The hot bite that started in February that spilled into March has shown no signs of slowing down into April. Clients this week have been lucky enough to experience large schools of Redfish that are willing to eat artificial or live bait that is PROPERLY PRESENTED. Leading the schools and approaching with stealth was the key to pulling out Redfish from the larger schools.
Catching Reds from smaller schools was a whole different ball game this week. Boat position was the key in order to keep the small school of Reds pinned between the skiff and an oyster bar. A little noise was actually the key to success by using a little technique called “bumping” the fish and “bouncing” the school back and forth catching them in transition.
Elle struggling to hold up her 9lb. Redfish that ate a live shrimp on a Slayer Inc. 1/4 jig.
The following day Culter and his older brother Carlton had a fantastic day catching big brutes like this all day
Since we are at the beginning of the spring mullet run I had Rich and Dean tossing cut mullet with mullet heads on a Daiichi 3/0 D82Z circle hook and small bb split shot being my favorite to another small school of Reds. In an hours time 13 reds were landed and 2 of the smaller ones were invited back to JT’s Seafood Shack for lunch.
Later that afternoon Joe and his son Ben got the worst weather of the day with gusty winds and some showers but that didn’t stop the duo from hooking some nice Reds and loosing one monster Red that new how to work the oysters to get away.
