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Gina
had fun catching specks all afternoon.
This
nice Speck hit a MirrOlure Paul Brown in
Pink
& Black
Logan
holds up a nice 28" redfish. It slammed a MirrOlure
Catch 2000.
After a quick pic we released the fish to be
caught another day.
If the water is very low and not too murky, I’ll pitch
a lure with some flash, if the water is dirty and kind of high,
I’ll pitch a darker color lure, like chartreuse, or an orange
with red and brown. These lures suspend, and when paused after
giving them a few twitches, the trout just can’t resist them.
One thing I add to them is a scented gel called Pro Cure; I’ve
been using this for the past 3 years. I use it on a lot of my
hard plastics and baits that don’t have scent already injected
into them. I feel it helps make the fish really hold on when
they bite down on the lure, and it also it leaves a scented
trail in the water when working the lure. So either way, it’s
a win win for me, though not so much for the trout on the end of
the line.
| John
shows off a nice 18" Speck |
Terry had
fun catch specks all afternoon |
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David
holds up a nice speck caught on a Paul Brown MirrOlure
Along
with the Speck bite being very productive on the flats of the
upper bay areas, the red fish bite has also been outstanding.
They are not all over the place, but if you know where to look
and what to look for you’ll hook up a few. I really enjoy
hooking reds on artificials and I really enjoy hooking them up
on top-water plugs.
Here is one I hooked with a MirrOlure Top Dog Jr. a few days
back just as the sun when down. I could barely see my lure and
the next thing I knew, I heard an explosion, and it was fish on!
Capt.
John with a nice 29" Red caught on a MirrOlure Top Dog Jr.
after
a quick pic the fish was released
On my afternoon trips I’ll hit the flats for a few hours with
the incoming tide and as the sun drops down behind the horizon I’ll
make my move to one of the bridges where I’ve been hammering
the white trout and redfish.
Some of the reds are in the slot and some are well over. When
fishing the bridges, I also use artificials, and I’ve found
that Berkley Gulp 3” shrimp and 5” Jerk Shads are the best
baits. Put them on a 1/4oz jig head and you’ll hook up for
sure. With the reds, use the same thing, but pitch the baits
close to the pilings or use a 4” shrimp on a ¼ -3/4 oz jig
head.
Dan holds
up his first-ever shark!
Dan and
his son Logan had fun landing these two reds. One was
36" the other was 26".
What a way to end a
great fishing trip.
As
you can see the fishing has been outstanding the past two weeks,
but we are getting our first major cold front tomorrow and it’s
going to be very windy the next 4 days which will keep me at the
dock for a few days getting geared up for the weekend. The cold
front will help move the bull reds into the bay and that’s
when the fun really begins. During the whole month of November,
large numbers of monster redfish make their way into Pensacola
Bay and the upper bay areas to spawn.
This is some of the best inshore light tackle fishing I’ve
ever experienced, and it happens every year like clockwork. If
you would like to do battle with some of these drag screamers,
give me a ring and we’ll get you HOOKED UP!
Till
the next adventure…
Tight
Lines!
Capt.
John
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