I had the pleasure of having Sonya Carlson on the front of the skiff chasing some reds this weekend. Sonya is lucky enough to literally have the salt marsh with tailing redfish in her backyard. She's been itching to get out and learn a bit about how to catch these fish, and I was glad to show her.
We had a beautiful day with light winds and temps into the 70's. I met Sonya at the ramp and we ran to my first spot only to be greeted by three other skiffs. Oh well. We fired up the engine and made a run to another spot that has been consistently holding good numbers of fish. I handed Sonya a light spinning rod with a DOA jerk bait and gave her a few instructions. Within minutes she was casting to redfish as they zoomed around the skiff.
We worked our way up to a small creek where we blocked in several dozen fish. As the fish settled down we started getting hits and hooking fish. The bite has been a bit different over the last few weeks, but we've been able to adjust and catch plenty of fish. Most redfish bites, even during the winter, are pretty solid and sometimes they hit so hard that there is no need for a hookset. Lately they have been biting so light that you really have to pay attention to know when they are eating. Lately they also seem to prefer the lures or flies to be completely still or barely moving for them to eat. Normally a medium retrieve will get hits from reds, but over the last few weeks they won't eat it until it comes to a stop. It just goes to show that when the bite seems to be off, it just may take a little experimenting to figure out what the reds are looking for, and then it's game on again.
We are still trying to figure out what happened to this guy!
Come get some!
Capt. John Mauser
910-340-4811
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