The view from… West Florida (Aug 21 2012): Rising Tide Redfish
Blogging from south-west Florida, Captain Gregg McKee of Wildfly Charters, aka the Pine Island Angler, brings news of big numbers of tailing redfish in the back bays of Matlacha pass…
If you can pry yourself away from all the rolling baby tarpon out there right now, you’ll find a nice amount of redfish in the back bays of Matlacha Pass. Early mornings with rising tides are the best times to spot tailing schools like the ones in the top photos. We found those fish on Sunday around 9:30 which was right at the bottom of the tide near the northern part of the pass. The were in less than a foot of water and we managed to get within two boat lengths of them before they even noticed us. It also helped that we were on my buddy Jud’s Mitzi 17 which can float in a puddle. Tailing reds are actively feeding and just about anything you get in front of them will draw a strike. The fish we caught in these pics grabbed Gulp shrimp and a Merkin style crab fly.
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