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March 18 report Finally Some Great Weather!

Filed Under: Fishing Reports, Fishing Tips
Mar.21, 2010

This trip I guided Tom, his girlfriend, Kimberly and RJ. We basically repeated the pattern from the day before. The only difference in todays trip was we had to release 3 keeper gags! Now that’s heartbreaking! All fish were caught deep dropping on a bunch of bay numbers I have.  The bite seemed to really turn on when the tide turned. They stayed hooked up all afternoon…We boated 10 big sheeps, 3 keeper gags, 3 redfish, 20 snapper, a big black drum, and a legal scamp! Rj  got a 27″ and a 24″ red! Way to go!  All fish were caught on live pinfish and shrimp. I had them rigged with 30lb Power Pro, 25lb floro leader, with a #2 Eagle Claw hook. Great job guys!

Weather is warming and I have seen a drastic change in the fishing over the last 3 days. The bite went from very poor to great in a matter of one day. The last 3 days we have caught 7 or 8 species of very good eating fish. Most all the fish in March are caught close to structure in deep water so make sure you bring your bottom machine. March can be one of the best times of year to fish Pensacola bay. The sheepshead move in, the Pompano bite picks up and lots of slot reds are being caught. The Fort Pickens and Fort Mcrea jetties are a great place to anchor up and have consistant action. It is much better to fish these areas mid week. If you try and go on the weekend then you will be fighting a bunch of boat traffic. However, if you can get a good spot off the end of one of the jetties chances are you will fill your coolers with tasty sheepshead, Pompano, and Black Snapper!

Another great way to target fish in March is ride the beaches. March brings the migration of Pompano, and Cobia along the panhandle. If you pick a sunny day and ride the first sandbar looking in all of the washouts, chances are very good that you will see a number of Pompano and Redfish. This is a very good way to target spring time fish! I rig my Cabo 30s with 10lb suffix braid for maximum casting distance. You want to be able to make the longest possible cast before the fish spots you. Once the fish spots the boat it is too late. I rig with either a 12 to 15lb flourocarbon leader when pompano fishing. Sometime they can be leader shy. If you are not familiar with them then stop by Hot Spots bait and tackle and pick you up a few Conors pompano jigs. I prefer pink myself…I would also suggest tipping your jig with a small sandflea. That way you will be certain the fish bites. This set up will be fine for a redfish as well! Last but not least….don’t forget to have a cobia jig handy. They migrate during the spring  and you don’t want to miss an opportunity if you spot one. Good luck anglers….

Captain Brant Peacher
www.fishtheemeraldcoast.com

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Cold and Windy March 17th report

Filed Under: Fishing Reports, Inshore Reports
Mar.21, 2010

On this particular morning I got the pleasure of guiding Edwin and his son Jeffery. Our goal was to target monster redfish on shallow flats in Pensacola Bay. Right now the big bulls are in pairs spawning on these flats so it makes for a great sightfishing trip! The only issue we had this morning was rain and wind which makes it very tough to see a fish.  After riding the banks for 30 minutes, I knew we were fighting a losing battle. No sunshine made the visiblity very poor. I decided it would be best to blind cast the dropoffs on the edge of the banks. I figured we might find a few stragglers somewhere. It did not take long before we were hooking up with 35 to 40 inch fish. The cool part about hooking a beast like that is we were only 10ft from the bank. After catching a few nice ones, the rain, wind, and cold became unbearable, so we called the trip off early and headed in.


These monster fish should be in this area for at least another month. What some people may not know is that some big bulls actually come up in 3 to 4ft of water to spawn on sandy bottoms. It is best to look for these fish on sand where you are finding a bunch of pot holes and drops offs right off the bank. In this particular area it is 15ft deep no more than 10 ft from the bank. I think a fish of that size feels much safer on a shallow flat when he knows he is only a few feet from very deep water. It is funny, but I have also found that these spawning fish will eat almost anything thrown at them. They are not picky at all…

Capt Brant Peacher
www.fishtheemeraldcoast.com

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Hot Trout Bite!

