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Panhandle Fishing Report - Pensacola Bay & Choctawhatchee Bay
Capt. Eddie Woodall
September 11, 2004
Pensacola - Saltwater Fishing Report
Inshore
August leaves and September brings a whole new ball game to inshore fishing. The last month was very productive fishing the docks for the slot sized Reds; there were certain docks that consistently held good numbers of fish. If you could find the docks holding the fish, then you could go there just about anytime and have a blast trying to horse one out from around the dock pilings. I found using live shrimp on a jig head to be most effective, although you would have to be quick to keep the Pin fish from stealing your shrimp. If you let it sit for just a few seconds and a Red didn’t eat it the Pin fish would devourer it. The quality of Speckled Trout has greatly improved over the last few weeks. The big ones are starting there migration back to and around the flats. Just last Friday (8/27) I landed 2 Trout over 24”, 1 at 20” and lost a couple of big ones along with a nice stringer of normal sized fish. And I’m not the only one; there have been reports from several of my friends about catching some real nice Specks over the last few days.
The Southern Flounder (which is the larger growing of the two species over the Gulf Flounder) migration is getting started also, as these doormats are making there way to the Gulf from the rivers and backcountry for there annual spawning run, you can really have a good time with them, and man do they eat good! They can be caught on live bait of just about any sorts, as long as it’s on the bottom and moving fairly slow, lead head jigs and soft plastics will work also. But you need to be within a mile or so of Pensacola Pass on most any of the numerous sand flats in that area. One of the more popular methods for catching Flounder in this area is gigging them at night. You will start seeing boats of all shapes and sizes headed to the Pass loaded down with lights around sunset for the next 2 months or so.
The Bull Reds are starting to show up in good numbers early this year, there are always around during the summer, but the large schools are not common till after September and into October, but I have been fishing big schools of fish, and have already caught 40 or so in August. So if any of you anglers that have always wanted to catch a trophy Red, and a lot of them, now is the time to book a charter for the fall. It's not uncommon for us to catch between 30 and 40 of these BIG FISH in a day.
There is no better place that I know of, that has this number and quality of big Bull Reds anywhere in Florida.
I know one thing for sure-- you ain’t going to catch’em sittin’ on the couch, get out there and take a kid fishing!
Tight Lines and Screaming Drags. Till next time, God Bless.
Professional Fishing Guide
Capt. Eddie Woodall
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