New DOA Redfish lure

Brothers Steve and Mike Grochowski caught some beautiful Redfish today using a new lure from DOA. The lure is called Airhead and will be on the market very soon. Steve is from Baltimore Raven country (Super Bowl Champs) and Mike is from Atlanta and they were not in the Super Bowl. They also caught numerous jacks and a few trout today as well.
Mike comes down to fish with me every 10 to 15 years, so don't look for him in this report anytime soon.

New Years Day 2013 a day of rule breaking.

Daniel Tepper, John Zender, Bill Tepper and Captain Paul went out on a fishing trip. We were after Red fish, Grouper and any other edible fish we could catch. We started by catching baitfish near the bridge and came close to scratching the side of the boat a few times.

We started the day with Daniel catching a jack but quickly moved on to the Grouper hole. It did not take long before John hooked into a nice one. Bill followed with a Spanish Mackerel and Daniel followed with a couple of Sea Trout. Too bad the Grouper was out of season and the Sea Trout were too small. It was fun to see Daniel hook into a Tern diving for his bait. Captain Paul was able to release it unharmed.

The day ended with Daniel and Bill catching a couple nice Red fish and John losing a couple.

Oh yea, fish and wildlife let us go even though we were 1 life jacket short. I suppose the captain would have to have gone down with the ship. JZ

Dr Speech goes fishing

Howie Schwartz from Naperville Illinois, gets an early morning start fishing for Redfish and Speckled Trout. Pictured below is a fish caught within the first 30 minutes and then non-stop Speckled Trout action. We were fishing near the Sanibel Island bridge.

Huge Redfish for Sue Novotny

Sue and Bob Novotny from Missouri, went fishing fishing today on a beautiful December day with temperatures in the upper 70's. We fished the shallow grass flats near Sanibel and Captiva Islands using spinning tackle loaded with 8 pound test line. Sue caught more and bigger fish than her husband Bob, which was no surprise to any of us because she always out fishes Bob.
Her big Redfish was too big to keep because it was over the maximum slot size. Releasing that big Redfish brought tears to Bob's eyes.
She and Bob caught numerous trout and she caught most of them too. At one spot they caught trout on almost every cast, even Bob.
It was great day to be fishing and fishing with good people.
Better luck next time Bob.

Sanibel Captiva Island Redfish

Axel Cedarberg took his dad, John, fishing on Saturday and we were looking for Redfish. We were using spinning tackle and using artificial lures. Numerous redfish were spotted on a shallow grass flat near the Sanibel-Captiva Island area. Although dad (John) may have caught most of the fish, it was Axel who caught the biggest Redfish of the day and therefore, the winner.
Nice job Axel.

Trout, Trout and more Trout

Dave Holley of Fort Wayne Indiana, went on a Sanibel Island Fishing Charter today. Dave has never fished in Fort Myers before, at least not in saltwater and he just wanted to catch some fish. Our target was Redfish and some Trout and anything else that would bite. When I say Dave caught some Trout, that would be an understatement. In one particular pothole, Dave made about 50 cast and probably caught 48 trout. Then we left that spot and made some cast to "Tailing" Redfish. Dave caught a redfish on a weedless jig and that fish weighted approximately 6.5 pounds.
Then the wind picked up and we went back to the area were the trout were and he made another 20 cast and probably caught another 18 trout. The trout were caught using DOA Cal lures and DOA's BFL.
Most of the fish were caught near the South Seas Plantation Resort area.
Dave is a good fisherman and that really help out today.

Trout, Trout and more Trout

Dave Holley of Fort Wayne Indiana, went on a Sanibel Island Fishing Charter today. Dave has never fished in Fort Myers before, at least not in saltwater and he just wanted to catch some fish. Our target was Redfish and some Trout and anything else that would bite. When I say Dave caught some Trout, that would be an understatement. In one particular pothole, Dave made about 50 cast and probably caught 48 trout. Then we left that spot and made some cast to "Tailing" Redfish. Dave caught a redfish on a weedless jig and that fish weighted approximately 6.5 pounds.
Then the wind picked up and we went back to the area were the trout were and he made another 20 cast and probably caught another 18 trout. The trout were caught using DOA Cal lures and DOA's BFL.
Most of the fish were caught near the South Seas Plantation Resort area.
Dave is a good fisherman and that really help out today.