What an exciting trip! Today John and his son J.P booked me for an artificial only Redfish day! We fished together earlier in the week in the Pass for reds and Flounder so today they wanted to go after them on an even playing field!! The morning started out a little sketchy with Big storms moving in out of the SW and the winds blowing pretty hard out of the same direction.
We decided to try it anyway and see what we could come up with! Our first stop of the morning was on a leeward flat that has produced some good fish for me through the years. Fifth cast was a small redfish but J.P’s first on artificial. We fished on looking for large schools of mullet and picked a few fish here and there for the first few hours. The bite was not on fire by no means but was just steady enough to keep our attention. Around 10 am we switched gears and found a few protected areas with a little deeper water and started tossing GULP! shrimp on 1/4oz jigheads. We caught several more slot fish and got whooped by one monster fish that we couldn’t stop on the light 10lb Braid.
Total count was 7 redfish and two trout
I love artificial only trips and this one was no exception. John and J.P are alot of fun to fish with and I enjoyed every minute of our two days together!!
……………. See you out there
Capt. Brad King
South Again Charters
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