings continue to be impressive with large numbers of quality speckled trout in some shallow locations. The redfish are also very predictable on edges and shallow bars as long as there’s an appropriate concentration of mullet and bait. Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads and Berkley Havoc continue to be the best choice for baits. The bull redfish on the flats are there as always although we did encounter some dirty water conditions which made them a little difficult to see but we viewed plenty and hooked plenty. Berkley Gulp! 4″ Shrimp work nicely. We’ll hit it hard again Monday, Tuesday, Thursday of next week(Wednesday is available now if anyone wants it) and then off to Destin Friday morning for a Redfish University instructional focusing on speckled trout and redfish and then over to Bass Pro Shops for the seminars Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. Staying at the Hilton and available for Destin guide trips on Saturday and Sunday morning for our friends in Destin, Ft Walton and Panama City. See everyone...

For the seventh year in a row, Redfish University and Professor Eric Holstman will proudly represent the Pure Fishing Pro Staff(Berkley, Penn, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire and more) by performing a series of primetime seminars at Bass Pro Shops in Destin, FL. Feb. 22-24, 2013 as a part of the Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic. Learn the successful and proven techniques special to Redfish University for catching redfish, speckled trout, flounder, pompano, bull redfish and more. All seminars are free to the public. Also, look for our friends, Tom Roland and Roland Martin on March 1 and March 23,24 respectively. Hope to see everyone at Bass Pro Shops in Destin! Schedule of events: Friday, Feb. 22 Spring Fishing Classic Begins “Tony Stewart” Sweeps Begins Reel Trade-In Begins “Local Pros Seminars” – “Fishing Choctawhatchee Bay” – Eric Holstman – 6:30 “Techniques for Redfish/Speckled Trout” – Eric Holstman – 7:30 PREFERRED REWARDS NIGHT – 6 – 9 pm Catering and Drawings – Gary Feduccia Saturday, February 23 “Local Pros Seminars” – “Spring Fishing Tips” – Eric Holstman – 1:30 “Techniques for Redfish/Speckled Trout” – Eric Holstman – 2:30 “Baits for Success/Gulp, Etc.” – Eric Holstman – 3:30 “Best Tackle/Equipment/Penn Spiderwire” – Eric Holstman – 4:30 “Tips & Trends/Bait Techniques” – – 5:30 Sunday, February 24 “Local Pros Seminars” – “Fishing Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay” – Mark McDuffey & Tony Bigot – 1:30 “Baits for Success/Gulp & Etc.” – Eric Holstman – 2:30 “Best Tackle/Equipment/Penn Spiderwire” – Eric Holstman – 3:30 “ Kayak Tips & Trends/Bait Techniques” – Barrett Fine –...

Pensacola Fishing Charters at Redfish University continues to be fast and furious. Four to five trips per week is fine by us for January and February. On Friday, we performed a double instructional with two groups of clients seeking guidance, locations and techniques for Winter redfish and speckled trout. Both morning and afternoon session were outstanding! Our anglers took as many speckled trout as they wished and a nice handful of redfish in all sizes. Today’s(Saturday AM) Redfish University outing was purely a fish catching experience with another load of speckled trout and redfish on the shallow water flats. Our anglers continue to graciously fill our coolers with appropriate numbers of each species. We’re just going to take Sundays off in the future for many reasons, namely a break and to eliminate the chance for weekend-warriors to dial in on our productive areas. Another great run of bookings Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. If anyone wants Wednesday, step forward before it’s taken. Lots of laughs this week! Thanks again, E...