Tag Archive: Pensacola inshore fishing


Another day, another Inshore Slam with South Again charters!! Today I guided Ben on a six hour trip. We met at Shoreline Park early in anticipation of catching a good Trout bite in Santa Rosa Sound. We started out throwing Topwaters and Mirrodines in 3′-5′ 0f water and found a really consistent bite. Unfortunately the fish were mostly 12″-14″ fish and a barely keeper mixed in occasionally. We worked the grass flats from the Sound to Big Lagoon boating around 18 to 20 trout and a slot redfish by 9 o’clock.

We then switched gears and went in to Flounder mode. The Flounder seem to have started to move out of the deeper water in the Pass the last few days so we targeted them on Docks and Piers. The bite was very slow and we were only able to land two small fish to put in the cooler. The catfish seem to have moved in thick on all my favorite structure so we changed gears again and went for our Redfish.

After a few blank drifts we finally got bit. We managed a double header of Slot fish and called it a day. The tide is a little off right now and the bite is not as hot as it has been in the last few weeks. But we managed to fight and put a nice cooler full of fish together for Ben and his family!

…………. See you out there

 

Capt. Brad King

South Again Charters

www.southagain.com

Another fun day on the water!! Today I fished with Kendall, Kristan, Karly, James and Olivia on a short little four hour trip! We left Galvez landing at a round 9:30 am and shot off to Pensacola Pass. Once we arrived the tide had started to go slack and I knew this was gonna be a tough trip!

We first tried to get a Bull red but they had just were not biting!! I had been telling the Kids the whole ride out how big they were so I was a little bummed out that they had shut down by the time we got there. After wasting an hour on the reds we moved over to try and start catching a few Flounder, we quickly boated one and then went into Snapper and Soap Fish mode for a while. It was very difficult to stay pinned to my plan knowing that the tide had stopped and the bite wouldn’t pick up for an hour or so.

Shortly after, the tide started to slowly trickle back out and the bite started to come alive. We boated a few more Flounder, lost a few more Flounder and caught more catfish then I have seen in the Pass in quite a while. After the tide stated to move good and we got close to time to call it quits. I decided to add a free hour on to the end of the trip to try and land that Bull red I had been telling everyone about. Sure enough third drift through the Pass she hit!!!! It was a perfect 22lb fish on 10lb Braid that gave us fits trying to get on the boat! It was a fun trip despite a slow bite and I never grow tired of the questions that Young ones came come up with while on the water!!!!

………….. See you out there

Capt. Brad King

South Again Charters

www.southagain.com

 

Another Day, another redfish!! Thats really been the story of the week! Today I guided Dan Precourt and his Son in Law Gus Duran on a 6 hour trip to the Pass!! The focus was again the giant Bull reds and then finish on some Flounder!

First drop in the Pass we had a red on. It didn’t take us long to get into the groove of things when the fish eat as soon as your bait hits the bottom. We caught quite a few reds in the first couple hours of our trip including three over the 20lb mark!! One which was Gus’ biggest fish ever! Once the tide started dumping good I decided to make the move to start whacking on the Flounder, bad move!!! The Flounder just would not give it up for me today!!! Great water movement, great bait and a good location, still a slow bite. We did manage to land four really nice fish. Just not the numbers I have been on the last few trips.

While fighting the good fight against the lock jawed Flounders we did manage to catch two Gag’s, one red grouper, three red snapper and a dang near legal Scamp. All in all another great day fishing and another great day to be a Guide!!!

…………………. See you out there

 

Capt. Brad King

South Again Charters

www.southagain.com

captbrad@southagain.com

850.316.0997

April Showers bring May……..Redfish? Sure why not, the redfish bite the last couple of weeks has been incredible!! Ed, Brett and Josh Leach joined me today for a 6 hour trip! The plan as to drift the Pass and catch a handful of Reds then switch gears and load the boat with Flounder for a Leach Family fish fry tonight.

When we reached the Pass the tide was slack and had not started falling yet. A few reds were being caught every once in a while, we even hooked one and lost it fairly quick after getting started. After about 45 minutes of me making excuses why we weren’t catching anything it happened!!! All three rods bowed up at once like someone had flipped a switch!! We went from nothing to a triple header of Bull reds in a flash!!! We quickly boated the fish and took a few pics and went back to work! Mr. Ed Leach seemed to have the hot hand and continued to land the Bulls for the next hour or so!! After boating 7 or 8 reds it was time to start thinking about dinner. With the tide moving steady now I knew the North Rocks would hold some flounder so that’s where we went. First drift was a small keeper followed by 7 more in the next hour including one that was a hair over 5lbs!!!

Another great day fishing our beautiful stretch of coastline!!

………………………see you out there!

 

Capt. Brad King

South Again Charters

www.southagain.com

captbrad@southagain.com

850.316.0997

First off Happy Mothers Day and I hope everyone had a great one! I know I did, Today i was joined by the Burnett Family, Hallie, Todd and Zane are regular clients and good friends of mine. The goal today was to tug on some big fish and get Hallie a mess of fish for dinner.

We started out by running to the North Rocks and trying to land a few Flounder. The bite has been really good this week it’s just really tide oriented. The bite is slow and really picky until about 3 hours from the peak of the incoming tide. For that last 2-3 hours the Flounder and redfish go into a feeding frenzy. The Flounder seem to prefer the bull minnows over shrimp and the Redfish are targeting the Croakers and Pinfish.

After the bite fired off in the Pass we caught several large Redfish and Flounder and even a nice Black Drum thrown in for good measure. After a week off it was great to get back to running trips and I couldn’t have picked a better day or crew to get back in the swing of things!

…….. See you out there

One word………..AMAZING!!!

Today I was joined by Bob, Bobby, Colby and Sammy Zugg from Austin, Texas. The plan was to see if the Sheepshead spawn had started yet and hope to boat a few of the tasty critters before the wind started howling!

Without putting to firm a point on it, THE SPAWN HAS STARTED!!! Holy cow, we boated 4-6lb Sheepshead every single drift we made. We had double headers and triple headers what an amazing day. It didn’t hurt any that these guys could flat out fish! But it sure made life easy today. The key to success today was drifting deep structure in the Pass with live shrimp.

To end the day, we decided to see if we could catch a redfish on artificial. I made a long run back East to a set of docks that have been holding a lot of really good redfish lately. With 30 minutes left on the clock we slowly moved in. In less than a dozen cast young Colby Zugg hung into a perfect 23″ slot red on artificial!! This was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

………………See you out there

Capt. Brad King

South Again Charters

www.southagain.com

captbrad@southagain.com

850-316-0997

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