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Alumni and Pensacola Fishing Forum $299 Fall Special at Redfish University-August 29, 2010

Redfish University is pleased to announce its $299.00 Fall Special for Redfish University Alumni members and Pensacola Fishing Forum members beginning September 1, 2010.  Special trips duration is 6 hours and Pensacola area waters only. Catch nothing, pay nothing. Guaranteed. Each trip includes gourmet morning coffee and an awesome giveaway bag full of items from Yamaha, Berkley, Maverick Boats, Redfish University Alumni stickers, Oakley and Patagonia. Book now as September and October are filling up quickly. Learn to catch redfish, speckled trout, flounder and other inshore species with confidence!! See you soon. Eric...

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Wet morning at Redfish University-August 28, 2010

Quote of the morning, “I can handle the rain if you can!” Guided Mr. Gerald Smith this morning. Gerald had no problem with the forecast and I was very excited about the challenge of fishing in less than ideal conditions. Grabbed my Patagonia Rain Shadow jackets and pants for both of us and some awesome Yamaha Pro gear as well and we were underway. Started at 530am with calm conditions and no rain yet. Travelled way to the east and found the topwater bite again to be on fire. Boated countless speckled trout between 14-23″ with a massive fish pushing 7# lost at the boat. We also picked up some decent 20-24″ redfish in the same areas. As the heavy rains approached with switched to sub-surface hardies and I tried a Marsh Works Big Poppy cork with a 4″ Gulp! Shrimp in white about 12″ below my cork. Both of us continued to catch one fish after another. We didn’t travel much due to the heavy blinding rains but we did dodge several storms with the use of the Yamaha SHO Vmax 250 at speeds approaching 70 mph. Total for the wet morning was 35+ speckled trout with most being well above legal and 6-7 redfish of all mid-range lengths. Incredibly, we both stayed bone-dry in our Patagonia all-weather gear. Great stuff!! Not fishing tomorrow but very, very busy next week. See everyone soon and thank you for fishing with Redfish University(in all conditions!) E...

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Light tackle fishing in Pensacola. Epic topwater action at Redfish University-August 27, 2010

Very, very, very busy at Redfish University!! September is filling up so book now! Guided Mr. Paul Heatherington this morning for a short early morning trip in north Pensacola Bay. Cloud cover and approaching storms made this morning a topwater anglers dream. Ran in the dark to get the first light bite and absolutely crushed the fish. Threw topwater in shallow water and landed countless speckled trout between 15-23″ with some 4-5# redfish in the mix. Only two areas really held fish this morning but there must have been hundreds of fish in these small areas. Total 30-40 trout and a handful of redfish. Back at the ramp at 830am. Lots of trips for the rest of August and September is filling up. Book now to secure a spot at Redfish University. You’ll be very glad you did!! E Holstman Please click an image to enlarge and view...

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Light tackle fishing in Pensacola for speckled trout and redfish at Redfish University-August 26, 2010

Lots and lots of trips coming up. September is getting packed so book now! Guided Mr. Fred Stevenson this morning down in Santa Rosa Sound. Started at 530am and got on an epic topwater bite. Solid speckled trout with some decent redfish mixed in all morning. Switched to Johnson Gold Spoons around 8am and picked off cruising redfish on the southside until 1100am. Total for the morning was 40+ speckled trout(most 16-18″ with some 22″+) and 13 redfish on all sizes(17-28″) Epic trip with a great...

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Quick trip in Navarre this morning at Redfish University-August 23, 2010

Guided Mr. Taylor Whitaker this morning down in Navarre. Met Taylor at the boat ramp near Guana’s so that his wife would have the car for the day and we were off. Eastern Santa Rosa Sound near Navarre is an area Redfish University hasn’t covered in a while so we ran to some productive areas that I have fished a ton in the past. Topwaters drew some big trout immediately with some 20-25″redfish mixed in. Concentrated over grass bottom with large schools of mullet. As the sun rose, we travelled back to the east towards The Narrows in Ft. Walton and were able to find small groups of redfish crusing the flats and banks. Spoons for blindcasting and Gulp! Ghost Shrimp were very successful for the sight fishing. We were also able to catch some more speckled trout as well. All in all, a great day of fishing and catching in an area that we hadn’t fished in four month or so. Looking forward to some Redfish U. trips coming up in Panama City and Destin. RU will be taking clients to the west for sightfishing specific redfish...

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