Everyone seems to have caught redfish fever and clients have been catching them on a variety of lures, baits and techniques.The most exciting lure strike this past week came by way of a bass style buzzbait attack at sunrise. Two over-slot school reds where competing for the lure, with one of ...
Offshore anglers are catching some of the area's biggest redfish and snook along with grouper, snapper, amberjack, sharks, Spanish mackerel and cobia.On your offshore run be prepared to launch live bait to a southbound pod of tarpon or a curious cobia.As always watch the weather, start early, ...
This year throw those flats redfish something different. Borrow from the Bassmasters and go old school.Grab your bass baitcaster outfit and spool up with some 15-20 pound braid, a couple feet of leader material, then break out the bass box and think spinner and buzzbaits.If you enjoy a hard ...
On a lost bet I had to tangle with a Goliath grouper this week. After catching one years ago I had my lifetime fill, but I was determined to uphold my part of the bargain.Lowering a good sized jack toward the bottom on a black marlin sized rod, it didn't take long until I was hooked to the ...
Another friend just lost a stainless prop and a near-new and expensive sonar unit to thieves in the night.The boat sits on his lift in a nice neighborhood. No one saw anything and he had not installed a lock on his propeller. He also had forgotten to take in or lock up the easily removable ...
Great offshore reports of grouper, cobia, Spanish macs, and snapper from nearshore to deep offshore numbers as high temps cause many fish to drop deeper in the water column.Live and dead baits or deep jigging will do the trick. Always keep a live blue runner out on a leash for a big old ...