Filed Under: Fishing Reports, Inshore Reports
Jan.15, 2010

Guided Mr. Aaron Sago today for some trout/redfish action in East and Blackwater bay. We hit the Water around 1 oclock and headed to a couple deep water areas near east bay. We managed 2 slot reds and a rat within the first few minutes then the action slowed. We ran back towards blackwater bay checking a number of different spots with no luck. The tide wasn’t moving much and with all the mullet dead it seemed, that the normal hot spots were not producing fish.

Before heading north to chase stripers, I ended up checking a deep hole a couple miles south of the i10 bridge and it was on! We would drop a 1/4oz jig head down 20ft and the second it hit the bottom you were on. We pulled about 30 trout and several reds then moved on towards the bridge.

The area around the bridge was holding a few big fish but it was tough to get them to bite. We managed a couple nice fish around the bridge and called it a day. We ended up with about 35 trout and 7 reds. Surpisingly the trout were big! Most of them ranged from 16 to 20″ with several 22 and 1 right at 25″.  We looked around for stripers at dark but they were MIA!

Capt Brant Peacher
www.fishtheemeraldcoast.com

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New Years Eve Success

Filed Under: Fishing Reports, Inshore Reports
Jan.06, 2010

On December 31st 2009 I guided Josh and his two sons on some Pensacola bay trout and redfish action. I was very confident going into the trip, seeings how I had located a good number of fish just two days prior. We were a little late taking off because the fog hurt our vision and it would have been unsafe to run through such conditions. Around 8 a.m. the fog lifted and off we went to our first stop. Little did I know this would be our last stop of the day. I had two of my clients rigged with a Berkely Gulp and the other with a live shrimp for trout. I got them into position and all three of them made great cast into the deep water droppoff that was holding fish a few days before. The two boys both hooked up with mid to upper slot reds

on the first cast.One was caught on a live shrimp and the other on a gulp. After that it was constant action throughout the morning. I ended up rigging them up with three soft plastics and let them cast and catch an assortment of trout, reds, and black drum. All of the fish were caught in 13ft of water off a dropoff. In fact I haven’t caught a good fish in less than 8ft of water fishing the upper bays in the last 3 weeks. This cold snap we are having is only going to make it better.

Capt Brant Peacher
www.fishtheemeraldcoast.com

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Pensacola Cold Weather Fishing 12/30/09

Filed Under: Fishing Reports
Jan.02, 2010

A guides life during the winter can be very tough. With cold weather and little business, most of us tend to do other things like hunt, or work a number of odd jobs. I was fortunate to get a few calls for trips over the christmas break and into the first week of January, so I new that locating fish was first on my agenda.

I have two morning trips during the balance of the week so I decided to take Tuesday morning and search for some upper bay trout and reds with my father. Numerous rainfall over the month of December has screwed up Pensacola’s bay systems, which makes finding fish very difficult. We started the morning looking for trout which are usually easy to find this time a year. After hitting 6 or 7 spots without a bite we made a 5 mile run to an area that has proved productive when nothing else seems to work. As we approached the area we were greeted with lot’s of birds diving on bait, which as any fisherman knows, is a very a good sign during the winter. After a few minutes of casting dad was the first to hook up. He boated a nice 21″ red which was released. As my dad was releasing his fish my drag started screaming. A couple minutes later I boated a nice 27″ red. After that it was constant action for a about 10 minutes catching several nice trout and a handful of mid to upper slot redfish. We left after 15 minutes becuase I didn’t want to drain the watering hole since I have several trips scheduled for the end of the week. We hit several more spots in that area finding more trout and reds. We called it a morning around 10am.

As a guide I feel that pre fishing is very important, unless of course it is the summer and you are chartering everday. Then you will always have the fish located. If nothing else prefishing gives you that confidence factor that you don’t have when you are having to fish blind. I love knowing where the fish are before I run a charter!

Capt Brant Peacher
http://www.fishtheemeraldcoast.com/

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