On another day with my friend from the UK, Mr. Mike we blasted out to some near shore gas wells off of Fort Morgan, AL. We spent the previous day searching in vain for migrating cobia…with no luck at all. Never saw the first one. At least we were not the only ones. Word one the radio was about the same. That day was picture perfect. Very calm, clear water, light offshore breeze so I guess you could call it too perfect. Fishermen always have an excuse, right? Anyway, that was the day before. On this day we ran the 18 miles on very calm water to rigs. I haven’t made that run in my flats boat in over two years but Mike was wanting a big pull that only offshore species can produce. We had success immediately! The red snapper cooperated right off and Mike landed several on strip retrieves and dead drifts on his 12 weight fly rod. He also struggled to control several more that simply would not stop heading for the bottom until breaking off his leader. I t was great fun to be down there again and we basically had it all to ourselves. When we least expected it four cobia did what they do best and swam right up under the boat and refused to eat a fly. One would have tipped the scales at probably 40lbs (US). They popped back up one more time for a few seconds and then disappeared again.
Time flew by and after lunch we headed back stopping by one last time at a single gas pipe and caught a little cobia, 10lbs on the Boga-Grip. Mike’s first cobia, although awfully small. We were happy to catch him…and let him go! Chalk up another beautiful day on our Gulf of Mexico. We are so lucky to live here!
Mike catching Red Snapper on his fly rod
Administrator, April 26th 2011 |
Tags: Alabama Fishing, Florida, Gulf Coast fishing, Gulf Coast Guides, Gulf of Mexico, Sight casting, Southern Oceans, Southern Waters, Sportfishing
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This could be our first hard cold front of the year which is pretty overdue. I remember the old redfish tourney we used to have in Orange Beach. We’d fish most of October and we typically had many cold days of fishing.
It’s gonna blow a gale out of the north tonight and probably all day tomorrow. Probably by Saturday it will lay down enough to fish. The big question is will the water be cleared up enough by then. If so look for the redfish to be fired up and gobbling red minnows by the bucket full! We’ll keep a close eye on the beach and let everyone know when it gets good…..then look for us to be out there!
Administrator, November 5th 2010 |
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The day after Halloween started out beautiful and got better as the morning went on. It started out with a short drive to drop Jr. off at school then a cup of coffee with a friend. On the way back to the house to do some Monday morning work I got a text from Capt. Clif. “Runnin down the beach on the outside…meet me on the North shore of Johnson’s beach in 20 min…” Well I didn’t think about it to long and headed his way. We met up and took off on his new “Lostmen, East Cape Skiff“. We started out fishing in Big Lagoon, a estuary of Pensacola Bay, Fl. It didn’t take long before we spotted a couple of nice speckled trout following a small school of bait. I got a cast on one of them but didn’t get a take. Trout in skinny water are, 1 tough to see and 2 VERY skittish. A few hundred feet more and I blew a shot at a redfish, pulling the jig right out of his mouth.
After working that shoreline for about an hour we saw and had shots at, at least 8 more redfish. After an hour or so we scooted across the lagoon to the other side and spotted a couple more redfish but not near as many on the other shore. Well before you new it it was 1pm and it was time for me to run. Capt Clif dropped me off back on the beach and we parted ways.
A text a little later from Clif read, ” Fished a little longer after dropping you off….saw a pompano in super skinny water as well as several more reds.” All in all a pretty good morning!
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Small Alabama Redfish
Administrator, November 2nd 2010 |
Tags: Alabama Fishing, Gulf Coast fishing, Gulf Coast Guides, Gulf of Mexico, Redfish, Sight casting, Southern Waters, Sportfishing
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Our great and old friend Bibb called after we had pretty much decided that yesterday was a blowout weather wise. The sun peeked out and we decided to make a go of it leaving the dock at the crack of noon… We were glad we did! After catching about fifteen of these huge redfish we called it a day and ambled back to his dock…
A last minute trip
Administrator, October 26th 2010 |
Tags: Alabama Fishing, Gulf Coast fishing, Gulf Coast Guides, Redfish
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The wind is finally coming around to the northwest. The tide is out, and there is a pretty good swell at the FloraBama vacant lot. Not perfect by any means but ridable. The Romar Pier is crappy and Perdido Pass is worse. It should still be decent in the morning for longboards, if you can bear the cold (57) water. A few tough teenagers are out there as we speak. At least the sun will be out tomorrow, which makes a big difference to me!
Administrator, January 18th 2010 |
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2 for $30 Sale
Believe it or not on the coldest day this year we’re putting all of our long sleeve t-shirts on sale, right when you need them the most. The days are getting longer and we’ve gotta get crackin on our new Spring line of shirts and boardshorts…..which means the winter stuff has gotta go! Check out our sale goin on now. All long sleeve tees are $16.99, or better yet two for $30 bucks! You can’t beat that deal anywhere. Important! to get the two for thirty bucks deal you’ve gotta enter this code at checkout, 2for30. We still have plenty of sizes but they’re goin fast. Check it out now! www.southern-waters.com
Administrator, January 9th 2010 |
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Check out this new song and video by John Reno. Anyone with a boat will appreciate this one! Tooooo Funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gIdMRwfuM
Administrator, December 12th 2009 |
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