Guided Mr. Bo King from Houston this morning. Bo wanted to catch some redfish and trout in our area so we set off at 6:00am and got to work. Slick calm and no water movement but we immediately found both redfish and trout in different water depths. The redfish were pretty inactive again but we did stick a few but not like we stuck the trout! It was one after another on some stretches with some very nice quality fish mixed in. Split that area to let the water start coming in and explored some other areas. Most other areas were slow to dead. A few hours later we returned to areas A and B and dropped the hammer when the water started moving. Ended up with 30-35 nice speckled trout and 5-6 redfish with some other good redfish throwing the hooks. All fish caught on Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads with Marsh Works Jigheads. Please click on an image to...
Read MoreGreat early, slow late morning at Redfish University-March 6, 2010
Guided Dr. Roger Orth and Dr. Wayne Adkisson this morning. Started out early in the bay system looking for some redfish and speckled trout. Found nice concentrations of both immediately in 2-4′ of water. We absolutely hammered the speckled trout with mostly legal fish and some 3# fish mixed in. The redfish were a bit sluggish as they have been for the last few days but we did hook a few only to drop the hook. We totaled around 25 quality speckled trout and kept 10 for dinner at Roger’s this evening. The second part of the morning, we explored the surfline at the beach in search of pompano and redfish. Only saw a few fish, but it won’t be long as we had a south wind and clear water conditions. Just need more of the same. All fish taken on Gulp! Jerkshads and Marsh Works...
Read MoreShort trip, short fish at Redfish U.-March 3, 2010
Had a short trip this morning for some redfish and trout. A more instructional trip but surprisingly, caught quite a few. Started in some protected waters and immediately caught a handful of decent trout including an estimated 5# fish that fell off at the boat. Traveled in the open bay(1-2.5″ chop!) to some protected banks and found some relatively clean water. Pop-corked and ran Lipless Cranks to score some small redfish with a few small trout mixed in. Also cranked some deeper structure and picked up a small redfish. Fishing is tough but they’re still around. All fish caught on Gulp! Jerkys in camo, 3″ Gulp! Shrimp in lime tiger and Lipless Crankbaits KVD style! All fish...
Read More“Big” Business then Pleasure at Redfish U.-February 25, 2010
Today I had a great meeting with Jeff Cope and Jay Geeding from Wal-Mart Headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. Both gentlemen are Category Managers for Pure Fishing(Berkley, Penn, etc.) and asked me to assist in providing customers with a better saltwater selection and improving the overall direction of the fishing department in many stores. Started the morning at the Gulf Breeze Wal-Mart and I hope I offered some creative and thoughtful ideas to improve the saltwater choices in the fishing department. I thought I had a pretty firm grasp on the fishing industry but, like with fishing, there’s always much more to learn and I did. Well, this is where the productivity ended. After our meeting, we decided to jump on my boat and go stick a few redfish and trout. We weren’t too excited about the temps, wind, water clarity and bright blue skies but they insisted that I knew what I was doing and they just wanted to get out on the water. That’s exactly what we did. I honestly can’t remember the last time I(or clients) didn’t catch a single fish in ANY conditions!! The timing was classic as these guys aren’t exactly the company you want to have a below average trip with! Fished for two hours, got 3 decent bites and saw a handful of redfish but incredibly, they just wouldn’t pick up the bait. Did the earth counter-rotate today? Oh well, I know where not to go for tomorrow’s and Saturday’s...
Read MoreRedfish University at Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic-February 27-March 13
The 2010 Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic in Destin will take place February 27-March 13, 2010. Both weekends, I will be at the Bass Pro Shops reel counter assisting anglers and Bass Pro employees with Pure Fishing reels, rods, Gulp! baits, superlines, fluorocarbon, etc. We also have some Redfish University seminars planned. Here’s a list of the Pure Fishing promotions we will be offering during the Spring Classic. Thanks, Eric Holstman First weekend: Reel Trade-in (Abu Garcia, Pflueger, Penn and Mitchell reels) February 26 thru March 3 Bring in a reel that you no longer use, and for donating the old reel, you will receive a coupon towards the purchase of a new reel. The discount is scaled depending on the value of the new reel you purchase. See a fishing associate for more details. HOT DEALS – ABU GARCIA · Any REVO reel over $169 get a FREE pair of Wiley-X glasses ($126.00 value) · Any reel from $89.99 to $139.99 get a $10 mail-in rebate – (C4, Revo S, Kalex 6000, Soron reels) PFLUEGER · Any reel over $79.95 gets an Oster Deep Fryer ($59.95 value) – this is a BASS PRO exclusive!!! ….FILET’UM & FRY’UM … make the wife happy with a gift!!! 🙂 · Any reel between $39 & $79.95 get a FREE T-Shirt UGLY STIK · Get a FREE T-Shirt with a rod or combo MITCHELL · Buy any reel over $34.99 get a Coleman Lantern (this is a really cool lantern – no batteries needed you can hand crank it to charge it!!!!! Great for camping, bad weather, fishing the bank or in a boat…it will always work BERKLEY – · Buy 2 of anything and get a rebate – so if you see a customer with Gulp Alive at $19.99 get them to buy a spool of line or a bag of bait so they get $7 back!! · NOTE this is a great promotion and with Bass Pro doing 20% off you can give our customers a BIG rebate deal …makes our baits CHEAP!!! ALSO –Bass Pro Exclusives: Swim Baits 2”, 3”, 4”, 5” and 6” pre rigged (these...
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