It turns out your can still catch plenty of redfish when the water temperature is in the 60s! We spent the day putting mud minnows out on circle hooks and letting the redfish schools swim over to us. For every fish that hooked up, there were at least ten that nosed the bait and the line. Both Noll and Pat caught their first redfish ever. Pat set the bar high for his personal best with this 12 pound beauty!
Started early and crossed the harbor with the sun just coming up as we raced to fish the entire charter with moving water. On our very first cast, the popping cork dropped and it didn’t stop for the rest of the trip! Reds, trout, flounder and blues gulped down our mud minnows. Only fished two spots for the duration of the charter. Catch of the trip was a four pound redfish that Jax helped his grandfather reel in.
Having looked at the tide charts, Beezer gave me a call when he realized we could have a morning of sight fishing on the flats. The winds were light and you could see the schools moving all around us. Even thought the reds were feeding aggressively on shrimp they wanted nothing to do with artificials. So, we put out fresh cut mullet and mud minnows and waited. Mud minnows were the choice of the day and the rods snapped over again and again as the circle hooks did their magic. Put lots of reds in the boat and headed home after a successful morning!
The Harris family joined me for a kid’s fishing trip with a focus on sharks. We found a few bonnetheads in deeper water right on the ledges but moved to shallower water to see what would happen. One of the rods with half a blue crab quickly bent over and the drag started screaming. Ian told me he thought it was a ray as it surfaced a few times. Once it was close to boat we realized it was a huge redfish! The fishing gods were kind and let us get the fish in the boat where it taped out to 39″. Makes me really excited for the Fall run of bull reds!
We left a little later than usual on Sunday morning to start with water at slack high tide. Sure enough the bonnetheads were thick and hungry for blue crab. Time and time again the rods would snap over with sharks feeding in 30ft. of water. Renee is pictured here holding one of the bigger sharks of the day. Kevin gave her a little help at the end to qualify for the assist!
This morning’s charter had a tide that set up perfectly to fish the flats for the whole four hours. Combined with light winds it looked like it was shaping up for a great day. Sure enough the trip was fantastic! Using chunks of fresh cut mullet, we got redfish to smoke the bait sometimes as soon as it hit the water. Again and again, the rod tips snapped over as the circle hooks did their job. Darryl and his son, Mason, did an awesome job landing all those reds. It’s nice when it all goes to plan.
Long time regulars, Dan and Dani joined me in the morning to fish a nice falling tide. Popping corks and mud minnows were the choice of the day. Dani hooked a very nice red on her first cast and I knew it would be a good trip. Dan followed up shortly with two reds of his own, including one with five spots on one side. We also caught trout up to 18″. Before we knew it, it was time to head home. As always, great work by both and another productive charter!
Left early in the morning to get out on the flats as the tide fell. Found lots of bait with plenty of redfish sloshing among it. Posted up and put out chunks of cut mullet and watched them get picked up twice, only to be dropped. Watched a rod snap over and the third fish stayed buttoned. A few minutes later, Charles brought a nice nine pound redfish alongside the boat. The biggest fish he had ever caught! As the water rose, we switched over to popping corks and mud minnows and had a blast messing with bluefish and small trout.
Yes, we actually fished today. In the face of 20+ winds out of the NorthEast, Bob and Rob decided that we would give it our best shot. The only option was a system of creeks that would provide us with some protection. Turns out they made the right call! Found a healthy bite for most of the charter with redfish up to eight pounds. Only mud minnows on jigheads bumped along the bottom produced fish. The redfish turned their noses at mud minnows under corks and cut mullet. A really pleasant surprise in a week of tough weather.
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