Memorial Day week

Despite high winds and muddied water, the fishing has been exciting over the last week or so. Reds are showing in the bay - some still schooled up in big wads and others spread out providing individual shots. We've seen a handful of big trout in the 30" range as well, including a recent catch of a 29" speck.



Along the beaches the tarpon are moving around - mostly what I've been seeing are "wrong way" fish that will soon turn around and head West with the other migratory swimmers. It won't be long for the Silver Kings...

5/24 FL Panhandle

Fished with Frank Whitaker from Athens last Thursday and had some great shots at redfish, despite the wind. Frank got his first red, a nice 26" fish, sightfished to in about a foot of water.

5/21 FL Panhandle

Travis Volion from Louisiana joined me today for a day on the bay. After the morning wind settled down we had some good sunlight for sightfishing on the flats. We worked around for a while before finding a good group of fish. Travis pulled a nice red out of the group, measured 29" and 9 lbs on the boga.

5/16 FL Panhandle

Had a bay trip this morning with Brad and Jayson from Texas. Started out a little slow as we only found a few fish tailing on the bank. As the light shifted more overhead, we were able to see some fish over the sand holes and get some better shots. We eventually found a good sized school of fish and made a couple of passes at it, hooking up each time. Jason was able to get a multispot 24" and a nice 29" red, while Brad followed up with an impressive 29" gator trout.