Fishing Report Pensacola, Charter Guided Fishing Trips
Capt. John Rivers
July 3, 2011
Pensacola - Saltwater Fishing Report
Monster reds, fun-fighting trout, bluefish, Spanish, ladyfish and even the pesky catfish; the fishing has been very good the past two weeks.
I've been hitting the water at various hours, from early morning as the sun comes up to late trips in the afternoon. I am picking my times to work best with the tides, and sometimes it's nice not having to be up before the rooster crows.
The trout bite on the flats has been halfway decent with most of the fish ranging from 14" –18" and very few fish over 20". Most of the fish have been caught on MirrOlure's Top-Dog Jr. and Suspending Twitch Baits and the new Paul Brown bait or live bait under a popping cork. Remember, if you use the new Paul Brown bait, don't use it near bluefish or Spanish mackerel; they will rip chunks out of it and at 8 bucks a pop, it can get pretty costly.
Josh shows off a nice speck
I've also been catching some of the biggest reds I've ever seen in Pensacola Bay and the Pass. Live bait is the key, but you can still catch them on artificials from time to time.
Ryan is all smiles when he landed this monster red
Other fun species are Spanish and Grouper, and over the past few days we've caught plenty of both. Today (6-30-11) we boated a nice 24" gag that we had to throw back, which was a bummer but rules is rules. But my client still had a good time fighting the fish, and it even had a hook in its mouth from being hooked before. Talk about lucky.
Ryan holds up a nice gag, we had to put it back due to fishing regs. Oh well, maybe we'll catch him next year.
Spanish are getting thick in the bay and pass; some schools are the smaller 12 –15" fish, but if you get lucky you'll find a few bigger fish mixed in.
Aron holds up a nice 4 lb Spanish Mack
I've not been offshore due to the seas being rougher than I like, but with all the excitement of inshore fishing, why bother? There's plenty of fishing inshore to keep an angler busy.
Here are more pics from my past trips.
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John helps holds his son Josh's monster red.
Daniel bowed up with a big redfish
Daniel shows off his prize, a 41" monster red
All oversized redfish were released.
Stay tuned for more inshore action aboard the Mega-Bite.
Tight Lines.
Capt. John
850-341-9816
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