Pensacola Fishing - Redfish, Jack Crevalle, Spanish Mackerel
Capt. John Rivers
April 14, 2012
Pensacola - Saltwater Fishing Report
Well, I thought Spring Break was over, but I guess I had a couple more trips to run. My crew was from Louisiana, and included Mike and his two girls, Caroline and Maddie and their friends Sky and Gabbie. We started out on the flats hoping to get some trout on the slick calm waters of Big Lagoon. First, I showed the girls how to work the suspending twitch baits, and they soon got the hang of it, and did a great job.
Sky is all smiles after landing this nice trout.
Caroline caught this nice trout on Catch 2000 MirrOlure.
Within a few minutes the girls were reeling one trout after another. Mike was on the back of the boat working his lure and the girls had the front of the boat. During all the excitement I hear Maddie say, "I've got something big!" Well, she wasn't lying. I had everyone bring in their lines and we all watched Maddie work her fish. Not much later Maddie had the biggest Spanish of the day and one of the biggest Spanish ever caught on the Mega-Bite.
Maddie shows off a monster 7+ lb Spanish Mackerel
It was great watching her smile and laugh while fighting the fish. The girls took a break from trout fishing and Mike took the bow as I rigged a few rods for pass fishing, then all of a sudden I heard Mike say, "I've got something big too." It was true! The fish was ripping off a ton of line. We were using Battle 3000's spooled with 10 lb Sonic braid, so when the fish started to rip off over half the spool, I had to fire up the motor to help Mike get some line back.
After a good 10 minute fight Mike had his trophy 20 pound red in the boat. Mike played the fish like a pro and was all smiles after the battle. Mike said it was the biggest red of his life. That's what I like to hear from my clients!
Mike & Capt. John show off Mike's big Redfish.
We snapped a few pics and then headed to the pass for some light tackle sheepshead fishing, but the pass turned out to be a bust. So I pulled the lines in and went Spanish mackerel fishing off the beach while also looking for Jacks and/or Cobia. Although we had no luck with the Jacks or Cobia today, the girls had a blast reeling in Spanish after Spanish.
So, my last Spring Break trip with kids off school turned out to be totally awesome.
This spring season has been the best, with tons of fun and tons of fish caught. I'm looking forward to more action packed fishing this summer and next year's Spring Break outings.
Second Spring Break Trip was action packed as well.
Trout and Jacks.
Here are a few pics from that trip.
Dan with a nice 21" Trout caught in Santa Rosa sound on a catch 2000 MirrOlure
Dan & his son Andrew bowed up with two big Jacks!
Dan & Andrew with their prizes two big Jacks!!!
Till the next adventure,
Capt. John
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