Pensacola Light Tackle Fishing Adventures for Redfish & Trout
Capt. John Rivers
May 18, 2012
Pensacola - Saltwater Fishing Report
May is turning out to be a great month for big trout and fun fighting redfish on the flats.
We've had some rain, which was much needed, and it's helped the inshore bite for sure.
The upper bay areas are teeming with lots of bait schools, and if you find either the mullet, menhaden, or minnow schools you'll find the specks and reds. I've found that tossing a MirrOlure suspending twitch bait, which resembles a medium-sized mullet produces the best catches.
Cole is all smiles after landing this nice 19" Speck and this nice redfish!
John had fun feeling the power of bluefish.
But don't pass up tossing a soft plastic; I've found that Bass Assassin makes a great soft plastic called the 5" Die Dapper which comes in many colors, but I've found that these two colors work well --chicken on a chain & pumpkin seed / chartreuse belly, rigged with a ¼ - 1/8 oz Pro Elite Saltwater Assassin jig head in either chartreuse or red.
Brian shows off his 29" redfish.
John had fun battling his first ever redfish!
In the lower areas such as Santa Rosa Sound, some nice reds are being caught on the north side of the sound under boat docks with deep holes. Heading east towards Pensacola Pass, Spanish mackerel are busting large bait pods, and trolling small to medium spoons has produced some quality fish. In the pass, some big bull redfish are around and they are hammering live baits drifted over the ledges.
Cole, Brian & John show us that the reds are hungry in Pensacola.
Just off the beaches, schools of reds are still around as are Spanish mackerel and some Jack Crevalle. For the Jacks, I always keep a large top water plug rigged for some great drag screaming action.
I'll be on the water a bunch the next few days tossing artificials at some hungry trout and reds. Check back to see how we did.
Tight Lines.
Capt. John
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