It's been a great start to the fishing season so far this fall and it looks like October will continue the trend.
We've been on the water quite a bit these past few days hooking a lot of Spanish mackerel and even a few kings in the bay. Most of the Spanish were caught on Mann's Little George. This lure has proven to catch its fair share of Spanish, bluefish and all the skipjacks you want. Slow-trolled or tossed into the school of fish, Little George will surely get you hooked up on a fun fighting fish. I have been getting lucky at some of my red-fishing honey holes, and most of the reds have been keepers. If you like redfish on the grill like I do, then get ready for the redfish run! The reds have been hitting a variety of baits. I like throwing an 1/8oz ' 1oz jig with a Mann's grub or a Spro Jig. These two baits will surely increase your hookup ratio.
The past few days I went up into the backcountry of Blackwater Bay, and let me tell you, the redfish bite is on. It's not for the novice angler or impatient angler as you are casting over and over for that light tackle redfish bite. When you finally see a tailing redfish in two foot of water, you get such a rush when you cast right into his territory. On Sunday I took the day off and spent the day with my wife on the water and we had a great day. We managed to bring two keeper redfish to the boat, which she talked me into releasing to be caught another day. I've seen more bait so far this month than I've seen all year long in the bay, pass and even up in the backcountry. So the trick to catching these reds is to find the right lure and use the right presentation, because they probably aren't that hungry with all this bait around. Today, we pretty much had to get the lure into the redfish's hideaway to entice him out. The trout bite was not too hot today, but we did get a couple of smaller ones to come aboard for a quick hello.
Keep checking back for more fall fishing reports. Remember, it won't be long before the big reds will finally be here.
Here's wishing you bent rods and screaming drags.
Capt. John Rivers
Mega-Bite Inshore Charters
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